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've modified the C180j's waterrudders.obj file in Blender 2.49, adding a bone to each armature (there is one for each rudder), then parented the original bone to the new bone. I've assigned the sim/flightmodel2/controls/water_rudder_deploy_ratio dataref to the new bones, which provides the retractable function. Now the problem : The water rudders are connected to the normal rudder with the sim/flightmodel/controls/rdruddef, and sim/flightmodel/controls/ldruddef datarefs. But when the rudders are retracted, those datrefs should be "disconnected". Is there a way to do this? Maybe in python ? thx Mike

Fyi a shortcut / dataref can be created from python using the XPLMCreateCommand. I've attached the script, it creates two new datarefs : sim/flight_controls/water_rudders_down sim/flight_controls/water_rudders_up PI_WaterRuddersCommands.py

Greetings, Is there a shortcut key for water rudders (on floatplanes) ? Maybe it's named something other than "water rudders"? Or otherwise, maybe the shortcut can be implemented through the python interface? Also, I've added a water rudder handle to the C180J floatplane, but it doesn't seem to have any effect. Is there a setting in Planemaker I need to set? thx Mike