The Third Landing Gear

[Starbuckminsterfullerton]

The landing gear on the top left was supposedly going to replace the old one as the smallest retractable, but it's nowhere in game. I don't have a problem with the old gear, but it'd be nice to have one that matches the new set and has the ability to steer alongside it. What happened to this third gear?

[HafCoJoe]

http://i.imgur.com/OdKmZ9i.jpg

The landing gear on the top left was supposedly going to replace the old one as the smallest retractable, but it's nowhere in game. I don't have a problem with the old gear, but it'd be nice to have one that matches the new set and has the ability to steer alongside it. What happened to this third gear?

Yeah I wish it was in stock as well. :/ I also wish the other wheels would actually spin and have suspension, but I'm guessing there wasn't enough time to get those functions included into 1.0/1.0.2. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

EDIT: I also can't help but mention that the cessna wheel-beam looks like a bone... I have no complaints with this

Edited May 15, 2015 by Avera9eJoe

[RogueMason]

I was also wondering why this hadn't made its way into the game, because when it does now, it's gonna replace the old one and people are suddenly going to have a lot of invalid designs saved in the editors. I suppose they could release a patch that has both parts so people can swap over first, then remove the old part.

[Wjolcz]

Oh, yeah what the hell! I didn't notice it the first time I played 1.0! Where is it Squad!? Wehereerrrrrr????

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I was also wondering why this hadn't made its way into the game, because when it does now, it's gonna replace the old one and people are suddenly going to have a lot of invalid designs saved in the editors. I suppose they could release a patch that has both parts so people can swap over first, then remove the old part.

I don't care if my crafts get thrown into the trash. I want it! They could say something like: Better remove the old gear on all your crafts because there's a new one coming. I wouldn't mind doing so.

[Red Iron Crown]

I must be one of the few that is a bit disappointed by the new landing gear. I mean, it's great that we have more height options, but they all look like they're from some subsonic prop plane. If only the bays had flat bottoms so they could be offset into fuselages without leaving ugly bulges everywhere or looking like a clipped mess. They also seem to be less draggy when mounted backwards.

[Starwhip]

I must be one of the few that is a bit disappointed by the new landing gear. I mean, it's great that we have more height options, but they all look like they're from some subsonic prop plane. If only the bays had flat bottoms so they could be offset into fuselages without leaving ugly bulges everywhere or looking like a clipped mess. They also seem to be less draggy when mounted backwards.

Is that based on testing or just their appearance?

I agree, I've never cared about my games being destroyed between versions, and want the landing gear in. As well as adjustable suspension and steering.

[Wanderfound]

I must be one of the few that is a bit disappointed by the new landing gear. I mean, it's great that we have more height options, but they all look like they're from some subsonic prop plane. If only the bays had flat bottoms so they could be offset into fuselages without leaving ugly bulges everywhere or looking like a clipped mess. They also seem to be less draggy when mounted backwards.

OTOH, those bulges are very useful for FAR area ruling.

Leaving out the large nosegear was a rather questionable decision by Squad, though. Hopefully they'll hotfix it, along with the animations.

[Red Iron Crown]

Is that based on testing or just their appearance?

Testing, but it was in 1.0.0. Put a gear on a each wingtip, one facing forward, one backward. Get up to speed and the plane will yaw toward the forward facing one. I should really see if that's fixed in 1.0.2.

OTOH, those bulges are very useful for FAR area ruling.

They would still be so if the doors and bottom of the bay were flat.

[T-Bouw]

I'm with you on the not liking the old look of the new landing gear.

They look nice, but they just don't match up with the rest of the sleek plane-parts.

Same story for the new inline Mk1 cockpit, but that's not the topic here.

Like I said in a similar thread, I'm guessing they didn't replace the old landing gear bay because it was doing a good job already.

Perhaps they also didn't want to start another "Bring back the old landing gear bay petition".

[Wanderfound]

Actually, that's one bit they got right: bay doors. Although there's an argument for making them flat-bottomed, having doors is definitely better than the doorless original landing gear. I wouldn't mind a style update of those to similar quality as the new ones.

[Sky_walker]

+1. Replace the old small foldable gear with the new one.

I see ppl already complaining about broken designs - plenty of 1.0.0 designs were already broken due to changes in aerodynamics, so new landing gear makes little difference. Progress shouldn't be inhibited by an attempts of preserving older designs. It's your own design - fix the thing if needed.

[Starbuckminsterfullerton]

I suppose they could release a patch that has both parts so people can swap over first, then remove the old part.

You're right, I hadn't even thought about the save-breaking (I start over every update). I honestly think they could just add the missing one, there's room for both and I think the old one would still have a role to play.

[Azimech]

I very much do like the new small steerable wheel, due to the fact they don't have springs, they make EXCELLENT bearings!

[thereaverofdarkness]

The part is in game, in my game. I have version 1.0.0. Not sure why you aren't seeing it, but you may just be missing it? It's not ordered next to the other wheels so you might have to go looking through the utility parts a bit. It is called Small Gear Bay -- it is the one in the picture and it is exactly the same as the old gear bay.

[Wanderfound]

The part is in game, in my game. I have version 1.0.0. Not sure why you aren't seeing it, but you may just be missing it? It's not ordered next to the other wheels so you might have to go looking through the utility parts a bit. It is called Small Gear Bay -- it is the one in the picture and it is exactly the same as the old gear bay.

The small gear bay is too short to use as a nosewheel with the medium gears. There was supposed to be a steerable gear halfway in size between small and medium.

[Beetlecat]

The part is in game, in my game. I have version 1.0.0. Not sure why you aren't seeing it, but you may just be missing it? It's not ordered next to the other wheels so you might have to go looking through the utility parts a bit. It is called Small Gear Bay -- it is the one in the picture and it is exactly the same as the old gear bay.

If it doesn't look like the picture--then it's not the one being discussed...