General Guidelines

Aerosoft

Twin Otter EXTENDED

The Twin Otter Extended In FSX

Vol

1-1-5

19 November

2013

CONFIGURATION

There are settings used by the aircraft that cannot be set by standard FSX dialog screens. These can be

changed by the configuration page of the Checklist. Because it is not always easy to see the most important

engine parameters and because ice on the structure cannot be seen there are indications for that on this

page as well.

 Failures and enhanced icing: Enables the

non-standard failures.

 Checklist uses feathered propellers during

start: Will set the checklist to expect prop

levers set in feather during startup. Airline

specific - both ways of startup procedures

are used. Feathered: will assure that oil

pressure builds up quicker during startup,

since the prop governor won´t affect it. Full

forward: Will assure a cooler start-up.

 Start locks installed on float versions: These

are optional fitted on floatplanes. They

prevents the prop blades from feathering

during shutdown. Since the blades are in flat

pitch for the start this way, no forward

thrust will be generated during startup,

which normally are caused by the props

unfeathering. Prop lever must be full

forward and Power levers moved towards

reverse for the start locks to disengage.

 Disable panel view selector: Will prevent the panel view selector from automatically popping up

when loading the aircraft. [Shift] [3] Can still be used to toggle it on/ off on the screen.

 Disable checklist change camera views: Turns off the camera view selection when clicking the

checklist item text.

 Set Cold and Dark: Powers the aircraft down and sets all switches off.

 Set Ready to fly: Starts the aircraft and sets all switches to the state normally used during taxi.

 Default start up situations: Set the state in which the aircraft will be loaded

 Doors: FSX only utilizes 4 doors. Since the Twin Otter has 6 doors we chose to make the pilot doors

custom. The pilot doors can be opened by clicking on the door handles in the Virtual cockpit.

Additionally all doors can be opened closed via the checklist gauge on the configuration page.

TRANSPARENCY

To make the checklist easier to use you can make it more or less transparent. You will find a

small icon on the front page of the checklist, use the mouse wheel to set the required

transparency.