Panel

 

The autopilot on the York is an electro pneumatic device; we have not been able to replicate it exactly. The attitude control unit can be quite tricky, and for this reason we have included (temporary measure) an Alt Hold Switch (he York did not have this feature so sneaking aft to woo the lovely stewardess was not an option). To use the attitude control, first click the air cock lever then move to the attitude lever; clicking on the minus (left side of the lever) will reduce the pitch. With the attitude control on maintaining height is done by carefully adjust prop rpm. With practice you should be able to remain within a hundred feet of your desired altitude. To leave the cockpit for longer periods, e.g. to gaze into those dark mysterious eyes of your stewardess; you will need to use the Alt Hold switch. To do this, first turn off the air cock (deactivate the attitude control), then click the Alt Hold switch. Clicking the Alt Hold will reset the air cock to its OPEN position. Yorks also had a steering control on the Pilots panel, but to date, we have been unable to get this to work

 

 

 

 

 


Engine Fuel Cock

 

These are your master fuel cocks, move to the forward position to start engines; pull back to stop engines.

 

Eng & Flaps Panel

 

On the York, this is mounted on the cabin roof. Functions are straightforward. You will at first find the mouse responses seem unusual; they are all the reverse of most setups. To lower flaps, the mouse minus appears just above and slightly to the right of the flap lever; each click of the mouse moves the flap lever up. Flap angles can be read from the gauge just to the right of the magnetos. To adjust prop rpm, move the mouse just above the handles; when the ‘hand’ appears, rolling the mouse wheel towards you reduces rpm and the levers move up.

 

Throttles are best adjusted using the control on your stick.

 

Notes on DF Loop gauge and BABS

 

These two gauges are courtesy of Ted Cook, his notes on use are given below.

 

Use the DF Loop meter by steering towards the crossed needles which should then move to the centre when you will be steering TO the beacon [ ADF1 ].

The DF loop aerial also gives a reading from the back as well as the front, but this reciprocal indication will move away from the centre as you turn towards the crossed needles. Try it out in SLEW mode. 

 

The Beam Approach Beacon System indicator [BABS] should be tuned on NAV1 radio to a beacon that has DME facilities.

The distance is displayed on the vertical scale with zero at the bottom.

The direction to steer to get on to the beam is shown on the horizontal scale.

The lamps indicate when the Inner or Outer markers are reached.