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Title: Snow Operations
Post by aerofire on Jan 13^th, 2012 at 10:06pm

I took the C-130 Polar to the South Pole and tried my best at snow TO's and Landing. Didn't go well. Started cold and dark and as soon as I got the #3 engine up I started doing uncontrolled circles, hit a cliff and crashed. The ground idle switches were in. Repeat four times. I tried starting off with all the engines running, but there is no way to completely stop, the plane just slowly moves across the ice until it falls off a snow cliff or wing strikes. The brakes only work on tires not on the ski's.

Anyone have better luck?

Title: Re: Snow Operations
Post by Markoz on Jan 14^th, 2012 at 1:45am

I have better luck down there is because I'm using Antarctica X.

Although I can stop the CL-130 float plane from racing around in circles during engine start, I'm not sure I was able to do so for the LC-130 ski plane. What I did for the float plane was tap F2 so that it was a more neutral prop position. Not reverse (or maybe enough to prevent the props pulling the CL-130 forward). It might be worth trying on the LC-130 when on the snow.

Mark

Title: Re: Snow Operations
Post by Don-P1126 on Jan 17^th, 2012 at 1:08am

We've been flying down in Antartica for the vUSAF and I purchased the another company Antartica X and its not bad with the CS C-130X. As long as you stay centerline to the runway and taxi ways its controllable but like Mark said the F2 to slowly add reverse pitch will help control on the ice. Keep it slow and you'll get the hang of it.

Title: Re: Snow Operations
Post by Fuchs on Feb 26^th, 2012 at 6:10pm

Is the ice simulated in FSX??

Title: Re: Snow Operations
Post by CAF440Sq on Sep 20^th, 2012 at 5:11pm

Ok gentlemen, Lesson 101 Arctic ;D. When spinning up the props remember the Twin Otter on Floats. Use the engines forward and reverse for Control to prevent from going into circles on Ice or Snow. Scenery shouldn't matter when your testing your nerve or skill.

About a month ago I did a RW flight to Antarctic with a C27J, a bite different then a C130, but none the less the porp rule is universal.

Title: Re: Snow Operations
Post by Don-P1126 on Sep 21^st, 2012 at 7:20pm

Real world is not the same as FSX CS-C-130. The FS9 version ski plane actually worked alot better on the ice.

Don

Title: Re: Snow Operations
Post by Markoz on Sep 22^nd, 2012 at 1:25am

Don-P1126 wrote on Sep 21^st, 2012 at 7:20pm:

Real world is not the same as FSX CS-C-130. � The FS9 version ski plane actually worked alot better on the ice.

I believe it's because the ground effects on the aircraft in FS9 are a lot better than they are in FSX. An aircraft on the ground (in FSX) is somewhat like being on ice, even though the ground surface should not be slippery. So put it on ice or water and...WHOA...it's very slippery.