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Read more at [https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=33217 the forum]! | Read more at [https://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=33217 the forum]! | ||
=== DHC-6 Twin Otter update === | |||
The [[Twin Otter]] now has a [[JSBSim]] variant! | |||
With FDM data provided by Erik Hofmann from [http://jsbsim.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/jsbsim/JSBSim/aircraft/DHC6/ jsbsim.cvs.sourceforge.net] and [[Aeromatic]] I created a JSBSim FDM for the Twin Otter. Because of my lack of knowledge this FDM flies not very realistic/plausible and should be considered experimental! | |||
I see this as a starting point for future tuning of the JSBSim FDM variant. My long term goal is to abandon the [[Yasim]] variants of the DHC-6 as soon as the JSBSim FDM reaches a better state than the Yasim FDM because in JSBSim you can do much more fancy stuff. | |||
There has also been an update to the various systems of the Twin Otter: We now simulate various electrical buses: Left DC bus which gets powered from Battery or External Power Unit or Left generator, Right DC Bus which gets powered from Right Generator, 26 V and 115 V AC Bus which get powered from one of the static inverters. The bus tie switch has been implemented that connects the left and right DC bus. Also the circuit breakers which have been added and animated in a previous update are now integrated in the electrical system. | |||
The lighting of the instruments is now controlled individually by three knobs at the overhead panel like in the real thing. | |||
All engine instruments that need electrical power to work are passed through a filter so that they behave correctly in case that the power gets lost. | |||
In addition to this there is now a simple implementation of a pneumatic/bleed air system which provides a realistic behaviour of the intake deflectors. | |||
You can recieve the update via SVN/[[FGAddon]] or via the catalog system once it has been updated. | |||
== Scenery corner == | == Scenery corner == | ||