Citabria and Decathlon Installation Notes Important...This document contains vital information which you are strongly advised to read before installing the aircraft. Reading this will save you time and trouble later on, and will enhance your enjoyment of this product. Contents of This Package: "ReadmeNow!.html" - This file, contains VERY important information to successfully using the Citabria and Decathlon. "Citabria.exe" - This is the "front end" of this package. Click this file to install all necessary files, as well as view all provided documentation. "Documentation" folder, contains all provided documentation, all files in this folder can be accessed through "Citabria.exe" "Install_Files" folder, containing all necessary files to get the Citabria and Decathlon working in Fly!II. All files in this folder can be accessed through "Citabria.exe" Installation Important Notes Before Installation 1. You must have the default Flyhawk installed as our aircraft refer to some of its files. 2. You must have Fly!II fully patched to version 210 to run these aircraft flawlessly. To find out if you have the 210 patch installed, HOLD DOWN the ALT key while starting Fly!II, this will bring up the graphic-options dialogue box. If you already have the 210 patch installed, at the bottom-left of this box you will see "2.0.210", if you do not have the 210 patch installed you will see a lower number, such as "2.0.152". The full 210 patch can be downloaded from the Avsim File Library located at www.avsim.com, or simply by clicking here. Installation 1. Extract ALL files in "RAS_Citab_decath.zip" to a new folder (you've probably already done this....). This folder will be the permanent location for all Citabria and Decathlon documentation. 2. Open "Citabria.exe", then click on "Install the Citabria and Decathlon", follow the prompts, and the Citabria and Decathlon will be automatically installed on your system. We STRONGLY recommend you allow the installer to modify the recommended Fly! II startup settings it suggests. (You can always undo these commands by opening your "Fly!II\system\fly.ini" file later). After Installation Please note: If you allowed the installer to automatically make changes to your Fly! II startup settings as recommended, then please skip step 1 and go straight to step 2. 1. Open your "Fly.ini" file in your "FlyII\System" folder and check the following lines in that file are exactly as set out below: Under [SIM] in "Fly.ini" coupleRudderToAileron=0 ignoreWingDamage=1 ignoreTurbulence=1 (this is optional but we recommend starting with turbulence off at first) ignoreSlopeWind=1 Slope wind in Fly II is vastly exaggerated and we suggest the aircraft in this package will fly much better without this feature. We recommend setting "ingnoreWingdamage=1". You will still get a wing damage message when exceeding performance limits, and you will still get "catastrophic" damage if you hit an object or crash, but we feel the wing damage routine in Fly II is not satisfactory. As an option we recommend that you begin flying the Citabria and Decathlon with no more than 8-10 knots surface winds. In our view the winds in Fly II have a very exaggerated effect on both aircraft and their propellor behaviour. Under [UI] in "Fly.ini" startupAircraft=citabria.nfo This will change the default startup aircraft from the Flyhawk to the Citabria. This setting is very important. Due to the Fly!II architecture, if you start Fly!II with the Flyhawk and then switch to the Citabria, some of the Flyhawk's gauges will show on the Citabria's panel. This is because the Citabria shares some gauge identifiers with the Flyhawk (these identifiers cannot be changed) and the gauges shown will be from whichever aircraft is loaded first. Be sure to save "Fly.ini" once you have modified it. 2. Now find all files with the extension ".hst" in your aircraft folder and delete them (no harm will result). This makes certain that the aircraft load properly and fly properly for the first time. Before Flying Finally, and most importantly... after choosing the Citabria AND Decathlon within Fly II, go immediately to the AIRCRAFT/OPTIONS menu and set ALL exponentials to 100%, then set trim sensitivites to 1% for touring and optionally 2-3% for aerobatics. You should periodically check these again, especially if the controls feel too sensitive. It is most important that your joystick is set up properly in windows and is correctly calibrated. Our aircraft are finely tuned and will perform flawlessly if your stick and throttle controls are set properly. If you experience either excessive idle rpm or insufficient power in the climb, this is undoubtedly due to your throttle not being calibrated accurately. Extra File We have included an optional extra "GPSping.wav" file in the zip. This gives you a much more pleasant GPS startup sound. If you would like to use it please extract it to your FlyII\Sound folder. It will do no harm to your system, or to Fly. (Create the Sound folder under FlyII if you don't already have one). If you don't like the new sound simply remove the file and Fly!II will revert to the strident original sound. Flying Please refer to the comprehensive guide, in the form of an executable file, accompanying this readme. It contains a wealth of information about flying the RealAir Simulations Citabria and Decathlon, and is fully illustrated. To access the guide click "Citabria.exe" and navigate the menu. We have spent a great deal of time and effort to design and tune these two characterful aircraft to fly with the utmost fluidity and realism, but also with excellent pitch stability. The challenge was to design these aircraft as not only touring, VFR-oriented "sport planes" but also as useful trainers for many aerobatic maneouvres. Please refer to the illustrated guide in this package for details, but below we also list a few helpful hints in the management of views. Note:The air mass data in Fly II appears not to reflect the impossibility of light aircraft of this type being able to fly at high altitudes. Therefore if you find you can fly our aircraft happily at 18000 feet plus, we are as baffled by this as you may be! Views Both the aircraft in this package have comprehensive views available. There are three forward views: Full Panel, Upper Half of Panel (for take off and perhaps landing), and a view skywards (useful when approaching the top of a loop). These and all other views, which give you access to ultra high quality bitmaps of working gauges and instruments, moving throttle, wing views with moving surfaces (a first for Fly II), and full 360 degree panoramic views in every direction, are best assigned to your hat switch on your joystick, or can be assigned to any key you choose (please refer to fly II's documentation). Also, if you hit CTRL+I you will get a minipanel reminiscent of the type seen in Fly! and Fly2k. If you find this view useful it is a good idea to assign a joystick button to this function. A note about sounds The "Clear Prop" sound is part of the custom looped engine wav files. Thus if you attempt to start the engine with the throttle higher than idle, you may get a speeded up message! If you follow the above directions to the letter we are confident you will experience complete satisfaction with these two aircraft If you have followed the above directions and you are still experiencing difficulties click here to visit our support page. We sincerely hope that you get many many hours of enjoyment from these two aircraft, the first of many we are designing on behalf of: REALAIR SIMULATIONS Website: www.RealAirSimulations.com We are Andrew Farnaby: 3D modelling and Co-Designer (for this project) Sean Moloney: Lead Designer, Textures, artwork (for this project), web designer Peter Sidoli: Documentation, Flight Testing and Administration Rob Young: Flight Models, Sounds and Flying Guide Many Thanks to Matthew Horridge for his brilliant assistance on SDK issues and creation of special gauges and other goodies in this release. Upcoming products from RealAir Simulations: Andrew Farnaby's Learjet and VC10 Peter Sidoli's Piper Seneca V. Fly II is made by Terminal Reality Inc Copyright Notice This package is the exclusive copyright of Realair Simulations (tm) 2001 All 3D artwork, graphics, custom gauges, concept, flight modelling connected with the Citabria and Decathlon for Fly II are the exclusive property of REALAIR SIMULATIONS. No part of this package may be dis-assembled, edited, altered, distributed or used in any way whatsoever as part of another simulator aircraft, project, or software, whether freeware or payware, and RealAir Simulations claims copyright on the work herein. November 2001