Interesting Issues...

[huskydude]

Ran into a couple issues this weekend. Fired my pilot, ME, twice!

1. Left terminal with passenger and cargo loaded for a Tundra flight in Alaska. My wheel caught on fire. Brakes were off. Thinking that
this was a FSP induced issue, declared emergency, stopped the plane, and debarked all soles. FSP wouldn't accept emergency
declaration. FSP didn't record the event, but noted it as an ABORT of mission. It was an ABORT, but seemingly not graded. Thoughts?

2. Seaplane landing in the water. No sweat. Pulled along side the dock, PARKING BRAKE ON. No problem. Noted a little wave action.
No problem. Exceptional Flight to that point. No problem. Debarked passenger and cargo. Progressed well until the last 16 seconds
when a wave surged the plane at the dock. Co-pilot advise "door needs to be shut immediately in flight" or words to that effect. Final
grade. Disaster. Horrible flight, passengers didn't appreciate being tossed around in flight, passengers didn't appreciate high + and -
G's, dangerous to open the door in flight, and the grand final, major fines for unsafe airmanship. UUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHH!
All while moored to the dock. Thoughts?

3. Bush flying is inherently high intensity. Try some of the Misty Moorings locations, like Spotted Lake airfield... or Ranger Lookout when
you need to be an Eagle to land. Rapid decents and swoops are sometimes necessary navigating the crevaces of the Fjords and
bouncy landings, they happened. Is the a modifier that could account for Bush Flying? Thoughts?

4. Payload model naming. Short of adjusting EditVoicepak for any variation of aircraft that available, let's take the Aviat Husky, coming in
five flavors - Taildragger, Float, Amphibian, Tundra, and Skis. I was able to fool Amphib and Tundra models by naming them Aviat Husky
A-1B AM and TT (tundratires). But Aviat A-1B Husky AB or TT wouldn't work... Comments? (and I have read the FAQ).

Worked a couple of payload models for the Aviat Husky (Amphib and Tundra planes) and a Bushmaster Scenario (extremely difficult).
Uploads forthcoming. Not great money producers (1 pax and 60 lbs of cargo), but they do land like the eagle and can navigate in very
tight places and give you room to grow.......



Post Edited ( 04-25-06 14:37 )

[Drew]

ok, where to start.....

1. you sure it was not a plane induced penelty, not part of fsp, as fsp should have recorded it if it was by fsp.


2. You opened the door, and were still moving (with the waves) i can see the only solution to avoid this is to not open doors to let out pax,
but to simply end the flight from the main menu once the park brake is applied. Remember FsP was orinionally designed for heavy planes.


3. Pass


4. Can you post the name of your payload model ini file, and also the names of each of the aircraft (the title name within the aircraft cfg)
and i'll take a look why the other 2 dont work



Post Edited ( 04-24-06 20:55 )

[huskydude]

Drew,

Thanks for your response. Last night I cracked the code on the title names in the aircraft.cfg file. New issue, Husky carries one
passenger. Payload Editor assigned that to station 2.

When I set the value to 1 passenger per seat, in economics mode, FSP says I have 0 Passengers waiting. When I set the value to 2
passengers per seat, FSP say 1 Passenger waiting.

With station set to 2, in non-economics mode, FSP says I have 2 Passengers waiting.

I've noticed this as well in the Cessna Cardinal - Station 4, 3 per seat equals 2 Passengers, 3 passengers in non-econ mode.

Thoughts?





Post Edited ( 04-25-06 14:38 )

[Drew]

this is due to 2 reasons,

company reputation
how many times you have flown out of a particular airport


If you company rep is high (in the high 90;s not sure of what figure is needed) then you should get 100% of pax waiting at the gate.

If you company rep is low, then you wont get as many pax, maybe 60-70% (add if your limit is 1 pax, then you end up with nine waiting)


However, if you do have a low rep, and then fly out of a particular airport several times, maybe up to 4 times, then you could well get that
extra pax.

[Pablo0007]

Hello Tim.

In point 2. I had a similar problem. If you look in the VA Demo Area and look for a Qantas Airlines Flight Fron EGLL (Heathrow) - WSSS
(Changi) you will see Pilot Bonus points and then 1000 Penalty Points.

I had landed at Changi and taxied to the gate. Airbus A380-800 Qantas_Promote from Robert Versulys (I think that is how you spell his
name) Set parking brakes. Opened door and started to unload my passengers. I think from memory around 480 or so. Went to spot view
and started to look around and saw my aircraft bouncing up and down repeatedly. Got the same message and incured the
penalty.

I think that the problem lies in MS Traffic 2004. Before I installed this program, I never had that problem. Installed MS Traffic and bingo,
more aircraft and a lot of bouncing problems.

It is frustrating after a 13-14 hour trip and had been perfect and landing okay to be sluged a 1000 point penalty for Aircraft boincing.

I found the solution. Once you are parked, set parking brake, open door and then whilst unloading, press end flight. Have not had
another penaly for boincing since, althought plenty of other penalties for other things.

Hope that helps a little Tim
Paul

[huskydude]

Paul,

Thanks for the info. I didn't know what would happen if ENDED before the final passenger was off... Have a great day!

[Pablo0007]

Just one thing about that Tim. Taxi to the gate, put park brake on. Open door and you will see passengers leaving plane. You will see
the mini report is now one line.

Go into the FsP dropdown box to end flight and you you recieve you report. If I had known that, I would not have had that 1000 point
penalty given to me.

Paul

[Drew]

didnt i post this in the 1st reply

Just to add however, you dont even have to open the door at all. Once you have applied the parking brake, you can end the flight via the
menu.

[Pablo0007]

Thanks Drew. Ithought that you had to open the door to finish.

Cheers. Oh one question that has cropped up. What is the max of plane you can own in one company.

Paul