Schleicher K7 Rhönadler two-seater glider (Version 1.3.2)
A vintage two-seater steel tubing, wood and fabric training glider which evolved into the K13, still in use in soaring clubs today.
This is a faithfully modelled ASK-7 two set training glider, which originally flew in 1960. It had good performance for its day, with a glide ratio of approximately 26:1. The K7 is constructed with a welded steel tube fuselage covered in doped aircraft fabric covering while the wing is a wooden structure, again with a doped fabric covering. This is the first modelling project for GlideSimmer67 and a huge amount of care has gone into the model (see the images incldued here). B21 helped out with the flight model and the programming.
See intro video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dprKVPPGpno
Version 1.3.2
- non-linear Vertical Speed Indicator bottom-left on panel replaced with a NETTO vario reading
- Vario audio beep added to computer vario (lift-only, default OFF, enabled via Vario Switch on panel)
- Low-speed polar (35..50 knots, 63..90 kph) adjusted, handling/polar otherwise unchanged.
- Spoilers/Airbrakes effectiveness increased
- 'Imperial' (knots/feet) instruments and liveries integrated into a single package with the metric
- A couple of additional liveries added
Version 1.2.2
- Added support for MSFS aerotow and winch launch
- initiate the MSFS lauch by waggling the rudder
- the yellow tow release knob can be used to drop the MSFS cable, and initiate the 'built-in' winch launch as before
- Added support for gauges in knots and feet
- install the additional complimentary package "K7_Imperial_Units"
- Camera positions re-done, so quickview up, left, right usable
- Elevator trim AXIS reversed - this fixes a long-standing issue since SU5
Version 1.10 changes as described in the changelogs
Version 1.02 corrects a model texture that accidentally included an inappropriate symbol and also properly synchronizes the internal and external views of the canopy open/close status.
Features of the MSFS model
- Exceptionally detailed model, inside and out.
- Authentic panel with both an uncompensated VSI and a TE vario, without the modern audio lift indication.
- Carefully modelled and animated yawstrings, attached to the forward pitot and on top of canopy, operating in both yaw and pitch.
- Distinctive flight model, 26:1, with a much lower wing-loading and airspeed range than modern racing gliders.
- Modelled P1 and P2 cockpits with individual panels and multi-part animated canopy.
- Automated winch launch provided via the tow-release lever. Voice output now in german language.
Buttons/key event mappings available in MSFS "Settings/Controls"
- Winch launch / tow release mapped to "TOGGLE RECOGNITION LIGHTS" (same as AS33, LS4)
- Radio knobs recognize standard MSFS events, i.e. INCREASE/DECREASE COM1 FRACT/WHOLE
3 months ago
CaptHaddock
4 months ago
appie21
4 months ago
ciberbetties
j'ai volé sur k7
5 months ago
mle1111
7 months ago
Snoopy7412
8 months ago
Onehandmann
8 months ago
lapizs
8 months ago
jamespejam
8 months ago
Pavelow
If the wind noise is a little more complicated and the volume changes, the immersion will be enhanced.
8 months ago
pawlownia
8 months ago
AdamskiNZ
9 months ago
9 months ago
Under_ftr35
Alainlu
9 months ago
dSAF_Dancer
9 months ago
johnwillimas
For me, the missing pilot avatar is completely immersion breaking. The glider may be modelled well and the flight characteristics may be really good. But for me the immersion is also very important, and flying a ghost glider with no pilot kills the immersion completely for me. Others may see this different and rate the addon better, but this is my opinion and for me the missing pilot avatar is what pulls my rating down to the most negative rating possible.
10 months ago
9 months ago
B21
th0rst3n