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Importing a section into another AIR file?

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Hey all,

I use Aircraft Airfile Manager V2.2.

I am trying to import (Copy/Paste) a section of another planes VTail into another AIR file and for some reason, it will not paste. Not available, grayed out, will not work, doesnt work no matter what I say, etc. Control-V, nor 'Paste' option in menu works.

I also tried to create a new section (1206 Vertical Stabilizer) and that didnt happen, no way to add/create a new section.

Am I missing something? I remember doing this in the past. Have times changed?
 
Bill,
1204 to 1206 are obsolete. If you want to put another tail on an airplane in the sim it will have absolutely zero effect. The dimensions for tail surfaces are in the aircraft.cfg but they are largely eye candy. You can change their size and position and there is no effect in the sim. What will have an effect is changing the air file values for the stability coefficients. These are either in section 1101 or if that is not present, they are in 1539 through 1544.
In the real world the stability of an airplane depends on its geometry and physical design and those aspects dictate the stability coefficients whose values are typically calculated from wind tunnel data. In the sim the geometry is not considered because the coefficients are input by the designers.

It is possible though not simple to use AAM to copy sections from one air file and paste them into another. Much easier to delete than add.
It is worth taking the time to read through Yves Flight Dynamics document which is in the downloads section of this forum. https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/resources/flight-dynamics-in-msfs-v1-0.169/
Roy
 
You might have a look a look at AirMerge. It is attached to post #15 in this thread: Air2asm ??

Make sure that you get the latest version that is in post #15.
 
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