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MSFS20 Gate size and FSLTL

Marionettework

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I set the heavy gate sizes as per real-life airport specs for my airport and reduced them from 30 m to 24 m, and I noticed that at some gates FSLTL seems to have stopped displaying extra large planes like the 777. I see this comment on their site:

User Guide – FSLTL – FS Live Traffic Liveries

fslivetrafficliveries.com fslivetrafficliveries.com

Aircraft Limitations:
  • Airports having incorrect gate sizes set (Al aircraft cannot use gates where the wingspan is set smaller than that of the aircraft).
The wingspan of a 777 is 64.8 m so either of these values should be too small. Does the gate size actually matter, and if so, what should I set it to if the real-life values don't result in real-life planes appearing at the gates?
 
Marionettework said:
I set the heavy gate sizes as per real-life airport specs for my airport and reduced them from 30 m to 24 m, and I noticed that at some gates FSLTL seems to have stopped displaying extra large planes like the 777. I see this comment on their site:

User Guide – FSLTL – FS Live Traffic Liveries

fslivetrafficliveries.com fslivetrafficliveries.com

Aircraft Limitations:
  • Airports having incorrect gate sizes set (Al aircraft cannot use gates where the wingspan is set smaller than that of the aircraft).
The wingspan of a 777 is 64.8 m so either of these values should be too small. Does the gate size actually matter, and if so, what should I set it to if the real-life values don't result in real-life planes appearing at the gates?
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Double check the type of parking as changing the radius automatically changes the Type(size). For example, if you choose heavy, but then lower the radius, it will convert it automatically to a medium.
 
V-Pilot said:
Double check the type of parking as changing the radius automatically changes the Type(size). For example, if you choose heavy, but then lower the radius, it will convert it automatically to a medium.
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You're right, I noticed this after reloading my project. It's kind of sneaky, for a Heavy gate when you set the size to e.g. 24 it changes it to Type Medium, but it lets you set Type again to Heavy and stays Heavy. But if you reload the project, all the gate Types get reset again to the one that matches the size (e.g. Heavy must be 27 m or more, Medium 19 m or more). This does not affect ramps by the way, only gates. Apparently the real life size/Type combination cannot be set for my airport, where I was told Heavy is 24 m and Medium is 16 m.
 
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