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Ocean Monarch ADV

Okay! I decided to give one of my old fan-favorites (I guess) a rebuild, so here's a nice light-duty passenger jet for you all to play with. I've rebuilt this plane from scratch because I didn't feel like retrofitting the older design. I had also based the original ocean monarch after a smaller jet than what is realistically practical to build in Stormworks, or at least right now.

With the release of microprocessors on a very near horizon, I felt that now was a good time to build something new-ish to adapt to the new logic systems. If I can condense my own arbitrary logic down, for example, it would be easy to add an autopilot system (likely made by someone far more skilled than myself), to the plane while having extra room for more fuel, or some mechanical thing that does something neat. It was a good excuse to make another plane, basically. I look forward to adapting this aircraft into SAR and medevac versions!

On to the good stuff:

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PILOT / COPILOT:



WASD: stick/yoke
Left/Right: yaw/pedals
Up/Down: Throttle (Throttle is also mounted to the center console for manual use)

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SWITCHING PILOT / COPILOT CONTROLS:



It's easy! The pilot turns the appropriately labled key, which unlocks a button on the copilot's side. Then the copilot can press the unlocked button to take control of the plane. Pressing this button also switches the basic warning light array to the copilot's side. Those warning lights will always light in front of the seat controlling the plane!

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STARTING PROCEDURE:



This is pretty basic stuff.

- Turn the overhead key marked "Fuel Valve." This opens the fuel valve, naturally, and starts the fuel pump.

- Press the overhead switches for the compressors, and then reach over to the center console and set the throttle marked "Target RPS," to it's max.

- Wait for the engines to ignite and spool up a little, then press the button on the center console marked "Generator." This will keep the battery charging! Note that if you engage the generator before the engines ignite, they may not be able to spin fast enough to reach ignition. Switching the genny off for a few moments and then back on should fix it. Once that's sorted, look overhead to find your lighting array, and toggle all switches to your liking.

- Now that the engines are spooled up and the lights are on, you're ready to go! The throttle is mounted on the center console, but for ease of use you may use the Up and Down arrow keys to operate it as well. Give the throttle a few taps to start moving -- the throttle in this aircraft controls the thrust spoilers, so full-throttle is quite fast. For taxiing, you will want your indicated speed to stay below 10m/s!

- It may prove helpful to adjust the flaps, located on the center console near the pilot's seat. At full deflection they provide a significant reduction in speed, even at full-throttle, and can greatly aid in controlling the aircraft during takeoff.

- With everything set, throttle up and give the stick a gentle few taps. The plane is a bit lengthy, so excessive rotation, or excessive speeds during takeoff can result in a rather disasterous tail strike. The aircraft should lift off at about ~40m/s, but as you will likely notice, it does accelerate a bit fast.

- Go ahead and hit the button marked "Landing Gear" to raise the gear, of course, and from here, feel free to retract the flaps and enjoy a nice, brisk cruising speed.

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LANDING PROCEDURE:



- Begin by reducing your speed. You are almost certainly moving too quickly, so focus on getting your speed down below 60m/s before lining up with the runway. An easy way to do this, is to set the flaps to full deflection. I've found that this brings the plane to about 53m/s, and makes adjusting course very simple.

- Line up with the runway, ensure minimal course corrections will be needed, and begin your approach. I've found that a shallow attack works well with this aircraft, I do like to have the "Altitude Warn" light ON when I'm approaching the tarmac.

- Carefully reduce the throttle (here is where I like using the up/down arrow keys), to cut thrust from the engines, letting the plane drop onto it's wheels.

Keep in mind that fully reducing the throttle cuts ALL thrust from the engines, so it's best to get the plane on the ground before dropping the throttle all the way back.

- Use the wheel brakes and again, ensure that the throttle is set back to bring the plane to a halt. To begin taxiing, just release the brakes and feather the throttle as you would normally.

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I think that's a good summary of this plane, or at least, I certainly hope that it is. Please let me know if there's anything that doesn't work, and of course, enjoy!