Brantly B2-B/Systems - Revision history

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‎MAIN MENU

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‎Fuel/Engine/Electrical Instruments

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‎Flight Instruments

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‎Main Flight Controls

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‎Main Flight Controls

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‎HUD

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‎ELT

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‎MAIN MENU

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‎REALISM MENU

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‎REALISM MENU

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 |Park/Unpark
 |Make the aircraft non-physical/physical. Normally this occurs automatically when you sit in the aircraft, but this option can be used to control this manually.
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 |@Realism

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 # Airspeed - Airspeed in Miles/Hour.
-=== Fuel/Engine/Electrical Instruments ===
+=== Fuel/Engine Instruments ===
 === FUEL SYSTEM ===

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	=== Flight Instruments ===		=== Flight Instruments ===
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		+	The flight instruments part of the HUD is opened/closed by pressing the "INST" button on the left side of the main HUD. From left-to-right starting on the top row the instruments are:
		+	# Fuel Flow - This instrument shows the fuel flow in gallons/hour on the outer arc. The inner green arc can be used for leaning. Once in cruise, the engine can be leaned until the MP matches the value shown on the green arc. Full rich should be used for takeoff and landing.
		+	# Manifold Pressure - The manifold pressure is shown in inches of Hg. Manifold pressure is an engine of the power output of the engine.
		+	# Engine/Rotor RPM - The long needle marked "E" shows the engine RPM on the outer scale. The short needle marked "R" shows the rotor RPM on the inner scale. The engine RPM should be between 2800 and 3000 RPM for normal flight.
		+	# VSI - Vertical speed in feet/minute.
		+	# Altitude - Altitude above sea level in feet.
		+	# Airspeed - Airspeed in Miles/Hour.
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	=== Fuel/Engine/Electrical Instruments ===		=== Fuel/Engine/Electrical Instruments ===

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	=== Main Flight Controls ===		=== Main Flight Controls ===
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		+	The main part of the HUD shows the tail-number and HOBBS time of your aircraft on top, and three boxes with a red dot showing your flight control positions. The flight controls are:

	# Collective - Collective controls the total thrust the helicopter is producing. Drag the red dot with the mouse to move the collective. You can also use the Up/Down arrow keys. The red dot will show current collective position regardless of which method you use to manipulate it.		# Collective - Collective controls the total thrust the helicopter is producing. Drag the red dot with the mouse to move the collective. You can also use the Up/Down arrow keys. The red dot will show current collective position regardless of which method you use to manipulate it.

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 === Main Flight Controls ===
-Collective - Collective controls the total thrust the helicopter is producing. Drag the red dot with the mouse to move the collective. You can also use the Up/Down arrow keys. The red dot will show current collective position regardless of which method you use to manipulate it.
+# Collective - Collective controls the total thrust the helicopter is producing. Drag the red dot with the mouse to move the collective. You can also use the Up/Down arrow keys. The red dot will show current collective position regardless of which method you use to manipulate it.
-Cyclic - Cyclic controls the direction that thrust is directed. Drag the red dot with the mouse to move the cyclic. In cruise flight, turns should be performed primarily with cyclic, with the pedals used for trim.
+#Cyclic - Cyclic controls the direction that thrust is directed. Drag the red dot with the mouse to move the cyclic. In cruise flight, turns should be performed primarily with cyclic, with the pedals used for trim.
-Anti-Torque - Anti-Torque (pedals) is used to control the tail rotor thrust. Use the mouse in the horizontal bar to set pedal position, or use the Left/Right arrow keys to control anti-torque. The pedals should be used for turns during hovering flight, and for trim using the yaw string or inclinometer while in cruise flight.
+#Anti-Torque - Anti-Torque (pedals) is used to control the tail rotor thrust. Use the mouse in the horizontal bar to set pedal position, or use the Left/Right arrow keys to control anti-torque. The pedals should be used for turns during hovering flight, and for trim using the yaw string or inclinometer while in cruise flight.
 === Flight Instruments ===

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 === HUD ===
-When you first wear the HUD it will be dark and "disconnected" will displayed to indicate the HUD has not connected to an aircraft. When you sit in either the pilot (right) or co-pilot (left) seat, the HUD will connect and light up. The HUDs of the pilot and copilot/passenger show identical flight data including control positions. There are three main parts of the HUD: gauges on the top, switches for electrical systems in the middle, and flight controls on the bottom.
+When you first wear the HUD it will be dark and "disconnected" will displayed to indicate the HUD has not connected to an aircraft. When you sit in either the pilot (right) or co-pilot (left) seat, the HUD will connect and light up. The HUDs of the pilot and copilot/passenger show identical flight data including control positions. There are three main parts of the HUD: Main Flight Controls, Flight Instruments and Fuel/Engine/Electrical Instruments.
-* The gauges starting at the top are:
 Collective - Collective controls the total thrust the helicopter is producing. Drag the red dot with the mouse to move the collective. You can also use the Up/Down arrow keys. The red dot will show current collective position regardless of which method you use to manipulate it.
 Cyclic - Cyclic controls the direction that thrust is directed. Drag the red dot with the mouse to move the cyclic. In cruise flight, turns should be performed primarily with cyclic, with the pedals used for trim.
 Anti-Torque - Anti-Torque (pedals) is used to control the tail rotor thrust. Use the mouse in the horizontal bar to set pedal position, or use the Left/Right arrow keys to control anti-torque. The pedals should be used for turns during hovering flight, and for trim using the yaw string or inclinometer while in cruise flight.
-Rotor Break - Used to slow down the rotors after engine is shut down. Should also be used during start-up to prevent damage to main rotor blades.
-Mixture - Controls the fuel/air mixture to the engine. See the start-up procedure for information on how to use it.
+=== Flight Instruments ===
-Mags - Turns the magnetos on/off. There are both left and right magnetos. In normal flight you want to use both.
+=== Fuel/Engine/Electrical Instruments ===
 === FUEL SYSTEM ===

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 === ELT ===
-This aircraft is equipped with an on-board ELT (Emergency Locator Transmitter). The ELT is located behind the baggage compartment with a small antenna mounted on the top of the fuselage. Controls for the ELT are on the main console below the Low RPM Warning light. The controls consist of a light that will flash to indicate an ELT alarm has been triggered, and a two position switch. When the switch is in the "Off" position, no ELT alarms will be triggered. When the ELT is in the "Arm" position, a sudden impact will trigger an ELT signal which can be tracked by search and rescue personnel. Note: When fragile mode is enabled, an ELT alarm will cause the fire effects to persist until the ELT is turned off. <3>PAINTKIT SYSTEM The paintkit system allows you to change the appearance of your helicopter. It is accessed through the @Paint sub-menu found on the @Admin menu. On this menu there are several built-in colors, and a "Custom" button to load a paint set from a separate "paintkit" prim. For custom designs you can either use a paintkit from a 3rd party vendor, or load your own texture set into the paint kit that came with your helicopter. To apply a paintkit, simply rez the paintkit near your helicopter and select "*Custom" from the @Paint menu. The helicopter will search for nearby paintkits and allow you to choose which you want to apply. Instructions on how to create your own custom paintkits can be found in the paintkit object.
+This aircraft is equipped with an on-board ELT (Emergency Locator Transmitter). The ELT is located behind the baggage compartment with a small antenna mounted on the top of the fuselage. Controls for the ELT are on the main console below the Low RPM Warning light. The controls consist of a light that will flash to indicate an ELT alarm has been triggered, and a two position switch. When the switch is in the "Off" position, no ELT alarms will be triggered. When the ELT is in the "Arm" position, a sudden impact will trigger an ELT signal which can be tracked by search and rescue personnel. Note: When fragile mode is enabled, an ELT alarm will cause the fire effects to persist until the ELT is turned off.
 === MENUS ===

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 |Get various items from aircraft.
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-|@Admin (owner only) || Access owner-only options
+|@Admin || Access owner-only options (owner only)
 |-
 |@Cheat || Displays the "Cheat" menu with options to bypass various procedures. See "CHEATS" below for more details.

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 |Density || If enabled, density altitude will have an effect on aircraft performance. This comes in play when operating at high altitudes. At high altitudes hover height and climb rate will be reduced from their values at lower altitudes.
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-|ETL (Effective Translational Lift) || If enabled, additional lift/performance is gained when forward airspeed goes above about 20 mph due to the main rotors constantly moving into clean air. When disabled, the additional performance is always available.
+|ETL || When ETL (Effective Translational Lift) is enabled, additional lift/performance is gained when forward airspeed goes above about 20 mph due to the main rotors constantly moving into clean air. When disabled, the additional performance is always available.
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 |Low RPM || When enabled, pulling excessive collective can result in decay of main rotor RPM. Decay can occur when the MP gauge is above red line. If this effect is disabled, rotor RPM will not decay when pulling collective beyond the red line on the MP gauge.

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 |Vortex || When enabled, the helicopter can be subject to "vortex ring state" also known as "settling with power". This can occur when the helicopter is in a vertical descent of more than 300 feet/min with a forward speed of less than 30 mph while collective is at more than 50%. When vortex ring state occurs, the helicopter will experience a loss of lift and begin descending rapidly, even if additional collective is pulled.
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-|Translate || If enabled, the effects and compensation for translating tendency will be active. The net effect is that the left skid will hang slightly low in a hover. See SECTION 8 for more detail on this effect.
+|Translate || If enabled, the effects and compensation for translating tendency will be active. The net effect is that the left skid will hang slightly low in a hover.
 |}