Gliders

Sailplanes, Tow Planes and Ultralights by Galen Thurber for Jane's Combat Sims: FA

If you haven't flown in a glider (soaring in a sailplane)- you must give it a try! Superb and fairly cheap

Requirements:

FA Sim Limitations

no new shapes can be added to FA, so shapes must be borrowed [I've used drone shapes]
no yaw string either! but rudders are non self centering
use throttle to simulate both TOW and Thermals
100% for take off till 3000' [rules: follow level]
when you find thermal [updraft] release tow line...
on release tow plane breaks to left - glider breaks to right [unless in UK - opposite]
goto 0% throttle [listen for tow line release]
adjust throttle to simulate thermal strength -
climb away circling at lowest speed
on landing / approach use 0% throttle -stay at turning speed or 15kt over stall
NEW - use thrust vectoring for trim and thermal strength, and sink values

Thermal - throttle chart:

Generic sailplane characteristics

Suggested ATFG/FA graphics setting to MAX objects with textures and shading [only use best textures if you have MMX 230 or higher]

Glider/Sailplanes	Specs	etc	etc	to do
Pilatus B-4 PC11	aerobatic - gear	1 crew higher stall speed tricky high G stall warning is short	do not rudder on ground
SZD-48 Jantar	aerobatic n/r
Viking 104	Canada late sixties aerobatic n/r	dangerous to fly
2 seaters
Grob 103 Twin Astir II	glob130 via rvss	atfg body = de2 good cross country dual mount	created sep 05/1998 my version limited to 20,000 - no oxygen
SZD-50-3 "Puchacz"	dual version limited aerobatic	2 crew stall warning is short	beware of rudder on stall
Schweizer SGS 2-33	dual version tough high sink rate	2 crew
Blanic L-13	Polish with gear and flaps n/r	x
self propelled
DG-400	not started - propeller	2
Tow planes
Citabria	150hp limited performance so computerized glider can simulate tow	speed limited below 5000 to ~80kts for towing -complete with new sound
L-19 II

Ultralights
Challenger II Rotax 503	tba
Challenger II Clipped Wing Rotax 5..	tba
Hawk Classic Rotax 377 Tail dragger	testing GT R41	Vs= 26, Vne=85 Sink 400/fpm L/d: 8.8:1 [83/6]	Me=254, Mt=530 x-wind=32km !
Hawk Plus
Hawk II

generic scribbles	to do: use ratio elevator, aileron, rudder 1:2:4	increase rudder yaw		to do: HUDS wing tip aileron drag, rudder yaws, roll

sample screen captures

[on ground with runner]

glider and tow in background over south of England

[glider]

glider in a high tow position after going through a thermal, Cu s, Ci, channel, field in background

[glider high tow

created 1998-09-05

revision: 2000-08-23