I made some repaints of the USCG Atlantic City HH-65 from uscghh65pack.zip. I then made some parking spaces at KACY and made some flight plans. I could not get the aircraft to show up. I tried a whole bunch of stuff but can't see them there. I did notice that the aircraft.cfg did not have a section on [airplane_geometry] so I used AI-Aircraft Editor from the Owl's Nest to give the aircraft a wingspan. Already tried other AI helicopters and they show up. Double checked and the parking codes are correct. Any suggestions?

Tom

OK this isn't a step by step guide, rather its a methodology, simply because each aircraft will be different and therefore you have to understand the way to transform an fde to fit the model you want.

Firstly I can't find any zip file of that name so i can't check for sure but as a rule of thumb it's best that you don't start with the models fde. You should start with the fde of an AI aircraft of a similar type that you know works fine.

Then you leave the flying attributes of the fde alone, as it already works, and alter the mdl attribute parts to the parms that are in the fde that came with the model. By this I mean things like the lights and contact points section, but not exclusively. These have no bearing on the flying and directly relate to how the mdl relates to it's surroundings.

Once you have finished you will have a model that will look right on the ground and in the air and will fly right. Simplistic but that's the principle. They are times when you complete this and think that there are some flying attributes that you wish to change. This is a whole different ball game and is a bit of a black art, as altering one flying characteristic will inevitably alter something else.

That file is at HoverControl

http://www.hovercontrol.com/cgi-bin/ifo ... =36&tt=zip

Ron

Most kind, Ron.

One other thing that I forgot to say is that this modding can only be for your personal use unless the original author allows you to distribute it. I appreciate that you may not have any intention of that but I have to say it.

Got the aircraft to show up. Seems all I had to do was change the aircraft.cgf entry from Category=helicopter to Category=airplane.

New new problem - Aircraft will taxi, stop briefly at hold short, line up on runway and just sit there. Any suggestions?

Category=aircraft? Is this an FSX thing?

If so then I can't help as I only use FS9.

You need to use Holgers stemme glider air file with the contact points from the original cfg.
The reason it sits at the start of the runway is that your config is for turbine engine.