Tailwheel bounce

I didn't make a video because it's so easy to reproduce:

Sit in all 4 ww2 birds, taxi fast, then hit the brakes so that the tail lifts. When the tail falls back the other warbirds don't bounce as opposed to the Spitfire. Its tail bounces back up like 8-10 times, as high back as it lifted in the first place. Do I need to provide supporting documents why it's utterly wrong? I hope not.

Thanks!

I didn't make a video because it's so easy to reproduce:

 

Sit in all 4 ww2 birds, taxi fast, then hit the brakes so that the tail lifts. When the tail falls back the other warbirds don't bounce as opposed to the Spitfire. Its tail bounces back up like 8-10 times, as high back as it lifted in the first place. Do I need to provide supporting documents why it's utterly wrong? I hope not.

 

Thanks!

Used to happen in the K-4 too, when it was initially released...

Must have something to do with the modelling of damping on the tailwheel ( ? ) ... and yes, it looks weird the way it is now...

Interessting! I'm just wondering: if it was the case with the K-4 too, how come they made the same mistake again, and now that they did, how come it still hasn't been ironed out?

I'm pretty sure it would make landing the Spit quite a bit easier.

Interessting! I'm just wondering: if it was the case with the K-4 too, how come they made the same mistake again, and now that they did, how come it still hasn't been ironed out?

 

I'm pretty sure it would make landing the Spit quite a bit easier.

Well, it's still in Early ( beta ) release, so additional fine tuning will certainly come before the final release.

The rudder authority with increasing dynamic pressure is yet another aspect that will eventually get fine tuned too.

Fingers crossed!

Unable to reproduce effect as described in OP.

The OP says to taxi fast and hit the brakes, not to hit the brakes and start to taxi.

Anyway, the bouncing tailwheel feels odd, even if it bounces only 4 times and not eight.

Tried it a number of ways, never saw it bounce like he said....

And how does it compare to the other airframes?

Dora bounces too, especially when it's low on fuel..

Only time I see this is when taxiing too fast and too much brake.

Doesn't seem an issue and surely tells you your doing something wrong. Leadfoot.

It is just stupid how it bounces and does not break, neither the wheel nor the fuselage: looks like it is made of duranium with an external layer of bouncex. :)

I made a little video for fun when the module was released, but seeing how it is in alpha stage I expect that they know very well of this problem and will fix it in the future.

Looks like the bounce has been toned down in 1.5.8 OB to comparable level with other birds, i.e. one bounce after a "parking-brake propstrike-test" instead of previous four.

The FMOptions lua has not altered at all since early on. I just compared 1.5 and 2.5 versions to see if anything new is there - they are the same.

You can get rid of some bounce by changing the following line in that file:-

tailGearSpringForceFactor = 9000000 -- Original 17000000

I can't say I ever worked on spitfires, but I have worked on other tail draggers (DH Chipmunk), and if they bounced as much as this, I would have been worried.