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Ocean Monarch SE

After a good bit of tinkering, I would like to present a special edition of the Ocean Monarch!

In this version of my most highly-regarded aircraft, pilots will find a number of small changes aimed at making the business of flying the plane a little nicer. Right away, the instrumentation is different. RPM indicators are gone, and instead there is a visual throttle indicator, and a gauge for steering -- this ought to make taxiing a breeze, so long as you keep it under 10 m/s! Other than a different paint job, though, she's not much different than before. She seats plenty, and beds 2 (seperately, ahem).

-----CONTROLS-----

Normal stuff here:

Stick: WASD
Pedals: Left/Right
Throttle: Up/Down - Sticky

New thing! Flaps!

Directly overhead of the pilot is a key that'll toggle the flaps. They look neat (I like to think), and actually work too. When the flaps are deployed, they slow the aircraft down and make it a bit easier to lift up - so in most cases the flaps are down before taking off, and before starting to land. However, when you are at the controls, you set the operating procedure, so uh, go nuts.

Outside of that, there's really not too much new to talk about. The wings were rebuilt because I felt that pneumatic-adjusted swept wings were unreliable, although totally rad. Instead, these offer a sturdier base to add features such as flaps and other mechanics to, and I believe they are a much better fit for the plane. I hope that everyone else will feel similarly, and that you all enjoy!

CHANGELOG:

6/11: Initial release!

6/20: Minor update; mostly checking compatibilty with a new design idea and updating a few values here and there. Fans are more powerful now, so of course the Ocean Monarch is a good clip faster. This can complicate the way flaps behave so,

Make sure you reduce your speed to ~ 50 m/s before deploying flaps.

Exceeding 50 m/s with the flaps extended will cause a severe pitch forward due to the (what is now,) excessive deflection. I will work on a speed-sensitive limit for deploying flaps, but until then keep an eye on the speedo.