New Boeing 737-800

[Octal450]

This brings me to another idea. All/most planes have their reverser logic under the del-key. Would it be possible to fire a key-event programmatically (in this case push del-key)? Then i put that in the stick button, and all planes are covered.

Yes you can. Maybe AutoHotKey?

Kind Regards,
Josh

[KL-666]

Yes you can. Maybe AutoHotKey?

That is an option, but it is yet another program running. I was thinking more like firing a key event in nasal. I found a property somewhere where i could set "key number" and "pressed". But that is not the event, but the result of the event. So that was no good.

Now i ended up adding the essential action of all the Soitanen logic to my existing button binding definition. That works fine for the 737 and does not break yasim planes. I hope it will work for more jsbsim planes too.

My reverser button definition now does both actions at once:

- setAll "reverser" for yasim
- interpolate "reverser-pos-norm" for both jsbsim engines over a period of 2 seconds

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            if(
                (getprop("/gear/gear[1]/wow") != 0) or (getprop("/gear/gear[2]/wow") != 0)
            ){
                i = !getprop("/controls/engines/engine[0]/reverser");
                interpolate("/engines/engine[0]/reverser-pos-norm", i, 2);
                interpolate("/engines/engine[1]/reverser-pos-norm", i, 2);
                props.setAll("/controls/engines/engine", "reverser", i);
                gui.popupTip("ReverseThrust" ~ ["OFF", "ON"][i]);
            }


Thanks for the help.

Kind regards, Vincent

[Octal450]

Be careful with that. Complex and realistic planes may break if you do that. Most planes have logic for the reversers, instead of just interpolating it.

When I finish overhauling the engine system on the 737-800, that won't work properly anymore.

Kind Regards,
Josh

[jwocky]

Vincent, no need, because the key-version would anyway only set the float to 1.0 respectively back to 0.0.

[Octal450]

@KL-666

Can you try the YV3399 version? I've managed to return Soitanen's Flight Controls while keeping the other corrections

Kind Regards,
Josh

[KL-666]

I downloaded the master from https://github.com/YV3399/737-800.

It has a very odd cockpit, like that the pfd is very basic. Also del does not invoke reversers. Is that the correct one to try?

Kind regards, Vincent

[Octal450]

@KL-666
THAT IS WIERD?????????????????????????????????????????

Make sure you use branch 'gabriel'

Screenshots?

Kind Regards,
Josh

[KL-666]

Ok, got me the gabriel branch. Same basic pfd. (Looks like the airbus type, specifically how the VSI moves)



Edit:
What i mean by basic pfd is:
All numbers are missing.
- AP settings above speed strip and alt strip
- Mach number below speed strip
- VS number below VSI indicator
- Flap settings on speed strip (green)
- Trend arrow on speed strip (green)
And maybe i forgot some missing items.

Kind regards, Vincent

[Octal450]

Yeah...

That is not the gabriel 737.... this is: http://prntscr.com/fvex2n

WTF????

YOU MUST delete the 737-NG aircraft folder -- that aircraft uses 737-800-set, so do we.

Kind Regards,
Josh

[KL-666]

Alright, the pfd is a lot better now. Pretty many conflicts with the 738. I wish everybody used their own name for that plane.

Anyway, not much testing time today anymore. Doing the climb test. Am at fl 580 at the moment. The climb between fl 300 and fl 400 was shockingly high: 3000 ft/min.

Got to do the pitch/power tests another time.

Kind regards, Vincent