Flap Warning

[vlittle]

I may have suggested this before, but here is a function that can be implemented with the Skyview system: Flap overspeed alarm.

Tie a flap position switch (or potentiometer) to an input (contact or gp input) to raise an alarm is Vfe is exceed while the flaps are deployed.

This would eliminate another box behind my panel.

Thanks, Vern Little

 

[PhantomPholly]

If you want to take that to the "next level," such an alarm may vary depending on the degree of extension.  Some aircraft allow higher airspeeds for up to, say, 10 degrees of flap than they do for 20, 30, 40 etc.

For that matter, some simple programmable alarms (to make the "feature" more generic would be awesome.

Example: Gear-not-down + airspeed below <user selected limit> = Alarm. Specific system icons for "generic contacters" such a L/R/C gear would be nice, too...

 

[dynonsupport]

You can build a three ball, multi-color cluster of contacts that look like a gear indicator already. The EMS screen setup is totally flexible.

 

[PhantomPholly]

You can build a three ball, multi-color cluster of contacts that look like a gear indicator already. The EMS screen setup is totally flexible.

Not quite the same thing as allowing alarms based on conditions of a collection of sensors.

It would require a simple scripting language accessible to users:

Example for gear alarm:
IF NOT [CONTACT1] AND NOT [CONTACT2] AND NOT [CONTACT3] AND [AIRSPEED] < [XXX] THEN ALARM = "CHECK GEAR" (where the values in brackets "[]" are selected from any connected sensor and the alarm value in quotes is user specified as any text string)

Example for flap over speed:
IF [FLAPS] > 10 AND [AIRSPEED] > 100 THEN ALARM = "FLAP OVER SPEED"

I know it might be a tall order, but it would also add a lot of value. Getting geeky, you could set them up as simple "listeners" which "throw" alarms...

 

[dynonsupport]

Don't think we haven't talked about it. But like a lot of things, not under active dev at the moment and certainly behind a lot of other core functionality.