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ananda

4851 Posts

Posted - 15 May 2006 : 23:27:11

A great program, FSPilot (c) 2005 by Scientific Networks, Munich at http://81.169.129.72:8080/FSPilot/content/index_eng.html

It is the only program I know which adds an autopilot to helicopters and allows the user to create flightplans from take-off to landing. It is shareware but I was so impressed I had to donate.

Here is a montage of shots taken during the flightplan for cbcdesign's Lakes' Tour, the sequence is left to right, top to bottom. The flightplan attempts to keep the helicopter about 500ft above the ground, but there are a few hairy moments when it just clears some of the peaks.

George

Shep

2265 Posts

Posted - 16 May 2006 : 03:24:16

quote:
Originally posted by ananda

A great program, FSPilot (c)

I second that George and thanks for pointing it out. I had trouble using the JetRanger on AP (landing problems) but the default Robinson worked a treat at x2 sim rate.

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Shep

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roddymod

975 Posts

Posted - 16 May 2006 : 10:19:36

Hi George
I have been playing around with FSPilot for a while now and you are quite right, it is a great program, especially for helicopters.
It says in the manual that you can imprt flight plans from other programs like FSNav. I have,so far, been unsuccessful at this. I can use files from the FS9 flight planner which are in *.pln format but can't work out how to do this with the *.fsn files from FSNav.
Have you tried this or have any ideas how it may be acheived, the FSPilot manual is a bit sketchy on this point.

Rod.

ananda

4851 Posts

Posted - 16 May 2006 : 10:30:25

Hi Rod,

You need to export the FSNav FP to .pln before you can import into FS Pilot.

George

roddymod

975 Posts

Posted - 16 May 2006 : 14:24:12

Thanks George,

I figured that was probably the case but havn't worked out how to export *.fsn to *.pln yet.

Rod.

Edit: But I have now and it works very well.

Edited by - roddymod on 16 May 2006 15:30:27

ananda

4851 Posts

Posted - 18 May 2006 : 19:19:48

A few more shots from the Lake District, same flightplan but with a more realistic visitor.

George