Version: 1.7.27.0
Frequency: Consistently
Severity: Low
Bug description:
When loading the aircraft normally from the apron or directly onto the runway, the free-caster nosewheel steering is perfectly aligned and behaves normally.
However, after using Restart Flight, the free-caster nosewheel initializes incorrectly and is literally pointing backwards. This does not happen on the initial flight load, only after restarting the flight.
This appears to be a restart-state initialization bug affecting free-caster nosewheel steering.
Also this is further than the max angle.
Hey @Flysimware ,
Is the problem specific to your plane ?
On my side, I’ve tried many planes, and I’m unable to reproduce it.
Best regards,
Romain
Hi @PowerGecko
Is there a plane I can test? One thing you can do is load up a project plane then click build all then it always points the wrong direction. The first load seems to work 95% of the time. But sometimes it still fails depending on the parking spot.
One thing I can do is update the DA62 to free cast and test. Will get back to you. Thanks.
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Hi @Flysimware ,
I’ve tried with your plane (StarHawk) but still no repro for me.
On what parking spot have you had the problem?
Hi @PowerGecko
Glad you are using our product to test with.
It does not seem to matter where the aircraft is loaded. If you load cold and dark, the nose wheel normally starts correctly the first time. However, after using Restart Flight, the nose wheel becomes badly misaligned, usually around 120 degrees out.
The same thing happens when loading directly onto a runway. A fresh load is usually correct, but after using Restart Flight, the nose wheel becomes misaligned again. Some users do use Restart Flight, and during our own development/testing we also trigger this constantly when rebuilding the project, so it makes testing and taxiing very difficult.
So technically, on a fresh cold and dark or runway load, the aircraft usually works correctly, which is why we are not seeing a large number of reports. However, we have still received reports from some users having trouble getting the aircraft moving straight, and this issue appears to be the cause.
