AIR file help please

[David Chester]

I seem to remember this was a setting in the .air file but now I need it I can't find any information on it at all!
David

If you mean the braking strength parameter it's in the primary aerodynamics section.

No it's not that one. This is rolling resistance when the brakes are not on.

Thanks

David

[David Chester]

My daughters Accent has not moved for a few weeks just tried to move it and the brakes at the rear have binded, now its similar to your problem as it stops before it goes, I have looked in the manual.cfg but I am stuck if anyone knows what the settings are in the cfg let me know.. :think:

I bought my wife an Audi for her birthday but she is still using her old car until it is sold in order to keep the mileage down on the new one. Consequently it can sit in the garage for a week and it too has rear brakes which bind. I find giving it a good hard rev and then releasing the clutch quicker than normal does the job but this causes considerable distress to She Who Must Be Obeyed which is of course highly amusing to me

David

[tonymadge]

Sounds like an identical problem to mine David.. the SWMBO bit

[dswanson]

David,

Try the "parasite drag scalar" and/ or "induced drag" lines in the "Flight Tuning" section of the .cfg. Turn them down and see. If it works, you'll probably have to adjust the power scalar and the lift/drag scalars of the flaps to restore the relevant airspeeds. Parasite drag is the general drag of the airframe and Induced drag comes into play in turns and increased AOA. There are some comparable scalars in the .air file but I can't just remember where they are. I think that the .cfg adjustments are easier and as effective.

[nigelb]

Even if there are scalars in the .air file I beleive that corresponding entries in the .cfg file will overide them.

[FelixFFDS]

Even if there are scalars in the .air file I beleive that corresponding entries in the .cfg file will overide them.

You have to be careful ... some do, some don't. The FS flight dynamics are very much table-supported, and some aircraft.cfg entries are there "for show" (I'll have to look up the blog post that mentioned it.).

[nigelb]

Even if there are scalars in the .air file I beleive that corresponding entries in the .cfg file will overide them.

You have to be careful ... some do, some don't. The FS flight dynamics are very much table-supported, and some aircraft.cfg entries are there "for show" (I'll have to look up the blog post that mentioned it.).

Felix, thanks for clarifying. I know there are quite a few tables in most .air files and I imagine those values are the ones that are not overridden - just a guess though.