Cessna 172P

• c172 Alias for c172p.
• c172-3d Alias for c172p-3d.
• c172-3d-yasim Alias for c172r-3d-yasim
• c172-610x Alias for jsbsim version.
• c172-610x-jsbsim Cessna 172 with a full screen, hi-res panel
• c172-610x-null Cessna 172 with a full screen, hi-res panel
• c172-ifr Cessna 172 in IFR configuration
• c172-yasim Alias for c172r-yasim
• c172p Cessna 172P Skyhawk (1981 model)
• c172p-2dpanel Cessna 172P Skyhawk (1981 model), 2D panel
• c172r Alias for c172r-jsbsim.
• c172r-3d Alias for c172r-3d-jsbsim.
• c172r-3d-jsbsim Cessna 172R (JSBSim, 3D cockpit)
• c172r-3d-yasim Cessna 172R (YASim, 3D cockpit)
• c172r-jsbsim Cessna 172R (JSBSim, 2D panel).
• c172r-yasim Cessna 172R (YASim, 2D panel)

Development status/Issues/Todo

c172x Cessna 172 flight dynamics testbed -> when using this alias, Flightgear aborts loading !

Outside:

• when moving the rudder controls, there is a small error at the tail of the rudder
• no cockpit light at night visible
• no pilot and co pilot visible
• aircraft has no shadow
• strobe lights barley available (the ones of the b0105 helictopter look much better)
  • Strobes not yet implemented. Anti-collision light blinks to the front but currently shows constant red aft.
• landing lights are missing

3d Cockpit:

• cockpit instruments do light at night, but the cockpit itself stays dark
• no rudder control pedals available
• 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.
• cockpit instruments look flat, they don't have a 3d look
  • 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
  • It's not a museum, the game is for people who want to fly the aircraft, not to sit inside 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
  • The Carb Heat control on the real 172P *is* square in shape.
• no pilot or co pilot present
• cockpit window has no windscreen wipers
  • The Cessna 172 is not fitted with windscreen wipers.

General:

• It is routine to observe 135 Kias at 2850 RPM in level flight at 1000 MSL, using only 13 gph. This is not the sort of performance seen in real-life Skyhawks.
• engine sound in cockpit does not differ from outside engine sound
  • It does at least in the Cessna c172p Skyhawk 1981 with 3D-cockpit that is bundled with the 0.9.10 version of FlightGear
• hud is not available
• aircraft is flipped when pressing the reset button
• aircraft has the wrong elevation (approximately 20 meter above the runway) after pressing the reset key
  • Cessna c172p Skyhawk 1981 with 3D-cockpit that is bundled with the 0.9.10 version of FlightGear stands right on the ground.
• 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.

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