User manual

Twin Otter Extended
Aerosoft GmbH 2013
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• Set Ready to fly: Starts the aircraft and sets all switches to
the state normally used during taxi.
• Default start up situations: Sets 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.
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)
• Engines On/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)
• FDR Event (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