UPDATED WITH BUG FIXES:
- Heading indicator and bearing/course needles smoother and continuous
- ILS course guidance fix with variable sensitivity
Want to know where you are and how to get anywhere in the Simple Planes world? Want instrument navigation and final approaches? Like flying at night? Use this cockpit!
Select one of six locations using the grid of AG1-5 buttons and the location will highlight green. If there is a runway there, the top instrument will give you deviations from a 5 degree final approach. You can load in at the final approach location or intercept a course to set yourself up for landing (see below for more info). Chase the needle deviation to stay on glidepath. The heading indicator has a white bearing pointer and a green course indicator. The white needle always points to the location you selected. The green needle lets you set a radial (-180 to 180) coming out of that location to fly on. Adjust course using trim and trim reset keys and turn toward needle deflection to intercept your desired flightpath.
I've used several variations of this cockpit on different planes. To design your own, use position nudge (there are a few rotators inside the cockpit block you'll also need to move). If the instruments don't seem to work right, the indicator needles may have automatically attached to new blocks and not the rotators, and you can easily reassign them.
Final approach courses:
AV (Avalanche): 090
BD (Bandit): -150
MY (Maywar): 015
WT (Wright): 180 or -180
YG (Yeager): -170
KN: You probably don't want to land here
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 24.3ft (7.4m)
- Length 20.4ft (6.2m)
- Height 8.5ft (2.6m)
- Empty Weight 2,539lbs (1,152kg)
- Loaded Weight 2,805lbs (1,272kg)
Performance
- Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.178
- Wing Loading 21.0lbs/ft2 (102.3kg/m2)
- Wing Area 133.9ft2 (12.4m2)
- Drag Points 582
Parts
- Number of Parts 51
- Control Surfaces 5
- Performance Cost 369