ÿþPREMIER AIRCRAFT DESIGN April 2009



DASH-8 300 SERIES  ONLY



FIX FOR EXCESSIVE NOSE DIP WHEN BRAKING



INSTALLATION.



1. Copy the text below to your windows clipboard. (Ctrl-C)



2. Open the aircraft.cfg file and scroll down to the [contact_points] section



3. Paste in (Ctrl-V) the copied text, over-writing and replacing the original contact points section.



4. Exit and save.







[contact_points] \\ 300 series

point.0 = 1,   1.80,    0.00, -6.35, 2500, 0, 0.800,  70.0, 0.296, 2.5, 0.9516, 5.0, 6.0, 0.0, 0.0 , 0.0

point.1 = 1,  -30.90, -12.99, -6.50, 3000, 1, 1.250,  0.0, 0.675, 2.5, 0.8, 6.0, 7.0, 0.0, 0.0 , 0.0

point.2 = 1,  -30.90,  12.99, -6.50, 3000, 2, 1.250,  0.0, 0.675, 2.5, 0.8, 6.0, 7.0, 0.0, 0.0 , 0.0

point.3 = 2,  -31.6, -44.50,  5.39, 1200, 0.00, 0.00,  0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00,0.00,0.00,5

point.4 = 2,  -31.6,  44.50,  5.39, 1200, 0.00, 0.00,  0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 00.0, 0.00,0.00,0.00,6

point.5 = 2,  -73.6,   0.00,  1.52, 1200, 0.00, 0.00,  0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00,0.00,0.00,9

point.6 = 2,   8.00,   0.00, -3.00, 1200, 0.00, 0.00,  0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00,0.00,0.00,4 

point.7=  5,  -30.90, 0.00, -7.30, 1600, 0.00, 0.00,  0.00, 0.00,  0.00, 0.00, 1.00, 1.00, 0.00, 0.00,0.0



max_number_of_points = 21



static_pitch = -0.5       //degrees, pitch when at rest on the ground (+=Up, -=Dn)

static_cg_height = 5.9         //feet, altitude of CG when at rest on the ground

gear_system_type=1 //Hydraulic