4 minutes ago, w6kd said:

Here it is, sitting on the Peterson AFB ramp with a FP from KCOS-KPHX loaded.  The blue distance to wpt in the HSI reflects that the distance is the GPS-sourced distance to the next waypoint (PUB)

https://imgur.com/a/kmYFHtp

Cheers

 

Very nice indeed!

Thx,

Al

I just replaced the GNSXLS with the ISG1 version of the Smiths FMS, and at this point I think that's actually the one I'm going to keep in the Falcon, as it handles airways where the GNSXLS does not, and is also much less fickle when dealing with SID/STAR and approach data. 

For some reason I thought that the ISG GNSXLS would take an airway routing, but now that i dig back into the recesses of my brain, I think that Ernie only implemented airways on the more complete GNSXLS he did for the Majestic DHC8 (or was it the PMDG Jetstream 4100??).  The last time I really messed with the ISG stuff was when I integrated it into the old FS9-era Tinmouse II B732 panel back in 2007.  A happy surprise to still be able to use it.

 

18 minutes ago, w6kd said:

I just replaced the GNSXLS with the ISG1 version of the Smiths FMS, and at this point I think that's actually the one I'm going to keep in the Falcon, as it handles airways where the GNSXLS does not, and is also much less fickle when dealing with SID/STAR and approach data. 

You have been a busy man-- good stuff!  Thanks for the info. Can the Smiths FMS be updated with Navigraph data?

BTW, Ernie is nearing completion of the UNS-1 for the Lear35, and the plan is that once that is done and installed into the Lear, FSW will integrate a modified ( as needed ) version of that same FMS into the center console of the Falcon50.

Al

Edited February 22, 20206 yr by ark

12 minutes ago, ark said:

You have been a busy man-- good stuff!  Thanks for the info. Can the Smiths FMS be updated with Navigraph data?

It can.  This FMS mod will probably be OBE when we finally get a proper UNS-1, but it'll get me where I'm going in the meantime.

BTW, I re-downloaded the F50 from Justflight today...the file is named "Flysimware_Falcon_50_V1.9G" but the installer is identifying itself as v1.9H when opened.

Regards

52 minutes ago, w6kd said:

BTW, I re-downloaded the F50 from Justflight today...the file is named "Flysimware_Falcon_50_V1.9G" but the installer is identifying itself as v1.9H when opened.

Yes, in a post elsewhere in this forum Mark said there was a typo in the zip file name he sent to the stores and advised it is best to check the file version when you actually run the installer.

Al

On 2/22/2020 at 12:23 PM, w6kd said:

I just replaced the GNSXLS with the ISG1 version of the Smiths FMS, and at this point I think that's actually the one I'm going to keep in the Falcon, as it handles airways where the GNSXLS does not, and is also much less fickle when dealing with SID/STAR and approach data. 

For some reason I thought that the ISG GNSXLS would take an airway routing, but now that i dig back into the recesses of my brain, I think that Ernie only implemented airways on the more complete GNSXLS he did for the Majestic DHC8 (or was it the PMDG Jetstream 4100??).  The last time I really messed with the ISG stuff was when I integrated it into the old FS9-era Tinmouse II B732 panel back in 2007.  A happy surprise to still be able to use it.

 

If the ISG / Ernie Alston  Smiths FMS is the one that is MD-11 style, then that's the one that I added (via popups) to the JF/CLS DC-10-10F, to simulate Fedex flights.  It does airways and works quite well.

I find it wonderful to be able to still use the ISG gauges, if only as pop-ups.  I'd like a fully-integrated VC version though.

I think for me at this point, I'm content to soldier on with the GTN750 with the Falcon 50 -- but -- maybe one of these weekends I'll mod in some of the ISG stuff.  It's just that with the UNS-1 seemingly not too far away, I might as well wait it out.

3 hours ago, Mace said:

I find it wonderful to be able to still use the ISG gauges, if only as pop-ups

I don't have any RW experience with an FMC and would like to better understand some of the major advantages an FMC like the ISG GNSXLS or Smiths FMS mentioned above offers over today's GPS units . I do understand the FMC will do fuel and weight calculations, provide takeoff V speeds, and in the sim has an updateable Navigraph database (a clear sim advantage), etc, but from a navigation viewpoint -- once you are in the air so to speak-- what are the major advantages of these FMCs over a modern GPS like the Garmin GTN 750?

Thx,

Al

Edited February 25, 20206 yr by ark

2 hours ago, ark said:

I don't have any RW experience with an FMC and would like to better understand some of the major advantages an FMC like the ISG GNSXLS or Smiths FMS mentioned above offers over today's GPS units . I do understand the FMC will do fuel and weight calculations, provide takeoff V speeds, and in the sim has an updateable Navigraph database (a clear sim advantage), etc, but from a navigation viewpoint -- once you are in the air so to speak-- what are the major advantages of these FMCs over a modern GPS like the Garmin GTN 750?

Thx,

Al

From my standpoint in the sim, there is no advantage other than sim fidelity to most real world aircraft of the type.   There are only a handful of GTN equipped Falcons (we've all seen the video or pics of at least one), but on the other hand many of them have FMC's.

As you know GPS is in widespread use for GA, but not in big iron commercial, at least not to my knowledge, as a primary nav tool.  I'm not sure of the reasons for that -- many of them are probably regulatory -- but maybe in the future certain GPS units will get approved for use.  I'm pretty sure most FMC's have an IRS (inertial reference system) as their basis, whereas most GPS's strictly use satellites...and if the sat gets interrupted, you can get odd results.  Whereas the FMC / IRS / INS doesn't really care, it will keep providing reference data unless you smack it with a baseball bat.

36 minutes ago, Mace said:

From my standpoint in the sim, there is no advantage other than sim fidelity to most real world aircraft of the type.   There are only a handful of GTN equipped Falcons (we've all seen the video or pics of at least one), but on the other hand many of them have FMC's.

As you know GPS is in widespread use for GA, but not in big iron commercial, at least not to my knowledge, as a primary nav tool.  I'm not sure of the reasons for that -- many of them are probably regulatory -- but maybe in the future certain GPS units will get approved for use.  I'm pretty sure most FMC's have an IRS (inertial reference system) as their basis, whereas most GPS's strictly use satellites...and if the sat gets interrupted, you can get odd results.  Whereas the FMC / IRS / INS doesn't really care, it will keep providing reference data unless you smack it with a baseball bat.

The "realism" point you make is certainly a very valid one.

In talking with Joe about the UNS-1 FMS in his Lear35, he mentioned it had a 'digital INS' system of some type, bit if the GPS signal was lost for whatever reason, the FMC would warn there had been a significant loss of accuracy.  However, I would think that in modern Boeing or Airbus airliners the INS system would be much better.

Thanks for the response!

Al

 

My apologies for resurrecting an old thread but is this expansion pack still a possibility?

7 hours ago, cowpatz said:

My apologies for resurrecting an old thread but is this expansion pack still a possibility?

Do to the fact i am a very small team for developing all these projects and now there is hardly any sales for P3D i no longer develop for P3D. i have increased my team to 3 now and only working on the new MSFS2020. But when we do release the Falcon for the new MSFS it will have the FMS and no other options as our FMS coder is working on it right now for the L35A and the Falcon 50.

Edited November 1, 20214 yr by Flysimware

Can't wait for you L35A and Falcon 50 to make it to MSFS, any plans to move your super Mu2 over to MSFS. 

Cheers

Martin

On 11/2/2021 at 3:19 AM, Flysimware said:

Do to the fact i am a very small team for developing all these projects and now there is hardly any sales for P3D i no longer develop for P3D. i have increased my team to 3 now and only working on the new MSFS2020. But when we do release the Falcon for the new MSFS it will have the FMS and no other options as our FMS coder is working on it right now for the L35A and the Falcon 50.

I had a feeling that this was the case and I fully understand the business priority decision. I had thought that with the "Donkey work" on the FMS completed for the Lear, that there would only be minor variances required for adding to the Falcon.
It would have been nice to have added both of these addons to my hangar but I guess now it will probably only be one. A real shame after all the work put into the Falcon with the new textures.
 

Edited November 3, 20214 yr by cowpatz

On 11/1/2021 at 8:42 AM, MartinRex007 said:

Can't wait for you L35A and Falcon 50 to make it to MSFS, any plans to move your super Mu2 over to MSFS. 

Cheers

Martin

Yes, Mark plans to eventually update the MU-2 for MSFS.

Al

On 11/1/2021 at 7:19 AM, Flysimware said:

Do to the fact i am a very small team for developing all these projects and now there is hardly any sales for P3D i no longer develop for P3D. i have increased my team to 3 now and only working on the new MSFS2020. But when we do release the Falcon for the new MSFS it will have the FMS and no other options as our FMS coder is working on it right now for the L35A and the Falcon 50.

Credit card on the ready. I like bizjets so I'm hoping this will pop up somewhere also: the Phenom 300 in addition to the Longitude in MSFS.

FWIW, I installed Falcon 50 from Just Flight a long time ago and have been using the old textures all along. I didn't know there were new textures available. I just discovered *last night* that if I completely uninstalled (manually delete the Falcon 50 folder also) AND re-installed Falcon 50, and ignored the misleading date on Just Flight's download page (below), only then would I get the new textures. 

I wouldn't be surprised if other buyers of the Falcon 50 from Just Flight are still flying with the old textures also.

What's in Just Flight's download page for the Falcon 50 as of Jan 2022:

Old textures below: