The original design intent was not to allow the user to change the training plane for any of the tutorials. But the end user was free to fly with any plane they choose outside of the tutorials.

You can merely choose a different plane for free flight.

However you can change the plane the tutorials use by using a console command. I don't remember what it is offhand but you can look it up on the KE forums.

Now if you mean that you want to take an existing tail dragger airplane and make it a trike, you can not do that visibly, as it will require a change to the underlying 3D representation of the plane.

Most planes that are set up in either configuration are available on the swap pages... for instance the Big Stik can be set up as either, so there is a Trike version that comes with the sim, and there are downloadable tail dragger versions.

I've modeled one with the same Syssa 35cc engine I'm flying on my Giant Big Stik.

To get identical performance you would do what I've done...

Weight each part of the plane, and then enter that into the sim in the physics editor for each corresponding part.

For non simulated items, such as a CDI, or CDI packs, weights, etc... you can add "mass objects".

If you get the weights right in the sim and have identical all up empty weight totals, you should have the same wing loading in the sim as your real plane.

The editor will report the wing loading, expected stall speed, etc.

Remember though that the engine performance can be a "best case" in the sim, so I typically change the engine output amount down to about 80-90% to get a more real world result in normal flying.


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