- Works with Aerosoft Twin Otter Extended!

With the addition to FSFlyingSchool of the Detail Pack for Twin Otter, your instructors will be looking at your aircraft and your performance in your Twin Otter in a lot more detail. In addition to FSFlyingSchool's detailed analysis of your flights, you'll hear extra advice and warnings all specific to the Twin Otter. Weight management, yaw damper, anti-ice, power levers, propeller levers, fuel levers, feathering, autofeather, flap speeds, before takeoff procedures, starting the engines, landing techniques and much more.

Includes a number of Twin Otter checklists you can request to be read by your instructor.

Here are just some of the different stages of flight in which events will cause your instructor to talk to you, with specific reference to the Twin Otter you are flying.

Cold and Dark

On ground with no engines running and parking brake off

Advice to set parking brake.

Shortly after flight starts on ground with D. C. Master on

Estimate of current fuel as a percentage of full.

Shortly after flight starts on ground with D. C. Master on

Warning that the pilot must wait until Ng stabilizes above 12% before introducing fuel with the fuel lever when starting an engine or an engine fire will most likely result..

Starting Engines

Engine start attempted

Warning that the pilot must wait until Ng stabilizes above 12% before introducing fuel with the fuel lever when starting an engine.

Engine start attempted and power levers not correctly set

Advice that power levers should both be at idle when starting the engines.

Engine start attempted and propeller levers not correctly set

Advice that propeller levers should both be either fully forward or fully aft when starting the engines, according to the preference set by the pilot at the Aircraft Screen of FSFlyingSchool. This allows the pilot to choose which of the two different methods are used by the aircraft owners he/she is flying with on that flight.

Engine start attempted and parking brake not set

Warning that parking brake must be set when starting the engines.

Taxi Out

Shortly after moving in taxi mode

Advice on which instruments and systems should be checked during taxiing.

Shortly after moving in taxi mode and too little flaps

Advice to set flaps to 10 or 20 degrees.

Shortly after moving in taxi mode and too much flaps

Advice to set flaps to 10 or 20 degrees.

Take Off

Shortly after entering takeoff mode

Instructor reads off speeds for 'Rotate' and 'v2' based on aircraft gross weight and flaps setting.

Autofeather off below 400 AGL

Reminder to turn on autofeather.

On ground with autopilot on

Warning that autopilot must be off during takeoff.

On ground with autopilot heading not set

Warning to set autopilot heading to departure runway heading.

On ground with parking brake on and high power set

Warning that parking brake needs to be off.

Shortly after beginning takeoff

Advice to move power levers smoothly up to take off power.

Shortly after beginning takeoff roll

Advice to listen for 'Rotate' and 'v2'.

Shortly after takeoff

Reminder that vY best rate of climb with 2 engines is 103 KIAS. Use this speed to climb after takeoff in normal operations.

Shortly after takeoff

Reminder that vX best angle of climb with 2 engines is 89 KIAS. Use this speed to climb steeply after takeoff to clear obstacles.

Taking off and an engine lost

Reminder that vYSE best rate of climb with 1 engine is 82 KIAS.

Shortly after takeoff

Reminder that if heavy turbulence is encountered the aircraft must be at or below maneuvering speed and that this will decrease as fuel is used.

Flaps up too soon

Warning if takeoff flaps retracted before 400 feet above airfield.

At 400 feet AGL

Reminder to raise all flaps.

At 400 feet AGL

Advice to turn off autofeather.

At 400 feet AGL

Reminder to turn on yaw damper.

Cruise

Shortly after entering cruise

Advice on typical cruise torque and propeller RPM settings.

Shortly after climb through 10,000 MSL

Advice to use seat belts sign as required.

Above maximum altitude

Advice to descend below 25,000 feet.

Above maximum single engine altitude with one engine running

Advice to descend below 11,600 feet.

Descent and Landing

Gross weight over maximum landing weight for that aircraft variant

Advice that weight (depending on aircraft variant) must be reduced for landing.

Descent to landing and propeller levers not set

Reminder that propeller control levers need to be at high RPM (fully forward) for landing.

Descent to landing and fuel levers not set

Reminder that fuel levers need to be fully forward for landing.

Descending and decelerating to maximum flap speed while landing

Advice that once below the first allowable flap speed (depending on aircraft variant) the pilot may use up to 10 degrees of flaps.

Descending and decelerating to next flap speed while landing

Advice that once below second allowable flap speed (depending on aircraft variant) the pilot may use up to 40 degrees of flaps.

Descent to around 600 feet AGL while landing

Advice to use pitch to control airspeed and power to control rate of descent during approach and landing.

Descent to around 500 feet AGL while landing

Advice that you typically want to land with 40 degrees flaps.

Descent to around 400 feet AGL while landing

Reminder to touchdown with around 3 degrees nose up pitch.

Descent to around 300 feet AGL while landing

Reminder that power levers should be idle at touchdown.

Descent to around 400 feet AGL while landing

Reminder to flare at about 10 to 15 feet above the runway and to lift the nose to land on your main gear first, lower the nose gently and use minimum braking required.

Descent to around 300 feet AGL while landing

Reminder that at about 10 to 15 feet above the runway you should reduce power to idle and flare.

Approaching Decision Height

Instructor calls "approaching minimums" based on value set on radar altimeter.

Descent to Decision Height

Instructor calls "minimums" based on value set on radar altimeter.

Autopilot on below 600 feet AGL without ILS

Warning to turn autopilot off.

Autopilot on below 100 feet AGL with ILS

Warning to turn autopilot off.

Taxi In

Flaps not fully retracted

Reminder to get flaps up.

Propeller anti-ice on

Advice to turn off propeller anti-ice.

Wing anti-ice on

Advice to turn off wing anti-ice.

Pitot heat on

Reminder to turn pitot heat off.

Shut Down

Flaps not fully retracted

Reminder to get flaps up.

Power levers not both flight idle

Reminder to set both power levers to flight idle.

Propeller levers not both feathered

Advice to feather both propeller levers.

Fuel levers not both cutoff

Reminder to cut off both fuel levers after waiting 30 seconds following setting propeller levers to feathered.

Panel lights on

Advice to turn off panel lights.

General Warnings and Advice

Yaw damper not engaged above 400 AGL and not landing

Reminder to turn on yaw damper

Yaw damper engaged below 400 AGL or when landing

Reminder to turn off yaw damper

Engine 1 or engine 2 starter switch on and its engine running

Reminder to turn off the starter.

On ground and too heavy to taxi

Warning gross weight exceeds maximum take off weight for that specific aircraft variant.

On ground and too heavy to take off

Warning gross weight exceeds maximum take off weight for that specific aircraft variant.

Panel lights off and D. C. Master on and not shutting down

Advice to turn on panel lights.

Engines off and pitot heat on

Advice to turn off pitot heat.

Airborne and parking brake on

Warning that parking brake needs to be off.

Pitot heat off and engines running and not shutting down

Advice to turn on pitot heat.

Loss of both engines while airborne

Advice that the best glide speed in this aircraft with both propellers feathered is 100 KIAS.

Engine fire started by either FSX's (or P3Dv3's) or FSFlyingSchool's 'failures' options

Warning that an engine is on fire. Note that this is separate from the aircraft publisher's engine fires, which do not register as 'engine fires' in the simulator's failures system.

Engine 1 or engine 2 starter switch just turned on

Reminder to check the oil pressure.

Propeller anti-ice on with no engines running

Reminder to turn off Propeller anti-ice when no engines are running.

Propeller anti-ice off on ground and taking off when cold

Reminder to turn on Propeller anti-ice when engines running and at or below 10 Celsius.

Propeller anti-ice off in air when cold

Reminder to turn on Propeller anti-ice when engines running and total air temperature is at or below 10 Celsius.

Propeller anti-ice on and on ground when warm

Reminder to turn off Propeller anti-ice when above 10 Celsius.

Propeller anti-ice on in air when warm

Reminder to turn off Propeller anti-ice when total air temperature is above 10 Celsius.

Wing anti-ice on when warm

Reminder to turn off wing anti-ice when total air temperature is above 10 Celsius.

Wing anti-ice on when taxiing

Reminder to turn off wing anti-ice.

Wing anti-ice off when cold and not taxiing

Reminder to turn on wing anti-ice when total air temperature is at or below 10 Celsius.

Speed approaching maximum

Warning that you are close to exceeding maximum speed for this aircraft. This varies with altitude and it is constantly computed for the crew by the Aerosoft aircraft.

Fuel level low

Warning that fuel is below 10 percent and you may wish to consider your refueling options.

D. C. Master just switched on

Estimate of current fuel as a percentage of full.

D. C. Master on and fuel level getting low

Estimate of current fuel as a percentage of full as fuel falls below 50%, 25%, 10%, 5% and 3%.

Flaps down and flying too fast for that particular flaps setting

Advice that once below the first allowable flap speed (depending on aircraft variant) the pilot may use up to 10 degrees of flaps.

Flaps down and flying too fast for that particular flaps setting

Advice that once below second allowable flap speed (depending on aircraft variant) the pilot may use up to 40 degrees of flaps.

Decreasing speed approaching vSO

Warning that stall speed with full flaps is 56 KIAS which is vSO (Stalling Speed in Landing Configuration) for this aircraft.

Decreasing speed approaching vS

Warning that stall speed with flaps up is 73 KIAS which is vS (Stalling Speed with Flaps Up) for this aircraft.