Version XP12 (March 1st 2023)
Version 1.1 (December 6th 2022)
1. FIRE 1 can now be tested with only the Aux Battery switch ON for ";over the rail"; checks.
2. Increased available elevator pitch trim after US Marine Corp pilot feedback, which led to the need for...
3. Revised takeoff trim settings for engine running start and optional TRIM annunciator.
4. Robust low speed flight model improvements for more accurate performance in approach and stall speed ranges, as a result of ...
5. New custom Pilatus airfoils with optimized high and lo Reynolds numbers versions, which led to the need for ...
5. Recalibrated Electronic Air Speed Indicator (EASI) for improved accuracy throughout the needle's sweep range, which led to the need for ...
6. Revised T-6A User Guide has additional information for flying different approach and landing methods (Air Speed or AOA), which resulted in ...
7. Default AOA indexer colors are now the US Navy style green, yellow, red from top to bottom.
Note: "Navy style"; AOA approaches are flown from ";behind the power curve"; so the aircraft nose is decidedly nose high during the approach compared to Air Force style approaches flown referencing airspeeds. When behind the power curve aircraft rate of descent is controlled with power.
Note: With Options ON you get an enhanced Air Force style red, green, yellow top to bottom indexer. This eliminates the need to manually edit a script file to choose an indexer style, though if you want the enhanced version as your default you can edit aoa_indexer.lua script; lines 100 and 215. Line 100 edit if(get(as_switch,16)==0) and make it ==1, and line 215 edit if(get(as_switch,16)==1) and make it ==0 8. AOA indexer left to right twist rotation increased from 45 to 180 deg. It was 6 oclock to 4:30, now it twists from 9 oclock to 3 oclock.Note: the AOA indexer is twisted all the way left or right before formation flight to gauge distance on the flight lead during join up. Ref AETC MAN 11-248, Table 9.3 Range Estimation.
9. High altitude, max speed flight model improved by increasing engine critical altitude from 16,000 to 17,500 ft MSL.
10. Based on further pilot feedback, slightly increased propeller minimum pitch in order slightly reduce airborne idle prop drag and ...
11. Implemented ground (60%) and flight (67%) idle modes as per 1T-6A-1 Flight Manual to improve ground taxi and approach handling characteristics.
12. Re-coded the ";tad"; lua script to enable pilot rudder trim input AND dynamic rudder trim compensation by the TAD correction formula.
Note: See 1T-6A-1, page 1-43 TRIM AID DEVICE (TAD)
Finally, there are now over 28 additional liveries available on the X-Plane.org freeware download manager under:
https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/category/251-t-6a-texan-ii-by-aoa-simulations/Categories > Aircraft Skins - Liveries > AOA Simulations > T-6A Texan II
Go there and check them out and do not forget to leave a ";star"; rating if you like and or
appreciate Fabrice artistry!