David Megginson wrote: > Switches are hard to find, especially (a) if you're not a real pilot, > or (b) if you're not familiar with the aircraft. A single key to turn > on all the lights can be very useful for a new user, or even for an > experienced user who just wants to fly at night and doesn't know the > aircraft or doesn't want to pan around the panel. > > <snip> > So, in summary, I think a single switch to turn on all required > interior and exterior lights for night flying can be a big win for > FlightGear. > > > Hi Dave,
I just looked at the changes in cvs. There is a significant problem with at least this implementation of one "key" to turn on all the lights for all AC. There is no standard followed for how to implement nasal electrical systems. The patches you made to cvs will accomplish your stated goal for the pa24 and pa28, but not for the SenecaII or the dhc2. This is because when I wrote electrical.nas for the pa28, I started from the eleictrical.nas for the pa24. Some of the nasal electrical systems bypass switches all together and toggle properties such as /electrical/landinglights. Others include functional circuit breakers that would need to be verified. A second observation is that I virtually never turn on the white cabin light or the map light because I don't want to ruin my night vision. So even for the pa24, I would not want to have all the light on for most flights. For both the pa24 and the pa28, the keys assigned to toggle the switches are in the same order on the keyboard as in the AC. This was to make it easier to quickly turn on or off the switches you want w/o moving the mouse or view. Also, the "Help > Aircraft Help" menu for the pa24 or pa28 gives complete switch info and starting procedure. What frustrates me with some AC is that I am left in the cockpit with no hot spots and also no help to allow me to find the magneto switch(es) or fuel valve. My vote would be to require either (1) hot start with engine running and all "normal" things turned on, or (2) a clearly written "Help > Aircraft Help" that gets you started with what you need to be ready to take-off. Regards, Dave Perry ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
