Ok here we go:

1. Installing TTools (for the first time)
Create a folder for TrafficTools anywhere you want and unzip the files to that folder. When you first start TTools it will automatically locate whichever versions of Flight Simulator you have installed (FS2002 and/or FS2004). There are checkboxes to select either FS2002 or FS2004 under the File menu. If TTools finds both versions installed then both checkboxes will be enabled, otherwise one or both will be greyed-out. If you have moved FS at some time in the past then the program may not be able to automatically locate it, in which case you can use the ‘Locate Flight Simulator’ function under the File menu to tell TTools where to find it.


Touch and Go’s :

For FS2004, Microsoft added the capability to program aircraft to perform practice circuits. This is done by prefixing the arrival time field with the code ‘TNG’, for example:

   AC#26,N14023,1%,24Hr,VFR,
      20:00:00,TNG21:30:00,050,R,0000,CZBB,
      23:00:00,23:35:00,050,R,0000,CYXX,

Any leg of a flight plan can be programmed for Touch and Go’s. The AI will fly that leg at his normal cruise speed and upon arrival he will fly circuits until the specified arrival time (21:30:00 in the example above). If the departure time of the next leg is within 10 minutes of the arrival time of the current leg then he will not land but instead will fly on to the next destination. If the next leg departure time is more than 10 minutes ahead then he will do a normal landing and park until scheduled to depart on the next leg. You must leave at least a minute or so between the arrival and next departure times. If you use the same time for arrival and next departure then problems will occur.

You can also make an aircraft perform practice circuits at the same airport without going to another. This still requires two legs, but both legs can be designated for the same airport. It is theoretically possible to have a Touch and Go flight plan with a single leg, but this doesn’t seem to work properly. Here is an example flight plan for a single airport practice session:

   AC#26,N1234,1%,24Hr,VFR,
      17:00:00,TNG18:00:00,010,R,0000,CYOW,
      20:00:00,TNG21:00:00,010,R,0000,CYOW,

In this example the aircraft will take off at 17:00 and immediately begin performing circuits. He will continue that until 18:00 when he will land and park. He will take off again at 20:00 and perform another hour of circuits then land again.

The circuits are performed at the pattern altitude and direction for the runway used, as specified in the airport facility data. Now if this is to much then we will have to use another approach



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