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Curtiss Wright C-46 Commando for FlightGear

The Curtiss Wright C-46 Commando is a WWII twin-engine, taildragger and cargo aircraft. It was designed in 1937 as a pressurized passenger airliner. In WWII there were 3,181 build - around half a dozen Commandos are still flying today.

You have to install FlightGear to fly this monster (it has the span of a A320!).

Table of Contents Curtiss Wright C-46 Commando for FlightGear Features Flying Download Startup Taxi and Takeoff Whats next? Done Cockpit Do you want to help?

Features

• New detailled 3D exterior model (just for FlightGear)
  • Exterior animated
    • Full landing gear animation
    • Animated surfaces
  • Livery system
    • US navy blue
    • AEROCONDOR COLOMBIA
    • Lufthansa
• 3D Cockpit
  • animated pedestal
• JSBsim FDM
  • costumized with 419 pages real handbook data (link)
  • Systems for (Oil-)cooling and Tailwheel lock, as well as real working supercharger, gear and flaps.

Flying

Download

Download this file: Go to https://github.com/SkybikeFG/c46/archive/master.zip. Download the file (Green button on the upper right "clone or download v" > "Download ZIP") and unzip it. Name the folder "c46-master" as "c46". (Without this step you would just see the infamous yellow glider) Then put the folder to $FGdata/aircraft/.

Startup

1. Start FlightGear with the c46 at an airport.
2. Switch the magnetos to 3 (3 times } button)
3. Start the engine starter with s. This takes a few seconds. When you hear/see the running engine release the s button.

Taxi and Takeoff

1. Set the flaps to two by pressing 2 times ]
2. Release parking Brake (B or lever)
3. Taxi on the runway. Lock the tailwheel to the rudder by pressing l (or using the lever) or use your brakes on , and . (float/point) buttons for steering.
4. On the runway you can give full power.
5. After takeoff press g (or red lever)
6. more than 5min full throttle may destroy your engine. Open your oilcooler (levers up).
7. set supercharger to high (lever up) when reaching 10,000ft

Whats next?

• 3D-cockpit:
  • add instruments to panel(and animate them)
  • add overhead panels
  • more
  • lightmaps
• animate Cowl flaps (3d-Work)
• animate (Rudder/Elevator) Tab
• Startup system with autostart option
• understand Nasal
• Fuel and payload system
• Tune Oilcooler/cowlflaps system
• Electrical system (with overhead panel)
• Lights
• more Liveries
• Dialogs (canvas?)
• Rear cabin with seats (some day...)

Done

in 2018

• Animated Pedestal
• New sounds (still needs work)
• new AO map (paintkit)

Cockpit

Image as of 03-2018.

Do you want to help?

• test the aircraft and write bug reports
• take screenshots as splash screens
• create liveries of your favourite airline
  • contact me and i will send you a recent paintkit (ready for coming features)