All of these vehicles have intrument panels which share the
same format and are documented in the following sections.
The gliders directory inside the
MicroFlight directory containes the available planes,
each plane is placed inside a directory inside the
MicroFlight\aircraft directory.
| The
structure of the Gyro.cfg file is as follows: |
1
[has_engine]
80.0 [hp]
6500 [rpm_max]
3600 [time_fuel]
25 [prop_pitch]
50 [prop_diam]
1 [prop_num]
4.0 [r_blade]
0.2 [c_blade]
2 [n_blade]
5.5 [cla_blade]
0.025 [cd_blade]
0.05 [alfa_0]
0.5 [al_max_hub]
-0.5 [al_min_hub]
0.75 [sur_vt]
5.5 [cla_vt]
4.5 [x_vt]
0.75 [sur_r]
0.5 [al_max_r]
-0.5 [al_min_r]
0.01 [cd0]
250.0 [mass]
100.0 [i_xx]
100.0 [i_yy]
100.0 [i_zz]
6 [sink_max]
5 [g_max]
0.0 [camera_x0]
-0.1 [camera_y0]
-0.2 [camera_z0]
0.2 [x_lg1]
2.0 [y_lg1]
-2.0 [x_lg2]
2.0 [y_lg2]
0.02 [lg_kf]
panel_10 [panel_name]
0.0 [x_panel]
-0.45 [y_panel]
0.9 [z_panel]
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Basic Autogyro
A simple to fly single seat autogyro, powered by
an 80 hp aviation engine which drives a pusher
propeller.
This little machine can reach a top speed of 60
kts while
maintaining a short takeoff distance and
practically vertical
landing with no ground run at all.
|
Explanation:
|
| has_engine |
Has engine ( 1 has
engine , 0 no engine ) |
| hp |
Engine power (
horse power ) |
| rpm_max |
Engine maximum RPM
( RPM ) |
| time_fuel |
Fuel capacity of
plane, at full throttle ( seconds ) |
| prop_pitch |
Propeller pitch
(In) |
| prop_diam |
Propeller diameter
(In) |
| r_blade |
Radius of blade (m) |
| c_blade |
Chord of blade (M) |
| n_blade |
number of blades |
| cla_blade |
Wing lift line
slope (1/Radian) |
| cd_blade |
Wing zero incidence
drag coefficient |
| alfa0 |
Blade install angle
(Radian) |
| al_max_hub |
Maximal angle of
tilt for hub (Radian) |
| al_min_hub |
Minimal angle of
tilt for hub (Radian) |
| cd0 |
Body zero incidence
drag coefficient |
| mass |
Mass of plane
including fuel (Kg) |
| i_xx |
Pitch moment of
innertia (Kg x M^2) |
| i_yy |
Yaw moment of
innertia (Kg x M^2) |
| i_zz |
Roll moment of
innertia (Kg x M^2) |
| sink_max |
Maximum allowable
touch down rate of decent (M/Sec) |
| g_max |
Maximal
positive stress allowed (g) |
| camera_x0 |
Position of cockpit
camera along X axis |
| camera_y0 |
Position of cockpit
camera along Y axis |
| camera_z0 |
Position of cockpit
camera along Z axis |
| x_lg1 |
Main gear position,
measured from nose (M) |
| y_lg1 |
Main gear height,
measured from axis of plane (M) |
| x_lg2 |
Auxialliary gear
position, measured from nose (M) |
| y_lg2 |
Auxialliary gear
height, measured from axis of plane (M) |
| lg_kf |
Landing gear
kinematic friction coefficient |
| sur_vt |
Vertical tail
surface (M^2) |
| cla_vt |
Vertical tail lift
line slope (1/Radian) |
| x_vt |
Vertical tail
position , measured between nose and aerodynamic
center of tail (M) |
| sur_r |
Rudder surface
(M^2) , surface of moving control surface of tail
( the rudder ) |
| al_max_r |
Rudder maximum
angle of attack (Radian) |
| al_min_r |
Rudder minimum
angle of attack (Radian) |
| panel_name |
Name of panel that
will be used for plane |
| x_panel |
X position of the
instrument panel |
| y_panel |
Y position of the
instrument panel |
| z_panel |
Z position of the
instrument panel |
When
designing a plane without rudder or elevator
these values will be the values of equivalent
control surfaces which are required to give the
stability and control characteristics of the
plane.
This is a multi-frame
hirarchy mesh file, it can
be created
by converting a 3DS file into an X file by using the
command "conv3ds
[filename.3ds]" , conv3ds.exe is
a small freeware converter written by Microsoft.
The
plane.x file can contain over 30 moving parts,
each of these parts must have a specific name so
that the program can find it and animate it in
flight.
This file
can be created by converting a 3DS file into an X file by using the
command "conv3ds -A
[filename.3ds]" , conv3ds.exe is
a small freeware converter written by Microsoft.
