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* pilot seat is not available | * pilot seat is not available | ||
* no pilot or copilot present | * no pilot or copilot present | ||
* Note that on a real C182, on the tachometer, the green range tops out at 2400, and there is also a red radial line at 2400. In the model, the markings are wrong. The red radial line is absent, and the green goes all the way up to 2500. (The model's propeller governor is properly set, limiting the revs to 2400.) | |||
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* The model doesn't implement cowl flaps. This affects the realism, especially if you are using the model for "transition training" into complex aircraft. Cowl flaps are part of the workload that makes the thing complex. Also they underline the point that the checklist that works for one aircraft doesn't necessarily work for them all. | |||
* In the model, after flying for a while, the oil pressure falls below the bottom of the green. Not by a lot, but definitely outside the green range, and therefore outside the normal range. Is this perhaps because somebody forgot to open the cowl flaps? This detracts from the realism; most pilots would be very unhappy flying an aircraft with out-of-normal oil pressure. | |||
* In cruise, the model has much more adverse yaw than a real Skylane. The real thing has differential aileron deflection which the designers have lovingly tuned so that you can cruise with your feet on the floor (not on the pedals). At low airspeeds, of course, the real aircraft still has plenty of adverse yaw. | * In cruise, the model has much more adverse yaw than a real Skylane. The real thing has differential aileron deflection which the designers have lovingly tuned so that you can cruise with your feet on the floor (not on the pedals). At low airspeeds, of course, the real aircraft still has plenty of adverse yaw. | ||
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* 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. | * 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. | ||
*) The model has no landing light. This detracts only slightly from the realism of the landing, because at touchdown attitude, the pitch attitude is so high that the landing light is pointing way up in the air; therefore almost anything that could possibly be lit up by the landing light is blocked from view by the cowling. A privately-owned aircraft is not even required to have a landing light, even when being operated at night. Landing with burned-out landing lights is no big deal ... assuming the runway-edge lights are working. The so-called landing light is mostly just a taxi light. The only part of the landing where the landing light is really useful is for reading the big painted number on the runway, to confirm that you aren't landing on the wrong runway. | |||
* While sitting on the runway, whenever the brakes are applied the aircraft makes faint scratching noises, and bobbles a little bit in pitch ... even if the engine is off! With the engine off, I can't imagine why applying the brakes would cause bobbling. This applies equally to the parking brakes, plain old service brakes, and either (or both) toe brakes. This is observed in the C172r and C182 models and perhaps others (but not the PA24-250). | |||
Desirable creeping features: | Desirable creeping features: | ||