Captain of the Queens is a computer simulator and a learning tool allowing you to explore how a Captain or Harbor Pilot can maneuver the Cunard ocean liners. You are given a Bridge window that controls ship. If you are piloting the QE2, you have twin engines, a set of bow thrusters, a single rudder and 1 tug boat. The original Queen Mary has 4 engines and a single rudder and can use 2 tugs. The QM2 has a unique propulsion and steering system consisting of two pairs of pods that carry the propellers. Your challenge is to bring the ship to the dock in the harbor of your choice. Harbors include New York, Fort Lauderdale, Long Beach, Honolulu, Nawiliwili, Apia and Sydney.
The help file or operation manual is available at any time by pressing F1. You also get a small photo album showing each of the harbors.
Captain of the Queens is also a game that encourages you to compete with others or yourself on how skillfully and how quickly you can bring your ship into the harbor. After mastering the introductory level of difficulty you can increase the challenge by requesting variable wind speeds up to 100 knots and even random equipment failure. A special version of Captain of the Queens called Queens Time Trials is included in the package. It differs from Captain of the Queens in having a count-down timer. You set the amount of time allowed the player, 5, 10 or 15 min, and the game halts after his or her time is up. When it halts it displays how far the player was from the dock or, if docked, the amount of time it took to dock.
Cunard's classic ocean liner, the Queen Elizabeth 2, is the first ship in this simulation. The QE2 uses the classic ship design of twin, shaft-mounted propellers that are mounted in front, and to either side, of a single rudder. In general, the propellers drive the ship forward and in reverse and the rudder controls the direction. With forward thrust, the propellers increase the steering power of the rudder by driving water, albeit indirectly, over its surfaces to form a water jet to either side. You can steer the ship with either the rudder or the propellers. The ship also has 3 bow thrusters to help turn the ship or push the ship sideways toward or away from the dock.
The Queen Mary was the fastest ocean liner of her time with 4 propellers. She has but a single rudder for maximum speed efficiency, but this also places limits on her maneuverability. She lacks both bow and stern thrusters and is very difficult to bring in to the dock without the use of tugboats. You can, however, turn the ship and mimic the actions of a stern thruster by using the two outboard-most propellers against each other.
The Queen Mary 2 was built with an entirely different propulsion system. Instead of propellers on shafts, she mounts her propellers on pods that hang below the hull. An electric engine inside each pod drives the propellers. Two of the pods, the outer-most, are fixed but the more amidships pods are “azimuthing” and can rotate 360 degrees. This lends a very high level of maneuverability. The pods can also act as powerful stern thrusters.
Cruise Ship Captain is a computer simulator and a learning tool allowing you to explore how a Captain or Harbor Pilot can maneuver the cruise ships. You are given a Bridge window that controls ship. If you are piloting the "standard ship", you have twin engines, a set of bow and stern thrusters and twin rudders. With the azipod-driven ship, you control a unique propulsion and steering system consisting of a pair of pods that carry the propellers. Your challenge is to bring the ship to the dock in the harbor of your choice. Harbors include New York, Fort Lauderdale, Long Beach, Honolulu, Nawiliwili, Apia and Sydney.The help file or operation manual is available at any time by pressing F1. You also get a small photo album showing each of the harbors.On the other hand, Cruise Ship Captain is a game that encourages you to compete with others or yourself on how skillfully and how quickly you can bring your ship into the harbor. After mastering the introductory level of difficulty you can increase the challenge by requesting variable wind speeds up to 100 knots, harbor traffic and even random equipment failure. A special version of Cruise Ship Captain called Cruise Ship Time Trials is included in the package. It differs from Cruise Ship Captain in having a count-down timer. You set the amount of time allowed the player, 5, 10 or 15 min, and the game halts after his or her time is up. When it halts it displays the players score that includes damage from any collisions.The "standard ship" uses the classic ship design of twin, shaft-mounted propellers that are mounted in front of twin rudders. In general, the propellers drive the ship forward and in reverse and the rudders control the direction. With forward thrust, the propellers increase the steering power of the rudders by driving water over their surfaces to form a water jet to either side. You can steer the ship with either the rudder or the propellers. The ship also has bow and stern thrusters to help turn the ship or push the ship sideways toward or away from the dock.The “Pod ship” has the most modern propulsion design with a pair of “azimuthing pods”. Propellers are mounted on pods that hang below the ship. Electric engines in the pods drive the propellers. The pods can rotate 360 degrees thus eliminating the need for a rudder, the pods both drive and steer the ship. When the pods are rotated to 90 degrees they act as powerful stern thrusters that can work along with the bow thrusters.
For several years now, experimental aircraft owners have looked for an affordable navigation system that in fact does not cost the same or more than the aircraft itself. Fiko Technologies Ltd. together with Fiko Software Co., Ltd. and Aeronautical Software Lab and Technologies has now introduced its MS Flight Simulator versions of its original aviation software named FIKOTECH Q12 Series. This simulator version is in fact the exact software copy of the original software used in aircraft and helicopters world-wide but will only work with the FSFDEXGA software plug-in for transmitting GPS and Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS) data from MS Flight Simulator 2002/2004 to the Q12 PFD (Primary Flight System). By using this software, anybody can learn how real avionics works without paying the high cost of aviation software and for those that are building their own flight simulators, Fiko Technologies are also offering PC-104 CPU boards, 6.4” TFT colour displays and PS/2 keyboard controller boards for controlling the Q12 Series with external buttons and switches.The FIKOTECH Q12 PFD software is perfect solution for anybody interested in aviation and are perfect for flight training schools, aviation clubs, “homebuilt” and general aviation enthusiasts that like to explore possibilities for using MS Flight Simulator for more then just one screen.
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