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=== Updated aircraft === | |||
==== Seneca ==== | |||
The [[Piper_PA34-200T_Seneca_II|Seneca]] received an update this month, adding auxiliary fuel tanks available from Tom's Aircraft in real life. Additionally, the max weight in the front and aft baggage holds was corrected to 100 pounds each (instead of 200). | |||
In "Equipment > Fuel and Payload", you can watch the nacelle tanks | |||
slowly[1] empty themselves into the main tanks during flight. There is | |||
no other way to know how much fuel remains in these tanks, just like in | |||
reality. | |||
Also, note that these tanks occupy space that was formerly available for | |||
cargo in reality, but was never implemented in FlightGear. And | |||
obviously, filling these tanks must be at the expense of payload. Like | |||
in most aircraft, one cannot take max fuel and max payload at the same | |||
time; it's a tradeoff. | |||
The fuel in these tanks increases the range of the SenecaII from 800 to | |||
970 nmi. | |||
The Seneca also received improvements to the interior lighting - the overhead light switch is now a two-position switch and activates the overhead lights, which now illuminate the non-backlit areas of the cockpit: the charts on the copilot's seat, the instrument panel, the throttle/RPM/mixture levers, coil flap levers, flap lever, etc. | |||
The left-hand electrical buttons (main battery, magnetos, start button, etc.) and the instrument and radio light dimmers are no longer back-lit and no longer controlled by the instrument light; instead they are dimly lit only by the overhead light. The NAV1, NAV2, ADF and DME instruments use the radio light dimmer (which was previously inoperative) and have the same color; white, since NAV1 and NAV2 are not specific to the Seneca II but are shared between various aircraft. Most importantly, the knobs are lit, too, and therefore visible at night even without Ctrl+C. | |||
These updates are available from FGADDON. | |||
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