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ChrisSMS suggested FlyingRaccoon commented

Nose wheel... Locking and unlocking the steering!

Many small aircraft have a mechanical locking system for the nose wheel when the landing gear suspension is in the up position; it is released by applying pressure to the brakes when the suspension is compressed. Fighter planes of the 50's also worked this way.
I see that it is possible to lock or not the nose wheel in the .flt file; there is even a variable indicating the state of the nose wheel. But there is no possibility to act on this blocking in the development: there is absolutely nothing in the Events IDs...! As it seems to me that it is something basic in the modelling of an aircraft, I wish that we could find the possibility to block or not this nose wheel, as we can do it for the tail wheel via TOGGLE_TAILWHEEL_LOCK (TOGGLE_NOSEWHEEL_LOCK)...!
Thanks to the Asobo team for clarifying the problem!

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ChrisSMS commented

Hello to the entire Asobo team and thank you for your great work! Could you please answer the above question; it has already been posted almost 2 months ago...?


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FlyingRaccoon commented

Hello @ChrisSMS

The game already offers more control on the nosewheel than the tailwheel.
You have the steering events to control its position and the max steering angle simvar to control the amplitude.
We don't have an equivalent to the tailwheel toggle lock event but you can implement the logic using the events and simvars I mentioned, or am I missing something?

Regards,
Sylvain

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ChrisSMS avatar image ChrisSMS commented ·

Hi Sylvain...! If you find me the Simvar that can simply lock this wheel or unlock it..., I will accept your answer...!

But I will still try to find a solution as you suggest..., and I will come back if needed...

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ChrisSMS avatar image ChrisSMS ChrisSMS commented ·

Sylvain..., you are absolutely right! It's me who was missing something...

My apologies for disturbing you when I didn't look at the possibilities enough!

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FlyingRaccoon avatar image FlyingRaccoon ♦♦ ChrisSMS commented ·
No worries. I'm glad I could help.
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