Version: *SU/AAU/WU XX - 1.35.18.0
Frequency: Consistently*
Severity: High
Context: Building aircraft.
The system_type_index if set to 6 when the system.cfg flap motor circuit is
circuit.6 = Type:CIRCUIT_FLAP_MOTOR #Connections:bus.1 #Power:0.1, 0.1, 20.0 #Name:Flaps_Motor ; Flaps motor
flight_model.cfg
[FLAPS.0]
;; 10 degrees = 0.175 rad 40 deg is 0.70 rads
type=1
system_type=0
system_type_index=6
The flap system will not work - flap simvar will not change.
work around, set back to zero works.
Repro steps:
Attachments:
Private attachments: Send a PM to @PrivateContent with the link to this topic and the link to download your content
Hello @DA40CGDFQ
I need to have this confirmed but I think the index it refers to is not the cfg line one but the circuit one.
So if you need 6 flap motors circuits, they need to be defined like this:
circuit.51 = Type:CIRCUIT_FLAP_MOTOR:1 #Connections:bus.2# Power:200, 240, 20.0# Name:Flaps_Motor1 ; Flaps motor
circuit.52 = Type:CIRCUIT_FLAP_MOTOR:2 #Connections:bus.2# Power:200, 240, 20.0# Name:Flaps_Motor2 ; Flaps motor
circuit.53 = Type:CIRCUIT_FLAP_MOTOR:3 #Connections:bus.2# Power:200, 240, 20.0# Name:Flaps_Motor3 ; Flaps motor
circuit.54 = Type:CIRCUIT_FLAP_MOTOR:4 #Connections:bus.2# Power:200, 240, 20.0# Name:Flaps_Motor4 ; Flaps motor
circuit.55 = Type:CIRCUIT_FLAP_MOTOR:5 #Connections:bus.2# Power:200, 240, 20.0# Name:Flaps_Motor5 ; Flaps motor
circuit.56 = Type:CIRCUIT_FLAP_MOTOR:6 #Connections:bus.2# Power:200, 240, 20.0# Name:Flaps_Motor6 ; Flaps motor
and if you want a particular flap section to depend on your 6th motor, system_type_index can be set to 6 (and not 56 in my example).
Note : you will need to have 6 flap motor circuits defined for this to work.
I have noticed some aircraft have this parameter set to the line index but I think this is a mistake. I will have this reviewed and confirmed.
In the meantime, try what I suggested and let me know if that solves the issue.
Regards,
Sylvain
Thank you - then I believe you should change the wording in the text to
Circuit Type, not just Circuit.
Issue resolved
Please review any other SDK documentation that refers to Circuit , when it should refer to CircuitType index.
1 Like
Sure, we will review it and make it more explicit where appropriate.
1 Like
To add my €0.02 to this, Iif I specify the flaps as electrical and have a flap motor circuit, it will work correctly with index set to 0.
I have tried adding a circuit index for our plane, but the flaps never worked.
@SWS-AlexVletsas It will not work if you don’t have existing circuits defined with the previous indices.
I do have a flap motor circuit, but it wouldn’t work. Will retry and LYK.
