[Flightgear-devel] Aircraft issues: Vostok-1, dc-3, dhc6, CRJ700, pa24-250-CIIB

[<tho...@jy...>]

An (incomplete) list of issues I have observed in flying various aircraft
recently - maybe some of them can be fixed by maintainers before the
release:

* Vostok-1 is currenty a no-show - it crashes before doing anything, the
log seems to point to a property as the cause. I guess it *may* be a
JSBSim issue (?). Being one of the few people who has actually flown the
beast into orbit, I think it's a model well worth maintaining (especially
as I am now able to create a bit better environment up at 120 km altitude
using the skydome shader). In the forum vitos (the original creator) has
clearly announced his intention not to maintain the model any further
since we haven't delivered a new rendering engine, so it's looking for a
new maintainer. Maybe some JSBSim person can have a look?

* CRJ700: The altimeter on the main glass instrument is currently
unreadable or displays the wrong altitude - the band hundreds runs
correctly, but the numerals before can't be deciphered. Probably a simple
graphics issue, the AP holds correct altitude.

* dc-3: Very nice cockpit work - the manual needs an update though,
starting the engine seems to require at least one more step than
advertized (the selection of a fuel tank). Even then for some reason I got
only the left engine on - repeating symmetrically what I did never started
the right engine until I used the autostart function.

* dhc6: Nice to see more details in the cockpit. Just, how the hell do I
switch all the warning signs off? After starting the engines, the whole
warning panel lit up (which I know from some other aircraft as a test
mode), but the lights never went out. Plane was flying fine though.

* pa24-250-CIIB: I still suspect that there's something not working
correctly with the engine at high altitude. In 14.000 ft with mixture full
rich, I should be choking the engine, but I don't seem to, it just runs
fine and EGT drops to an abysmally low value.

* Thorsten