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Flysimware suggested Dec 15, '22 B21 commented Dec 17, '22

Ground resistance

We need a ground friction scalar.

To get more realism for some planes with no brakes we need a way to slow down faster once the throttle is a idle. Right now the sims have never been able to have an option.

Hope you can create this to add more realism. Thanks.

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B21 commented Dec 17, '22

Would your issue be addressed by a fixed small application of the brakes in the model XML? The issue varies a lot with different ground types and AFAIK you can't detect which ground type you're on in the model XML so that bodge isn't general.

I agree the modelling of ground friction is currently too weak at the limits. I think the sim code has some linear modelling using weight and wheel size which probably works at the scale of a large jet but the friction formula collapses to near zero for small wheels and light planes.

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