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* when moving the rudder controls, there is a small error at the tail of the rudder | * when moving the rudder controls, there is a small error at the tail of the rudder | ||
* | ** What kind of error? | ||
* | * <strike>aircraft has no shadow</strike> | ||
* aircraft has no shadow | ** Shadow can be enabled through a "Rendering" dialog right during the flight. | ||
* | * landing, taxi and strobe lights are not implemented yet | ||
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* landing lights are | |||
3D cockpit: | |||
* cockpit instruments | * only cockpit instruments light at night, no cockpit and panel light available yet | ||
* no rudder control pedals | * no rudder control pedals visible | ||
** Rudder position indicator could be a better addition. | |||
* can't hear sound when pressing the switches and levers in the cockpit | * can't hear sound when pressing the switches and levers in the cockpit | ||
** It is questionable whether switchgear and levers can be heard over the engine in the real aircraft. | ** It is questionable whether switchgear and levers can be heard over the engine in the real aircraft. | ||
*** They can be heard being clicked, if the camera is inside the cockpit. | |||
* cockpit instruments look flat, they don't have a 3d look | * cockpit instruments look flat, they don't have a 3d look | ||
** According to Aircraft Readme, 3d instruments are WIP. | ** According to Aircraft Readme, 3d instruments are WIP. | ||
* cockpit is textured but textures need more polish, for example there are no door opener visible at the side doors | * cockpit is textured but textures need more polish, for example there are no door opener visible at the side doors | ||
** It's not a museum, the game is for people who want to fly | ** It's not a museum, the game is for people who want to fly aircraft, not to sit in the cockpit and look around. | ||
* one of the levers has an error, it looks like a square and it is not round like the lever should be | * <strike>one of the levers has an error, it looks like a square and it is not round like the lever should be</strike> | ||
** The Carb Heat control on the real 172P *is* square in shape. | ** The Carb Heat control on the real 172P *is* square in shape. | ||
* no pilot or co pilot present | * no pilot or co pilot present | ||
* cockpit window has no windscreen wipers | ** It's a waste of polygons, not everyone has a hi-end PC. You can always turn on your imagination! | ||
** The Cessna 172 is not fitted with windscreen wipers. | * <strike>cockpit window has no windscreen wipers</strike> | ||
** The Cessna 172 is not fitted with windscreen wipers [http://skyhawk.cessna.com/]. | |||
* no trim postion indicators in the 3D-cockpit of Cessna c172p Skyhawk 1981 | * no trim postion indicators in the 3D-cockpit of Cessna c172p Skyhawk 1981 | ||
* no flaps position indicators in the 3D-cockpit of Cessna c172p Skyhawk 1981 | * no flaps position indicators in the 3D-cockpit of Cessna c172p Skyhawk 1981 | ||
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* when I nosedive the sound of the engine gets higher and higher like it should, but then after some seconds of nosediving this high engine sound abruptly ends and the tone pitch is suddenly so low like it is when doing a normal horizontal flight -> this sounds like a bug in flightgear | * when I nosedive the sound of the engine gets higher and higher like it should, but then after some seconds of nosediving this high engine sound abruptly ends and the tone pitch is suddenly so low like it is when doing a normal horizontal flight -> this sounds like a bug in flightgear | ||
** This occurs at approx 325 Knots (as show on HUD) which is over 2x Vne. The airframe could be assumed to have failed before this speed is reached. | ** This occurs at approx 325 Knots (as show on HUD) which is over 2x Vne. The airframe could be assumed to have failed before this speed is reached. | ||
There are 3 c172 downloads available at the FlightGear official site ([http://flightgear.org/Downloads/aircraft/index.shtml]) now. | |||
Can the developers, please, explain in detail how this three models correlate, do they depend on each other etc. Maybe separate pages are necessary for each version. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||