Request - Oil Temps
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I bet that’s where the pain lies in all of this.
Thanks.
@piperdriver0624 This one is also particularly unfortunate, because the only way to ensure everything is working exactly as intended is to wait a very long time for things to heat up and cool down. I've been working on this for about four hours now. The ground warmup times are good, and it will take multiple hours to cool down entirely, but now it's too slow to heat under load in the air, so there is still more work to do.
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@Black-Square thanks for looking into this. Count me as another who noticed but didn't mention it. Sorry about that. The fact that this topic is getting attention by RW pilots is just another testament to how GOOD your products and support are. You set a high bar and now we all want more :). Many years ago, I flew a comanche many times in cold weather and I remember waiting to see the oil temp gauge come off the stop after 15 minutes of warm-up. All the while thinking, is this warm enough for the run-up? Take off was often with the oil just barely in the green. Thanks again for the hard work.
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@piperdriver0624 This one is also particularly unfortunate, because the only way to ensure everything is working exactly as intended is to wait a very long time for things to heat up and cool down. I've been working on this for about four hours now. The ground warmup times are good, and it will take multiple hours to cool down entirely, but now it's too slow to heat under load in the air, so there is still more work to do.
@Black-Square yeah I do understand that this is very tedious. I wish I could help.
Thank you for working on this. These „details“ are what sets great addons apart from good ones.
Thank you!
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@Black-Square yeah I do understand that this is very tedious. I wish I could help.
Thank you for working on this. These „details“ are what sets great addons apart from good ones.
Thank you!
@piperdriver0624 I think I've hit the point of diminishing returns on this. It's much, much better than it was, but I can't get it to the point where I could create thermodynamic functions like I do for my other components. The problem is that the simulator's calculations of a lot of other items depend on the oil temperature, so my choices are to take over everything completely, or some things partially. I think you will be happy with this outcome, as long as you're not holding a stopwatch to the needle for an hour, which is the level of accuracy I usually like to achieve when I take on these features.
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@piperdriver0624 I think I've hit the point of diminishing returns on this. It's much, much better than it was, but I can't get it to the point where I could create thermodynamic functions like I do for my other components. The problem is that the simulator's calculations of a lot of other items depend on the oil temperature, so my choices are to take over everything completely, or some things partially. I think you will be happy with this outcome, as long as you're not holding a stopwatch to the needle for an hour, which is the level of accuracy I usually like to achieve when I take on these features.
@Black-Square Sounds good. I believe that it is not a simple task and especially if you’re dealing with codependencies and limitations in the simulator one has to make compromises. In the end with something like the oil temperature it is more about the correct feeling then millisecond accuracy in my opinion. It’s gotta feel right. I’m not gonna hold a stopwatch to the needle I promise
.Thank you for putting so much effort into this. I really am looking forward to the update!
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@Black-Square: I hope you had a good Christmas and nice holidays. Is there any news on the update timeline?
