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Re: Airbus A320 Re-development Project

Postby skyop » Sat Aug 07, 2010 11:52 pm

@redneck, cruising on the JSBSim version is fine here. Managed to climb to FL390 at Mach 0.78 without any issues with the 787 autopilot. Here are some pics for the heck of it:

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Here's the flight on the MP tracker too- very nice, went from KSFO 28L to Santa Maria. 8)

@Armchair Ace: where did you get this EICAS display?

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Re: Airbus A320 Re-development Project

Postby redneck » Sat Aug 07, 2010 11:58 pm

Well, that's interesting. I'll have to try again when you release the next version.
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Re: Airbus A320 Re-development Project

Postby skyop » Sun Aug 08, 2010 1:17 am

Added a new "Failures" dialog- currently it only contains engine fire controls:

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Sorry, the fire truck doesn't do anything but sit there- but hey, it's good for a FlightGear movie! *hint hint* ;)
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Re: Airbus A320 Re-development Project

Postby skyop » Sun Aug 08, 2010 2:34 am

New release available - 08/07/2010

Changelog:

  • Cargo hold geometry improved
  • Cockpit fully textured
  • 744 instruments replaced with 777 instruments (note: you need to use the "Autostart" command to turn them on, even when flying with the YASim [winglets] version)
  • Flightdeck and cabin interior split off from the main model- this makes modifying them and using them on future variants (A318, A319, A321, etc.) easier (and adheres to Ampere's policy of "model decentralization." :) )
  • New engine fire controls and static fire truck added (engines turn off when on fire only in JSBSim [regular] version)
  • 787 autopilot implemented correctly, so the autopilot is now usable
  • Sidestick animations fixed, right sidestick re-enabled

Download: A320-08072010.zip

A stable version is coming soon after some tweaks for YASim compatibility :arrow:
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Re: Airbus A320 Re-development Project

Postby nickyivyca » Sun Aug 08, 2010 2:39 am

I think I can grab some nasal scripting from the 787 to shut down the engines in case of fire. And also implement the autostart to start up the engines, though I'm not sure about that. I'll take a look soon.
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Re: Airbus A320 Re-development Project

Postby skyop » Sun Aug 08, 2010 2:44 am

nickyivyca wrote:And also implement the autostart to start up the engines, though I'm not sure about that. I'll take a look soon.


Here's the current engine start function in systems.nas:

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startup = func
 {
 # activate glass cockpit instruments
 setprop("systems/electrical/outputs/efis", 16);

 # turn on starter
 setprop("controls/engines/engine[0]/starter", "true");
 setprop("controls/engines/engine[1]/starter", "true");

 # turn on fuel pump
 setprop("controls/engines/engine[0]/fuel-pump", "true");
 setprop("controls/engines/engine[1]/fuel-pump", "true");

 # toggle engine cutoff after 1 second
 settimer(func {
  setprop("controls/engines/engine[0]/cutoff", "false");
  setprop("controls/engines/engine[1]/cutoff", "false");
  }, 1);
 }


I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to find the YASim counterparts of these JSBSim properties.
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Re: Airbus A320 Re-development Project

Postby skyop » Sun Aug 08, 2010 4:14 am

Guys, slight problem: the new 777 instruments are visible through the model! :shock:

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Any fixes?
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Re: Airbus A320 Re-development Project

Postby Armchair Ace » Sun Aug 08, 2010 4:38 am

The EICAS display came from the 772ER. As far as I could tell, it doesn't work too well on aircraft other than the 772ER.

Say, do you mind if I add the A320 Engine Fire system to the Fokker 100? I tried implementing engine fires on it, but I can't find a property in the Internal Property Browser.

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Re: Airbus A320 Re-development Project

Postby skyop » Sun Aug 08, 2010 4:42 am

Armchair Ace wrote:The EICAS display came from the 772ER. As far as I could tell, it doesn't work too well on aircraft other than the 772ER.


I thought it came from some Airbus-like plane because of the blue border. :?

Armchair Ace wrote:Say, do you mind if I add the A320 Engine Fire system to the Fokker 100? I tried implementing engine fires on it, but I can't find a property in the Internal Property Browser.


Oh, not at all! :D In fact, I'll PM you some documentation (it's not exactly cut-and-paste ;) ).
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Re: Airbus A320 Re-development Project

Postby nickyivyca » Sun Aug 08, 2010 5:03 am

skyop wrote:Guys, slight problem: the new 777 instruments are visible through the model! :shock:

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Any fixes?

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 <animation>
  <type>select</type>
  <object-name>EICAS</object-name>
  <object-name>Intstrument1</object-name>
  <condition>
   <equals>
    <property>sim/current-view/view-number</property>
    <value>0</value>
   </equals>
  </condition>
 </animation>


Add that to the main model file. Make sure to add <object-name> tags for all the instruments. This will make the instruments only show up in cockpit view.
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Re: Airbus A320 Re-development Project

Postby skyop » Sun Aug 08, 2010 5:33 am

Aww, such a simple solution, wonder why I didn't think of it earlier.
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Re: Airbus A320 Re-development Project

Postby nickyivyca » Sun Aug 08, 2010 5:45 am

Also, the YASim autostart isn't working for me. When I press autostart, nothing happens. I think it has sometime to do with the console error that I'm getting whenever I start up.

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Nasal error: could not read script file: G:/Flightgear191/data/Aircraft/A320/Nasal/dialogs.nas into module dialogs

There is no "dialogs.nas" file...
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Re: Airbus A320 Re-development Project

Postby skyop » Sun Aug 08, 2010 5:48 am

nickyivyca wrote:Also, the YASim autostart isn't working for me. When I press autostart, nothing happens. I think it has sometime to do with the console error that I'm getting whenever I start up.


Are you using a custom autostart script? Where'd you get it?

nickyivyca wrote:There is no "dialogs.nas" file...


Exactly. I deleted that file because it was no longer necessary- perhaps that autostart script is linking to it by mistake? :?
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Re: Airbus A320 Re-development Project

Postby nickyivyca » Sun Aug 08, 2010 5:55 am

I think what is happening is that FlightGear gives up on Nasal when it can't find dialogs.nas, so it doesn't load systems.nas and thus not loading autostart.

systems.nas doesn't reference any sort of dialogs, and also, I am using the nasal files that came with your latest release.
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Re: Airbus A320 Re-development Project

Postby skyop » Sun Aug 08, 2010 6:28 am

Ugh... have no idea what is going on... NONE of my files make any reference to the long-gone dialogs.nas. It could very well be an internal error with FlightGear.
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