Landings & pushbacks

[fclaass 11]

Hi,

I have got two questions / suggestions on the latest versions of RT and PSXT.

Coverage for landings

I noticed that on some airports which used to have perfect handling of aircraft, that some landings are now disappearing due to aircraft landing just besides the runway. I contacted Balthasar to check this, and his response was to address this on this forum. His answer was: I suspect that problem has to do with the limited accuracy of some of the data - not enough decimals in the GPS positions. Can you post your question along with the list of airports where this happens into the PSXT forum please? Would be interesting to see if it's always the same airports.

Example airports are:  LEMG, LEIB, EIDW.   Those three airports used to have perfect landings but are now suffering due to (maybe?) the new handling with extra decimals.

Pushbacks/return flights

I already addressed this in another topic, but I think the handling of return flights can/might be improved. In earlier versions, I didn't have this problem (we're talking seriously a lot of updates ago), but I noticed the following behaviour for return flights.

1. Aircraft arrives at gate and stays there
2. Aircraft receives new callsign and puts on transponder  > this is where the aircraft disappears in the sim.
3. Up until the aircraft actually makes movement (pusbhack and/or taxi), the aircraft is not visible. This doesn't make any difference if you're just watching landings/take-offs along a runway, but when you're observing an entire airport it kind of reduces the immersion of the app as aircraft are suddenly disappearing from their gates and reappearing a few minutes later. I remember this problem didn't occur in earlier versions, where the aircraft received a new callsign, was "recreated" and immediately visible again until pushback starts.

 

Edited May 20, 2022 by fclaass

[kiek 1,213]

46 minutes ago, fclaass said:

Those three airports used to have perfect landings but are now suffering due to (maybe?) the new handling with extra decimals.

No it is more likely that, now land more precise, it turns out that landing runway in MSFS for those airports are not at exactly the right place...

Edited May 20, 2022 by kiek

[fclaass 11]

38 minutes ago, kiek said:

No it is more likely that, now land more precise, it turns out that landing runway in MSFS for those airports are not at exactly the right place...

Sorry, I forgot to mention I'm using the P3D version.

[kiek 1,213]

47 minutes ago, fclaass said:

Sorry, I forgot to mention I'm using the P3D version.

Same issue in P3D.

[kiek 1,213]

2 hours ago, fclaass said:

Pushbacks/return flights

I already addressed this in another topic, but I think the handling of return flights can/might be improved. In earlier versions, I didn't have this problem (we're talking seriously a lot of updates ago), but I noticed the following behaviour for return flights.

1. Aircraft arrives at gate and stays there
2. Aircraft receives new callsign and puts on transponder  > this is where the aircraft disappears in the sim.
3. Up until the aircraft actually makes movement (pusbhack and/or taxi), the aircraft is not visible. This doesn't make any difference if you're just watching landings/take-offs along a runway, but when you're observing an entire airport it kind of reduces the immersion of the app as aircraft are suddenly disappearing from their gates and reappearing a few minutes later. I remember this problem didn't occur in earlier versions, where the aircraft received a new callsign, was "recreated" and immediately visible again until pushback starts.

 

I think I have found the cause. Will be fixed in 31.9.6.

[fclaass 11]

Yay 🙂 Thank's so much 🙂 

[kiek 1,213]

2 hours ago, fclaass said:

Yay 🙂 Thank's so much 🙂 

Available in 31.9.6.

Thx for your persistence! 😉

 

[fclaass 11]

23 hours ago, kiek said:

Available in 31.9.6.

Thx for your persistence! 😉

 

Hi kiek!

Just tested, the aircraft remain visible now indeed! However the return flight now doesn't move anymore... 🙂 They stay at the parking position forever, but all the rest is working (engines are on, strobe lights go on when the aircraft should actually be at the runway). Quite a nice sighting, hehe. Disco lights on the apron!

 

[kiek 1,213]

That's not what I saw... 

Will look into it when I am back home.

After June 4th. 

[fclaass 11]

Thanks, I will check it coming days. Might be a one-off problem in the session maybe 🙂