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Hard headed plane parking in wrong spot

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I have big GA birds that like to park in RAMP SMALL & 10m. The aircraft in the snapshot is the Gulfstream G-IV from a WOA package, it's 45.8 ft. in span.

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Any idea why?

Thanks,
Patrick (aka Frenchie)
 
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It's my understanding that works for FSX, not for FS9...right? Or all that time was I confusing radius and diameter :D
 
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You didn't specify FS9 or FSX. For FS9, the radius is specified in the air file.
 
My bad George, sorry, I usually do.

Wait a minute now...so now are you telling me the wing_span entry in the aircraft.cfg is there for nothing and is not used?
 
sfrenchie said:
Wait a minute now...so now are you telling me the wing_span entry in the aircraft.cfg is there for nothing and is not used?
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That is correct (for FS9 ;) ).

You can change the radius value using the Afcad2 Aircraft Editor:

 
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Golf-HotelDelta said:
You didn't specify FS9 or FSX. For FS9, the radius is specified in the air file.
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I just realize now that all that time I was confused because of AirEd that labelled the entry 1024 "Span" instead of radius" :mad::mad::mad:

Ok so I made a mistake in my original post, it's not 45.8 ft. span but 45.8 ft. radius that I got out of the air file. So I think we agree that would be 14 meters radius thus that still doesn't explain why that damn plane is parking in a 10 meters radius parking spot :confused:

Now look at that mess. Glad I don't have a gun, I would should myself in the foot :o

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I see you have many parking spots cramed into a small area. Are you sure all nodes and parking spots are connected. A larger plane might park in a smaller spot if it can't get to the proper size spot.

Bob
 
Hi Bob, thank for the idea. I did check as I ran the fault finder and it's all fine.

I found a workaround by using a parking codes but I'm still curious to know why the strange behavior :idea:
 
Golf-HotelDelta said:
You didn't specify FS9 or FSX. For FS9, the radius is specified in the air file.
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As you can guess I contacted WOAI to report the issue as it might have been the behavior of just that aircraft. Among several posts I just received one that reads
As said the radius value is taken from the .mdl file.
The air file itself has a span entry but that's not used for FS9.
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I certainly am not trying to start a forum war or giving a medal to whom was right and a snap to whom was not but I think it would be beneficial for the whole community to find out what indeed is right.

Who wants to give the final word? :)

My thought (using the info I now have) is the parking specs used are stored in the .mdl file.
 
The fault finder does not find everything that can be a problem. You have many nodes that are right next to each other or overlapping. An overcomplicated taxi system can cause problems. Run your cursor over each node and make sure they are connected the way you want. Absolutely nothing wrong with using parking codes. I view it as doing what you must to make things work. FS does not always follow its' own rules. Does that plane park correctly at other airports? My guess is that it does, which points to some problem at this airport.

I think you will find folks here uninterested in arguing. Our common goal is to help each other figure out the sims. On that note I'll add that I always thought that wing span data was in the aircraft cfg file.

Bob
 
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Why don't you use Afcad2 to modify the "radius" ?
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Oh I do and actually I have several programs that allow changing that radius. However, I am a developer, I NEED to know what it is, what it does, how it does it, where it comes from and where it's going...know what I mean :)

Also since I am writing my own programs it would be nice to incorporate that feature in them but thus far I haven't found an mdl editor equivalent to AirEd AND that would accept cde line.
 
bobbyjack said:
Does that plane park correctly at other airports? My guess is that it does, which points to some problem at this airport.
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Your guess is as good as it comes :) since I don't know. I've been busy pimping out this airport, creating a new runway, creating the new approaches (thanks to Jviles help) and much more including getting back in the pace of FS9 I had abandoned for a while. Good idea though, I'll create a short flight plan to see where that plane gonna park.
 
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