December 31, 200520 yr Hello!I am trying to learn how to adjust the engine datas for planes but I am little lost in the .air file and the aircraft.cfg.Are there any free tutorials anywhere that can help me make sense of this and help me make changes?I have AirED 1.42.Thanks!
January 1, 200620 yr As far as I know, there really isn't one. The air file is pretty much a trial-and-error process, with every tweak to make something better makes some other part of the flighr envelope worse, so there's really no "easy" and no "safe" changes you can make. Everyone I know of that's done it has had to learn for himself, by months of trial and error, and the knowledge learned is so risky to mess with that I think they don't want to pass it on, because they know it may not work right for the next guy who uses it. That said, I have ocasionally seen a few sites that have some info, and some forums on "FDE" om some of the major FlightSim sites. Freeflightdesign.com has one: http://www.aerodynamika.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=fdeThere may be others.--LBritton
January 1, 200620 yr Remember to backup all your original .air files!I speak from experience when I was tweking and twiddling away and messed a lot of stuff up...but I had the originals so phew!Just CTRL+C CTRL+V them before you start tweaking :)
January 1, 200620 yr Try looking here at another avsim forum, the MSFS Aircraft and Panel Design Forum :http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=122-dasher7
January 2, 200620 yr Download the MSFS Aircraft Container SDK:http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/f...ainer_setup.exeMost of what you want to do is in the aircraft.cfg file which edits with a text editor.Cal (CYXX)
January 2, 200620 yr Depends on what you want to do. Contrary to a lot of misinformed opinion floating around on the various forums, there is a great deal that can only be done in the .air file rather than the aircraft.cfg file. With respect to engines, the curves contained in the 1500 series turbine performance tables, and the the 500 series propeller efficiency and power transfer tables in particular, can only be modified with an airfile editor. You'll find the aircraft container SDK to be pretty incomplete when it comes to explaining all the params that may be found in the aircraft.cfg file.Start, as previously suggested, with the aircraft and panel design forum here, then follow the yellow brick road from there. It's a long and disjointed journey, but worth the effort. FDE design for MSFS is part engineering, part science, and part sheer art.RegardsBob ScottATP IMEL Gulfstream II-III-IV-V L-300Santiago de Chile Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
January 2, 200620 yr Author Thanks to everyone for your responses! You've given me a whole lot to work with.
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