Take-off problems with add-ons

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mhansen Trainee
Joined: Jul 11, 2006 Posts: 3
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Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:04 pm

Hi. I'm new to FS2004 and to add-ons especially. My problem is this: When I try to take off using one of the add-ons I downloaded (Firefox, F-117, B1B all come to mind), the airplane rolls over onto its left wheels and won't go into the air. It just rolls around until it crashes.

Is this a problem with my installation? The aircraft included with FS2004 don't give me this problem.

Thanks.

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RadarMan Chief Captain
Joined: Aug 25, 2003 Posts: 17934 Location: U.S.A
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Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:52 pm

Does this happen to all aircraft, the default ones also.

Radar

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Jake (JarJarBinks) Chief Captain
Joined: May 13, 2005 Posts: 1159 Location: deep deep south georgia
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Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:31 pm

mhansen wrote:

The aircraft included with FS2004 don't give me this problem.

i think he means that the default ones dont do this just d/loaded ones.

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mhansen Trainee
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Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:05 pm

Right. The default ones do not do this. Only the downloaded aircraft. Thanks.

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violentviolet First Officer
Joined: May 26, 2006 Posts: 392 Location: Kilmarnock
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Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:07 pm

I downloaded a "C-130", and when i went for a flight in it, all it did was go round in circles.After some investigation,i went to the fuel and payload section and found out it 35000lbs over weight!!!.Once i had lightened the load i tried again and it seemed to work.So you could try that Idea ,and if that doesn't work.... Dont Know

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Sam (SamIntel) Captain
Joined: Mar 28, 2005 Posts: 733 Location: Washington
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Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:01 pm

Make sure autopilot is OFF, if it starts to go to the right or left on take off press Z.

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CrashGordon Chief Captain
Joined: Jun 20, 2005 Posts: 3821
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Wed Jul 12, 2006 6:05 pm

How are you controlling the aircraft? (keyboard, joystick, etc.)

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mhansen Trainee
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Wed Jul 12, 2006 8:12 pm

SamIntel wrote:

Make sure autopilot is OFF, if it starts to go to the right or left on take off press Z.

Thank you everyone for your assistance. I got (almost) all of them working now. It was a combination of autopilot, auto-throttle, and in a couple of cases, the wings were set level at about 45 degrees. That might explain the tipping to one side. Wink

Is autopilot/auto-throttle set on or off depending on your last flight, or is it a config file for each airplane? Auto-throttle, for instance, is always on with the F-15 I'm using, and never on the others.

Thanks again.

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