EPIC LT Dynasty

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INTRODUCTION A new and bold aircraft has been born, with graceful, futuristic lines and curves that suggest speed and performance, beauty and charm. This is the new Epic LT / Dynasty from the United States of America. Boasting an all Carbon Fiber airframe, matched with the powerful PT-6 67A Jet Truboprop high option powerplant, and a well designed 6 seat cabin layout, this is surely to be the best performer of todays Executive Turboprop Aviation sector. From her rounded windows, raked back Perspex windshield, to her sleek rudder and wild flared wingtips, she is a beauty to look at. But in the pilots seat, you are sitting in todays newest of aviations panel technologies, the Garmin glass panel system, eliminating all the bulky gauges that usually populate such a planes instrument panel. The Epic, with this modern technology panel system, has a clean, uncluttered, futuristic feel. Almost a mix between the Space Shuttle and a new Ferrari. This flight simulation model has sought to capture the elaborate lines that grace this awesome craft, from the well designed, complex fuselage, windows, and wings, to the wild interior that features a ‘wave’ like arm rest structure that follows through to the forward cabin area. Even elaborate wood trim is included and sought to copy the very hue’s of color as like the actual Epic

deisign team have used, trying to duplicate every single element and factor into this Flight Simulation package. This is the Epic LT / Dynasty…

FEATURES OF THIS FLIGHT SIMULATOR PACKAGE This is a high detail model package that took many long months to create. The mesh model was literally built right on actual factory drawings, ensuring that every inch of the Epic LT was accurately rendered into the Virtual world. AIRCRAFT FEATURES: • Fully Animated Control Surfaces • Animated Pilot • High resolution texture mapping in the cabin that ensure readable panel data • High resolution exterior mapping textures that aid with high realism graphics • Garmin G900X glass panel instrumentation system with integrated GPS and avionics and featuring new ‘high simplicity’ flight sim ‘flyability’, making use of the Garmin system to be extremely easy. • Multiple paint schemes that include variations in interiors as well as exteriors • Optional popup tiedown features such as wheel chauks, turbine intake plugs, and luggage appearance per a new popup management display panel. • Custom turboprop sound pack that features a more ‘turbine’ like element as well as a unique start up sound. • Panel options include a 2D panel view

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The FS2004 version comes with Cam Views programmed into the Num Pad keys that include Rudder View, Belly View, interior view points from locations such as the far rear right seat, all tuned to the 2D instrument panel. Precision airfile set that provides an accurate flying model, closely resembling the actual Epic LT. High detail, precision model features include the radical wingtip plexi cover assemblies which house the various illumination systems such as landing lights, NAV lights, and Strobe lights. There is also a hidden, fully functioning, aux. landing gear Nitrogen deployment system under the power control console. Cabin passenger table auto-deploys with landing gear being raised. Interior soft lighting and instrumentation back lit illumination. Animated pitch on the propeller assembly.

ACTUAL AIRCRAFT STATS Seats 6 Construction Carbon fiber Pressurization 6.5 Engine Pratt & Whitney PT6-67A Dimensions

Length 35.8 ft. Wingspan 43 ft. Height 12.5 ft. Wing area 203.6 sq. ft. Cabin length 15 ft. Cabin width 4.6 ft. Cabin height 4.9 ft. Weights Empty weight 4,000 lbs. Maximum take-off weight 7,300 lbs. Usable load with standard fuel 1,350 lbs. Performance Maximum cruise 340 KTAS Economy cruise 288 KTAS Certified ceiling 31,000 ft. Time to climb 9 minutes to 25,000 ft. Range maximum cruise (with IFR reserves @ MTOW and optional long range tanks 1,874 NM Range maximum cruise (with IFR reserves @ MTOW) 1,200 NM Take-off distance (over 50' obstacle) 1,600 ft. Landing distance (over 50' obstacle) 1,840 ft. Fuel capacity 288 gallons usable Fuel capacity (optional long range tanks) 350 gallons usable

INSTALLATION

The Epic LT / Dynasty package features a dual FS2004 / FSX installer program. Simply click on the installer and begin the installation process. If you wish to install the package manually, simply have the installer direct its packages into a Temp Folder on your Computer Desktop. This will enable you to go into the temp folder and copy/paste the aircraft, gauges, and other components into your Flight Simulator. Do not place the FS2004 aircraft package into FSX, nor place the FSX model package into FS2004. They use different model systems and graphics file types.

FLYING THE EPIC LT / DYNASTY IN FLIGHT SIMULATOR The Epic LT / Dynasty is a very light weight aircraft, its entire airframe consisting of high strength, ultra light weight Carbon Fiber, coupled with a high performance version of the Pratt and Whitney PT-6, this version being the PT-6 67A, boasting 1,200 SHP. This is quite a lot for a 6 passenger, lightweight aircraft. On top of all this, the aircraft is an extremely slippery, highly efficient aerodynamic design, enabling the craft to attain high speeds at high altitudes, (as well as climb to 21,000 feet like a high speed elevator). CHECKLIST AND FLIGHT PREPARATION Check Pitot Heat on. ENGINE MANAGEMENT Managing the PT-6 67A Jet Turbine is a bit tricky. The Turbine will seek to momentarily over-shoot its redline parameters as it spools up through its power range to maximum RPM range. Thus, one should slowly power up to full throttle and realize that full throttle setting (max lever travel) is not necessary. There are 4 main Turbine/Prop gauges at the top of the ENGINE EICAS popup window. This will show you your redline points. It is best to keep an eye on those when accelerating into takeoff. TAKEOFF Trim the aircraft for take-off. Ensure the prop is at max (forward) setting and the red Turbine ‘control’ lever is at full forward also. Ease the throttle up slowly, minding not to over-shoot your redlines too far and accelerate to 120 knots. At 120 knots, pull back on the yoke and effect a safe climbout. Retract your landing gear and trim for climbout. Standard climbouts are usually 1700 FPM to 3,000 FPM or 170 knots. Attaining ceiling at 21,000 feet usually takes about 9 min’s.

As you are climbing, switch on the electric door seal and activate the cabin pressure system if you are flying over 10,000 feet. It would be good to drop your ‘blue’ prop condition lever to about 80% to 88% to keep the blades from over-revving. Remember to place the prop lever back to 100% on approach for landing.

PERFORMANCE FLIGHT MODE Flying the Epic LT / Dynasty at performance cruise is best done at high altitude, such as ceiling of 21,000 feet or FL 210. Note that ‘indicated’ airspeed cannot go over 278 knots, but ground speed will pass well over the 320 knots range and can take you up to 350 Knots TAS with a slight tail wind. The main thing is to monitor your Turbine when pushing it at high altitude. Keep an eye out for high ITT temps and redlining the Torque on the powerplant. If you overtorque your engine too long, you will partially fry the delicate turbines and literally tare up the prop and motor mounts, requiring some very hefty maintenance fees, such as a Turbine rebuild. Stay sharp when pushing your limits. (TAS = True Air Speed). TRAFFIC ‘SLOW’ FLIGHT MODE The Epic is Designed to fly fast, having an airframe designed for high speeds. However, such planes at times are not always good at flying slow. However, the Epic LTs airframe is extremely lightweight. This enables you to fly at slower speeds without moderate flaps. You can actually effect great landings without flaps if payloads and air density permit. Stall speed with full flaps is just under 80 Knots, so you have plenty or room at speeds around 120 Knots, enabling you to blend in with small airport pattern traffic. LANDING

Set prop and turbine condition levers (blue and red) to full forward/100%. Set trim for landing. Bring speed down to 120 knots on final approach. If slower then 100 knots, you may wish to select at least 1 notch of flaps. Two notches are available. Drop landing gear at desired safely distance. If you have to slow any more then 100 knots, you can add flaps which will bring the nose down somewhat.

INSTRUMENT PANEL LAYOUT

This is the cockpit of the futuristic Epic LT. Note the minimum of gauges and clutter. The high technologies of the Garmin glass panel system allow all the various gauges and Avionics and such to be integrated into 3 screens and a bank of switches, making for a very clean and simplistic flight environment.

An actual Epic LT Instrument Panel

INSTRUMENTATION The Instrumentation of the Epic LT and Dynasty is amazingly simple and futuristically refined by the compactness of the Garmin glass panel system. All the radios, gauges, GPS system, HSI, and other various common gauges that you normally see in other aircraft are all ‘in’ the Garmin PDF and MDF

system screens. Most are are always displayed while others are called up in popup screens. This chapter will try to present to you the Garmin system in as ‘simple’ a way as possible.

PFD SCREEN INTRODUCTION The PDF screen or ‘Primary Flight Display’, is the main panel in front of the pilot. It has all the main ‘Flight’ gauges in it, such as your Attitude Indicator, Compass, Altimeter, Vertical Speed Indicator, Air Speed Indicator, your VOR1, VOR2, and ADF arrow indicators, etc. Note also that the radios (4) that make up COM1, COM2 and NAV1, NAV2, are displayed along the top of both the outside PFD screens and inside MDF screen. Note the small buttons along the bottom of the PFD screen. Here is a list of their functions. • ENGINE……This is the ENGINE EICAS management popup window. One is also on the MFD • INSET……….This is a small GPS top down view window. You can zoom in and out by clicking on either side of the INSET button. • NAV1………This brings up the NAV1 DME menu block and the main VOR1 needle ‘in’ the Compass center. • NAV2……… This brings up the NAV2 DME menu block and the VOR2 needle ‘in’ the Compass center. • ADF………….. This brings up the NAV1 DME menu block and the main VOR1 needle ‘in’ the Compass center.

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IDENT……….This will set off a Transponder Ident signal. TMR/REF……This is a built in clock/GMT/Timer (stop watch). To start/stop the timer, click on the right of the TMR/REF button. To reset it, click on the left of the TMR/REF button. ALERTS……….This will bring up the custom aircraft system alerts, such as pitot tube heat off.

MFD SCREEN INTRODUCTION This is the Multi-Function Display Screen. Basically this is just a large GPS screen that depicts the various elements that a GPS displays. There are call up menus that allow you to work on your flightplans, etc. The map is zoomable via the knob at the Right Center of the screens outer frame controls. There is also 2 Engine and Fuel management popup screens. Note along the botton of the MDF are the small menu selection buttons. Some on this model will not function. The ones however that do are the following; • • • • •

ENGINE………….This is the ENGINE EICAS management popup window. FUEL………………This is the fuel management popup menu, see below for more details. TERRAIN……….Clicking on this brings the map screen to either daytime or night-time. XPDR……………..This is the Transponder on/off button. Tuning the XPDR is done by clicking over the digits ‘on’ the screen. IDENT…………….This triggers an IDENT freq broadcast

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TMR/REF…….This is a 3 form clock/timer, with GMT being available. You can start and stop the timer and also reset it to zero by clicking to either side of the TMR/REF button. NRST……………This lets you know what navigational elements such as airports are nearest to you. ALERTS………….Lets you know of GPS aquired alerts such as traffic space notifications.

NAVIGATION Navigating with the Garmin system is actually quite easy. You need only to learn the various locations of the key components. • Radio Compass………..Located in the center under the Attitude Indicator Graphics section • NAV1 and NAV2 Radios located at top left. • COM1 and COM2 Radios located at top right. • NAV1, NAV2, and ADF needles/information blocks/DME data called up by popup menu buttons along the center bottom of the PFD screen, labeled; NAV1, NAV2, ADF. • Transponder is located at the bottom right, labeled; XPDR. The numers usually preset to 1200, are clickable ‘right on the screen’. You just click on the numbers to rotate them through. • CRS needle turn control is located at the middle Right of the outer PFD controls frame. This will turn the NAV1 needle when you are homing in on a VOR freq.

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Heading setting is in a black rectangle box just above the Gyro Compass. Adjusting heading is done either by clicking right on either side of the Heading rectangle, or at the Heading Adjustment Knob at the left center of the PFD’s outer controls frame, or at the Auto Pilot ‘Heading’ knob.

With the above information, you are ready for basic aircraft navigation. Your NAV radios, HSI information, are all there and ready for a VOR flight. GPS flights are where you would use the MFD screen, inputing your flightplan there thru its menu’s.

MFD SCREEN INTRODUCTION This is a basic breakdown of the TruTrak Autopilot controls system and how it interacts with the Garmin PFD. Here are some basic notes on the system. • When you turn on the Auto Pilot or any of its systems such as Tracking (heading), then the buttons on the AP panel will turn green. There are also large Plus symbols on the screen that turn on also (appear) when that system is activated, such as Altitude Lock. • SEL will ‘Lock’ the Altitude setting of the AP, thus if the AP is on/armed, you will level off there. • AP will turn the AP system on or ‘arm’ it.

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ALT will turn on (arm) the Altitude lock, but not ‘lock’ onto a Altitude but make active the already existing Altitude preset in the AP screen. TRK is the Heading button. Turning on this control will turn on (arm) the Heading control. It will not ‘Lock’ the present heading. To lock the present heading, simply click the center (center) of the Turning knob on the AP panel. GPSS is the ‘GPS / NAV’ mode button. This will activate the GPS mode so that your aircraft can be flown per a flight plan programmed into the MFD. NAV is non functioning on this edition of the TruTrak for Flight Simulator. However, this does show you if you are in NAV mode or not. VNAV Locks the Vertical Climb or Descent. This can be tuned at the right on the rocker button to increase/decrease rate of ascent/descent. GPSV is non functioning in this edition of the TruTrak for Flight Simulator. REV is the ‘Back Course’ command to reverse out of a GPS flight plan.

To increase/decrease your Altitude setting, click on the UP and DOWN portions of the rocker button on the right of the AP. However, click on the ‘Left’ side of the center of the rocker button. To increase/decrease your rate of ascent or descent, clic on the UP and DOWN portions of the rocker button on the right of the AP. However, click on the ‘Right’ of the rocker arm from its center, as the left side controls Altitude. To change heading from the AP control console, click on the wheel knob to turn it right or left. Remember, clicking on the ‘center’ of the wheel will lock your heading to forward and turn on the Heading lock as well. How to know when your AP is on and systems are armed. You will see button selections on the AP system turn green when you select them (those that are functioning). Likewise, you will also see green labels show up on the top menu bar of the PFD and MFD, such as AP, ALT, HDG, NAV, GPS, etc. There are also large Plus symbols on the

This is the Annunciator area of the instrument panel, located right in front of the pilot and above the PFD screen. The upper ‘triangular’ shaped Annunciator is for the Landing Gear system. The lower,

wider rectangular Annunciator Center is the primary warning center for all aircraft main systems including de-icing, hydraulics, electrical systems, 02 oxygen levels, to basics like Pitot Heat and Door Seal. There is a test button located at center bottom of the Annunciator Screen.

This is the mini Top Down GPS window that appears at the bottom left of the PDF screen (left hand display screen). Clicking on the ‘INSET’ menu button on the bottom left of the PFD screen will bring up this mini GPS window. To zoom out or in, merely click on each side of the INSET button.

This is the PFD mini ‘System Alerts’ window that show ‘aircraft related’ warnings and popups. Click on the ‘ALERTS’ menu button to have this popup appear.

This little wood trimmed panel is the Master Displays Control interface for the flight simulator models various additional objects that show up, such as passengers, luggage wheel chauks and pitot flags for when the aircraft is being parked after a flight, or to remove them before a flight is to starte. This panel also brings up the major systems popups to large zoomed view, such as the PFD, MFD, Auto Pilot, and the Power Console.

This is the Engine EICAS Popup Window. This shows all the main system functions of the powerplant, such as Torque, ITT Temp, Fuel Quantities, etc. This is accessed by clicking on the ‘ENGINE’ Menu button on the bottom left of either the PFD or MFD display screens. This also shows your settings for Trim as well as flaps setting location, Aileron and Rudder trim. There is a second version of this menu Called the FUEL Management popup. This Second one is featured ‘only’ on the MFD, (center screen only).

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