Tail Wheel Retracted on J3 FSX

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Tail Wheel Retracted on J3 FSX

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Tail Wheel Retracted on J3 FSX?

I just bought the A2A Cub for FSX. The simulation is very nice, but the tailwheel is retracted into the rudder on the Yellow J3?
How can this be fixed?

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Re: Tail Wheel Retracted on J3 FSX

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Hi Rob and welcome.

Please can you check that "advanced animations" are enabled in the FSX settings. If not, this should fix the issue. If you check page 22 of the manual, it should show exactly where to find this setting in the "graphics" section.

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Thanks Nick. READ THE MANUAL .... a very good idea. I looked at the other settings as well and the sim now works much better. Awesome J3 .... flies exactly like my real 1946 Cub. The A2A J3 is a great training aid.
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Re: Tail Wheel Retracted on J3 FSX

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You're welcome Rob and thanks for the kind words! Great to hear you're enjoying the Accu-Sim J-3 and that it's a good match for your own example. :)

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Re: Tail Wheel Retracted on J3 FSX

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Everything was working great. Now the cub will start on the ramp, won't take throttle, then quits. Starts by itself, then quits. Starts by itself, then quits. After the third self start, the engine stays off until I initiate a new start sequence. What is causing this strange behavior?
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did you check if automixture is off/unchecked in FSX(thats also in the manual :mrgreen: :mrgreen: )
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Re: Tail Wheel Retracted on J3 FSX

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Automixture is OFF. Unlimited fuel is ON. Engine stress damages engine is OFF. Ignore or Detect crashes and damage ON or OFF does not make a difference. No Failures are set. Other aircraft work fine, but not the Cub.

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Re: Tail Wheel Retracted on J3 FSX

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Hi Rob,

How much fuel is in the tank? Bear in mind the "unlimited fuel" option in FSX isn't compatible with Accu-Sim, so even if you have this option selected, you'll need to make sure you don't run out of fuel.

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Fuel is full (12 gal). Oil is full (4qts)

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Re: Tail Wheel Retracted on J3 FSX

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Okay, thanks Rob. Can I just check which aircraft loads with your default flight in FSX? Sometimes saving the default flight with an add-on aircraft which uses external coding can cause unexpected issues.

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Flight Design CTSW. The Engine works fine on the CTSW, but when I load the Cub, the engine exhibits this strange behavior. The thing it, is was working fine on the Cub until it didn't.

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I save a C172 as the default when I open FSX. No difference.

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Re: Tail Wheel Retracted on J3 FSX

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Thanks for the info Rob. The fact you say it was working fine until it didn't makes me wonder if something about the way you're loading the aircraft has changed. For exampling, are you loading from a saved flight or anything?

The other thing you should do if you haven't already (I should have mentioned this before) is install the latest Accu-Sim update from here. Note that you can ignore this if you've installed the version of the Cub from Steam.

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Re: Tail Wheel Retracted on J3 FSX

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I downloaded and installed the J3 from my purchase on your website. So I installed the Accu-Sim update as you suggested. It updated my Chrerokee 180 and my Piper J3 (from 1.0 to 1.11) . Now when I load the J3, not only does the engine exhibit the same start/stop behavior, but the instrument panel and outside view are no longer rendered .. Ugh!

The problem occurs whether or not I load from a saved flight or start fresh and load the Cub when FSX comes up.

Sorry, we need a better idea :|

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Re: Tail Wheel Retracted on J3 FSX

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If there are issues with how the aircraft is rendering in FSX Rob, it suggests a problem with your installation or how the aircraft is being loaded. So that we can get a better idea of what's going on, please can you let us know exactly which edition of FSX it is you're using. i.e. standard or deluxe disk edition, FSX Acceleration or the Steam version?

In any case, I'd recommend that you completely reset FSX to its default settings. The easiest way to do this is to rename the fsx.cfg file in "C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX" so that the sim generates a fresh copy. This will also reset your flight to the original default which is ideal for troubleshooting.

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