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Tuppy
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Posted: 11 Nov 2015 at 8:25am |
Sorry for the double post, but my previous comment got sort of buried in another thread...
The new altimeter gauge is almost impossible to read, especially in a normal pilot view.
Why was this gauge changed? Admittedly, the previous three pointer type gauge was tricky to interpret. (As an aside, a friend who used to fly F27s for Ansett, said that that particular altimeter caused a number of incidents in real life) But it was usable. The new single pointer type is VERY difficult to read, the numbers showing the '1000s of feet are waaaay too small. (My fix is to create a new camera view, zoomed in. A tad inconvenient!) Any chance of a small fix (replacement altimeter gauge say..) ? Otherwise very happy with SP1, mind you, I was pretty happy before! chris from oz |
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Martyn
Just Flight Staff Development Manager Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Location: Huntingdon, UK Points: 7615 |
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Hi Chris,
I'm not sure why the gauge was changed but your feedback has been passed to the F27 project manager and developers to look at. Thanks Martyn |
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mgr
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+1
Would be nice to have the old Altimeter back. Marcel |
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Martyn
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We are currently implementing a new altimeter
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flyforever
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great news.
tony
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Merlin59
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Nice to hear from here as well. |
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mgr
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Thanks for listening Will it be like the old one: or will it be a "normal" one, with also digits for the altitude, various Fokker-27 were fitted with these? Also, as pointed out by others, could the developer also take a look at the "glide-slope", stick/flags in the ADI? (Was wondering if the "G" and the "G/S" flags, should be connected to the ILS knob?) Meaning if you have not selected the ILS it has no use that you have flags of the ILS?? Thanks, Marcel |
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kevinh
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How about correcting the RPM gauge markings? The current ones have a long red arc, when it really should be a red radial at 15000 rpm. At the moment normal takeoff and climb rpm is in the red range according to the gauge.
I would also echoe Marcel's comment about the ADI flags for ILS. They shouldn't be there unless you have ILS selected and no valid ILS tuned. Kevin |
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Deltahotel
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Well that image of the old one is seriously confusing.
The 1000ft needle should be 1/3 of the way between the 1 and 2, and the 10000ft needle should at least be off its stop on the way to the first mini division. |
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slowbird
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I am a new owner of the F-27. Hopefully we will have a readable altimeter very soon, with the current one this plane - in many ways very good - is pretty useless for me. Thanks for listening your customers!
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slowbird
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Oh, sorry, I forgot this in my previous post. I would vote for this one!
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flyforever
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I currently use a generic 2d altimeter as a pop up window, including the autopilot controls from another airplane, since the developers insist on not providing 2d popup windows.
tony
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A.Fokker
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Hi can you tell me how you did it?
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flyforever
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If google "info gauge for fsx", you find a small gauge file that adds transparent altitude, airspeed, heading information in a 2 d window. In the same window, I have a autopilot and bendix radios. Of course, you need to create a new 2d window, or use the one that just flight provides. I use fspanel studio, which makes it very easy.
tony
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Martyn
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I've reported the ADI/ILS and RPM marking issues to the developer. Here is a screenshot of the new altimeter: |
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Tuppy
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Much better !
Thanks Martyn chris from oz |
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slowbird
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Looking good. Hopefully we´ll have it soon!
Do you give us just a simple .gau-file or a service pack?
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Martyn
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Several things are being fixed/improved so it'll be a service pack.
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Martyn
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Regarding the ILS indications on the ADI, the developers have provided this reply:
Please let me know if you have any reference material which suggests that the current configuration is incorrect.
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Martyn
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kevinh
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Instrument flags mean there is a problem (i.e. power loss or tuned ILS signal not received). But if you have tuned a VOR frequency you shouldn't see ILS flags. Usually the tuning head will output a discrete signal to indicate to the flight instrument system that the frequency is either a VOR or ILS value. This is used to switch the failure detection logic. As this setup has an ILS switch that might be used to switch the logic instead.
I don't have an F.27 manual reference but it is fairly standard flight instrument indication in aircraft of this era. Maybe an ex-F.27 pilot could confirm? This youtube video shows no ADI flags at any stage of the flight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNpl-pn16Bc Also, I've never seen an ADI which showed ALT HOLD on or off like this one. Usually when you switch the FD to Alt Hold the only indication you get is the FD bars become active rather than following the pitch knob. I thought it was a warning flag at first. Kevin |
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