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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
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