19-08-2005, 11:01 AM
How to fix it?
First, try if it flies good-mannered withOUT FSPax. If yes, proceed, if not, search for a better FDE or just stop the project.
If yes, then, in short points:
-Get Yourself an ***unaltered*** config file for Your fav aircraft (e.g. re-download and extract)
-Open "aircraft.cfg" and look for the [WEIGHT_AND_BALANCE] section.
-Compare the entries beginning with "station_load.(number)" to the ones in the FSPax payload model.
The entries in aircraft.cfg decypher as station_load.#= Weight, x,y,z. x is front-rear axis, y up-down, z port-starboard refering to the defined
aircraft center point.
While You may correctly place any passenger in a 6-seater, FSPax offers only a few possible entries while commercial jet models may have up to several
hundred "areas" where to put weight (a typical 737-300 has about 130 seats (or more), 2 cargo bays, 2pilots&2-4crew, 2 kitchens with mealcarts... now
imagine a 747
) so You will have to calculate or at least interpolate for each FSP section e.g. for first class where its center may be
approximately and how many pax will weigh in at how many kilogramms - and check if it is correctly modeled in the FSP PM.
If You have to use a "default" FSP payload model, well, good luck. I suggest You create Your own PM then since FSP only refers to weight, but that may
be totally incorrect for some aircraft.
Airlines do in fact the same, they try to spread the pax (on a standardized pax weight) and weighed baggage/cargo throughout the aircraft so the CoG
will stay neutral the optimum. In smaller commuters, cargo jets (cargo shift) and/or private aircraft, CoG out-of-limits is a more common crash reason
and is in most cases impossible to be recovered (complete loss of control).
Okay, enough elaborating. Almost weekend, go flying!
Pax57
First, try if it flies good-mannered withOUT FSPax. If yes, proceed, if not, search for a better FDE or just stop the project.
If yes, then, in short points:
-Get Yourself an ***unaltered*** config file for Your fav aircraft (e.g. re-download and extract)
-Open "aircraft.cfg" and look for the [WEIGHT_AND_BALANCE] section.
-Compare the entries beginning with "station_load.(number)" to the ones in the FSPax payload model.
The entries in aircraft.cfg decypher as station_load.#= Weight, x,y,z. x is front-rear axis, y up-down, z port-starboard refering to the defined
aircraft center point.
While You may correctly place any passenger in a 6-seater, FSPax offers only a few possible entries while commercial jet models may have up to several
hundred "areas" where to put weight (a typical 737-300 has about 130 seats (or more), 2 cargo bays, 2pilots&2-4crew, 2 kitchens with mealcarts... now
imagine a 747
) so You will have to calculate or at least interpolate for each FSP section e.g. for first class where its center may beapproximately and how many pax will weigh in at how many kilogramms - and check if it is correctly modeled in the FSP PM.
If You have to use a "default" FSP payload model, well, good luck. I suggest You create Your own PM then since FSP only refers to weight, but that may
be totally incorrect for some aircraft.
Airlines do in fact the same, they try to spread the pax (on a standardized pax weight) and weighed baggage/cargo throughout the aircraft so the CoG
will stay neutral the optimum. In smaller commuters, cargo jets (cargo shift) and/or private aircraft, CoG out-of-limits is a more common crash reason
and is in most cases impossible to be recovered (complete loss of control).
Okay, enough elaborating. Almost weekend, go flying!
Pax57
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