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Robin DR400 Dauphin
Type	Civilian aircraft
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--aircraft=	dr400-dauphin
Status	Production
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Procedures

Startup

Autostart

Manual

Takeoff

Climb

Cruise

Landing

Shutdown

Keyboard shorcut

Options menu

Features

Tutorials

DR400 Dauphin Tuto

A list of tutorials for training purpose are available in the menu Help > Aircraft tutorials

They are also available in the Options menu.

Once the tutorial dialog is opened, you can select a tutorial from the right list then press "Start", the tutorial is loading.

Checklists

DR400 Dauphin Checklist

A list of checklists are available in the menu Help > Aircraft checklists

They are also available in the Options menu.

Once the checklist dialog is opened, you can select a checklist from the top droplist.

Each items can be executed by pressing ">" and a focus marker can be displayed in the cockpit by pressing "?"

Slider/knob

Throttle and mixture use the slider animation, it means you have several possibility to handle these parts:

Left/Middle mouse click = Increase/Decrease
Dragging up/down = Increase/Decrease
Mousewheel forward/backward = Increase/Decrease

All knobs use the knob animation, it means you can handle these parts like:

Left/Middle mouse click = Increase/Decrease
Dragging left/right = Increase/Decrease
Mousewheel forward/backward = Increase/Decrease

Text OSG

DR400 Dauphin TextOSG

The panel is plenty of helpful text available with Ctrl+c

That way you know the name and use of each parts on the panel.

Tooltips

Tooltips are massively used for state information in the cockpit. Be sure the checkbox "Tooltips" is checked in Debug > User Preferences Interface

That way you can easily know the state of:

Throttle (in percent %)
Mixture (in percent %)
Altimeter (in QNH)
Switches (ON/OFF)
Lights (in percent %)
Flaps (in degrees)
Avionics
NAV/VOR instruments

Rembrandt

The DR400 Dauphin is fully Rembrandt compliant.

Taxi light, Landing light, Nav lights, Beacon light, Panel lights.

Liveries

You can change the livery by selcting one in the Options menu > Liveries

Changing your aircraft livery is shown to other players.

Shaders

A reflective shader is applied on exterior model. Take care your "Model" slider is at least at 4/5 in the Rendering dialog

HowTo use

Electrical system

The Robin DR400 Dauphin has a realistic electric system. Each electric parts (instruments, lights, pump...) are consumming electrical power. More electrical parts are ON, more electric is system is sought.

Electric master

DR400 Dauphin Magneto master

Electrical system is supplied by this switch. While this switch is OFF nothing is working but the GPS and chronometer.

The first things you would do once you are seatting in this aircraft is to switch ON this switch.

Alternator

Until alternator switch is ON AND engine is OFF, the battery is the only electric provider.

Be carefull to switch it ON as soon as the engine is running to avoid electrical failure.

Avionics master

This switch is supplying electrical power to:

Horizon artifical
Radio
Transponder
NAV/VOR

Lights

DR400 Dauphin Lighting and Avionic master

Interior lights

Three knobs are available for lighting up three parts of the panel (Left, Right, Center)

Interior lights are only working once the electric master is ON.

Exterior lights

Available exterior lights are:

Landing light - a powerful light for long distance lighting
Taxi light - for short distance lighting
Nav lights - situated on the end of wings
Beacon light - situated on the top of the fuselage

Exterior lights are only working once the electric master is ON.

Chronometer

DR400 Dauphin Chrono

The chronometer is independant of electrical system he is using its own integrated battery.

ON/OFF: Switch ON/OFF the chronometer
Start/pause:
Reset:
Stop:

ELT

DR400 Dauphin ELT

Altimeter

Altimeter is a QNH based pressure. You can change the QNH by handling the knob on the bottom-right.

GPS

DR400 Dauphin Radio stack

Radio

A Bendix King KX165 is installed, its a 25KHz spacing and working well with FGCom.

He is only working once electric master AND avionics master are ON

Transponder

A Bendix King KT 76A is installed, it's a transponder working over network.

He is only working once electric master AND avionics master are ON

Fuel pump

DR400 Dauphin Fuel pump

Fuel tank selector

DR400 Dauphin Fuel selector

Starter

The Starter button is situated behind the fuel tank selector tip.

You can only press it once the tip of the fuel tank selector has moved from CLOSED position.

Elevator trim

DR400 Dauphin Middle

The trim wheel is situated ahead of the fuel tank selector. The wheel is working like a knob regarding mouse action.

A trim indicator is situated on the left of the mixture, that way you know the state of the elevator trim.

Flaps

Flaps handle is situated on the right of the pilot, just between pilot and copilot seat.

Pressing on the front of the handle makes flaps UP while pressing on the back makes flaps DOWN.

A warning light is light up green until flaps are not totally UP.

Brakes

DR400 Dauphin Brake mixture

You can handle left and right brake independently. It can help for taxiing in addition of the rudder action.

Press "b" acting on both brakes.

Parking brake switch is situated on the top of the mixture parts, by pressing it will toggle the parking brake.

Throttle/Mixture

Left/Middle mouse click = Increase/Decrease
Dragging up/down = Increase/Decrease
Mousewheel forward/backward = Increase/Decrease

Warnings

DR400 Dauphin Warning

The warnings are displaying the state of

Starter
Flaps
Alternator
Fuel pressure
Oil pressure

The swith on the left of the warnings light has two functions:

Bottom hotpsot: Test for no broken warning lights - Every warning lights should lightup, that way you are sure none are out of service
Switch: Toggle day/night mode - At night mode, warning lights intensity is reduced

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