Does RC ever refer to other AI aircraft as heavy? I looked in the aircraft.cfg of my AI planes, and clearly saw them marked as heavy, yet whenever I hear them in game the report as just the flight number, with no "heavy" added on.Is this normal?thanks

Does RC ever refer to other AI aircraft as heavy? I looked in the aircraft.cfg of my AI planes, and clearly saw them marked as heavy, yet whenever I hear them in game the report as just the flight number, with no "heavy" added on.Is this normal?thanks

no, not in v4. but interestingly, i do use a landing or departing ai's weight/type aircraft to determine whether i need a wake turbulence statement. so i must know the type/heavy. i'll see if i can make the ai chatter start using the heavy suffix.jd

no, not in v4. but interestingly, i do use a landing or departing ai's weight/type aircraft to determine whether i need a wake turbulence statement. so i must know the type/heavy. i'll see if i can make the ai chatter start using the heavy suffix.jd

ok, thanks. Maybe it could just read the aircraft config the same way it reads the flight #

For AI chatter aircraft flight numbers are taken from FS reporting by FSUIPC. We'll have to see if the "heavy" is appended to them. If not another method will have to be considered.There are a few aircraft that can be in the real world operated as heavies or not depending how they are loaded at the time with fuel, cargo, and/or passengers. I don't recall which specific models but I think maybe the B739 was one. Since performance changes with gross weight the ATC waivers and performance restrictions that apply could differ for each type of flight. Just an advance notice that occasionally for AI chatter this is more complex. For the user aircraft that designation can be changed (in RC5).

There are a few aircraft that can be in the real world operated as heavies or not depending how they are loaded at the time with fuel, cargo, and/or passengers. ... Since performance changes with gross weight the ATC waivers and performance restrictions that apply could differ for each type of flight.

This is not correct. An aircraft's Wake Turbulence category is fixed by reference to its maximum take-off weight regardless of whether or not it is operating at that weight during any stage of a flight. The amount of passengers, fuel and/or cargo actually being carried on a flight has no bearing on its category which is fixed.Mushy

That might be true for wake turbulence but the article was primarily discussing speed restriction waivers. I don't recall where the statement was made and perhaps it was in error or outdated. I think the B757 series was what I was thinking of at the time.Anyway RC5 will maintain a fixed class of aircraft category based on the type with a user option to change. "Super" has been added in RC5 to the available classes since that was or proposed to be added to the ICAO categories.

This is not correct. An aircraft's Wake Turbulence category is fixed by reference to its maximum take-off weight regardless of whether or not it is operating at that weight during any stage of a flight. The amount of passengers, fuel and/or cargo actually being carried on a flight has no bearing on its category which is fixed.Mushy