Aerospatiale/Eurocopter AS365N3 Dauphin
for Flight Simulator 2002
Bug fix
There has been a major problem in identifying the collective
axis on some controllers. If you already have tried the normal axis identifiers
(X, Y, Z, rX, rY and rZ), download the fixed gauge file (link below) and try
SLIDER0 or SLIDER1 as collective identifier.
Download dauphgau.zip
Common problems
- Engines won't start or can't find starter buttons
- Battery ON, fuel pumps ON
- Move the fuel levers to the position shown in the picture, just a bit
out of the cut-off slot.
- Press the starter buttons as shown on the picture.
- N2 does not accelerate to full speed
- Make sure the fuel levers are pulled down all the way to the FLIGHT
slot.
- Check the collective lever motion in virtual cockpit. If there is some
collective applied, the rotor won't accelerate to full speed.
- If the collective lever does not move in the VC, the control
cofiguration is most likely incorrect. See next chapter of this document.
- How to configure the controls
- First make sure that the "Dauphin.cfg" is exists in the main FS2002
directory. If not, it must be moved from the panel folder of the aircraft.
- To find correct axis identifier for a controller axis:
- Go to control assignments in Flight Simulator
- Find the axis assignment that is not working properly and note the
identifier in the 'Axis' column
- If the identifier is "X-axis", "Y-axis", "Z-axis", "Rx-axis",
"Ry-axis" or "Rz-axis" the same identifier most probably works with the
Dauphin configuration. If there is any other id, then the required
identifier might be SLIDER0 or SLIDER1.
Note the correct syntax for the
identifiers: for example "Rz-axis" would be just rZ (case sensitive!) in
Dauphin.cfg. These are listed in the 'Controls'-section of the manual.
- If the identifier found in the FS assignments doesn't work, the only
way to find the correct one is to try all the possibilities as listed in
the manual and see what works.
Last update:
26.7.2002
By: Antti Pankkonen
apankkon@cc.hut.fi