General Guidelines

Aerosoft
Twin Otter EXTENDED
The Twin Otter Extended In FSX
Vol
1
1-1-6
19 November
2013
DIGITAL FLIGHT DATA RECORDER
Not standard equipment in the Twin Otter (though many have it retrofitted) we have installed a Digital
Flight Data Recorder in the Twin Otter. It will log many flight parameters and will save them on your hard
disk. These data files can be read and displayed with a tool that is delivered with the Twin Otter Extended.
A far better tool to read these files is Flight Simulator Flight Keeper, a tool that is used by dozens of Virtual
Airlines and thousands of serious enthusiasts
Events the DFDR module records:
 Block events OUT (Engine on), OFF (TO), ON (LA), IN (Engines off)
 Flaps
 Spoiler
 Gear
 Lights
 Autopilot On/Off
 Transponder Code
 Pressure
 Altimeter
 Taxi and Flight Path (invisible on the
details dialog as it is only used for KML
and FSFK export)
 Position (only if there has been no other
event triggered - on a regular interval)
 Aircraft Crash
 FDR Test (after pressing the
corresponding button)
This data is recorded for all events:
 Altitude
 GroundAltitude
 IAS
 TAS
 GroundSpeed
 WindHeading
 WindSpeed
 Fuel
 OAT
 TAT
 Latitude
 Longitude
 Heading
 TrueHeading
 GlideslopeNeedle
 LocalizerNeedle
 VerticalSpeed
 PitchAngle
 BankAngle
 GForce
 AileronTrim
 ElevatorTrim
 RuderTrim
 EventTime
 EventDate
 EventTimeZone
 EventTimeOfDay
 FramesPerSecond
With each event time, speed, heading, trim, fuel, glide slope, localizer, weather and some more data are
recorded. This a powerful tool to see where you can increase your flying skills.
The DFDR panel has a button to activate or de-activate
the flight logging and an EVENT button. If you press
that button a DFDR Event is logged. You can use this to
‘bookmark’ the log file. This can be useful if have a
problem and want to study that situation later.
To see your flight log you use the AS_RecorderManager (you can find that in the FSXMainFolder\Aerosoft
\Flight Recorder but also via the Windows Start menu). All your flights will be shown there. Double click
one and all events will be displayed.