Can't activate external power (GPU)
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That is what the aircraft already has, a 28V battery cart, which is quite appropriate to the aircraft. The issue is that making it available at all times requires disconnecting all the code from the MSFS external power system and implementing my own. This can affect 50-100 lines of code across a dozen files, so it's not as easy as it sounds. It's something I've wanted to do for a while now, though, so I will probably figure it out for the Starship and port it back into my previous aircraft.
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That is what the aircraft already has, a 28V battery cart, which is quite appropriate to the aircraft. The issue is that making it available at all times requires disconnecting all the code from the MSFS external power system and implementing my own. This can affect 50-100 lines of code across a dozen files, so it's not as easy as it sounds. It's something I've wanted to do for a while now, though, so I will probably figure it out for the Starship and port it back into my previous aircraft.
@Black-Square Wait, are you doing the Beechcraft Starship!?
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Yea, but what is simulated here is a small battery cart, possibly DIY wired together from old car batteries, not a diesel electric generator unit. It's totally plausible to have such a thing at any small airstrip. I'm all for having it available anytime and you can decide if you want to use it or not.
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But I've seen some planes, probably mainly airliners in the sim have ground power available anywhere. Are they hacking their own external power code? Isn't there some override present in the sim which allows you to do that?
Like mentioned here
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I don't, personally, see this as a must-have. I think it's entirely realistic to have to do a battery start at small/remote airfields. That's how it actually is.
@WingC3 said in Can't activate external power (GPU):
I don't, personally, see this as a must-have. I think it's entirely realistic to have to do a battery start at small/remote airfields. That's how it actually is.
Ok, and what about airfields that DO have it, but MSFS has no power cart?
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@WingC3 said in Can't activate external power (GPU):
I don't, personally, see this as a must-have. I think it's entirely realistic to have to do a battery start at small/remote airfields. That's how it actually is.
Ok, and what about airfields that DO have it, but MSFS has no power cart?
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@Black-Square hi, can you see the sun visors again, because from the external view of the aircraft you can't see whether they are lowered or not.... thanks, great work anyway
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Nick,
I'm sure that you've been heads-down on the Starship for a good while now, but I was reminded of this issue yesterday when I pulled into the ramp at Nashville yesterday. I selected external power and went to play with the avionics after I shut everything down, and found myself eating through the battery instead of being connected to the power cart. Fortunately, it gave me an opportunity to play around with hot starts and vapor lock (and watch it all on the tablet as I went through the hot start checklist!), and I could always just click "recharge battery," but having the power cart would still be nice.
Have you had a chance to look at this for the next round of aircraft updates?
