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Why is custom landing gear so bad and bouncy?

1,078 Sheeper  6.7 years ago

So I've been making a revamped version of my private jet and decided to add custom landing gear to it. Seems good right?

However, even though they installed well the resizable wheels just didn't work. In short, it was VERY and I mean very bouncy.

I messed around with all the suspension settings on those wheels, suspension strength, damper, even non-suspension related things like size and width and wheel type. Nothing worked.

If possible, PLEASE tell me how to fix this. I don't want to resort to the normal landing gear. If it helps I have this stuff:
Weight: 48,250 pounds
The average speed of ~650-700MPH

~~Help is greatly appreciated~~

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    1,078 Sheeper

    @Phoza Just read this whole comment section

    6.4 years ago
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    50.7k ChaMikey

    @Sheeper glad to be of help :) no problem!

    6.7 years ago
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    1,078 Sheeper

    @ChaMikey dude these wheels work perfectly! You're amazing

    6.7 years ago
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    1,078 Sheeper

    @ChaMikey nice. get ready for an upload tomorrow :D

    6.7 years ago
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    50.7k ChaMikey

    @Sheeper righto, try to snatch of resizable wheels off of your old builds or use the one I linked you on my first comment if you don't have any.

    6.7 years ago
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    1,078 Sheeper

    @ChaMikey sweet will try dude. I fixed all the problems with my current build and the landing gear is the only thing holding me back from uploading.

    6.7 years ago
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    50.7k ChaMikey

    difference is noticeable as you put the Wheels on a rotator or two, if its used to hold something heavy its gonna bounce or just sink to the ground and break the custom gear, where as the pre 1.7 wheel would not even budge an inch. I personally experiment on a lot of custom landing gears so its very noticeable for me

    6.7 years ago
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    1,078 Sheeper

    @ChaMikey What kind of differences does the (I'm guessing pre-1.7) wheel have than the post-1.7?

    6.7 years ago
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    50.7k ChaMikey

    though a hard landing would definitely make it bounce, so take it easy and smooth on the touchdowns

    6.7 years ago
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    50.7k ChaMikey

    This might be the answer, pre update resizable wheel. you can try strapping off custom landing gears from your older builds that are pre-recent-update, i personally keep this one in sub-assemblies for daily custom LG usage. Hope this helps.

    6.7 years ago
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    If you mean that the landing gear is loose just xml edit the hinge with this: damperMultiplier and then type something like 50 and test and increase until it is fixed.

    6.7 years ago
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    Suspension seems to be pretty limited in my experience, as if it can only handle a certain amount of mass or something. I've found it's just best to disable it altogether.

    6.7 years ago