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BETA RELEASE: 2.7 - STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT
NOTICE: CRASHING INTO WATER WILL RESULT IN FULL GAME CRASH! THIS IS UNFIXABLE DUE TO THE GLIDER'S UNIQUE WING TILT WHILE ON GROUND.
The Schempp-Hirth Discus-2b is a Standard Class glider designed by Schempp-Hirth.
HOW TO INSTALL:
- Delete any old Discus-2b Betas in the Community folder.
- Extract "aerosoar-discus.zip" to your MSFS Community Folder.
- Make sure you folder structure is /Community/aerosoar-discus/SimObjects/
- Download Touching Cloud's Kinetic Assistant.
- Map your "Spoilers Axis" to your throttle for variable airbrake control.
IMPORTANT REQUIREMENTS: Touching Cloud's Kinetic Assistant
CREDITS (AEROSOAR):
- Rohr 3D Solutions (Model)
- NewkTV (Developer)
- Eggman28 (Assistant)
- TjBurni (Assistant)
- RPSeara (Assistant)
- Ian "B-21" (Assistant)
- TheAlx (API Developer)
BETA UPDATE 2.7 CHANGELOG:
- Fix Brake Effectiveness.
- Fix Pilot Loading Issue.
- Finalize Wingflex.
- Fix Landing Gear Lever.
- Fix Altimeter to 100x/1000x.
- Re-Add Variotone to 90mm VSI.
- Fix VSI to include Total Energy.
- Remove External Gear Sound.
- Incorporate Ian "B-21" Changes to Flight Model.
ROADMAP/UPCOMING UPDATES:
(TBD) STABLE RELEASE 3.0:
- Add Winch Release Animation.
- Finalize Slip Indicator.
- Add Switch to mute Variotone.
- Add/Finish HTML VSI.
- Add Ballast Dump & Indicator.
- Add Landing Gear Indicator.
- Remove Engine Data from Nav.
- Add Checklist.
- Finalize Flight Model/Glide Ratio.
149 Comments
dan49
Hello,
Sorry, but can someone explain to me how to launch the plane. Thank you
He explains at 2:30 in the video.
MACA
Precioso trabajo, una sensación maravillosa. Gracias por vuestro esfuerzo.
Athena
Never flown a glider before in game or IRL, so this was a great addon aircraft for it. Thanks!
Fogel123
Since the newest release I can't hear the vario sound anymore. How can I fix it?
armageddon51
Thank you very much. Update seems to work fine and it is always a pleasure to fly a glider. However, the last MS update has been a disaster and the scenery is plague with hiccups and stutters which kill the fun of flying (not your fault of course) Still I appreciate that you are still working on it.
NewkTV Author
UPDATE 2.6 IS LIVE PLEASE REDOWNLOAD!
NewkTV Author
UPDATE: Thanks for the feedback guys, due to the new MSFS Update, they changed the way CG, Contact Points, and Cameras work. I have temporarily disabled the download. Fix should be here in a few hours. The flight model will be fixed and various small things others noticed.
soruse
After updating to 2.5, I have a black screen on the main screen and a XXX series instead of height and speed :/
The main issue with this version is the flight model which not good at all.
As an exemple, the rudder just make the glider spin and also sometime it just fall like a rock.
Too bad because I loved the previous version.
I am sure you will corect those matters easily.
PetervanDijck
Very nice to fly your glider. Also the thermals using MSFS Kinetic Assistant is great. But somehow I dont get the thermals to work correctly I think. I followed some examples but it feels like riding a storm with almost blowing the plane over if I dont push down hard. So could you give an example how the data in the CSV should look like?
Mine: Location,thermal,thermal,51.47807,5.34405,3000,0.14563,0.5 5,,,250,2021-02-12T16:38:24.701,
Or do you know who made the Thermal program if you did not?
Anyway, thanks for your glider, good work.
There is a DG808 manual attached to the DG808 glider (from the same guy who does kinetik assistant). basically you need to ride the flaps based on speed and lift (unlike powered aircraft). If you head into a thermal wih the flaps down you will most likely flip. Also - riding the spoilers/speed brakes is important - so there are 3 controls on the go - joystick, flaps, brake. Also, if you are using exported thermals from little nav map - try turning down the thermal power until you don't get lipped.
What happen when you enable API thermals (kk7 or openAIP)? their coverage limited but you can easily find hotspots around Alps.
and even after multiple "holding" variables added, thermals are still too strong due to their nature (we have no wind control so whole process simulated by hacks and tricks), so if you would say "thermals twice stronger that should" I will agree, but maybe you have some different issue.
robskij
Beautiful model and great flight characteristics. Altimeter is missing major divisions, but honestly when you glide that doesnt matter its all by eye anyway!
philippe31
salut
pour le GPS comme dans la vraie vie j'utilise SDVFR ! GPS réel mais pouvant être utilise sur simulateur ; de plus il est gratuit et complet!!
bjrno
Downloaded this sailplane today and installed the kinetic assistant as well. WOW! Longest flight today was 1:17 (yes 1 hour and 17 minutes) in the Mont Blanc area (LFHM - LFLJ). Highest altitude 15.200ft. Catched 2 thermals and for the rest used the wind on the slopes. Really cool.
Only issue I encountered is that the battery went flat around 1 hour, which seems a bit short to me. Had to use the VFR map (which in real life would have been an app on my iPhone) to find my way.
Oh and the altimeter is missing the 1000's. I could see my altitude in the external view, but that doesn't work in VR so I used the FSPM map to see my altitude.
BTW, what is the unit of the speedo? FSPM said 52kt when the speedo was around 100.
One more minor thing: in VR my head is to far back when I calibrate the view with the spacebar. The workaround is to calibrate whilst physically sitting further away and then move forward.