pck42

My aircraft is not on the tarmac at "Enter to Fly" .  Planes drops as if they are 2-3 feet above the tarmac (or more).  So what setting did I mess up folks?

pck42

Alienware Aurora AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor  3.59 GHz  32MB Windows 11

Flying is just plane fun

OK Folks, Solved the problem by editing the "flight_model.cfg" file. Line item was Contact points. Default is 7.?? feet from Center of Gravity. Changed this to 5 feet and all is good. I know it is wrong but (haha) love to tinker around. Thanks for all your help!

pck42

Give us a clue, then - which plane and which airport?

Hi Tiger, Your response gave me a clue. Would it happen with other aircraft? Turns out NO. Only the 208B Grand Caravan EX. OK, so would it happen at other airport? Turn out YES. So I think I got an airplane.config problems. Maybe, but i can't find a line item that would addess the issue. Tried slew mode with F1 key before hitting "Ready to Fly". No luck. Any ideas?

pck42

Lately when I start a flight, my plane drops onto the runway (jolt) like it was a foot or two off the ground. FS 2020 Help!

pck42

Hi, Trying to add Weight and Balance to the aircraft cfg did not work but there is a work around. Load the plane (Grand Caravan) as desired and save the flight plan. Nesxt time open the flight plane and change the Depature/Destination. Caravan will remain configured with passengers already loaded.

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Kudos to David.Reset AI info as he suggested and did a cold and dark start up at KJFK. Some parked planes were visible, started the injector and OMG so many planes. I could not see the taxi way nor could I get through to ATC to get taxi clearance. OK time to restart. This time I did not use the injector until I was near the runway. Lots of planes moving. Fun times. Tried this at KORL (orlando) but it doesnt have much traffic so nothing was moving. One plane did arrive while I was taxiing. Thank all of you for your suggestions

pck42

No dumb question kingnorris, I am Live and fly 10 am to 4 pm usually 2-3 45 minute flights in a grand caravan. 25 IFR and 25 VFR with 3 parked planes. How can the airport be abandoned??? Just feel FSLTL is not connecting to FS2020.

pck42

Hmm? Sim time being UTC? Tha would put me at night wouldnt it. Is that what you meant?

While I believe I have followed instuctions completly. FSLTL injector will start and I proceed to taxi as directed. I see no other planes.

Takeoff from KDCA ( pretty busy airport ) Fly over the airport but there are no parked planes at all. Perhaps one stationary on a runway.

No planes in the sky. All AI aircraft are off and density at 0. FSLTL injector and base are in the community folder. Any suggestions?

pck42

Processor AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor 3.59 GHz installed RAM 16.0 GB

64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Thanks to both of you. Im using FS2020. Unfortuately There is no Weight and Balance parameter in the aircraft cfg. ( There is in some others) Think I might try and add that to the cfg and see what happens. Oh! HAHA, I'll do a back up don't worry:rolleyes: Will let you know so we can share with others.

pck42

Grand Caravan needs to load passenger/cargo weight for each flight. Is there a cfg file which would permently load the weights.

pck42

HaHa! always thought that Flight_Model.cfg really meant Flight_172.cfg. Thanks

pck42

HI! OK I'm more confused now

those parameter are not avail in this C172 Config.[FLTSIM.0]

title = "Cessna Skyhawk G1000 Asobo Munster-EPCW" ; Variation name

model = "MAIN"; model folder

panel = "TPC" ; panel folder

sound = "" ; sound folder

texture = "TPC" ; texture folder

kb_checklists = "Cessna172SP_check" ; Procedures/Checklist sibling file name

kb_reference = "Cessna172SP_ref" ; Reference information sibling file name

description = "TPC1000" ; Variation description.

wip_indicator = 0 ; know if the variation is good to go or still WIP : -1=Disabled, 0=Rough, 1=1st Pass, 2=Finished

ui_manufacturer = "TT:AIRCRAFT.UI_MANUFACTURER" ; e.g. Boeing, Cessna

ui_type = "C172 G1000 TPC Flight School" ; e.g. 747-400, 172

ui_variation = "172 - TPC" ; e.g. World Air, IFR Panel

ui_typerole = "Single Engine Prop" ; e.g. Single Engine Prop, Twin Engine Prop, Rotorcraft, etc

ui_createdby = "Asobo Studio3" ; e.g. Asobo Studio, Microsoft, Wings Creates, etc

ui_thumbnailfile = "" ; app relative path to ThumbNail image file

ui_certified_ceiling = 14000 ; service ceiling / max certified operating altitude (ft)

ui_max_range = 640 ; max distance the aircraft can fly between take-off and landing in (NM)

ui_autonomy = 5 ; max duration the aircraft can fly between take-off and landing in (Hrs)

ui_fuel_burn_rate = 54 ; average fuel consumption per hour (lbs/hr) - Legion: fuel density is ~6.7lbs per US gallon

atc_id = "" ; tail number

atc_id_enable = 1 ; enable tail number

atc_airline = "The Pilot Club" ; airline name

icao_airline = "" ; airline icao code

atc_flight_number = "" ; flight number

atc_heavy = 0 ; heavy?

atc_parking_types = "RAMP" ; "ANY" / "RAMP" / "CARGO" / "MIL_CARGO" / "MIL_COMBAT" / "GATE" / "DOCK"

atc_parking_codes = "" ; Comma separated and may be as small as one character each

atc_id_color = "" ; color for the tail number : i.e. "#ffff00ff"

atc_id_font = "" ; font for the tail number

isAirTraffic = 0 ; Is the plane usable for air traffic

isUserSelectable = 1 ; Is the plane selectable by the user

Thanks pck 42

Hi and thanks for this tweak. I can now land my Caravan properly. However I have looked for other model.cfg and none that I find gives the extensive list of parameters. All are very short perhaps one screen. So how can I do this for Cesena 172 SP or Beechcraft Bonanza. Thank you for your reply

Pck42

Hi there,

Welcome to the world of us octogetarians. I 'm 80 and have similar but not as sever eyesight issues. Personally I bought from MS store and was pleased. My advice wuold be to get the biggest damm monitor (42")and a second one. In fs2020 you can put the PFD on a second montior which is easier to see. Love to fly with you sometime

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