Author Topic: tie off to dock to keep plane in place  (Read 3807 times)

av8erjm

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tie off to dock to keep plane in place
« on: January 09, 2014, 04:29:38 PM »
Let me qualify this by saying I know nutin' about modeling  or much else anymore. I was doing some  float plane work and taxing up to docks etc., and I was just wondering what it would take to keep the plane from bobbing and floating away from or into  the  dock w/o hitting the pause button. like a keystroke or something. Just curious

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Re: tie off to dock to keep plane in place
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2014, 08:37:55 PM »
 :-[     Sorry to have dropped the ball on your question.   :'(  I read it when you posted it, but got sidetracked before answering.

 :o     There's no keystroke (like parking brakes) to stop you.  The brakes don't work on the water.  But swishing the water rudders left and right will help slow you down a little.  ???

 ;)     Whenever I want to stop the forward motion of the plane, I zero the throttle, of course.  Then I lean out the fuel mixture to just above cutoff, and feather the prop.  If the wind is not blowing too hard on the plane, it should stop moving.  ;)
« Last Edit: March 31, 2014, 08:44:44 PM by jeff3163 »

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