Schleicher K7 Rhönadler two-seater glider (Version 1.02)

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 1.02 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 yawstring attached to the forward pitot, 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.

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