Temp too low on the OAT Gauge and no labeling

[Raller]

Hi,

i noticed, that the OAT Gauge has no Celsius labeling. So i made a labeling by my own and by the way i put 2 little light bulbs in the Gauge above (inop).

But the main thing is, the OAT Gauge is a little inaccurate. It shows the temperature approximately 3-4 °C resp. 5-7 °F too low!

Is there a way to correct this by ourselfs or can you put it in the next update?!

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Regards
Raller

[ThomasAH]

The labeling is nice!
Regarding the difference: I think this is a problem of the flight sim internals not using the exact OAT values provided by ActiveSKy, and therefore can't be easily fixed in any aircraft.
Could you verify with a different aircraft at the same location?

[Raller]

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[Raller]

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[Raller]

At high altitude i had

with the M20R Ovation
-11 °C

with the 310R Redux
-7 °C

So, the 310R shows in the positiv section 4 °C too low and in the negative section 4 °C too high!

[Raller]

The OAT Gauge-Value multiplied by 1.4 should show the corecct Value in both directions (pos. and neg.).

But i don't know where to do it in the responsible xml file...

[ThomasAH]

So, the 310R shows in the positiv section 4 °C too low and in the negative section 4 °C too high!

OK, then you're right, this doesn't look like the usual AS vs FS difference. Thank you for the analysis!

[N4GIX]

The OAT Gauge-Value multiplied by 1.4 should show the corecct Value in both directions (pos. and neg.).

But i don't know where to do it in the responsible xml file...

That is "baked" into the compiled model, so is not able to be 'calibrated' externally.

I have however gone ahead and updated the core modeldef.xml file for the C310R Redux, so it will read correctly in any future update(s).

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  <PartInfo>
    <Name>C310_needle_OAT</Name>
    <AnimLength>160</AnimLength>
    <Animation>
      <Parameter>
        <Code>50 (A:TOTAL AIR TEMPERATURE, fahrenheit) 1.4 * +</Code>
        <Lag>100</Lag>
      </Parameter>
    </Animation>
  </PartInfo>

[Raller]

Thx to the Development-Team, that's why i like Milviz, they pay attention to there customers and to details.

With a little change, it makes your airplanes even more fun to fly.
(Carenado might take inspiration from it...)

Greatings from Germany
Raller

[Raller]

Hi Bill,

i'm sorry, but i have to correct my suggestion. Multiplied by 1.4 would cause the Gauge to show totaly wrong Values !!! This won't work that way!

That correction has to be: -2 <----- 0°F -----> +3

Somthing like this (i don't know the syntax):
if (A:TOTAL AIR TEMPERATURE, fahrenheit) below or equal 0 -> "Variable" -2
else (A:TOTAL AIR TEMPERATURE, fahrenheit) -> "Variable" +3

Please excuse the troubles...

[N4GIX]

Please excuse the troubles...

No problem, truly. I think it would be easier to simply re-calibrate the needle than worry about iffy math.