v0.1.3

New Features

• Basic normal checklists added
• Supports a "shared CCD" device that can be flipped to control either the left or the right CCD on the fly (see the guide for details)

Bugfixes

• Fixed EICAS decluttering
• Fixed PFD slaving

v0.1.2

New Features

• Hydraulic System now implemented, including:
  • All 7 hydraulic pumps modeled (2 engine-driven pumps, 4 electric pumps, 1 power transfer unit)
  • Flight controls, nose wheel steering, landing gear, reversers, and brakes all require hydraulics to function
  • Hydraulic systems will realistically lose pressure with demand when unpowered
  • EICAS warnings
  • Emergency brake accumulators (these will retain extra hydraulic pressure exclusively for the emergency brakes, allowing for stopping the aircraft on the ground even after a complete hydraulic failure)
  • Emergency brake accumulator pressure reflected on MFD Status page
  • MFD Hydraulic Systems page
  • Autostart will turn hydraulic systems on
• Overhauled flight controls:
  • Elevator split (left and right sides can deflect independently in case of partial hydraulics failure)
  • Horizontal stabilizer modeled separately in FDM and systems (and actuated independently from the elevator)
  • Multi-purpose spoiler (MPS) panels modeled and actuated individually
  • MPS FBW roll law: implemented a deadzone (spoilers will not deploy for small aileron inputs) and airspeed-dependent engagement (spoilers will engage more strongly at slower airspeeds, to provide a more consistent roll response to aileron inputs across different airspeeds)
  • Aileron response changes with available hydraulic power (in the real aircraft, more force is required to move the ailerons when one hydraulic system fails)
  • Actuators, even-odd-day actuator schedule, and actuator standby implemented and reflected on MFD Flight Controls page
  • Various tweaks to the flight controls FDM
• Some brake physics fixes:
  • Chocks will no longer contribute to brake pad heating
  • The occasional violent bobbing caused by integrator errors when parking brake and / or chocks were engaged may or may not have been fixed
  • Inboard and outboard brake temperatures are now calculated independently (e.g., when only one pair of brakes is used due to a partial hydraulic failure, those brakes will absorb the entire energy, and the others will not heat up).
  • Elevators and ailerons will visibly "droop" when unpowered and stationary, and weathervane into a horizontal position with airspeed.
• Rudimentary checklist support (currently GUI menu only, and no functional integration):
  • Before start
  • After start
  • Before takeoff
  • After takeoff
  • Approach
  • Before landing

Known Bugs / Errors / Missing Bits

• The HYDRAULIC SYSTEM 3 PUMP A shows an "AUTO" setting; this is incorrect, in the real aircraft, that knob only has "OFF" and "ON" positions. In the FG model, the "AUTO" position for this pump is equivalent to "ON", that is, it doesn't matter which of these two you use, the pump will always be on either way. This is done because the 3D model has an "AUTO" position marked, and a new 3D model is in the works; once that model is ready, there will be no "AUTO" position.
• When both pumps for hydraulic system 2 are off, the PTU (Power Transfer Unit) will keep transferring hydraulic power from system 1 to system 2 until system 1 becomes depressurized, even when system 2 has more pressure than system 1. In the event of a dual hydraulics failure (systems 1 and 2), this will cause system 1 to lose pressure faster than system 2.
• The Flight Controls synoptic page on the MFD does not mark control surfaces as failed (amber / crossed out) when their respective actuators are failed.
• The Even/Odd Day logic is just randomized at startup, rather than flipping with each power cycle. Since we're not simulating persistent wear and tear yet, this should be no issue though.
• The hydraulic systems do not simulate temperature or fill ratio yet. Temperatures are displayed as a constant 90°C, fill ratios can be manipulated through the property tree, and will cause hydraulic systems to fail if they go below 12%, but they are initialized to 90% on startup, and no leakage or other loss of hydraulic fluid is simulated yet.

Heads Up For Existing Pilots

Now that the hydraulic systems have been implemented, you need to make sure to turn them on before attempting to taxi or take off. On the overhead panel, turn all the knobs in the "HYDRAULICS" section to "AUTO".

v0.1.1

This release removes the HDR LCD shader, which caused EFIS screens to not work on FG 2020.3.

Unfortunately, there is no way to selectively enable / disable effects based on FG version detection, so until I can figure out a way make things compatible, the E-Jet family will not be fully compatible with FG 2020.4 / 2024.x and the HDR rendering pipeline.

v0.1.0

This is the first release moving over to https://github.com/tdammers/E-jet-family-YV.

Changes

• Removed references to some deleted sounds; this should get rid of some warnings during FG startup
• Updated README to point to the tdammers repo
• Updated installation instructions in README to explicitly mention the build script in from-source installations