And yet another mod, now on the amazing GotFriends' Astro One!
Aircraft enhancements
More powerful motors (8x15 kW). A battery pack which is like on my other electric airplanes - super-duper solid state, 60 kWh. The empty weight is now 110 kg, max gross weight is 240 kg. The boost mode is gone as it is permanently available in fact.
Physics enhancements
- motor rpms and their power are not linear function of thrust
- max rpm is now 6000, that was thoroughly calculated with a static thrust calculator for a 33'' propeller and max power of 15 kW
- prop efficiency vs vertical speed has been increased
- maximum tracking altitude is now 50 meters, tracking mode works a lot better
- hover mode autopilot has been also tweaked and is more efficient now
- when maneuvering, some motors change pitch of their buzz as they would do on a real Jetson1 (for example, when pitching forward, the rear pair of motors has a higher rpm)
- it is possible now to change the pilot weight or simulate some luggage and the model takes that into account
- prop animations were tweaked
- I added a proper drag simulation into the model which had been seriously wrong before. The aircraft flies A LOT more plausibly if not realistically now, you surely would feel it. Also, higher speeds are easily available when performing deep dives from high altitude et cetera.
UI enhancements
All data (and even some internals) were mercilessly converted to metric! Yes! It's not an airplane and there's no real need to focus on indicated airspeed or count some funny knots :). Instead the motor efficiency is color-coded on the right side of the display, and when you are falling, more specifically when your thrust is lower than 90% of your weight (less than 0.9g), it turns white. Some other info is included, such as pitch angle, estimated endurance in minutes and remaining range, current motor power and current g-force. Metric units can be switched back to standard aviation units by clicking on the logo on the pilot's seat.
Performance
- Max thrust: 420 kg
- Time on full power: 30 minutes
- Time in hover mode: 90-100 minutes
- Cruise range: 150 km
- Top speed: 220+ km/h
- Max climb speed: 24 m/s
- Absolute ceiling: 7500 m
Installation
Just unzip to \Community as usual. If this does not work, just overwrite the files ot the original GotFriends folder, there are only 5 files, not a big deal, I assure you won't regret it.
\html_ui\Pages\VCockpit\Instruments\GotFriends\SmartPhone\gf-a1-smartphone.js
\SimObjects\Airplanes\gotfriends-astro-one\flight_model.cfg
\SimObjects\Airplanes\gotfriends-astro-one\systems.cfg
\SimObjects\Airplanes\gotfriends-astro-one\model\A1_INT.xml
\SimObjects\Airplanes\gotfriends-astro-one\sound\sound.xml
Disclaimer
This mod does not include the payware, only some configuration files.
Thank you, GotFriends! <3
5 months ago
fStopper
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smart_rookie
tiltedracer
-static thrust values corrected, also pitch/roll/yaw sensitivities back to original
- added proper wind handling and a dynamic drag coefficient depending on how you're oriented in space.
- finally i found why it was so choppy, it is not fps, it was that ambient pressure/density values were requested once per second. Now it is super smooth, even maybe too smooth.
5 months ago
5 months ago
fStopper
smart_rookie
Thanks.
5 months ago
fStopper
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smart_rookie
AIRPAC1