Ein neues Navigationssystem, neue Kabine und mehr: Nächste Woche wird Just Flight das Update für die 146 Professional veröffentlicht. Diese Botschaft hat Entwickler Martyn Northall jetzt auf Reddit samt Changelog veröffentlicht.

Kernstück der Aktualisierung ist eine Neugestaltung des UNS-1 Flight Management Systems (FMS), welches mit einer eigenen Benutzeroberfläche daherkommt und zahlreiche Navigations- und Manöverfunktionen wie Holding Patterns, Direct To, Command Heading, Top of Descent-Berechnungen und umfassende Echtzeit-Flugleistungsdaten bietet. Zusätzlich wird das FMS durch eine Navigraph-Subscription aktualisierbar sein.

Ein weiteres Highlight soll die Überarbeitung der Passagierkabine und der Galleys sein, einschließlich detaillierter Beleuchtungskontrollen, funktionaler Crew Call Panels, interaktiver Türsteuerungen und einer realistisch simulierten Bodenstromversorgung. Sogar die Kaffeemaschine in der Galley ist funktionsfähig, und der Wasserverbrauch wird über die Zeit simuliert. Neu hinzugefügt wurde ein Musikplayer für die Kabine mit sieben Tracks und der Möglichkeit, eigene Musik zu verwenden.

Das Boarding-System wurde ebenfalls verbessert und ermöglicht nun eine realistischere Simulation des Ein- und Aussteigeprozesses der Passagiere und des Ladens von Fracht, gesteuert über das Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) Tablet. Die Integration mit GSX wurde verbessert, um den Payload mit GSX zu synchronisieren und den Fortschritt über das EFB zu verfolgen.

Zusätzlich zu den umfangreichen Verbesserungen im Bereich der Kabinenfunktionalität und des FMS, enthält das Update neue Liveries (146-200 Discovery Air, 146-300 Buzz und 146-300 United Express), Verbesserungen am Autopiloten, realistischere Flugmodelle, verbesserte Animationen für Türen, Treppen und Scheibenwischern sowie zahlreiche Fehlerbehebungen und Sound-Verbesserungen. Die Bedienungsanleitungen sowohl für die 146 Professional als auch für das EFB wurden aktualisiert, um die neuen Features zu reflektieren.

Hier das Changelog nochmal im Detail.

• New custom-coded UNS-1 FMS:

  • Unique interface based on the real world UNS-1 FMS

  • Manoeuvres including Holding Patterns (HLD), Direct To (DTO) and Command Heading function (CMD HDG)

  • Top of descent calculations based on target vertical speed included via the PATH VNAV page

  • Navigation monitoring including wind information, XTK error and groundspeed.

  • Real time performance information including current range, endurance, ETP/PNR

  • Support for SIDs, STARs and Approach procedures

  • Ability to save and import custom flight plans

  • Custom database updatable via a Navigraph subscription

  • Swappable units (KG/Lbs)

  • Comprehensive UNS-1 FMS Operations Manual including a tutorial flight

• New highly-detailed passenger cabin and galleys:

  • Crew lighting controls for the cabin and galleys, including separate cabin overhead and sidewall lighting controls, and galley worktop lighting

  • Cabin door, no smoking/seat belt sign and call light annunciators

  • Crew call panels with controls for cabin, inter-crew and emergency calls

  • If enabled via the EFB tablet, random passenger, toilet and crew calls will occur during the flight, with associated chimes and annunciator lights, which the crew automatically cancel. The crew will also dim the cabin lights at night.

  • Interactive passenger/service door and stair controls from within the cabin

  • Accurately simulated ground service electrical supply

  • Even the galley coffee maker functions, and the potable water is used over time

  • Sound set updated to add numerous cabin sounds

  • Volume of cabin sounds various depending on cockpit door position

• New cabin music player:

  • Seven music tracks, with the ability to use your own music

  • Volume control and mute

  • Play/stop, shuffle and repeat modes

  • If enabled via the EFB tablet, the cabin crew will automatically control the music player, such as turning on the music for boarding

  • Volume of music varies depending on cockpit door position

• New passenger and cargo boarding system:

  • Controlled via the EFB tablet, allows you to realistically simulate the passenger and cargo boarding and deboarding process

  • Multiple boarding speeds can be selected, from instant to realistic

  • Progress and time remaining is shown, along with reminders to open the relevant passenger and cargo doors

  • Boarding/deboarding states are automatically synced to your stage of flight, e.g. starting at a parking spot will result in an empty aircraft, ready for boarding to commence

  • Integration with GSX – when GSX boarding option is enabled via the EFB tablet, your selected payload will be synced with GSX so the correct number of passengers will be loaded by GSX, and you can monitor progress as usual via the EFB

  • If enabled via the EFB tablet, the cabin crew will automatically open and close the passenger and service doors as required

  • New passenger boarding/deboarding sounds added

• New interactive yoke-mounted checklists and glareshield clipboard paper charts:

  • Customisable paper checklist mounted to the yokes and paper clipboard chart stored on top of the glareshield

  • Up to 15 checklists and 20 charts can be shown, and are easy customisable PNG images stored within the 146 package

  • Hidden clickspots allow you to cycle between the checklists and charts, rotate them to handle both portrait and landscape, show/hide the yoke-mounted checklist and stow/unstow the glareshield clipboard

  • Dynamic index page will list the names and page numbers for all the checklists and charts that have been added

• New liveries:

  • 146-200 Discovery Air

  • 146-300 Buzz

  • 146-300 United Express (Air Wisconsin, Battleship Grey)

• New hidden HSI heading bug sync clickspot added to glareshield – used to sync the HSI heading bugs to the current heading

• New engine windmilling animations

• Improved GSX compatibility (profiles included for all variants)

• Improved autopilot altitude intercept and hold accuracy

• Improved altimeter drum animation logic for more accurate readings

• Improved HSI course and RMI bearing needle logic for more realistic needle swing

• Improved MWS ground operation switch textures

• Improved flight models – reduced likelihood of the aircraft porpoising at low weights and better ground handling

• Improved cabin doors, airstairs and window wiper animation logic

• Improved state saving logic

• Improved QC/QT cargo bay lighting

Other changes:

• Numerous sound set fixes and improvements

• Numerous fixes and improvements to the EFB tablet. Other cockpit controls can no longer be clicked through the EFB tablet screen.

• Flight deck door is now forced to the closed position if the cabin is disabled via the EFB tablet

• Autopilot vertical speed can now be controlled using the ELEVATOR TRIM UP/DOWN control assignments when the autopilot and vertical speed hold mode is engaged, similar to the existing pitch hold logic

• If enabled via the EFB tablet, the cabin crew will now automatically make passenger announcements for the different stages of flight if not already manually triggered by the user

• Reworked some TMS logic so that with TMS SYNC/TGT and/or TMS TGT modes selected, the TMS will now only return to standby mode if the hundreds (first) digit is adjusted, like the real aircraft

• Engines no longer flame-out when a flight is started on approach to a runway

• Radio altimeter limit selectors now default to a value of 200ft

• Cabin announcements are no longer enabled on the QC/QT cargo variants

• Reduced light bleed through cockpit door when door is closed

• Main menu thumbnails updated to feature MSFS SU14 lighting

• Updated Operations Manual

• Updated EFB Manual