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Postby dilbert » Thu Jan 03, 2019 3:58 pm

cards don't turn, as they once did.

On investigation found rotation used the same rotation property as the one causing problem in Aermacchi 339.

>AD>FK T227.card uses <property>instrumentation/heading-indicator/indicated-heading-degree</property>for card rotation.

This indicates that the problem lies with the property in FG, not the individual aircraft.. :(
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Re: navion adf and compass cards

Postby WoodSTokk » Thu Jan 03, 2019 5:53 pm

You dont say the aircraft. But you can test if the compassrose rotate if you set '/engines/engine/rpm' to '2500' or more.
This activate the suction pump and the suction drive the gyro.
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Re: navion adf and compass cards

Postby dilbert » Thu Jan 03, 2019 10:16 pm

Thank you. Will give it a try. When started Navion just now, engine wouldn't develop more than 2000 RPM at full throttle, which seems to low. Best Regards

P.S. Confess am a bit lost. Could you tell me in which directory I would find engines/engine/rpm :? Thanks
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Re: navion adf and compass cards

Postby wkitty42 » Thu Jan 03, 2019 10:58 pm

i think he's talking about the properties in the property tree... not files on the HD ;)
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Re: navion adf and compass cards

Postby WoodSTokk » Thu Jan 03, 2019 11:30 pm

Ooops, sorry, yes, i mean the property.
If it doesn't help, say us what aircraft you are try to fly.
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Re: navion adf and compass cards

Postby dilbert » Fri Jan 04, 2019 12:46 am

It's the Navion. Compass and ADF cards rotated when I last flew it, some time ago; now they don't. Ran into similar problem with the Aermacchi MB 339, which used the same property as the Navion for card rotation, namely:

<property>instrumentation/heading-indicator/indicated-heading-degree</property>.


What has changed, to cause this property to no longer work ?

Did the property itself change, or did another change in FG somehow make it incompatible?

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Re: navion adf and compass cards

Postby WoodSTokk » Fri Jan 04, 2019 1:01 am

Ah, okay, you mean the 'Ryan Navion'.
Okay, i will look into the aircraft at the weekend.
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Re: navion adf and compass cards

Postby legoboyvdlp » Fri Jan 04, 2019 1:18 am

It works in most other aircraft, most likely the underlying system, probably gyro, I'm not entirely certain, wasn't added properly to the aircraft?
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Re: navion adf and compass cards

Postby WoodSTokk » Fri Jan 04, 2019 1:51 am

I have now a quick look and suction is there, electric is there ... so it doesn't matter if it is a suction driven gyro or electric driven. Both systems are working.
Will have a deeper look at weekend.
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Re: navion adf and compass cards

Postby dilbert » Sat Jan 05, 2019 2:52 pm

Well, it may not be the right fix, but as with the Aermacchi 339B, changing the rotation property for each of the three Ryan Navion cards from "instrumentation/heading-indicator/indicated heading-deg" to
"orientation/heading-magnetic-degree" made each rotate.

The instruments were in Ryan-Navion>Models>Interior>Panel>Instruments>

They are identified as Hi, KI252A, and KR-87 ADF>ki227-01.

Strictly from a user standpoint, this seems to restore functionality of card; however, the radio navigation functions still don't work (regardless of whether card rotation has been changed or not.). :(

Kind Regards :)

P.S. WoodSTokk mentioned the low engine RPM. The current property "engines/engine/rpm=2082.35" is low, which explains the FG Ryan Navion's only attaining 2000 at full throttle and its poor rate of climb.

P.P.S. Just noticed in Ryan Navion-yasim that whereas under <propeller.. take-off-rpm="2600"
and take-off-power="280"; In <piston-engine compression...engine-power="205". Fishy.
Looks like "205" could have been a typo where "285" was intended. Will check it out.

Aah. Might be wrong fix; but it worked-now get 2400rpm on deck with full throttle, and around 2350 on climb out with full throttle-much better. :)



Navion is an excellent, well developed model; and I really enjoy flying it. :)
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Re: navion adf and compass cards

Postby dilbert » Mon Jan 07, 2019 2:08 pm

Neither /instrumentation/heading-indicator/indicated-heading-deg/ nor
/instrumentation/heading-indicator/offset-degree/ work, which seems to indicate the problem is with
/instrumentation/heading-indicator/ directory in general.
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Re: navion adf and compass cards

Postby WoodSTokk » Mon Jan 07, 2019 2:57 pm

All properties under /instrumentation/heading-indicator/ are not working, as you sayed.
So I had a assumption and it was correct.
The heading-indicator was not included in the instruments.

Go in the directory of the aircraft (normaly 'Aircraft/org.flightgear.fgaddon/Aircraft/Ryan-Navion/').
In the subdirectory 'Systems' you will find the 'instrumentation.xml' file.
Add the following line to that file (must be inside the '<PropertyList>'):
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  <heading-indicator>
    <name>heading-indicator</name>
    <number>0</number>
    <suction>/systems/vacuum/suction-inhg</suction>
  </heading-indicator>

This bring the compass card to life.
But there is another problem with the nav and adf radio.
The pointer doesn't react, but you have at least a working compass now.
Will look the radios later this week.
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Re: navion adf and compass cards

Postby dilbert » Mon Jan 07, 2019 5:42 pm

Thanks. Will make change after restoring original rotation property and await further developments
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Re: navion adf and compass cards

Postby wlbragg » Mon Jan 07, 2019 7:08 pm

If I might inject a concern into this thread...

>AD>FK T227.card uses <property>instrumentation/heading-indicator/indicated-heading-degree</property>for card rotation.

This indicates that the problem lies with the property in FG, not the individual aircraft.. :(


Why are we not trying to determine what happed to the properties here, especially if they used to work VS finding a work around? Is this a jsbsim property that was incorrectly used originally or did something happen recently that caused it to no longer work? It is a valid property in a jsbsim aircraft. The c172p is using it.
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Re: navion adf and compass cards

Postby dilbert » Mon Jan 07, 2019 7:21 pm

That was my bad-using a work around. WoodSTokk rightly figured it was an implementation problem: it was not in the
Systems instrumentation.xml file as part of the property list. It had been a long time since I flew the Navion; and while I don't recall this being an earlier problem, it may have been there from the gitgo. :)

P.S Just installed correct fix supplied by WoodSTokk; and it did solve the card non-rotation problem.
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