Pues eso, desde el 16 de Enero de 2009 tenemos un update que por lo que se ve corrije cosas importantes...
La podeis descargar desde aqui:
http://www.wilcopub.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=support_airbus1Estos son los cambios:
Navigraph database Bug Fix
This is the most important fix of this service pack.
The usage of some recent versions of the Navigraph database (AIRAC 0712 and higher) appeared to cause a bug and a crash to desktop.
The bug was noticed by some users that were using 64-bit operating systems (XP-64 and Vista64), but it appeared the bug was also there for users of Windows XP (32-bit version) and Vista 32.
This bug has been fixed. This service pack has been tested with AIRAC 0712, 0810, 0811, 0812 and 0813, under Windows XP 32, XP-64 and Vista 32.
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Hydraulic System Bug Fix
One of the user, who is a real A320 pilot, reported a bug on the hydraulic system: when the yellow hydraulic circuit is not pressurized by the engine, the yellow electric pump was not pressurizing it as it should.
This has been fixed. Now when the yellow hydraulic pump is turned on, the yellow hydraulic system is normally under pressure.
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FMA Speed Bug Fix
There was a small bug on the Flight Mode Anunciator (FMA), the upper part of the PDF:
When climbing in managed mode, the first column displaying the speed mode shows "THR CLB", this is normal. But if you switched to selected speed mode by pulling the speed mode, the display did not change as it should.
This is now fixed and when you switch to selected speed mode, the display changes to "SPEED".
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ECAM Engine Page
A real A320 pilot told us that the ENG page should remain displayed on the System Display (SD) as long as the Engine Mode Selector is on the IGN/START position.
This has been implemented accordingly, this feature is now fully realistic.
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ECAM Flight Control Page
The F/CTL page of the SD was wrong because the G, B and Y letters that designate the 3 hydraulic circuits were always green.
They now turn amber when the corresponding hydraulic circuit is not pressurized.
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Additional Keyboard Shortcuts
Many new shortcuts are now available, almost all the features of the aircraft can be controlled by the keyboard or through a programmable HID device.
The list of available shortcuts is too long to be displayed here. You can see it by opening the key configurator.
Note that many keyboard shortcuts are available, but many of them have no key is defined. You have to assign a key to them through the Key Config tool.
New Ways of Entering Waypoints in the MCDU
This is a very important addition because we saw many questions on forums about this. All the answers are here.
There are now 4 ways of entering waypoints in the MCDU:
Enter the waypoint name
This is the most standard way of entering a waypoint. You can add intersections, or any type of navaid name here.
If several intersection/navaid have the name entered, the multiple name page is displayed to let the pilot choose the desired waypoint.
See the product documentation for more information about this.
Enter the waypoint coordinates
Many users don't know this was possible before this service pack... You can enter a waypoint by entering its latitude/longitude coordinates.
Enter the waypoint coordinates as a AABBCCD string, where the coordinates are AA°BB.CC and D is the orientation (N or S for the latitude, E or W for the longitude).
Example: To enter a waypoint which latitude is 56°23.45N and longitude is 110°12.34E, enter: 562345N/1101234E
Enter a waypoint defined by an existing waypoint, a bearing and a distance
You can enter a "virtual" waypoint (a waypoint that does not exist) defined by an existing waypoint, a bearing and a distance. Use the syntax waypoint/bearing/distance.
For example, to enter a waypoint located at 10 NM of the navaid RBT on the radial 270° (full west from RBT), enter: RBT/270/10
Again, if several waypoints exist with the name specified, the multiple name page appears to let you select the one you want.
This is very useful to enter SID/STAR according to the map.
Enter a waypoint defined by the intersection of 2 radials coming from 2 waypoints
You can enter a virtual waypoint defined by the intersection of 2 radials coming from 2 existing waypoints or navaids, using the syntax waypoint/bearing/waypoint/bearing.
For example, to enter a waypoint that is at the intersection of the 270° radial coming from RBT and the 130° radial coming from OE, enter: RBT/270/OE/130
Again, if several waypoints exist with the name specified, the multiple name page appears to let you select the one you want.
Keep in mind that the intersection you define may not exist. In this case, an error message is displayed on the MCDU.
This is very useful to enter SID/STAR according to the map.
All this is very important to remember, especially if you have to manually enter a SID or STAR that is not properly defined in the database.
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Reminder
It shows that some features that were available in the previous Service Pack are ignored by many users. The can be useful and make the panel usage more pleasant, which is why they are shown here, even if they are not new in this service pack.
Some commands available in Flight Simulator are not used in the Airbus Series aircrafts. For example, all the FS commands dedicated to an helicopter control are not used. Consequently, these commands can be used by you to trigger some features specific to this aircraft. This is very convenient because you can use the Flight simulator menu to configure the Airbus-specific commands, and assign them to key, a joystick button, or whatever you want.
For following table shows the matching between the FS commands and the Airbus-specific commands you can map:
FS Command Airbus Command
Autopilot pitch ref increase up/down ND Mode inc/dec
Helo governor beep increase/decrease ND Range inc/dec
Clutch toggle Master Caution press
Rotor governor on/off Master Warning press
Trigger rotor brake All EFIS Brightness reset
Increase decision height (Concorde) All EFIS Brightness increase
Decrease decision height (Concorde) All EFIS Brightness decrease
Example:
Imagine you want to use the ‘Shift-ESC’ key to reset the EFIS brightness:
- In FS, open the pull down menu Options > Controls > Assignments…
- Scroll the command list to “Trigger Rotor Brake”
- Define a key assignment for this command (press ‘Shift-ESC’ to assign this key to this command)
When this is done, the ‘Shift-ESC’ key command the EFIS brightness reset in your favorite Airbus aircraft.
