My son bought an Apple notebook, so I can now run Xplane at home.
I've got the VTOL canard into tailsitter mode for takeoff.
I did program the model for automatic stability below 50 knots, so it'slike a fly-by-wire computer is keeping the plane stable below that speed.
Takeoff is virtually hands off and is a beautiful thing to watch from
outside the plane. I'm trying to figure out if there is a way to capturethe screen to a movie.
I can land it vertically without crashing but not really at a particularspot. In reality that would be handled by the computer and gps coordinates.
Landing is best accomplished by holding a nose high attitude of about 60
to 70 degrees, and twiddling the throttle to control descent rate.

Perry

XPlane can capture to a movie (QuickTime .mov file) and it can last a
lot depending on how much hard drive

Alfonso



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