General Guidelines

Aerosoft

Twin Otter EXTENDED

The Twin Otter Extended In FSX

Vol

1-1-8

19 November

2013

FUEL PLANNER / LOAD MANAGER

Included with the Twin Otter Extended is a fuel planning tool. Actually it does a bit more as it also allows

you to load passengers and cargo. By just adapting a few basic parameters (amount of passengers and

departure/arrival airport) it will calculate the fuel needed. All these parameters can be manually changed

when needed. When all is set you click the [Load Fuel and Payload] and the data will be sent to FSX. Note

that FSX has to be running at that time

Note that every airline has got its own layout of seats and additional equipment and every airline has its

own specific rules about fuel load. Even simple things and the Zero Fuel Weight can vary far more than we

expected. What we used is an average of many airlines and might not be spot on for your preferred airline.

If you want you can edit the aircraft.xml file (to be found in the C:\Users\YourName\Documents\Aerosoft

\AerosoftTwinOtterExtended folder) to change your preferred layout.

NAVDATAPRO

The Fuel Planner uses our NavDataPro database to find the locations for the airports. This database is the

same that the majority of airlines uses and comes from Lufthansa Systems. The database we install is dated

December 2012. If you have a NavDataPro license your more current version will always be used. For more

information check out http://www.aerosoft-shop.com/products/navdatapro/navdatapro.html

USING THE SWITCHES AND KNOBS

As there are many switches that have more than one setting (something that is not common in modern

aircraft) we decided to use the same method for all controls. You can either left click for one direction or

right click for the other direction or use the mouse wheel. Using the mouse wheel for all controls is far

more natural, just put the cursor on the control and wheel up or down. Imagine the mouse wheel to be the

switch and it all will seem very natural. This will work for rotary controls and switches. A tool tip will almost

always give you the detailed setting.

ANIMATIONS

There are a few nonstandard animations that can be triggered from the Virtual Cockpit. Just click on the

locations indicated in the images. The Gust Lock prevents the flight controls moving when the wind picks

up. Clearly it should be removed before flight!