Airports & Sceneries
– New Features:
– Completely new full state saving system with 260 parameters, using JavaScript state saving, rather than state.cfg. See the “Full State Saving” section of this manual for more information on the system, and the “Options Page” section for configuration options.
– Added secondary GTN 750 as an avionics option, including a dual GTN configuration. This brings the total number of hot-swappable radio configurations to 9.
– Added sounds to preflight actions from the shared Asobo sound library.
– Added control surface interactions for preflight using custom interaction code that integrates well with the aircraft’s other features, like control locks, and simulates flap push-rod play.
– Added custom external power system, which bypasses the parking spot limitations of MSFS, and avoids random disconnects. External power can now be enabled anywhere.
– Added secondary injector feedback and new sounds to make use of the existing engine variables in all Black Square turbine aircraft. Watch ITT and Ng accelerate when the secondary injector ring activates on the engine visualizer around 35% Ng.
– Added disabled visual state to tablet options switches (greyed out), like engine/pitot covers/chocks to provide feedback when these options are not available.
– Added viscosity influence on custom oil pressure calculation.
– Added inertial separator influence in ITT calculation.
– Added temperature dependent CRT warmup effect to weather radar screen.
– Engine damage will now influence ITT beyond 40% damage.
– When the remote compass is slewed to an incorrect magnetic heading, the autopilot will now follow the EHSI’s heading bug to this new incorrect heading.
– Added Oxygen Duration Table (Hours) to manual, and improved calculation of oxygen consumption in code to be normalized to a 77 cubic foot supply cylinder. Crew diluter-demand oxygen masks also now consume oxygen at approximately half the rate of the passenger masks.
– Added control mixer that induces roll by deflecting the ailerons and spoilers when the rudder is deflected.
– Added accurate anti-servo movement to elevator trim, particularly noticeable on walkarounds.
– Added parameter for smoother adjustments with momentary switches, such as the remote compass heading.
– Added new L:Vars to reveal the internal state of the KAS 297B altitude selector, thanks to the work of community member, Jiblet. The new variables are: L:var_kas297b_ArmedVS, L:var_kas297b_OptionalArming, L:var_kas297b_ArmAnnun, L:var_kas297b_AltAlert, and L:var_kas297b_CaptAnnun.
– Pressing the door toggle buttons on the tablet’s payload screen will now stow the ladder if it is blocking the door. Pressing the button again will subsequently close the door.
– Brightened some dark avionics and panel textures to avoid the renderer’s “no-go-zone.”
– Adjusted some knob and switch interaction thresholds and animation speeds for better user experience.
– Bug Fixes:
– Improved KAS-297B Digit spacing to reduce slight shift when adding the thousands digit.
– Under some circumstances, both the EADI and EHSI could fail when the EADI experienced a loss of power, and the composite display mode was activated.
– Turbine propeller blade angle animation was mistakenly driven from simplified code from previous Black Square aircraft, which has now been replaced with improved behavior in all other Black Square aircraft.
– Fixed “trims disabled” position of the autopilot master switch being associated with the wrong switch position.
– The inactive needle parking position of the KI 229 RMI has been adjusted to the 3 o’clock position for both the ADF and VOR needles.
– Fixed visual synchronization problem with the tablet failure interface when failures were triggered from HTML events, in preparation for collaboration with online services.
– Reversed direction of remote compass rotation switch and synchroscope to match description in the manual, and reduced speed of manual adjustment for more precise compass setting.
– Expanded environmental occluder mesh to eliminate artifacting during reduced visibility.
– Reversed direction of panel lighting dimmers to match decals.
– Fixed implementation issue with engine-driven fuel pump failure that resulted in no torque, despite positive fuel pressure from electric pumps.
– Fixed ETM stopwatch minutes formatting error.
– Added conditionals to EHSI that prevent displaying erroneous GPS data when no GPS is present in the aircraft.
– Altitude reference pointer previously did not respond to L:var_AltitudeReferenceBug.
– Starter annunciator will now flash when triggered by the annunciator test switch.
– Autopilot test sequence improved with correct annunciator lighting.
– Fixed missing PMS50 GTN 750/650 knob pushing animation in all aircraft after Dukes.
– The EHSI DME holding function would previously display incorrect DME time/speed/distance data, although the underlying frequency hold was working correctly.
– Fixed microscopic gap in geometry at the interface between the top of the pilot’s door trim and the underlying airframe.
– Fixed windshield rain effects streaming in the incorrect direction in some cabin windows when viewed from the interior.
– Dynamic registrations on the left side of the aircraft may have been only medium weight fonts, instead of bold, with some 3rd party liveries due to a misplaced curly bracket.
– Removed “Cloud Strobe Effect” from tablet options list, as the effect will now be permanently enabled. (The effect is not as severe as I had once worried, and I have never received any complaints about it.)
Black Square’s failure system allows for persistent wear, MTBF and scheduled failures for nearly every component in the aircraft, many with multiple different failure modes. Experience real-world failures from popular YouTube videos, including generator failure, propeller governor failure, fuel control failure and compressor surging.
The 3D gauges are modelled and coded to meticulously match their real-world counterparts, with reference to real-world manuals. No piece of equipment appears in a Black Square aircraft without a real-world unit as reference.
Radio navigation systems are available from several eras of the aircraft’s history, so users can fly without GPS via a Bendix KNS-80 RNAV system or with the convenience of a Garmin GTN 750 (PMS50 or TDS). Other radio equipment includes EFS 40 EADI & EHSI, KX-155 NAV/COM radios, dual GNS 530, KR 87 ADF, KDI 572 DME, GTX 327 Transponder, and a Bendix RDR1150XL Weather Radar.
A 100+ page manual provides instruction on all equipment and 55 in-game checklists with control/instrument highlighting are included for normal and emergency procedures.
Primarily analogue instrumentation augmented with modern radio navigation equipment is still the most common aircraft panel configuration in the world. Challenge your piloting skills by flying IFR to minimums with a fully analogue panel and no GPS. You’ll be amazed at the level of skill and proficiency you can achieve to conquer such adversity and how it will translate to all your other flying. You also may find the analogue instrumentation much easier to read with the limited number of pixels available on a computer monitor, and even more so in VR.
