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Drifter Tutorial Flight

This tutorial will explain how to start the Drifter, take off an lan as well as pro!ie so"einfor"ation a#out using the raio.

The flight will use the Floats "oel an will #e #ase at Fria$ %ar#or in &ashington 'tate ('A.

Flight Setup

1. 'tart F')

2. 'ele*t Free Flight

+. li*k on hange uner theurrent Air*raft heaing

. '*roll own an sele*t theAustflight Drifter Floats 25-55air*raft /see pi* an *li*k

5. 3a*k at the Free Flight s*reen

*li*k on hange uner theurrent 4o*ation heaing

. T$pe Fria$ %ar#or into theairport na"e. There are two Fria$%ar#or airports, "ake sure $ousele*t the one with the &++ 6D. Thisis the one with the water runwa$s.

7. li*k on to return to theFree Flight s*reen.

8. 'et the weather an ti"e as $ou

prefer. 6t is pro#a#l$ a goo iea toset the weather to the lear 'kiesweather the"e an "ake sure theti"e is uring the a$ /there are nolights on the Drifter.

. li*k on Fl$ 9ow to start theflight.

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Using the Animation Manager

9ow woul #e a goo ti"e to set up the Ani"ation =anager 2D popup.

1. 'wit*h to the exterior !iew an press'hift?+ to #ring up the Ani"ation =anager.

=ost of the options shoul #e self explanator$on this s*reen. Feel free to *li*k on thesettings to see what effe*t the$ ha!e.

=ake sure the pitot tu#e @ exhaust *o!ers arenot installe otherwise the engine will notstart.

9ote that the Tie owns an wheel *ho*ks arenot ispla$e on the Floats "oel.

Finall$, when $ou are satisfie *li*k on the ) in the top left of the Ani"ation =anager to *lose the

popup winow or press 'hift?+ again.

Engine Startup

The Drifter is a si"ple plane so starting the engineis a relati!el$ si"ple pro*ess although there are afew things to note.

1. 'wit*h to the Virtual o*kpit !iew. >ou "a$ neeto pan own to see the *entre *onsole an it:sswit*hes or $ou *an *$*le through the !arious*o*kpit !iews until $ou get to the =agnetos !iew.

2. 4eft *li*k on the 3atter$ an 'tarter 'wit*h toturn on the #atter$. The green light a#o!e the swit*h*o"es on.

+. 4eft *li*k on the ri"er whi*h is the #uttoni""eiatel$ left of the 3atter$ an 'tarter 'wit*h.6n the nor"al !iew this is hien #ehin the

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Setup the radio

&hile we wait for the engine to war" up we will progra" a *ouple offreCuen*ies into the raio. The Fria$ %ar#or freCuen*$ is 122.0 an the

near#$ A'' is 1+5.75 so we will progra" these into the 1 an 2 *hannelsof the raio.

1. 'wit*h to the !irtual *o*kpit raio !iew for a *loseup of the raio

2. Turn the raio on #$ *li*king on the top of the left kno# on top of the raio.

+. ress 1,2,2 an on the raio ke$pa /see pi*. >ou *an either en ataentr$ #$ pressing the 9T ke$ or finish ke$ing in the full freCuen*$ #$pressing 0. 9ote $ou o not nee to enter the e*i"al point. &hen thefreCuen*$ is entere the raio will ispla$ 122.00

. To sa!e this freCuen*$ press F ke$ followe #$ =B. A s"all = will startflashing on the ispla$. ress 1 an the freCuen*$ will #e store to "e"or$*hannel 1 an the raio will go into "e"or$ "oe /see pi*

5. To enter the se*on freCuen*$ $ou nee to exit "e"or$ "oe. ress the4B ke$ an =01 will isappear fro" the ispla$.

. 9ow, press 1,+,5, an 7 to enter the A'' freCuen*$. 1+5.75 will #eispla$e. >ou shoul now see the auto"ate weather fore*ast for F%Bispla$e a*ross the top of the s*reen. >ou o not nee to enter the final 5in the freCuen*$ as the raio is s"art enough to fill the final *hara*ter.

7. To sa!e this freCuen*$ press F ke$ followe #$ =B. A s"all = will startflashing on the ispla$. ress 2 an the freCuen*$ will #e store to "e"or$

*hannel 2 an the raio will go into "e"or$ "oe. 6n "e"or$ "oe $ou will#e a#le to swit*h #etween an$ of the 10 progra""e "e"ories #$ *li*king on the appropriate ke$,using the up an own ke$s or using the tuning kno# on the top right of the raio.

To exit "e"or$ "oe press 4B. To enter "e"or$ "oe press =B an an$ ke$ #etween 0an .

8. 4isten to the weather report an note the weather *onitions.

. ress 1 /or press =B then 1 if $ou are not in "e"or$ "oe to *all up the Fria$ %ar#orfreCuen*$.

10. =ake the appropriate raio *alls for takeoff.

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Set the altitude

After listening to the A'' *hannel $ou shoul ha!e asetting for the ohls"an ial.

1. Eoo" into the alti"eter. 3$ efault the alti"eterispla$s the ohls"an ial in "illi#ars. >ou *an*hange the ispla$ to in%g #$ using the Ani"ation=anager or per"anentl$ #$ using 'etup rogra"/refer to the ilot:s %an#ook for "ore etail.

2. A

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Turn around

After $ou ha!e taken off an le!elle outit "a$ #e ti"e to start thinking a#out

heaing #a*k to Fria$ %ar#or to lan.

1. 9ote the heaing $ou are *urrentl$fl$ing on the *o"pass an a 180egrees to it. This is the heaing $ou willnee to #e fl$ing to hea #a*k to Fria$%ar#or

2. =o!e the

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+. $*le through the *o*kpit !iews until $ou get to the "agnetos !iew. The "agnetos are the twos"all swit*hes in the lower left of the pi*ture. li*k on ea*h swit*h to fli*k the" own into the offposition an the engine will stop /noti*e the rp" rop to ;ero.

. Turn off the =aster an 'tarter 'wit*h. >ou *an *$*le #a*k to raio !iew or $ou *an o it in this

!iew if $ou like. li*k on the ke$ an the =aster an 'tarter 'wit*h will turn left an the green lightwill go out. The !olt"eter /lower right of pi* will now register 0 !olts.

The air*raft is now shut own.

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