Rolladen-Schneider LS8-18 for FS2002/FS2004
Version 1c, 02/2007
T/O Weight: 525 kg max., 265 kg empty
Length: 6.74 m
Wing span: 18 m
Top cruise speed: 280 km/h
Glide ratio: 49:1 at 105 km/h
Minimum sinkrate: 0.50 m/s at 80 km/h
Aircraft and panel design by Wolfgang Piper
Panel picture by Jacob Thomsen
Aircraft pictures by Thomas Stolze.
The panel is fitted out with metric instruments
VET and Caiset gauges for FS2004 programmed by Max Roodveldt
Installation to FS2004:
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Copy the folder LS8-18 include the Subfolders MODEL , PANEL , SOUND and TEXTURE
under your \FS2004\AIRCRAFT folder.
Copy the contents of the folder GAUGES to the FS2004 subfolder \GAUGES
(If you already have some of these *.gau-files, then overwrite them)
There is a file named 'gps-nav.dat', a file with waypoints for the gps unit. This
file must be in the main FS2004 folder, otherwise the FS shuts down while you
switch on the GPS unit.
Copy this file to this folder, only if there is no 'gps-nav.dat' file.
Winch launching (FS2004):
Use the corresponding files in the folder 'VET' and read the doc in this folder.
Installation to FS2002:
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Install as usual (See installation to FS2004).
Copy the two *.cab files in the \PANEL folder to the FS2002 subfolder \GAUGES
March 2006: Version 1
April 2006: Version 1a : New canopy window, nose texture in higher resolution
January 2007: Version 1c : corrects: failure in outer view
February 2007: : Bug fixed: screw in cockpit
Wolfgang Piper, Hamburg, Germany
E-mail:
w.piper@online.de
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