Hi,
I've read somewhere in this forum that the Boeing 787-8 is not yet maintained, and the model available from the official FG website is out of date. It's a pity because I think it's one of the best airliners proposed in FlightGear, very complete with a rich clickable control panel and nice graphics. I had downloaded a more recent (sept 2009) model from Mediafire site via a link (not yet available) in this forum, but, since FG 200, the autopilot "failed to load" and "Heading" alone worked. Moreover, it had pitch instabilities.
I'm not a developer and can't "maintain" it, but at least I've made the autopilot work again under FlightGear 2.0.0, even ILS approach mode (NAV1 CDI course and NAV1 Glideslope). I've not tested Flight Director mode.
I think I've also solved pitch instabilities (YASim FDM).
I'm sure I'm not the only one who has done this but for those interested who cannot or do not want to make this kind of surgery, it can be downloaded from http://www.datafilehost.com/download-4bd58772.html . In case it has been deleted, ask me to upload it again.
[EDIT 12 oct 2010 : rather see my post by dany93 on Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:59 am]
Question: If this aircrafts exists and works well with FG 2.0.0 somewhere else in this forum, why not take the best version to replace the old one in Aircrafts FlightGear official site?
I hope it will work as well for you.
Cheers
Dany
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