S-64/SL Feaures

SECTION 7. SL FEATURES

1 HUD

When you first wear the HUD it will be dark and "disconnected" will be 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 top part of the HUD include the basic flight instruments, while the bottom half of HUD includes the following:

• Sim Crossing Status - Small light in upper left corner that shows the sim crossing state. A green light indicates normal connectivity, while a yellow or red light indicates no connectivity. It is normal to see a yellow or red indication for one or two seconds during a sim crossing.
• Aircraft ID - Shows the tail number of the aircraft the HUD is connected to. "--" will be displayed when disconnected.
• HOBBS meter - Shows total time on your aircraft in hours and tenths of hours. Accumulates time only while engine is running.
• 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 in HUD mode or PgUp/Down keys in Keyboard mode. 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 inclinometer while in cruise flight.

2 MINI-HUD

In addition to the standard HUD, there is also an alternative "Mini HUD". The mini HUD is essentially the same as the lower portion of the main HUD.

3 SEATING ACCESS CONTROL

For the purpose of access control, there are three classes of seats : pilot, crew and passenger. The "crew" class includes all seats in the cabin other than the right-seat pilot. The base aircraft contains no passenger seats, but may control access in certain pod attachments to the helicopter. Each seat class can be separately set to restricted or guest. When a class is set to "restricted", only the owner or avatars who have been added to the registered crew list can use that class of seat.

The access controls are found in the @Admin menu which is accessible only by the owner. Each of the three class will be shown with a preceding "R" to show it is in restricted mode or "G" for guest mode. Also in the @Admin menu are buttons to Add, Remove and List registered crew members.

4 MENUS

4.1 Main Menu

Button	Description
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.
Eject	Select an occupant to eject
Safe Unsit	Slide avatar outside aircraft before unseating them. Useful when aircraft is physical.
@Options	Control various flight option settings.
@Pod	Access the pod menu to attach/detach pods, etc.
@Get	Get various things include HUD and manual/help notecards
HUD Connect	Reestablish connectivity between helicopter and HUD if it becomes disconnected, or if you wear HUD while already seated.
@Admin	Access owner-only options (owner only)
@Cheat	Displays the "Cheat" menu with options to bypass various procedures. See "CHEATS" below for more details.
@Realism	Enable or disable "realism" features of the aircraft flight characteristics.
@REGISTER	Access the aircraft registration menu. This button will only appear on the main menu if an N number had not yet been assigned. (aircraft must be parked/non-physical)