The Excalibur from Stratojet is a fictive supersonic businessjet.
After the retirement of the Concorde it is the only available civil supersonic aircraft.
The Excalibur has a jetfighter-like manoevrability and is cabable to take-off and land
on very short runways.
This version has been created only for FS2004. It is probably not compatible with previous FS-versions.
Important informations about the custom gauges:
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-The "Brakehelp" Switch:
Use it only on landing procedures!
The switch enables automaticaly the thrust reverser and the airbrakes as soon as all wheels
has touched the ground AND you engaged the wheelbrakes!
After the plane has stopped completely, the thrust reverser returns to zero thrust (neutral)
and the airbrakes are retracted.
Please disengage the "Brakehelp" after the plane has stopped or/and for taxiing!
-The "Anti-Ice" Switch:
It enables ALL available de-iceing systems (pitot, turbines, wings...).
-The "Taxi" and "Land" light switches:
The landing light is very bright. If it is to bright use only the taxiing lights OR only the
landing lights...
-The EICAS:
OLEF: displays the position of the outer leading edge flaps.
ILEF: displays the position of the inner leading edge flaps.
TEF : displays the position of the trailing edge flaps.
Range: displays the distance the plane can fly with the ACTUAL speed, altitude and fuel still on board.
It DON'T consider the actual weight of the plane! The lighter the plane the greater the
range (for exemple after burning 50% of the fuel, the range will be not the same as displayed
with full fuel tanks...)!
And don't forget: the higher you fly, the greater the range (ideal altitude is 55.000 ft for
mach 2.25). Please read the notes on the kneeboard.
-The Annunciator:
To check the bulbs of this display push the small button on the right bottom of this gauge.
All messages will be displayed for approx. 5 seconds.
-The Autopilot:
The FLight Director and the Autopilot button engages automaticaly as soon as you engage one or more
other buttons (altitude, mach, heading,...). It was the only way to make the autopilot work correctly...
Credits:
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Model, animation, cockpit, dynamic Virtuel cockpit e.t.c. all produced by myself.
The sound is from Aaron R. Swindle (Skysong Soundworks). Used with permission!
The soundfiles are copyrighted. Don't use them without permission.
The pilot model and texture are from Néstor D'Angelo.
The Seat model are from Brian Gladden.
Many thanks to them for their great work!
The most gauges are custom gauges and created by myself. The other are default FS2004 gauges...
They are still beta-versions and not tested in all possible situations...
If you encounter problems or bugs please send me an e-mail.
Installation and usage:
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Unzip the files into a temp folder.
Copy the "Excalibur" folder with the subfolders in your FS2004\aircraft folder.
Copy the gauges from the "gauge" folder in the FS2004\gauges folder.
This plane was tested with FS2004 only and probably only works correctly with this version.
I used a Pentium 4 3.2 and a Radeon 9800 Pro 256mb graphic card. I don't know if
the framerate is correct with a slower machine.
I used a resolution of 1152x864.
The joystick i used is not a force feedback so i can not set the forces correctly!
Conditions of Use:
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This package is freeware.
This software may be freely used, copied and distributed with the following restrictions:
This document must be included in any redistribution.
DO NOT place these files anywhere that requires a fee for downloading.
DO NOT place any of these files in any commercial package or any CD collection without the authors consent.
Name and E-mail:
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Eugene Heyart
Luxembourg
