For Fs2002 Only.
The Skyship 600 is manufactured by Global Skyship Industries of Kissimmee Fl. Please visit their website at http://globalskyships.com/ for more information on this great modern airship. This model portrays N602SK, the Fuji Blimp which can be seen at numerous events in the United States. This colorful giant of the sky never fails to be the star of the show wherever she appears!!
Although Fs2002 does not support true lighter than air craft we can simulate that flight envelope using variable lift and drag to give a reasonable and fun flight sim experience.
INSTALLATION:
Just unzip the the inclosed file Install.zip directly into your main fs2002 folder. This will place all the files in the correct folders and allow you to boot up and get right to the flying..:o) If you have a fast computer and are happy with the default pan rate in the virtual cockpit mode then you are finished installing... If you would like a faster pan rate open the fs2002.cfg file using Notepad and increase the pan rate under [Controls] from 400 to 900... This will allow a faster, more realistic view change as you swing around or up and down using the hat switch. At the end of this file I am including an easy method to get rid of the red Brake and Parking Brake signs that so detract from the realism of the sim. Thanks very much to Roy Chaffin for this info.
OPERATION:
Under Flights/Skyship select the flight Fuji Blimp at Kissimmee Fl. This will place you at the Kissimmee airport on the portable truck mast and ready for your first blimp pilot flight. IMPORTANT!! Flight instructions and key assignments are on the kneeboard checklist in the sim!!! Carefully follow the checklist to get her in the air!! Steering is with the rudder.. Do NOT use autorudder.. Use your ailerons only to keep the ship level and make realistic flat rudder turns. Following the flight instructions on the checklist you can take off and fly around the area to gain flight experience. Check out the Disney complex and try a landing in the Magic Kingdom..:o)) Return to the airport and land at the take off spot. A fun thing to do is to fly the blimp like an RC model from tower view bringing it to you for the landing..! There is an auxiliary panel ar shift/2,a radio stack at shift/3 and a GPS at shift/4.
Thanks to Louis Sinclair for the wonderful FSDS program, to Mike Crosthwaite for SDL Edit, to Martin Wright for his graphics programs, to the MS Team who developed Fs2002 and to anyone else who I may have omitted. Thanks to the members of the Golden Eagles Squadron who are a great bunch of flightsim artists who have joined together to help each other keep the tradition of low key fun freeware alive in Fs2002.. Emphasis is on classic and vintage aircraft. This package is one of many you will be seeing in the coming months as we explore the wonderful new world of fs2002 that Microsoft has provided us. Please do not use our work in any commercial product. Other than that restriction our work can be freely distributed as an intact package. Please visit our new site at http://windrfters.com/ and let us know what you think of our flightsim offerings, make suggestions or check out future plans..
Good flying, Bill Lyons, Member of The Golden Eagles squadron, 2002, windride@netexpress.net
Parking brake sign fix:Brought to you by RCS Panels
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Removing the "brakes" messages from the screen:
First make a backup copy of your FS2002.cfg file, which can be found in your main FS2002 folder. Then using a text editor like Windows Notepad open the original of the FS2002.cfg file
Scroll down until you reach a section called [Sim]
Add a third line " show_brake_message=0 " so the section now reads :-
