How remove C172 Wheel Chocks

[philli444]

Really simple question from a beginner trying to go through the C172 Tutorial. Everything is fine until I get to the step to remove the front wheel chocks. Nothing I can think of seems to accomplish the task. Mouse clicks, dragging mouse clicks, keyboard keys, etc. I'm stuck. Running on an AMD PC with MS Sidewinder 2 Force Feedback Joystick. Any help would be appreciated.

[wkitty42]

you do just click on them... are you outside of the craft when you do it? use the walker or the V key to step outside so you can see them...

you can also use the CTRL-C to turn on the hotspot hilighting to make it easier to see where to click...

[philli444]

Thank for the reply. I did the Ctrl-C, and it turned on some grids, including one around the wheel. I think that the problem has to do with the scenery. The wheels look like they are submerged in murky water covering about half the wheel. I suspect that the chock is submerged below the "surface" of the murk, so I cannot see (or access) the chock to remove it. I'll try to post a link to a screen snap so you can see what I mean. Thanks again.

[https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipMyK1UI2zqXtw1ojdvP9kTyWsuWAV8pcQfBs41n]

[wlbragg]

Why are you parked on "muck"? Where is your scenery? What airport are you starting at? Did you turn on File/Scenery download/Enable download/automatic update in the GUI to turn on Terrasync? If you are starting up in water, for an immediate way to still fly the aircraft, you can change to the floats in the "Aircraft Options" menu.

I can't get your link to the image to work.

[PannaFG]

Ran into this same problem. The way I could get past that point is to open a copy of the checklists through Help->Aircraft Checklists->Preflight and then move to page 3 and then click on ">" against the "Wheel Chocks" option.

[legoboyvdlp]

It could be that your viewpoint is "below" the surface of the ground - it needs to be above the ground for clickspots to work.

Also, you need to click the chocks directly, not the wheel (if I remember correctly).