Aircraft age

[dadgametime]

Seems to me that’s an issue for texturing artists to figure out. The community usually does that with liveries and appearance issues. However, we still need a paint kit before mass amounts of liveries can be turned out.

[detheridge02]

@dadgametime said in Aircraft age:

Seems to me that’s an issue for texturing artists to figure out. The community usually does that with liveries and appearance issues. However, we still need a paint kit before mass amounts of liveries can be turned out.

I was meaning more in terms of airframe and engine hours

[jmarkows]

You can accelerate the failure rate, that's probably the closest thing you can do.

[bp_spets]

+1; other developers have options to set the condition of the airplane as new, used, rental, random, etc. Would be a nice touch!

[Black Square]

@detheridge02 @bp_spets Both of these suggestions are functionally identical to just increasing the global failure rate slider. Perhaps it is me who is wrong, because "50x MTBF Rate" doesn't sound as accessible or exciting as "clunker aircraft", but behind the scenes, there would be no difference between the two.

[lilycrose]

Hi, for clarification, if you wanted an airframe with, say, 1000 hours since it's last full overhaul, simulating a used aircraft, you'd have to fly 20 hours at the 50x setting to achieve that? Is that accurate?

[Black Square]

It's not necessary to run the aircraft for any period of time, as that's essentially what the MTBF multiplier does. If you want a less reliable aircraft, simply increase the slider. It's that simple.

I actually color-coded the failure rate slider to indicate something like the following:

Up to 10x would yield rates similar to a "beater" aircraft that has experienced heavy use, and a long life.

25-50x would be exceptional, such as an aircraft being flown for a ferry flight to be sold in Africa (thinking of a particular article I once read).

100x and above are basically just for challenge, as any aircraft in that condition shouldn't be in the air to begin with, but I bet it makes great streaming content!

[Les Parson]

So if you had a 20 year old well maintained and cared for aircraft by a single owner, would a 5x setting be reasonable?

[Black Square]

@Les-Parson Haha, this is where my real world aviation experience will affect my answer. An always hangared, well looked after, 20 year old airplane is probably like a 3-4 year old automobile. The average age of a general aviation aircraft in the United States is over 50 years old. At even reputable flight schools, it's not unusual to find a 60 year old aircraft with 20,000 hours on the airframe that's been outside its whole life. I think that's roughly what it would take to get to the 25x mark. I think your single owner well maintained aircraft might be only a 1x or a 2x.

[Les Parson]

Thanks, I get it. I used to fly a 1960 C210 and it still lives today.