ÿþPremier Aircraft Design 

October 2008

Dornier Do228 for FS9 and FSX

Fix for nose wheel dipping on braking. This "softens" the gear suspension.

1. Copy the lines below into your Windows clipboard (Ctrl-C)

2. Use Windows Explorer to find the Do228 aircraft folder in FS9 or FSX.

3. Open the Do228 aircraft.cfg file by double clicking on it. Scroll down to the [contact_points] section.

4. With your mouse, mark the whole section headed [contact_points] by dragging your mouse over it with left button held.

5. Paste the clipboard contents into the marked section (Ctrl-V)

6. Save the file and close it.

7. If you have more than one installation of the Do228 do this for each model.

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Copy all the lines below.

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[contact_points]

//Classes...What type of point 0=Unused or Ignore

// 1=Wheel

// 2=Scrape point

// 4=Float

// 5=Float Rudder

//0 Class

//1 Longitudinal Position (feet)

//2 Lateral Position (feet)

//3 Vertical Position (feet)

//4 Impact Damage Threshold (Feet Per Minute)

//5 Brake Map (0=None, 1=Left, 2=Right)

//6 Wheel Radius (feet)

//7 Steer Angle (degrees)

//8 Static Compression (feet) (0 if rigid) 

//9 Max/Static Compression Ratio

//10 Damping Ratio / Water Rudder Effectiveness (0=Undamped, 1=Critically Damped) / 1.0 = normal

//11 Extension Time (seconds)

//12 Retraction Time (seconds)

//13 Sound Type

//14 Airspeed limit for retraction (KIAS)

//15 Airspeed that gear gets damage at (KIAS) 



point.0 = 1, 18.47, 0, -8.6, 1181, 0, 0.75, 39.9, 0.096, 2.5, 0.9516, 4.8, 4.8, 0, 184, 184

point.1=1.000,-2.320,-4.64,-9.06,1574, 1, 0.75, 0.0, 0.642, 2.5, 0.8152, 4.5, 5.2, 2, 184.0, 184.0

point.2=1.000,-2.320,4.64,-9.06,1574, 2, 0.75, 0.0, 0.642, 2.5, 0.8152, 4.8, 4.9, 3, 184.0, 184.0

point.3=2.000,-2.200,-29.300,3.200,2360.907127,0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000,5.000,0.000,0.000

point.4=2.000,-2.200,29.300,3.200,2360.907127,0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000,6.000,0.000,0.000

point.5=2.000,-35.000,0.000,11.000,2360.907127,0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000,9.000,0.000,0.000

point.6=2.000,23.600,-0.000,-0.500,1574.803150,0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000,4.000,0.000,0.000

point.7=5.000,23.600,-0.000,-0.500,1574.803150,0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000,0.000,4.000,0.000,0.000 

static_pitch = 0

static_cg_height = 8.10

gear_system_type=1 //Hydraulic