SA LAD mk Xa "sauger" (Fully steam powerd airship from Stratos Aeronautics)
SA LAD mk Xa “sauger”
~Operation manual~
Designed and produced by Stratos Aeronautics
Flying and basic operation
Start-up procedure
I – Go to the boiler room and toggle the “systems” key, then turn the “light” key.
II – Go to the engineer’s position(front lower starboard/left helm room).
III- Toggle the “gyro” key, and “instruments” key located in the top left side of the engineer’s panel.
IV – Press the “toggle all” button near the top middle of the engineer’s panel to open steam valves to all turbines.
V – Set the “forward throttle” throttle lever located near the top left side of the engineer’s panel to 1.
VI – It will take a little bit for the boiler to heat up and start producing steam, at which point the turbines will begin to spin up the propellers.
VII- Wait until the aft-most landing gear lifts off of the ground and the aircraft starts to pitch forwards, then set the “gear” lever to -1 to retract landing gear. Now the aircraft should be flying.
Trim control hotkeys
To toggle between trim presets, hold the direction you want to set the trim to(for example “W” for forwards) and tap “action 1”. To reset trim tap “action 1” without giving any directional input(A/D, W/S, left/right, up/down)
-Trim presets:
I – “W” + “action 1” = full speed forward trim (55-60 knots)
II – “S” + “action 1” = full speed reverse trim (speed not tested)
III- “up” + “action 1” = full climb trim (speed not tested)
IV – “down” + “action 1” = full dive trim (70-90 knots)
Engineers station
The engineers station is located in the front lower starboard/left of the helm room
-Marine propulsion
The “marine propulsion” key is located at the bottom right of the engineers panel, and when turned on, re-routes forward power to the marine propellers for sailing like a boat.
Compartment layout
All compartments listed in order from bow(front) to stern(back)
I – helm room
II – artillery compartment
III- boiler room
IV – propulsion turbine compartment
V – crew quarters
VI – transmission compartment/medbay
Armament
Main batteries
Main batteries are 2 Stratos Aeronautics
model I AALG(Airship Artillery Long Gun)mounts.
-Operation instructions:
I – gunner keybinds:
Press “action 1” to toggle free look.
tap “W/S” to control elevation trim, hold “S” to reset.
II – ammunition handling:
1st stage ammo stowages are located in wall racks in the
artillery nest.
2nd stage ammo stowages, used to replenish 1st stage stowages,
are located in the floor of the artillery nest.
18 extra shells are stored in floor hatches in the front of the
artillery compartment hall.
Machine gun mounts
All machine gun positions have dual mounts that fire at about 1600rpm.
Mount locations: bow gunner/bombardier, commander’s hatch, dorsal mount(crew quarters).
I – keybinds:
Press “action 1” to toggle free look.
tap “W/S” to control elevation trim, hold “S” to reset.
Auto cannon turrets
Both auto cannon turrets have dual mounts that fire at about 720rpm.
I – keybinds:
Press “action 1” to toggle free look. When free look is on and
you look to the left or right the guns will elevate for
reloading the drum.
tap “W/S” to control elevation trim, hold “S” to reset.
II – ammunition stowages:
1st stage stowages(lower left and right) will automatically
refill from 2nd stage stowages. Each mounts has 800 rounds,
stowages contain 600 rounds and 200 rounds loaded.
Bombs
The bow gunner position is also the bombardier. Press “action 3” to drop bombs. The bombing sight is stabilized but does not acount for speed, altitude, ect…
Radio operator position
Morse code radio
There is a morse code key on the walls around the radio operator position. There are also keys for lights and sirens, as well as the MASL system.
I – capabilities
Morse code long range radio
Morse code spotlight
Morse code horn
MASL(Mono Axis Signal Locator)
-Overview:
The MASL instrument panel is located on the right side of the radio operator’s station, and can be used to find the range and direction of a radio signal’s transmission location. The system can only really be used effectively when the target signal is a constant transmission, so MASL is meant for locating friendlies who are broadcasting their location.
-Operation instructions:
I – to get accurate results it’s necessary to go to the propulsion turbine compartment, and turn on both “charge grid” breakers, and turn off both “charge batteries” breakers.
II – set the radio frequency to the frequency you want to locate a signal on
III- the upper left gauge on the MASL instrument panel labeled “signal source vector” represents how close the direction the signal is coming from, is to the front or back of the vessel. 1 being direct front, 0 being direct left or right, and -1 being direct back.
IV – turn the vessel until the “signal source vector” gauge reads as close to 1 as possible. Once it does, you are pointing towards the signal source.
