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Aircraft Specification Editor
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This Aircraft Specification Editor (ASE) lets you change the
performance characteristics of the 2 aircraft types supplied
(Boeing 747 and Cessna 182) and optionally add up to 2 new
aircraft types. You can change them whatever you like to the
limits of your own imaginations. I would advise you to
familiarize with the game first before using this editor.
There are 12 parameters associated with each aircraft types.
All the parameters are measured in terms of changes per
simulation cycle or 'ticks'. They are divided into 3 groups:
Maneuvrability, Speed and Fuel.
Maneuvrability
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hdgChgRate - determines how fast the plane can turn.
Current setting is 15 degrees per tick.
Suggested range 15 to 90.
altChgRate - determines how fast the plane can climb or descend.
Current setting is 2 hundred feet per tick for 747,
1 hundred feet per tick for 182.
Suggested range 1 to 15.
Speed
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speedChgRate - determines how fast the plane accelerate during
takeoff and decelerate during approach.
Current setting is 2 units for 747, 1 for 182.
Suggested range: cruiseSpeed / 20 to cruiseSpeed / 10.
cruiseSpeed - determines how fast the plane flies during level
flight.
Current setting is 26 units for 747, 15 for 182.
Suggested range 15 to 90.
N.B. It is 1265 units from the airport center to ELT.
rollSpeed - the speed when the aircraft leaves the ground during
takeoff.
Current setting is 15 for 747, 9 for 182.
Suggested range: speedChgRate * 5 to speedChgRate * 10.
appSpeed - the speed during landing approaches.
Current setting is 15 for 747, 9 for 182.
Suggested range 9 to 20.
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climbSpeed - the speed when the aircraft is gaining altitude.
Current setting is 24 for 747, 12 for 182.
Suggested range 70% to 95% of cruiseSpeed.
descendSpeed - the speed when the aircraft is losing altitude.
Current setting is 28 for 747, 18 for 182.
Suggested range 105% to 130% of cruiseSpeed.
Example
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Try to add a combat jet fighter F-16 with the following values:
hdgChgRate 60
altChgRate 10
speedChgRate 10
cruiseSpeed 60
rollSpeed 30
appSpeed 20
climbSpeed 50
descendSpeed 70
Fuel
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initFuel - all aircraft start with this amount of fuel.
Current setting is 700 units for 747, 500 for 182.
idleFuelUse - fuel consumed per tick while waiting for takeoff on
the ground and during descend and speed reduction.
Current setting is 1.
climbFuelUse - fuel consumed per tick while climbing and rolling
down the runway.
Current setting is 6 for 747, 3 for 182.
cruiseFuelUse - fuel consumed during level flight.
Current setting is 4 for 747, 2 for 182.
From version 1.5, the aircraft specification data is stored
in ATC.DAT Both ASE.EXE and ATC.DAT must be in the current sub-
directory. The current field being edited is shown in reverse
video. Use the left/right Home End arrow keys to move within the
field, use the up/down arrow keys to change field, PgUp/PgDn key
to change aircraft types.
To exit, press <ESC> for the menu, then press <S> to save
the settings, <Q> to quit without saving, <I> to create a new
aircraft type.
ASE also runs in the Trialware demo version distributed.
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Acknowledgement
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The module to enter and edit data using the cursor keys is
adapted from GETFIELD.PAS by Jim Luckas and is available in
CompuServe's Borland Programming Forum A TP4 Library as
GETFIE.ARC.
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