Tail wheel locking doesn't work

[Niggut]

For some german plaines (FW 190 A-3, Ju 88; He 111) tail wheel locking does not work. There is no reaction to the button at all and starting is impossible.

[LukeFF]

Not all planes have a lockable tailwheel. The Fw 190's is locked by holding back the stick. See also: the Specification tab on your map screen.  

[343KKT_Kintaro]

On 7/9/2018 at 11:03 AM, LukeFF said:

Not all planes have a lockable tailwheel. The Fw 190's is locked by holding back the stick. See also: the Specification tab on your map screen.  

 

 

Please read this:

 

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/68222-game-version-4505-discussion-cockpits-in-4k-i-16-in-4k-other-changes/page/5/?tab=comments#comment-1076248

[[_FLAPS_]RogoRogo]

On 4/4/2021 at 12:16 AM, 343KKT_Kintaro said:

 

 

Please read this:

 

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/68222-game-version-4505-discussion-cockpits-in-4k-i-16-in-4k-other-changes/page/5/?tab=comments#comment-1076248

from what I gather:
 
This is a RUDDER-BRAKE, it hydraulically locks or dampens the CONTROL SURFACES (rudder, although there is an elevator one too), NOT the TAILWHEEL.

This is why the description even has in the headline "Rudder-Brake (Rudder-ARREST).
So they are an hydraulic arrest (using hydraulically powered calipers) intended for short-term usage, as it is neither a "brake" (it "dampens" in the sense that the hydraulic arrest cant be overwhelmed with or without causing damage) nor a true mechanical lock (which was done by clipping in external arresters into rudder, elevators, aelerons).
Still - it has nothing to do with mechanically locking or braking a tailwheel.
Which makes it more dangerous, so seemingly the Crews did the fieldmodification for survival, and deactivated it as fast as they could get away with.

Disclaimer: typed on limited information as provided, no proper research done. Nonetheless very distinct description with zero ambiguity.

[343KKT_Kintaro]

3 minutes ago, [_FLAPS_]RogoRogo said:

it has nothing to do with mechanically locking or braking a tailwheel.
Which makes it more dangerous, so seemingly the Crews did the fieldmodification for survival, and deactivated it as fast as they could get away with.

 

 

I know. This is why I said "Please read this"...

 

Cheerio!

 

 

 

 

[[_FLAPS_]RogoRogo]

better to have it here typed out beyond ambiguity then too

[JG1_Wittmann]

On 7/9/2018 at 1:16 AM, Niggut said:

For some german plaines (FW 190 A-3, Ju 88; He 111) tail wheel locking does not work. There is no reaction to the button at all and starting is impossible.

It may seem like the tail wheel lock, whether it be  a button or pulling back the stick like 190,  isn't working.   They work somewhat.  If  objects  in game had a realistic relationship with the ground,  be it aircraft or tank,  then  they would work like they are supposed to work.