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Retractable Tail Landing Gear

1,916 Thoum  6.2 years ago

Sooo... I'm currently trying to make this plane I build more realistic. That includes the Landing Gears. While i haven't got any problems with the main one, I'm struggling at the other one in the tail. Here's the optimized plane so far, with the other landing gear. In this picture you can also kind of see the real tail landing gear.

Is there anybody, that might be able to help me out?

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    1,916 Thoum

    @F104Deathtrap Well I tried many things, but failed at all of them ^^

    6.2 years ago
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    @Thoum Make the wheel smaller? Retractable landing gear is always tricky because it has to look right, work right and fit right. No easy task. I still can't quite figure out how the MIG-23 gear fits in that tiny space.

    6.2 years ago
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    1,916 Thoum

    @F104Deathtrap I know, otherwise the main one couldn't work... but I can't get it to work on the tail, that pretty much only the wheel is visible aswell as the "flap"

    6.2 years ago
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    The key to making custom gear is "disable aircraft collisions." It's a feature that lets parts of your plane pass through each other. The easiest way to do it is to get the Overload mod from the mod section on this site. You're running windows, so it should be no trouble to get working. Mods like Overload and Finetuner will allow you to make things you never thought possible.

    6.2 years ago
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    1,916 Thoum

    @Andrewtheplane So that I have only one wheel in the back and not two like in the normal landing gears

    6.2 years ago
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    1,916 Thoum

    @Andrewtheplane Well maybe I wasn't clear enough ^^ I meant with an mechanism like the Main Gear

    6.2 years ago
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    oh and could you tag me when you finish it pls.

    6.2 years ago
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    here i got it https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/Lm11R7/Jonker-Sailplanes-JS3-18-Flaps-gear

    6.2 years ago
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    1,916 Thoum

    @Jetspeed1001 That was my problem too ^^ But thanks anyways :D

    6.2 years ago
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    6,845 Jetspeed1001

    @Thoum i tried, but can't get it to work, sorry:/

    6.2 years ago
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    1,916 Thoum

    @Jetspeed1001 Ok, cool! I failed with XML, because it was too tiny for me to make it work properly :D

    6.2 years ago
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    6,845 Jetspeed1001

    @Thoum i can do it later if you want, i'll need to xml mod a rotator, which i can't do right now

    6.2 years ago
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    6,845 Jetspeed1001

    @Thoum okay, i'll make it retract

    6.2 years ago
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    1,916 Thoum

    @Jetspeed1001 Well I want it to retract it

    6.2 years ago
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    6,845 Jetspeed1001

    I'm confused, what's wrong with it?

    6.2 years ago