Experiencing an unexpected parking brake engagement during landing in a flight simulator can be incredibly frustrating. Imagine executing a smooth approach and touchdown, only to be abruptly halted by the parking brake activating on its own. This is precisely the issue one flight simmer encountered while navigating a bush trip, and it’s proving to be a puzzling problem to solve.
The user, flying the DA62 in a specific bush trip, meticulously ensured all assists were disabled and realism settings were maximized. Controllers were thoroughly checked, and all brake assignments, including parking brake and wheel brakes, were unbound. Despite these precautions, upon landing, the parking brake engaged the instant the main landing gear contacted the runway. The nose landing gear followed with a noticeable thump, bringing the aircraft to a standstill with the parking brake firmly applied. Attempts to disengage the brake using standard controls proved futile, forcing manual disengagement via mouse interaction with the in-cockpit lever.
To isolate the problem, the user conducted a test flight in the same DA62 from a familiar airfield in a free flight scenario. This time, the parking brake behaved as expected, remaining disengaged upon landing. Re-introducing the parking brake toggle control to a button on their joystick and re-mapping the brake axis confirmed normal operation during taxi, takeoff, landing, and parking in free flight.
These tests strongly suggest the issue is not with the aircraft itself or controller settings, but rather something specific to the bush trip environment. The perplexing nature of the problem lies in understanding what within the bush trip could be triggering this automatic parking brake engagement. The user is now seeking insights and suggestions from the flight simulation community to decipher and rectify this bush trip-specific parking brake anomaly. Could it be a hidden setting within the bush trip, a scripting quirk, or an unexpected interaction with the game’s environment? Any ideas on where to investigate this unwanted parking brake behavior would be greatly appreciated.
