Wheel workarounds?

[herbal space program]

Hello all,

I'm having problems finding an in-depth discussion of the current issues with wheels/landing gear and how to deal with them. Could some kind person please point me to one if it exists or else  post some advice here about how to get behavior more similar to 1.0.5 if it does not? Thanks!

[GoSlash27]

herbal space program,

 I have a fix for the entry level landing gear here:

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/138567-112-basic-landing-gear-fixer/#comment-2550993

Best,
-Slashy

[herbal space program]

2 hours ago, GoSlash27 said:

herbal space program,

 I have a fix for the entry level landing gear here:

http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/index.php?/topic/138567-112-basic-landing-gear-fixer/#comment-2550993

Best,
-Slashy

Thanks! I'll see if that fixes my problem...

[bewing]

There is no way in heck to get wheel behavior that is similar to 1.0.5. In several ways it is superior. More physics has been turned on for wheels now than in prior versions. You need to experiment.

For misbehaving landing gear, you have 4 options now to try to make them (mostly) behave:

You can: tweak the friction, the springs, the damping, and/or the brakes. If you want to do as slashy does and edit the config file, you can also mess with the suspension travel and a few other things. There are no known rules for what direction to tweak each setting -- you just have to try it. You can also attach the gear to different points than they were before, and then use the offset tool to move them where you want. Sometimes that helps.

Now, my planes tend to be very lightweight canard designs with a tricycle landing gear arrangement, and my main gear on the tips of my (rear) wings. To make my planes behave well enough to launch and land (with 100% reliability, just so long as I am careful), I tend to set the friction on the front wheel to .2 or .3, the friction on the rear wheels to .6 or so, and the spring and damper both to .5. I think that the reason most of these numbers need to be so low is that my planes are so light. That is, I think that the settings are very much design-dependent.