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Post by andqui on Feb 6, 2015 14:37:20 GMT -5
Would it be possible to have access to some of the "request" menu options before you start boarding? Such as runway status, icing conditions, etc? As it is now, you have to wait until pushback to figure out if you need deicing, and it would be nice to know a bit earlier so that you can plan your schedule a bit better.
Also, regarding the GSX anti-ice integration; I tried it a few days ago and was a little confused. GSX gave me several options for the different icing fluid types and mixes, but didn't also give the estimated HOT like the CDU does. Is there any way to see this as well before we select it?
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Post by ralf9636 on Feb 6, 2015 16:41:40 GMT -5
I'd also like to see some more options before pushback. It would be nice to have the WX-page for example.
Related to this but even more important to me:
Please let us have all the information the FCDU normally offers even after declaring an emergency - regardless of some of them might becoming irrelevant because the planned flight is cancelled.
As it is now, the FCDU becomes totally useless after declaring an emergency because it only says "Emergency Landing pending" and no options at all are accessible.
Thanks
Ralf
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Post by Travis on Feb 6, 2015 23:49:36 GMT -5
Would it be possible to have access to some of the "request" menu options before you start boarding? Such as runway status, icing conditions, etc? As it is now, you have to wait until pushback to figure out if you need deicing, and it would be nice to know a bit earlier so that you can plan your schedule a bit better. Ah! This is something that we're planning for a version or two in advance. We have several different ways in which we can make this data available, and we are working on the best way to do such.
There currently isn't, but we have asked FSDT to provide such a value of their calculations.
Until they can, we are trying to provide our "best case" values after the fact. (FSDT has their own weather calculations, and we have ours.) When we sense they are active, we try to grant the most generous HOT that's possible using our calculations.
Please let us have all the information the FCDU normally offers even after declaring an emergency - regardless of some of them might becoming irrelevant because the planned flight is cancelled. As it is now, the FCDU becomes totally useless after declaring an emergency because it only says "Emergency Landing pending" and no options at all are accessible.
Well at that time it is an Emergency. 
But I seriously believe that I do understand what you're asking - when in Emergency Mode, the FCDU should make available all "normally available: data... just perhaps with an "EMERGENCY" notice plastered somewhere on the screen. 
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Post by ralf9636 on Feb 7, 2015 3:54:48 GMT -5
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Post by andqui on Feb 7, 2015 15:45:17 GMT -5
Why not just use your own weather and icing calculations, like before, and just use GSX for the visual animation?
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Post by Travis on Feb 8, 2015 10:52:14 GMT -5
That's what we wanted to do, but with no way to command GSX without using their menu system we felt it would be more immersive to make a good guess at what the Captain would have asked for in the current weather situation. (It's not "the best guess" but a good guess nonetheless.)
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