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Re: FLCH like real planes!

Postby legoboyvdlp » Thu Jun 02, 2016 6:54 pm

GitHub has the latest updates pulled from Hyde's upstream.
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Re: FLCH like real planes!

Postby Octal450 » Fri Jun 03, 2016 1:24 am

@tikibar
Your 757 does not do this!
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Re: FLCH like real planes!

Postby tikibar » Fri Jun 03, 2016 1:41 am

Perhaps you could be a little more specific...
Boeing 747-8 (rename folder to 747-8i)
Boeing 757-200/300 (rename folder to 757-200)
Boeing 767-300/ER (rename folder to 767-300)
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Re: FLCH like real planes!

Postby Octal450 » Fri Jun 03, 2016 2:50 am

@tikibar
It seems to climb at 1000fpm, and uses thrust to keep speed, even though I set FLCH mode.
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Re: FLCH like real planes!

Postby swwon » Fri Jun 03, 2016 2:59 am

it0uchpods wrote in Thu Jun 02, 2016 6:00 pm:@swwon
let me see, where is the latest 777? (im an idiot)

https://gitlab.com/fg777_seattle/fg777_seattle
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Re: FLCH like real planes!

Postby tikibar » Fri Jun 03, 2016 5:18 am

It behaves like that if (1) you're within 500 ft of the target altitude, (2) you press SPD after you enter FLCH mode, or (3) you have an old version.
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Re: FLCH like real planes!

Postby Octal450 » Fri Jun 03, 2016 9:28 pm

@tikibar
I'll update it again and ill see. strange.
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Re: FLCH like real planes!

Postby Octal450 » Wed Jun 15, 2016 6:40 am

I built a system for determining thrust modes, and JWOCKY and I are rebuilding every flight phase away from Generics, Generics are horrible.

This systems will be in all planes equipped with the Standard IT-AUTOFLIGHT configuration, I hope it will not take too long to get this working.
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Re: FLCH like real planes!

Postby Octal450 » Wed Jun 15, 2016 11:32 pm

the FLCH system is working very well, tikibar, maybe you want to look in it-autoflight.xml, you can change the speed knobs as much as you want, and switch from mach to ias and he works.
Thanks JWOCKY for all the help!

Pushed today or tomarrow to IT-AUTOFLIGHT GIT REPO.
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Re: FLCH like real planes!

Postby swwon » Thu Jun 16, 2016 6:22 am

What plane is this that you pushed? I'd like to see if I need to download a newer version?
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Re: FLCH like real planes!

Postby Octal450 » Thu Jun 16, 2016 7:50 am

@swonn
Currently its in testing on the A340-600VIP. Once its more stable, and working across more models, the following planes will get the drop in compatible upgrade: A340 (-200, -313X, -600HGW, -600VIP), A350XWB, MD-88, MD-90, B717, A310, L1011, and a few more

Drop in upgrades is not support in the new V2.10 coming soon, since it includes new modes that require changes to MCP and PFD. However, everything else is drop in compatible, just replace autoflight.nas, autoflight-logic.nas, it-autoflight.xml, and autopilot-dlg.xml.

But I suggest you wait one day or so, and I think it will be pushed to many planes.

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Re: FLCH like real planes!

Postby Octal450 » Tue Jul 12, 2016 4:37 am

And it's fully stable. FLCH works like a dream, of course still tuning to come, but it works within 5kt.

All my planes will eventually receive this update soon.

First coming to the MD-88/MD-90, A340s, CSeries.

and I implement the FLCH systems to the MD-11 and MD-10-Family soon.

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Re: FLCH like real planes! ACHIVED READ PAGE 3

Postby Octal450 » Wed Jul 20, 2016 4:40 am

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Re: FLCH like real planes! ACHIVED READ PAGE 3

Postby Octal450 » Sat Mar 11, 2017 7:13 pm

Alright
I've built a newer version of this controller that goes
SPEED predict 10sec/MCP speed: TARGET FPS
Current FPS/TARGET FPS: TARGET PITCH
Current PITCH/TARGET PITCH: MASTER PITCH (elevator+autotrim)

This always ensures when climbing, it never goes under 100fpm and when descending, never goes over -100fpm.

Available in the ITAF Version 155 and later (not yet available) and soon after, in the MD-11.

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Re: FLCH like real planes! ACHIVED READ PAGE 3

Postby Hooray » Sat Mar 11, 2017 7:31 pm

Note that, depending on your goals, you may want to read up on how VNAV is commonly implemented on real airliners/jet aircraft using a so called "performance database" and how the availability of said data may impact VNAV implementation details inside a simulation like FlightGear: http://wiki.flightgear.org/Implementing ... FlightGear
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