
DaVinci Technologies Makers of AirplanePDQ^{^TM}

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AirplanePDQ November 2001 Release Notes

New Features in Release

	Export and Import designs to and from the X-Plane Flight Simulator!
	New release of IntelliCAD, IntelliCAD 2001 Plus!
	Selectable drawing units, drawings aren't always in meters anymore!
	Expanded help file with search capability and improved table of contents
	Quickly apply changes to all engines or propellers in a multi-engine design
	Support for pusher twins
	Easier change between tractor and pusher engines
	Ground reference lines automatically update when landing gear is moved
	Option to do full propeller analysis or just use fixed prop efficiency
	Support for different flap types including slotted, fowler, plain and split
	Additional sizing options make entering an existing design easier

	Editing polylines representing fuselage or wings in the top or front view can cause polyline to be corrupted
	Prop offset in the engine database was not handled correctly
	Pitching moment for flaps and control surfaces was not calculated correctly
	A V-tail configuration with a canard resulted in a runtime error
	Gear track was insufficient for many configurations
	Pusher engines would be placed off in front of the aircraft in some configurations
	Wing tanks could be deleted but would then cause a runtime error
	Prop analysis would fail under certain conditions
	Aircraft with diesel engines would have fuel weight calculated using gas fuel density instead of Jet-A fuel density
	Sometimes stall speed would be greater with flaps down than with flaps up
	The grid would disappear after a real time pan or zoom
	When editing points of a polyline, the point marker would not show up if a white background was active