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i made a plane, right. and i dont know how to make it also an AI plane.. how do i do this?

Once the plane is installed and shows up in FS9, you're ready to make it fly as AI.

Go into the aircraft.cfg file and copy the part AFTER title=

[fltsim.x]
title=[glb]Beech D18S NOVC[/glb]sim=D18S
model=novc
panel=novc
sound=
texture=
kb_checklists=Beech18_check
kb_reference=Beech18_ref
== end of snip ==

Copy and Paste the title into a Notepad file named aircraft.txt (see below: "AIA DC-9-10 AeroCalifornia" -- quotes must be included)



Give it a unique number and speed from the aircraft.cfg file (or just guess at the speed)

That's it . . . add this number to the flightplans.txt and compile the three (3) files into traffic_new.bgl and put it into Addon Scenery/Scenery folder (default for TTools) and this crate is out of here next time FS9 is flashed up.

Bill

The speed from the aircraft.cfg file, is that airspeed, or groundspeed, for the AI?

'Cruise' speed, found in the [Reference Speeds] section of the aircraft.cfg file.

The entry in the 'aircraft*.txt' TTools file will not effect the actual speed of the a/c. It is only used to calculate the arrival time when you 'compile'.

Dave

"The speed from the aircraft.cfg file, is that airspeed, or groundspeed, for the AI?"

From TTools Manual (on the desktop for quick reference):
"Cruise speed:
This is the cruise speed (TAS) given in the aircraft specifications. It can be found in aircraft manuals or other reference material. Note that this number does not determine the actual cruise speed of AI aircraft, that is based on a cruise speed parameter included in the aircraft model

I am confused with what I have just read.

I have two AI F-15's that I program to go from one airport to another to 'escort' Air Force One which I am flying.

The cruise speed for these fighters is listed at 700 knots in the aircraft file but when I tell them to cruise at 250 knots in the traffic file that is exactly what they do.

Every AF1 flight I make I watch the two fighters take off then I myself take off and fly at 300 knots to catch up then slow to 250 knots and they follow me  for the remainder of my trip.

I have used various speeds in the traffic file and that's the speed they always maintain.