FSAddon Avro Anson

[Tako_Kichi]

By the way, for those who have the Anson, is the elevator trim wheel animation reversed ? Shouldn't it rotate backwards to elevate the nose ? This one is the other way round.
The brakes are a bit sharp too - I've almost nosed over several times. I'm sure there's a way to adjust this in the config.

You probably can't do a thing about the animation but you can certainly adjust the brakes. It's a pet peeve of mine when developers of tail-draggers don't set up the brakes properly and I always adjust mine so that they are more realistic for the aircraft type and yes, some would nose over (normally the single seat fighters or light GA) if you got too heavy on the brakes and weren't pulling back on the stick at the same time to 'nail the tail' to the ground.

One problem is that MSFS only has one parameter for the brakes and that has to work with with everything from a Piper Cub to a 747. To get around this MS introduced a 'brake scalar' so that it can be adjusted to suit but unfortunately a lot of developers just leave the value at the default 1.0 which is way too strong for anything less an airliner. A second problem is related to how the user applies the brakes, toe brakes as fitted to rudder pedals are far more sensitive than using a keyboard command which is basically just full on or off.

To adjust your brake value look in the aircraft.cfg file for the [Brakes] section and then check the value for the 'toe_brakes_scale = ' line and if it says 1.0 then reduce it by a small amount (i.e. to 0.90 which is really 90% of full brakes) and then save the file and test. Rinse and repeat until you get a value you are happy with but most of my tail-draggers are between 0.6 and 0.9 depending on aircraft type.

While you are in the [Brakes] section it would pay you to check if the following line is also present: differential_braking_scale = 1.0

This allows you to have differential braking so that you can steer on the ground by using the brakes as well as via the rudder. Many developers omit that line and if it's missing on your aircraft then just copy and paste it in and then save the file.

Hope those suggestions help you out.

[DaveB]

I've not looked at the elevator trim but it's obviously the wrong way round from how you've described it.

As for the brakes.. Larry's suggestion will work. It's worth pointing out that it may have been setup for your average Joe who doesn't have all the realism sliders hard over to the right. They seem just fine to me but I can understand how much sharper they'd be with the realism (cough) settings cranked up

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DaveB

[DaveB]

Paul..

As you're a forum member at FSAddon, are you going to report the trim wheel problem? There appears to be a bug with emails from the store/site (Francois is aware) and while I've registered on the forums, I've not got email notification of my password. Helpful in reporting model errors I know
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[Paul K]

Larry - thanks very much for your explanation of the brake problem, and how to resolve it. I've cut and pasted all that information into an ongoing Hints&Tips document that I have. The nose-over problem isn't common across all the models. For instance, the braking on the Mk XI is fine and it has a toe brake scale of 0.4. On the other hand, the Mk I with smooth cowls has a scalar of 0.6, and she tips over, so I've changed that to 0.4 and all is now well. By the way, the differential braking scale is there already. Thanks again !

Dave B - yep, just posted about the elevator trim wheel at the FS Add On forum.


Can't resist another screenshot...

[DaveB]

Cheers Paul and a lovely shot

François seems in no hurry to fix the email problem over there (if at all) outside of the fact he's getting a new website for the shop and forums. I didn't want to post anything elsewhere as support forums are the right place. Difficult to do though if you can't get in in the first place

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[Paul K]

Cheers Paul and a lovely shot

François seems in no hurry to fix the email problem over there (if at all) outside of the fact he's getting a new website for the shop and forums. I didn't want to post anything elsewhere as support forums are the right place. Difficult to do though if you can't get in in the first place

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DaveB

Cheers Dave. It's difficult to take a bad picture of this model.

Francois has said to let him know of anything further that's amiss, so until you are sorted out, I'll copy and paste anything you find that needs looking at. Or I suppose I could just link him to this thread.

[DaveG]

There's an issue with the spec maps on the models with the fluted cowls. The right-hand cowl / nacelle has a reddish tint in the specular.
Looking at the maps, there seems to be some confusion. There's a "anson nacelle left spec.dds" which is a mid grey, and a "anson nacelle left_spec.dds" (note the underscore) which is a darker grey. Then there's "anson nacelle right spec.dds", again dark grey and "anson nacelle right_spec.dds" which is full colour camo. Looking at the model in MCX, it's calling for "anson nacelle left_spec" (dark grey) and "anson nacelle right_spec" (camo).
Substituting the light grey and camo specs for copies of the dark grey versions seems to do the trick.
I also converted the spec map for G-AHKX to greyscale, which helped eliminate the metallic look to the paintwork (although the paint colour itself still looks too dark).
Interestingly, the mapping for the 19 is totally different to the other models.

[Paul K]

Dave G, are you going to pass that on to FS Add On ?

I've just noticed something too. The landing gear retracting/extending sound finishes before the gear is even half way through its travel. There is a hefty clunk at the end, as if things have finished, but the gear is still moving.

[DaveG]

Hi Paul, unfortunately I'm in the same situation as DaveB regarding their forums.

[Paul K]

Hi Paul, unfortunately I'm in the same situation as DaveB regarding their forums.

Dave, shall I copy and paste what you have said, in the thread I started in the FS Add Ons forum ? I'll mention CBFS and the fact that people here are unable to get access over there.