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A Boeing 747-400 aircraft for X-Plane 11 & 12
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Improvements before V2 release... #576

Open Dyno744 opened 3 years ago

Dyno744 commented 3 years ago

Feaure Request

1- TO/GA Throttle Lock as FMS option

In a perfect world, one would hit TO/GA on their joysticks, and their throttles would move with the in-sim movements of the throttles. Unfortunately, many throttles do not have this feature. Many engage TO/GA, accidentally touch their throttles, or try to advance the throttles after engaging TO/GA, which results in an abrupt halt to TO/GA power. Adding an option for "A/T Throttle Lock" would prevent this. Throttle lock would lock the in-sim position of the throttles when A/T is engaged, and one can only move the throttles if A/T is disengaged.

2- Correct Panel States on Startup

Currently, when one loads the 747 into the simulator with cold and dark, engines on, or on short final, the panel states are incorrect. For example, cold and dark 747s would have their BUS TIES already pushed in, GEN CONT pushed in, etc. When loading into an engine-on state, you would expect the NAV lights on, Beacon lights on both, Recirculation fans to be on, Equipment Cooling to be on Normal, Autostart to be on, Window Heat to be on, etc. And of course, THE GEAR SHOULD BE DOWN!!! Loading into an approach state, landing lights should be on, along with other lights mentioned before, switches in various positions mentioned above, F/D's to be on, A/T to be armed, TCAS to be set to TA/RA, Lower EICAS to be cleared of any pages (I believe this is variable, but was commonly done after checklists were completed), and for a 3NM approach, gear in the DOWN position. A solution to this may be adding panel states in the FMC, or adding automatic panel states when loading into the simulator.

remenkemi commented 3 years ago

Panel States shouldn't be difficult, just might be a lot of work as we have to set all those switches... Otherwise, it should be simple.

oMrSmith commented 3 years ago

A/T lock is already working but only for the thrust mode SPD.

It would be great if it could work the same way for the thrust mode THR REF.

And: If the A/T could only be unlocked during thrust mode HLD as I proposed in https://github.com/mSparks43/747-400/issues/463#issue-833047981

Dyno744 commented 3 years ago

Thought I'd also add this... Aircraft configurations such as disabling PA does not stay permenant- it resets every time, and therefore it only lasts for one flight. It would be great for those changes to stay until changes are made by the user.

remenkemi commented 3 years ago

Thought I'd also add this... Aircraft configurations such as disabling PA does not stay permenant- it resets every time, and therefore it only > lasts for one flight. It would be great for those changes to stay until changes are made by the user.

Yep, I'm going to fix that soon! I just need to figure out how @Marauder2882 simconfg system works (which I think I've mostly figured out already) or have him do it.

Matt726-S commented 3 years ago

surprised i didnt get another lecture about the rr engine sounds here’s what the panel should look like (except for the battery, external power, and exterior lights) 66373112-120D-495B-83DD-2AF2362953E1

remenkemi commented 3 years ago

surprised i didnt get another lecture about the rr engine sounds

Those definitely still need improvement.

66373112-120D-495B-83DD-2AF2362953E1

Looking at that makes me think the cockpit might be a bit too orange now.

Matt726-S commented 3 years ago

that looks like an older plane. depends on age

Marauder2882 commented 3 years ago

A/T lock is already working but only for the thrust mode SPD.

It would be great if it could work the same way for the thrust mode THR REF.

And: If the A/T could only be unlocked during thrust mode HLD as I proposed in #463 (comment)

THR REF throttle lock and HLD unlock (during TO roll) should work correctly when flying with GE engines selected in the FMC. I put effort into including those during my design of the EEC module that was recently released but it's currently only working for GE engines.

oMrSmith commented 3 years ago

Hey @Marauder2882, pardon me: Could you enlighten me, what exactly the designation of the GE engine in the FMC is?

oMrSmith commented 3 years ago

So I just picked a N1-type engine and the thrust setting changed according to the flight phase. Great stuff! Thanks to all who deliver the code!

remenkemi commented 3 years ago

designation of the GE engine in the FMC is?

What do you mean? Which one is GE? All the ones that start with CF6.

oMrSmith commented 3 years ago

That's what I meant. Thanks for the info.

oMrSmith commented 3 years ago

What does GE stand for anyway?

remenkemi commented 3 years ago

General Electric.

On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 10:36 AM Mr_Smith @.***> wrote:

What does GE stand for anyway?

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oMrSmith commented 3 years ago

The selected temperature (THR REF) has no impact yet, has it?

Marauder2882 commented 3 years ago

Correct. Assumed Temperature has not been implemented yet for any engine type.

remenkemi commented 3 years ago

I'll fix as many of these switch states as possible before release. Pretty much done with sound options, save a bit more testing. I'll keep the "save" and per-livery sounds for after release, so I should have time to do this.