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davux3 asked FlyingRaccoon answered

Helicopter - Controlling initial speed when spawning mid-air

Previously (fixed wing) it was possible to control the airspeed using cruise.FLT:
```

[SimVarForSpawningInTheAir.0]

IAS=30
```


Now (switching to SU11 helicopter) the aircraft will be spawned at a very high speed, around 100kt. Since mid-air start is often used near a POI, this sends the user off in the wrong direction at a good rate of speed. Can we reduce the speed which the helicopter spawns at?

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fweinrebe avatar image fweinrebe commented ·

This question is not SDK related. You should use the MSFS 2020 Forum at https://forums.flightsimulator.com/

You can log a bug there.

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davux3 avatar image davux3 fweinrebe commented ·

Hello. I'm an aircraft developer who asked a question regarding the SDK. Cruise.FLT/Approach.FLT is part of every aircraft delivered and sets variables for the aircraft spawning mid-air. My aircraft has new undesirable behaviors now and I am asking how to return to the previous behaviors.

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FlyingRaccoon answered

Hello @davux3

I can confirm this section of the FLT file is not applicable to helicopters.
Handling this is not planned at the moment.

Regards,
Sylvain

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