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FS9 Ford Tri-Motor

Postby Batman93210 » Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:51 pm

Hi Yall :D

I add it autopilot to the FS9 Ford Tri-Motor. It holds the altitude, and vertical speed good. But when a swich on the hdg on the aircraft  bankings hard to the left,  right, and will not hold a heading.
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Re: FS9 Ford Tri-Motor

Postby MattNW » Fri Jul 29, 2005 9:34 pm

It also needs an AP section added to the .air file. You'll need an airfile editor and then copy/paste one from another aircraft into the trimotor.
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Re: FS9 Ford Tri-Motor

Postby Batman93210 » Sat Jul 30, 2005 9:53 am

Thanks for the reply.

I did add that section. I figured it out the Ford Tri-Motor didn't have an attitude indicator. Once I add it the attitude indicator all was good to go.  I would like to decrease the autopilot's bank angle
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Re: FS9 Ford Tri-Motor

Postby wji » Sat Jul 30, 2005 10:18 am

Good 2 hear you got your mojo workin' I was going to suggest aliasing the B350 panel but that would kind of spoil the look-and-feel of this classic plane, wouldn't it? :-)
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Re: FS9 Ford Tri-Motor

Postby Batman93210 » Sat Jul 30, 2005 2:40 pm

I dont want to mess with the flight characteristics.
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Re: FS9 Ford Tri-Motor

Postby Staiduk » Sat Jul 30, 2005 4:32 pm

Batman:

To adjust the AP's bank angle; go into the aircraft.cfg file and scroll down to the [Autopilot] heading. Lower the value on "Max Bank Angle". :)

Hope this helps. :)
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Re: FS9 Ford Tri-Motor

Postby Batman93210 » Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:55 am

Thank I'll check it out. Thanks for your reply
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Re: FS9 Ford Tri-Motor

Postby Staiduk » Mon Aug 01, 2005 7:29 pm

np. :) Let us know how it works out for ya. :)
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Re: FS9 Ford Tri-Motor

Postby beaky » Mon Aug 01, 2005 7:46 pm

I dont want to mess with the flight characteristics.


Then why the heck did you add an autopilot?  ;) :D
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Re: FS9 Ford Tri-Motor

Postby Gidsey » Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:35 am

surely you could use the flight planner. have it like the old days. fly by landmarks and scenery. its more fun.
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