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Redrawn aircraft: embedded cockpits and real winglets

The cockpit glass is cut into the fuselage, the winglets are swept blades and the wings taper, on all four aircraft.

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A 747-400 seen from ahead and below, with its upper deck rising behind the nose and the windscreen set into the skin.
The 747-400 upper deck, with the windscreen set into the skin.

All four aircraft in the sim have been redrawn. The flight deck windows are cut into the fuselage instead of sitting on top of the nose, the winglets are swept and tapered instead of square plates, and the wings now thin out toward the tip.

Cockpit glassCut into the skinnothing sits on the nose
747-400 winglet1.9 m blade29° cant, 58° sweep
A330 and A340 winglet2.1 m, blended24° cant, curved root

The flight deck

Before, the cockpit glass was a dark slab standing on the nose, tilted up and clear of the fuselage. The fuselage is now built as one smooth skin from nose to tail, and the windscreen, the side windows and the cabin window row are all cut into it. They follow the curve of the nose and the taper of the tail. The 747-400 also gets a shaped upper deck with its own windscreen and window row.

The old 747-400 from ahead and below: a black slab floats above the nose and the window and cheatline strips stand off the fuselage.
Before: the cockpit glass floats above the nose, and the stripes stand off the fuselage.
The new 747-400 from ahead and below: the upper deck rises behind the nose with its windscreen set into the skin and a row of small windows along its side.
After: the upper deck blends into the nose, with the windscreen set into its surface.

The winglets

The 747-400 winglet is now a swept, tapered blade canted 29° from vertical. The A330-300 and A340-300 use a slightly taller winglet that curves up out of the wing in a blend, canted 24°. The 777-200 keeps its plain wingtip.

The old A340-300 wingtip: a square green plate standing on the end of a thick, square-ended wing.
Before: a square plate on a thick, square-ended wing.
The new A340-300 wingtip: a thin wing ending in a green winglet that curves up and sweeps back.
After: a thin wingtip with a winglet that curves up and sweeps back.
The new 747-400 wingtip: a straight, swept, canted winglet on a tapered wing, with a swept pylon above each engine.
The 747-400 winglet is straighter and more canted than the A340 one.

Wings, engines and the rest

  • Wings are lofted from their outline with a flat top and an underside that is deepest near the front. Thickness follows the chord, so the root is deep and the tip is thin.
  • Engines have a lipped intake, a fan cowl and a smaller core cowl. Each hangs from a swept pylon that runs up into the wing, in place of the old box.
  • Cabin windows are individual windows. The cheatline follows the fuselage all the way into the tail cone.
  • The nose droops a little and the tail cone sweeps up, with the shape set for each aircraft.
The old 777-200 in side view, with a thick slab wing and a cylinder engine.
Before: the 777-200 with a slab wing and a plain cylinder for an engine.
The new 777-200 in side view, with a thin tapered wing, a shaped engine and a row of individual windows.
After: a tapered wing, a shaped engine and a row of windows that follows the fuselage.

What did not change

  • The flight model. Weights, speeds and sizes are the same.
  • The autopilot still lands all four aircraft in every weather preset, and flying with no input still ends in a crash.

模擬器入面四款飛機全部重新畫過。駕駛艙玻璃而家係開喺機身表面，唔再企喺機鼻上面；翼尖小翼唔再係四方形嘅板，變成向後掠、愈接近尖端愈窄；機翼亦愈接近翼尖愈薄。

駕駛艙玻璃開喺機身表面機鼻上面冇嘢浮住
747-400 小翼1.9 米傾斜 29°、後掠 58°
A330 同 A340 小翼2.1 米、圓滑連接傾斜 24°、翼根彎曲

駕駛艙

之前駕駛艙玻璃係一塊黑色嘅板，企喺機鼻上面，向上傾斜，同機身分開。而家機身係由機鼻到機尾一張連貫嘅表面，擋風玻璃、側面窗同客艙窗全部開喺度，跟住機鼻嘅弧度同機尾嘅收窄。747-400 仲有一個有形狀嘅上層，自己有擋風玻璃同一排窗。

舊嘅 747-400，由前面下方望上去：一塊黑色嘅板浮喺機鼻上面，窗同腰線條突出咗機身。
之前：駕駛艙玻璃浮喺機鼻上面，條紋突出咗機身。
新嘅 747-400，由前面下方望上去：上層喺機鼻後面隆起，擋風玻璃嵌入表面，側面有一排細窗。
之後：上層順滑咁連接機鼻，擋風玻璃嵌入表面。

翼尖小翼

747-400 嘅小翼而家係一塊向後掠、愈近尖端愈窄嘅葉片，傾斜 29°。A330-300 同 A340-300 用較高少少嘅小翼，由機翼圓滑咁彎起，傾斜 24°。777-200 保持普通嘅翼尖。

舊嘅 A340-300 翼尖：一塊四方形嘅綠色板企喺一幅又厚又方頭嘅機翼尾端。
之前：四方形嘅板，裝喺又厚又方頭嘅機翼上面。
新嘅 A340-300 翼尖：幅薄翼嘅尾端有一個綠色小翼，向上彎再向後掠。
之後：翼尖薄咗，小翼向上彎再向後掠。
新嘅 747-400 翼尖：喺收窄嘅機翼上有一個直身、後掠、傾斜嘅小翼，每部引擎上面有一條後掠嘅吊架。
747-400 嘅小翼比 A340 嘅更直、更傾斜。

機翼、引擎同其他部分

  • 機翼按外形砌出嚟，上面平坦，下面近前面最深。厚度跟住翼弦，所以翼根深、翼尖薄。
  • 引擎有唇形入口、風扇罩同較細嘅核心罩，由一條後掠嘅吊架連去機翼，取代咗之前嘅四方盒。
  • 客艙窗係一個個獨立嘅窗。腰線會沿住機身一直去到機尾錐。
  • 機鼻稍為向下，機尾錐向上翹，形狀按每款飛機分別設定。
舊嘅 777-200 側面圖，機翼係一塊厚板，引擎係一個圓筒。
之前：777-200 嘅機翼係一塊厚板，引擎只係一個圓筒。
新嘅 777-200 側面圖，機翼薄而收窄，引擎有形狀，仲有一排獨立嘅窗。
之後：機翼收窄、引擎有形狀，一排窗跟住機身。

冇改嘅嘢

  • 飛行模型。重量、速度同尺寸都冇變。
  • 自動駕駛仍然可以喺所有天氣設定下降落四款飛機，完全唔操作仍然會墜毀。

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