FS2004: INS version 1.4 released.

[chris]

The developers of the excellent CIVA INS for FS2004 have released version 1.40:

http://www.simufly.com/ins

This version has numerous improvements, and according to some SSTSim/Altitude Concorde users it follows tracks much better too.

You only need download it if you already have planes using an existing version of this INS.

[Frank N. O.]

Wow, just one quick glance at the pages told me that's one sophisticated gauge. Awesome that a sim can be that advanced :cool:

Frank

[chris]

It's extremely advanced. :eek:

It is old fashioned navigation and quite clunky to operate (as in real life), but for SST and 747-200 pilots, we must use it.

The DME updates are the most complicated thing to do. That is where the INS is being updated mid-flight through a VORDME. INS failures are also troublesome, but the manuals describe how to manage a failure properly.

To be honest, this INS works just like the real Delco Carousel IV-A INS units. I know its pretty close when I get told by a real life 747-200 pilot that the tutorial I wrote for the FS2004 INS is pretty accurate for the real one! :)

I only home someone can provide Marco with some detailed info on the Carousel IV-AC INS units - since those are the exact ones Concorde used.