hi folks

 

While i was preparing the cockpit for a trip at gate ( i use the long cockpit state for startup ) i tought it would be cool to have a rondom  Turn arround state ( which will set some swiches in unproper positions rondomly everytime we load the a/c ) in order to increase the chance to spot some misconfigured swiches during flow checks. As the default states are fixed, we know that there is not going to be any suprise. 

 

i ve also tought that i could save the state after flights but that would be too much saved states, which may increase the chance of getting issues related to panel states.

 

what do you think ? 

While it would be neat, the chances of (essential) switches being selected wrong upon entering the flight deck is actually pretty small in real life.

It would be a fun addition, but since you would be talking about one, or maybe two switches in total, I'm not sure if the additional development time is worth it.

 

In fairness, this has been suggested a few times now, and PMDG haven't responded to it yet. I'm not sure whether their silence on the subject is saying something, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

maybe you are right, but it ld add more realism to recive the aircraft. Im kinda as real as it gets guy in terms of Aircraft systems (in the limits of a deskop simulation off corse  ^_^) it's not a must have thing but i just wanted to share and i too think that they are way too busy on new projects and platforms

maybe you are right, but it ld add more realism to recive the aircraft. Im kinda as real as it gets guy in terms of Aircraft systems (in the limits of a deskop simulation off corse  ^_^) it's not a must have thing but i just wanted to share and i too think that they are way too busy on new projects and platforms

 

If you're one of those "as real as it gets" guys, wouldn't you be "flying" for an airline that has pilots that actually fly to the SOP? Apart from, perhaps, leaving the nav lights in the wrong position, or the taxi light on, you're not really going to find important switches in the wrong positions.

 

...unless, of course, a rather terrible pilot flew before you and ignored every checklist. Even in a fleet used partially for training, I've not once gotten into a plane with a switch in a bad spot. The only discretionary item was the fuel selector position.