Default C172 (G1000) - 2 identical base aircraft liveries

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I am curious to know if anyone else has noticed that there are 2 seemingly identical base liveries for the default Textron C172 (G1000). I can’t determine any discernable differences between the 2 aircraft. I do not have any additional C172 liveries installed anywhere.

I tried to uninstall the aircraft thinking that a reinstall might correct it, but apparently it is an essential part of the sim and its removal is not allowed.

If it’s just me, then I guess I must have a corrupted sim installation and will have to reinstall it.

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Same for me

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Confirmed:

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Thank you both for your quick replies.
It’s not a big deal, for sure, but I just wanted to be certain that it wasn’t just my installation.

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Is one the C172 Tow Plane ?

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Not sure. The Liveries don’t distinguish at the Manager level.

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EASY to find out. Edit the Thumbnail for the TOW version, and then take another look :face_with_spiral_eyes:

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And there you have it – ONE of the Default liveries (for the C172 G1000) is the TOW Plane :grinning:

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Interesting!

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Very interesting, as what is the difference between a USER selecting the Normal vs the TOW default, as one cannot currently tell which one is being selected…

I had “assumed” the TOW version was only used as an AI plane, when one was selecting a Glider

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Well, my guess would be left most is standard SP, the one after is the tow. Judging by your canary telltale test, that is the case.

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Until Asobo, or someone who understands this stuff has an explanation, I’ll just keep my thumbnail the photoshoped edited one for the Tow plane, so I can tell the difference, .

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Here is your explanation:

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Seems like one set isUserSelectable = 1 in aircraft.cfg of the tow aircraft (asobo-aircraft-c172sp-as1000\SimObjects\Airplanes\Asobo_C172sp_AS1000_TowPlane) for testing purpose but did not revert it to isUserSelectable = 0

If you do so it’s gone again from your view only :wink:

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Good find … maybe I’ll just do that text edit, and then there will be no future confusion.

I would assume we are some year away from a Multiplayer / Shared Cockpit Environment where on player can be the Tow Plane Pilot, and another the Glider Pilot ,

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Yes, this will fix it for now. The tow will also still work fine :wink:

I actually did some experiments with tow planes - for now the towing aircraft basically needs some special yet unrealistic flight dynamics. I guess that’s something Asobo is still working on.

The DR400 for example pulls into a looping right after takeoff with a glider attached and ends up stalling - I think that’s the reason it’s not included as being a tow for now :wink:

So I think the dublicat is just for the time being. With so much to still improve until we reach an AI and multiplayer overhaul it’s fine for now imho.

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Thanks —

I made the edit you suggested and (or course) it successfully got ride of the option to select the Tow plane to fly.

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A very interesting discussion - above! I truly appreciate the insights of the highly knowledgeable folks perusing this forum.
I have none of the glider or helicopter add-ons installed, as I am not really interested in those areas of aviation.

So as far as I am concerned, this thread can be closed.

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I tried this but then the 172 dissapeared as a tow option for my Discus, fortunately I still had the Wilga (marketplace version). Not sure but could be that without an alternative the Cessna would have stayed selectable rather than showing an empty box.

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Thank you. I believe this thread can be closed, now.