the Extra500
The extra500 is a six seat turboprop business aircraft with a full carbon fiber structure. Goes up to FL250 and does a bit over 200kts in cruise. It is known for having the best handling characteristics of any GA aircraft (except maybe the Extra aerobatic aircraft).
We aim to make the model as realistic as possible/practicable, meaning the aircraft, controls and systems behave like in the real thing. If you know your way around in our model, you can spare your type rating training. But don't worry there is an autostart and some basic tutorials to get you going fast.
Aerodynamics, autopilot and some systems are modeled in JSBsim, most systems are coded in Nasal. The Glass cockpit uses the Canvas system.
A few highlights:
- * glass cockpit incl. moving map
* realistic engine behavior and indication at engine start-up as well as in flight
* realistic electrical system including electrical loads, automatic load shedding, battery depletion, popping circuit breakers etc
* realistic autopilot with all modes available as in the real AC, including Control Wheel Steering and GPSS
* audiopanel including anti-noise system
* multiplayer sound (engine sounds are real recordings)
* pressurization system
* Rembrand ready
Please have a look at the wiki page:
http://wiki.flightgear.org/Extra_EA-500
Download from gitorious:
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git clone https://git.gitorious.org/extra500/extra500.git
cd extra500
git checkout version/1.0.0
Or go to here https://www.gitorious.org/extra500/extra500 and download directly.
License is of course GPLv2, can be flown with Flightgear version 2.12 and upwards.
We have no objection to add it to GIT