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* engine sound in cockpit does not differ from outside engine sound | * engine sound in cockpit does not differ from outside engine sound | ||
* | * In the model, the engine noise is the same at all speeds from 1500 RPM on up. (The pitch gets lower as the speed drops below 1500 RPM.) This has an impact on pilot technique; the pilot should be able to hear RPM changes, anywhere in the range. | ||
* aircraft is flipped when pressing the reset button | * aircraft is flipped when pressing the reset button | ||
* aircraft has the wrong elevation (approximately 20 meter above the runway) after pressing the reset key | * aircraft has the wrong elevation (approximately 20 meter above the runway) after pressing the reset key | ||
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** However, there is a multiplicative effect: Adding power causes a nose-up pitching moment when flaps are in an extended position. Or, to say the same thing, extending the flaps causes a nose-up pitching moment. The effect is in proportion to the amount of power being developed *times* the amount of flap deflection. | ** However, there is a multiplicative effect: Adding power causes a nose-up pitching moment when flaps are in an extended position. Or, to say the same thing, extending the flaps causes a nose-up pitching moment. The effect is in proportion to the amount of power being developed *times* the amount of flap deflection. | ||
* The model seems never to consume any fuel. | * The model seems never to consume any fuel. A dump of the property list indicates that engines/engine/fuel-flow-gph takes on reasonable values and tracks the throttle setting, while engines/engine/fuel-flow_pph remained stuck at zero. This is a particularly bad disconnect, since apparently the latter is what gets integrated to calculate engines/engine/fuel-consumed-lbs. | ||
* No "flags" on the instruments. The GS needle goes to mid-scale if there is no valid signal. That'll kill you for sure. I'm told that the hi-res instruments implement flags, but the lo-res ones don't, and the c182 model is using the lo-res versions. | |||
* Modelling a failure via the "heading indicator" option on the "instrument failures" popup has no discernible effect on the HSI. I dumped the property list and observed that the "serviceable" flag on the heading indicator was false, in accordance with the desired failure ... but somehow the backend routines are not respecting this setting. FWIW replacing the HSI in the panel with a plain old DG allows proper modelling of the failure. | |||
Desirable creeping features: | Desirable creeping features: | ||
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* horizon instrument is in wrong position after doing some wild flying maneuvers. This is a realistic model of a tumbled gyro. | * horizon instrument is in wrong position after doing some wild flying maneuvers. This is a realistic model of a tumbled gyro. | ||
* cockpit window has no windscreen wipers. This is realistic. | * cockpit window has no windscreen wipers. This is realistic. | ||
* hud is not available. This is realistic. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||