Twin Otter ReadMe.
Monday 11 November 2002

This text holds the information we gathered after
the manual was put to bed.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

- Next to the manual there is a PDF formatted
checklist that is intended to be printed (double
sided) and folded into a leaflet. This will 
undoubtfully assist you in any flight. You can
open the checklist from the "Windows start menu 
| LAGO | Twin Otter" 

- Some user had trouble trimming the aircraft.
You can find neutral trim by trimming until you 
see the Neutral Trim light up on the warning
panel (or by looking at the trim surfaces on the
stabilizer, they are animated).

- Some users reported that they could not start
the engines. Please note that the FS2002 AutoStart
does not work in this aircraft.

- The ground handling of amphibious aircraft is 
always complex as they can not steer the 'nose'
wheels. You have to keep your heading with the
remaining three options; 
.seperate engine control (use [E]-[1] and [E]-[2]
 to select an engine)
.seperate braking (use [F11] and [F12]
.when you have some speed the rudder will also 
 help.

- The float and Amphibian versions were never 
equiped with water rudders. While floating you 
have to keep directional control with the engines
and the rudder.


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HISTORY

1.00 Release version

1.01 First fixes

- Missing textures in VC added
- Gauges compiled again to avoid loading problems
- Fore flaps ("flapperons") added
- Air file issues addressed, 80% loaded.
- Landing lights in VC added
- Taxilight animated to steer with nose wheel
- Missed texture for Air Hokaido door/stairs 
  added
- Maldivian spelled correctly in manual and 
  aircraft.cfg
- The light switches are now correct (there are
  some options here, we used the wiring as used 
  by some aircraft we have seen in person. The 
  NAV switch is not used here as it is identical
  to the POSN switch).
- Manual changed to explain repainting issues
  better.
- Gauge load problem corrected
- Gear Warning sound removed for floaters/amphibs
- Flight plan added for test flight
- Test Flight Startup Flight edited to have
  trim neutral and ignition set to 1
- Readme inserted on Aircarft notes (press 
  [F10].
- Annunciator electrical feed corrected, now
  will be dark if no battery power is on.
- Panel Light switch corrected, now only
  switches on panel lights.
- Radios now electrical connected to DC bus




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KNOWN LIMITATIONS:

- Opening the PDF formatted manual from within 
FS2002 might result in a failure. No crash or
something like that, just nothing. This is 
because Acrobat Reader times out due to the high
resource load of FS2002. trying it again will
open the menu. We can not fix this problem.

- The GPS window cannot be opened with a shortcut 
key because Fs2002 allows only 10 windows to be 
in the panel files. You can however select it 
from the "Views | Instrument" menu.


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TIPS:

- Print the Checklist and keep it in your cockpit!

- Now you have a great aircraft, you need a few
great airports that suit this aircraft. Try our
GeoRender airports or Emma Field, they are the
perfect base for this aircraft add-on.

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FREE ACROBAT READER

The manual for the download version is created in
Adobe Acrobat format. The CD version of FS
Scenery Enhancer contains the Acrobat Reader in
the UTIL directory. You can always get the latest
version from :

www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.


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