Schleicher K7 Rhönadler two-seater glider (Version 2.4.6)

A vintage two-seater steel tubing, wood and fabric training glider which evolved into the K13, still in use in soaring clubs today.

This is a faithfully modelled ASK-7 two set training glider, which originally flew in 1960. It had good performance for its day, with a glide ratio of approximately 26:1. The K7 is constructed with a welded steel tube fuselage covered in doped aircraft fabric covering while the wing is a wooden structure, again with a doped fabric covering. This is the first modelling project for GlideSimmer67 and a huge amount of care has gone into the model (see the images incldued here). B21 helped out with the flight model and the programming.

See intro video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dprKVPPGpno

Version 2.4.6

• Updated flight model to improve stall behaviour in MSFS2024
• Fix for MSFS2024 weak aerotow runway pull vs. the K7 skid
• Added adjustable P2 pilot weight to expand K7 weight/performance options
• Added wheelbrake on spoiler handle

Version 2.3.7

• Package updated to support both MSFS 2020 and MSFS 2024
• Addition liveries, both are knots/feet (yellow, blue)
• Rudder waggle will request a MSFS launch (if you're not already connected)
• Click of the 'yellow release knob' will initiate the built-in winch launch
• Flight model unchanged from previous versions

Version 1.3.2

• non-linear Vertical Speed Indicator bottom-left on panel replaced with a NETTO vario reading
• Vario audio beep added to computer vario (lift-only, default OFF, enabled via Vario Switch on panel)
• Low-speed polar (35..50 knots, 63..90 kph) adjusted, handling/polar otherwise unchanged.
• Spoilers/Airbrakes effectiveness increased
• 'Imperial' (knots/feet) instruments and liveries integrated into a single package with the metric
• A couple of additional liveries added

• Added support for MSFS aerotow and winch launch
  • initiate the MSFS lauch by waggling the rudder
  • the yellow tow release knob can be used to drop the MSFS cable, and initiate the 'built-in' winch launch as before
• Added support for gauges in knots and feet
  • install the additional complimentary package "K7_Imperial_Units" 
• Camera positions re-done, so quickview up, left, right usable
• Elevator trim AXIS reversed - this fixes a long-standing issue since SU5

Version 1.10 changes as described in the changelogs

Version 1.02 corrects a model texture that accidentally included an inappropriate symbol and also properly synchronizes the internal and external views of the canopy open/close status.

• Exceptionally detailed model, inside and out.
• Authentic panel with both an uncompensated VSI and a TE vario, without the modern audio lift indication.
• Carefully modelled and animated yawstrings, attached to the forward pitot and on top of canopy, operating in both yaw and pitch.
• Distinctive flight model, 26:1, with a much lower wing-loading and airspeed range than modern racing gliders.
• Modelled P1 and P2 cockpits with individual panels and multi-part animated canopy.
• Automated winch launch provided via the tow-release lever. Voice output now in german language.

• Winch launch / tow release mapped to "TOGGLE RECOGNITION LIGHTS" (same as AS33, LS4)
• Radio knobs recognize standard MSFS events, i.e. INCREASE/DECREASE COM1 FRACT/WHOLE