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Citation II: rename all files for the flight director (autopilot) panel to FDpanel.*
in anticipation of the next patch.

Contribution by Sascha Reißner.

Citation II 4.1.5: make the DME instruments dimmable.

Add a red glass panel on top of the DME instruments (also visible with
reflected sunlight) like on the altitude alerter. Animate the dimming
knob. Remove leading zeroes from the time-to-beacon in minutes.

Another contribution by Sascha Reißner.

Citation II 4.1.4: improve the magnetic compass

Magcompass has now the white ball. Model is reworked and now has a glass.
Renamed compass.png to magcompass.png for consistency.

Contribution by Sascha Reißner.

Citation II 4.1.3: rename the annunciator panel files consistently.

Contribution by Sascha Reißner.

Citation II: renaming files in preparation for the next patch.

Citation II 4.1.2: make the altitude alerter dimmable

The altitude alerter (where the pilot selects the target altitude of
the autopilot) now has a red glass windod in front of it, visible with
reflection of sunlight. The DIM knob now works.

Another great contribution by Sasha Reißner, always paying attention
to detail.

dhc2: bug fix: make water rudders steer in the correct direction.

Also, animate the rudders correctly.

(Reported by "dilbert" on the forum where I chanced upon it).

B-25: minor bug fix in the FDM; replace some Nasal with property-cycle.

* b25j-yasim.xml: delete; was identical to b25-yasim.xml.
* b25j-set.xml: use b25-yasim.xml.
* b25-yasim.xml:
- <propeller/moment>: the rod method should use the mass of a single blade, not the
entire propeller, before multiplying by the number of blades.
- <propeller/takeoff-rpm>, <propeller/takeoff-power>: add.
- <propeller/mass>: correct; add the mass of the propeller too.
- <ballast>: adjust to keep CoG approximately at 25% MAC.
* Models/Interior/Panel/Pedestal/console.xml: use property-cycle for the supercharger
speeds. The POH states that the pilot should shift speeds quickly and decisively.
* Nasal/b25.nas: delete the handling of the boost property of engines.
* Systems/b25-keyboard.xml, Systems/help.xml: Alt+S to shift supercharger speeds.

F6F-Hellcat: new FDM, two-speed supercharger and some bug fixes.

* Do not pollute the property trees of remote aircraft over multiplayer:
find Models/ -name '*.xml' -exec sed -r -i 's,>/,>,g' {} \;
* Models/Interior/Panel/Instruments/rpm/rpm.xml: one revolution of the needle per 1000 rpm
instead of per 10k RPM. Makes the instrument much more usable.
* Systems/f6f-keyboard.xml, Systems/help.xml: Alt+S to toggle supercharger speed.
* f6f-base.xml: initialize property for supercharger speed. Allow-toggle-cockpit: true.
* f6f-yasim.xml: rewrite performance numbers to allow landing. Previously, the propeller
thrust at idle was such that even with full flaps, airspeed would not drop below 90 knots,
preventing landing.
Also, implement the two-speed, two stage supercharger of the R-2800. Low speed can
maintain 56" of manifold pressure (!) up to 14500 ft; high speed up to 23500 ft. Not
implemented is the power drawn by the supercharger.

B-25: animate the supercharger control levers. More assorted bug fixes.

* Models/Interior/Panel/Pedestal/console.xml: animate the supercharger control levers; add
a pick animation that calls...
* Nasal/b25.nas: ... the new procedure Engine.toggle_blower().
* Models/Interior/Panel/Instruments/vsi/vsi.xml: correct the movement of the needle.
* b25{,j}-yasim.xml: the nose wheel is castering, not steerable. Use tail wheel lock for the
nose wheel lock for consistency with taildraggers. USE DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING ONLY TO STEER.