Spitfire Dawn Campaign Ver.1.02

[dflion]

Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt

The moth is as light as a feather and has no wheel brakes, so weather-cocking (the tendency to yaw into the wind that is so prevalent in tail-draggers) is more pronounced.

The best thing you can do is pull the stick back into your lap and once your engine is running, you can use short bursts of throttle with a lot of rudder to turn it around. Just remember to keep the stick back so that you get the required downforce on the tail.

It might be beneficial to relax back stick pressure during turns, so that the tail skid doesn't dig in and act as a brake, then pull back again once you are facing where you want to and you center rudder and chop throttle, but i haven't tested this extensively.

Hope it helps

Thanks for this information Blackdog_kt. The Tigermoth is as 'light as feather' and has been faithfully modelled in the sim, it is a delight to fly. At start-up, pulling back on the stick hard gets the elevator up into the propwash and the down force on the tail and this helps stability.
I have managed to successfully taxi the Tigermoth in the missions, both prior to takeoff and after landing, although the swing is hard to correct sometimes.
I still think the wind direction and strength is a factor in the sim (faithfully modelled), as I have noticed seeing real Tigermoths starting-up and taxying and there is always somebody walking on the ground holding and guiding the aircraft if it is a bit windy.

DFLion