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707 Captain >> 707 Captain >> 707 Taxi Power https://www.captainsim.org/forum/csf.pl?num=1294117576 Message started by Van Isle Pilot on Jan 4^th, 2011 at 5:06am

Title: 707 Taxi Power
Post by Van Isle Pilot on Jan 4^th, 2011 at 5:06am

Hey guys,

I've noticed a little quirk in the taxi characteristics that has popped up for me. I'm not sure if it's a coincidence that I noticed it after installing UT2.

Whenever I begin taxi after pushback, all appears to be normal in getting the 707 rolling, but if I brake the aeroplane on the ground and come to a full stop, the taxi power required to get going again is almost triple what was required initially.

Anybody experiencing the same thing? It also happens with the 763.

Running Win 7 64-bit.

Title: Re: 707 Taxi Power
Post by spotlope on Jan 4^th, 2011 at 5:58am

I've always found this to be the case with all FS jets and turbine-powered aircraft. I figured it was just that you have to apply more thrust to get moving from a standing start (overcoming inertia and all that) than to continue moving once you're already in motion. Maybe I'm wrong, but that's how it's always been for me anyway.

Title: Re: 707 Taxi Power
Post by Van Isle Pilot on Jan 4^th, 2011 at 9:31am

You definitely do need to apply more thrust to get rolling... that is indeed the case. It's just that I find when I stop after rolling, the power required to get rolling again is much much more than what was required initially, it's as if the plane now has substantially more mass

Title: Re: 707 Taxi Power
Post by LOU on Jan 4^th, 2011 at 5:55pm

I have just tried the 707 at moderate gross weight and find no problem with break-away thrust on the CS 707.

In the past I did have a problem with dragging brakes.

I went into the controls section and put in a little null and
that seems to have fixed the problem.

Check the lower left part of the screen to see if it shows the word brake or differential brakes.

Lou