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Jetranger III Float problem ??
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11-12-2011, 06:37 AM
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Question Jetranger III Float problem ??
11/12/2011 : The JetRanger-III with "Floats", doesn't seem to want to land in Water at all, it bounces back up in the air , no matter how soft a landing or, how much you Throttle down to ease in for a water landing ??? it'' bounce right back up in the air. ?? Jetranger Cool
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11-12-2011, 09:22 AM
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RE: Jetranger III Float problem ??
Noted and will fix

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11-12-2011, 05:29 PM
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RE: Jetranger III Float problem ??
I only Noticed it on the Blue & White one with floats, I didn't have time to test out all the others ,Saturday Morning ,I had a trainload of fire wood to get cut & split for winter.
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11-12-2011, 09:50 PM
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RE: Jetranger III Float problem ??
I had the same problem, but found it rather amusing. Can you hover at just the right altitude to simulate floating? See, its really a test of piloting skills!

I'll mention you all are working on a fix in the post at the blog.

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11-13-2011, 07:16 AM
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RE: Jetranger III Float problem ??
I'll shall try to hover, till,,, the big Shark jumps out of the water and bites my heli' in half !!
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11-13-2011, 10:26 AM (This post was last modified: 01-01-2013 04:05 PM by Brandon.)
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RE: Jetranger III Float problem ??
Here's a fix for the float problem. Simply open the aircraft.cfg inside of the "Bell_206B_JetRanger_III_FL" folder and replace the existing contact points with the following:

[contact_points]
point.0=4, 4.83, 4.0, -4.70, 840.0, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.5, 2.5, 0.8, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0
point.1=4, -3.50, -4.0, -4.60, 840.0, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.5, 2.5, 0.8, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0
point.2=4, -3.50, 4.0, -4.60, 840.0, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.5, 2.5, 0.8, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0
point.3=4, 4.83, -4.0, -4.70, 840.0, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.5, 2.5, 0.8, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0
point.4=3, 4.83, 4.0, -3.4, 600.0, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.5, 2.5, 0.8, 0.0, 0.0, 8.0, 0.0, 0.0
point.5=3, -3.50, -4.0, -4.4, 600.0, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.5, 2.5, 0.8, 0.0, 0.0, 7.0, 0.0, 0.0
point.6=3, -3.50, 4.0, -4.4, 600.0, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.5, 2.5, 0.8, 0.0, 0.0, 8.0, 0.0, 0.0
point.7=3, 4.83, -4.0, -3.4, 600.0, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.5, 2.5, 0.8, 0.0, 0.0, 7.0, 0.0, 0.0
point.8=2, 0.00, -16.67, 6.00, 1.0, 0, 0.0000, 0.0, 0.000000, 0.0, 0.000000, 0.0, 0.0, 5.0, 0.0, 0.0
point.9=2, 0.00, 16.67, 6.00, 1.0, 0, 0.0000, 0.0, 0.000000, 0.0, 0.000000, 0.0, 0.0, 6.0, 0.0, 0.0
point.10=2, -22.0, 0.85, -0.45, 600, 0, 0.0000, 0.0, 0.000000, 0.0, 0.000000, 0.0, 0.0, 9.0, 0.0, 0.0
point.11=2, 16.67, 0.0, 6.00, 1.0, 0, 0.0000, 0.0, 0.000000, 0.0, 0.000000, 0.0, 0.0, 4.0, 0.0, 0.0
point.12=3, -11.50, -4.0, -3.7, 600.0, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.5, 2.5, 0.8, 0.0, 0.0, 8.0, 0.0, 0.0
point.13=3, -11.50, -4.0, -3.7, 600.0, 0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.5, 2.5, 0.8, 0.0, 0.0, 8.0, 0.0, 0.0

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11-13-2011, 09:27 PM
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RE: Jetranger III Float problem ??
First I want to say thank you and congrats on the 206 III release. Regarding the float problem, I am experiencing just the opposit effect, the copter will not float and sinks like a stone. I did attempt to add the recommended changes to the aircraft cfg. but am rejected as not having access. (The "access" problem is yet another frustration). Will you be providing a fix for the float problems?

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11-15-2011, 03:31 PM
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RE: Jetranger III Float problem ??
That Contact points Fix for the CFG. File worked, thankfully !! See now they Float ![Image: h2.jpg][Image: h1.jpg][Image: h3.jpg][Image: h4.jpg][Image: h5.jpg][Image: V2.jpg]
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11-17-2011, 11:12 AM (This post was last modified: 11-17-2011 11:13 AM by Charles.)
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RE: Jetranger III Float problem ??
Hey... that fix works much better than mine. Cool

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07-03-2012, 04:15 AM
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RE: Jetranger III Float problem ??
Hi There,
Has someone missed uploading the new file to http://aussiex.org as I just download it tonight and the file they have sinks like a brick until I did the patch listed above?

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07-03-2012, 08:12 AM
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RE: Jetranger III Float problem ??
No new file was ever submitted, although I will see what we can do about getting it on all the websites it was published on originally.

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