Technical data
Span: 45.4ft.
Wing aspect ratio: 13.5
Flap positions 0 - 70°
Wing area inclusive. Tail unit 159 ft2
Equipment weight 44 kg
Launch
The flap position for launch is a setting of approx. +15°. With the flap against the keel, the deflection is approximately -5. Accelerate the glider smoothly as you fly it off the hill.
Thermaling and high-speed flight
When thermaling set the flaps at 15-25°. This provides agile handling and desirable trim speed.
The ATOS VR is not suitable for Aerobatics. The glider can easily be over-sped and thereby, the structure overloaded!
Landing
For landing the flaps should be pulled in to between 15 and 70°, since this gives the lowest stall speeds. Glide path will respond to airspeed the best with full flaps - pull in to steepen the glide path but always be careful to keep your speed up with large flap deflections. An approach speed of 30 mph is advisable.
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The Variometer
A .up/down petal display
B .altitude
C .GPS select
D .Map select
E .climb/decent rate
F .speed
G .ATC
H .kneepad
I vario tone on/off (FSX only)
J altimeter set
If you have any gliders with the mr-fs9-caiset gauges installed
the audio vario will appear in the minipanel window (press W).
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To greatly enhance the FSX gliding experience "Sim Probe" is a ridge lift generator and CumulusX! a thermal generator
available from ... http://www.virtualsoaring.org ...
And for FS2004 I use Cross-Country Soaring 2004 from...http://x-c.home.att.net.
