Invisible Turntable for Aircraft / Airport Tugs

[NJCurmudgeon]

I'm working on an airport layout and trying to get my airplanes to move on their own. I wanted to add an invisible turntable that would allow them to back away from the gate and do something of a K-turn so the front end is facing the direction they need to go to taxi. I've found an invisible turntable specific to aircraft: <kuid2:60238:28026:1>

But this appears to require manual turning and only turns the plane around 180 degrees. I could possibly work around that, but is there a way of making it automatic? Or including an instruction for that plane to navigate to the turntable, turn the turntable and then head off to the taxiway track mark?

On a related question, can anyone recommend an aircraft tug that will run on the invisible tracks provided in the International Airport? I've searched on those terms and come up with tug boats, but not airport tugs. I've seen them in other airport layout videos on YouTube, so they're probably just under a different name.

Thanks!

 

[captainkman]

On a related question, can anyone recommend an aircraft tug that will run on the invisible tracks provided in the International Airport? I've searched on those terms and come up with tug boats, but not airport tugs. I've seen them in other airport layout videos on YouTube, so they're probably just under a different name.

Hi,

Search for Aircraft Pushback Tractor on DLS, this is just what you need!

I don't know if the Turntable Rule works, but it is there on the DLS too.

 

[NJCurmudgeon]

Yup! That's what I was looking for.

I'm not sure what you mean by "Turntable Rule," though? Did a search on the term but nothing came up.

Thanks for the help!

 

[NJCurmudgeon]

Do you mean "Move Turntable"? That looks like it might be what I need.

 

[captainkman]

Do you mean "Move Turntable"? That looks like it might be what I need.

That's the one. It may not work, but it did work in TS2004-TC3.

 

[Scottish]

I can confirm that the Move Turntable rule works in 2009 and 2010. Don't forget you have to use it in conjunction with the Input Table command and set up the turntable correctly in the Input Table.

Scottish

 

[NJCurmudgeon]

Hi Scottish,

Yes, I saw in the asset details I needed the Input Table and downloaded it as well. However, I am at a loss to understand what you mean by setting up the turntable correctly in the Input Table. I'm still new to a lot of this, so I have no idea how to do that.

The turntable appears and the "Move Turntable" command is now in my list for drivers. However, when I select it, there isn't the expected pop-out menu where I would expect the list of turntables. I presume this is because I didn't configure anything in an Input Table?

Thanks!

Gordon

 

[Scottish]

There is a good tutorial on operating a turntable under AI here;

http://www.trains.0catch.com/Installing a Turntable and Operating it Under AI Control.pdf

Look at page 4 onwards.

Scottish