Black Square Steam Gauge Overhaul - King Air 350i

Havent had time to install it yet, nor the one for the Caravan. Looks like some useful bits in there. I would love it if a profile included some more engine gauges for twin engine ops and while we are at it, ITT as well.

On another separate topic, I am having trouble changing the altimeter from inches to hpa. The mouse doesnt want to “pull” the altimeter knob to effect the change. Anyone have any insights?

Good news, version 0.1.2 is out

enjoy !

Changelog : v 0.1.2

New Features:

  • SPECIAL THANKS TO JAYDEE AND NICOTINE70 – When v1.1 was released, there was a bug that would prevent the engines from starting. This was the result of an undocumented change to the engines.cfg file in SU11 Beta, which all the developers and testers of the Analog King Air just happened to be subscribed to. This allowed the bug to go unnoticed until release. As soon as the bug was reported, it took the hard work of my volunteers, and cooperation of many on the forums to find the error, and fix it. We are very sorry for this interruption in your enjoyment of the Analog King Air, and hope that you will now be able to enjoy the new v1.2 features and improved flight characteristics in this aircraft.

  • New aerodynamics and engine performance that take full advantage of the SU10 propeller modeling. Propeller disk braking in flight is much more noticeable. Idle thrust on the ground is more subdued. Increased drag in flight results in more manageable approaches and landings. Reverse thrust tweaked for POH stopping performance. Starter spool-up time is more realistic. Propeller RPM during starting matches real world examples. The combination of increased drag and corrected barber pole speed (see below), should drastically improve the flying experience.

  • Total overhaul of fuel system. Users can now expect very accurate behavior of the fuel system with regards to jet-pump fuel transfer, motive flow valve actuation, crossfeeding valve behavior, and crossfeeding logic. Crossfeeding procedures have been updated in the checklists, and a narrative has been added to the Fuel Quantity Indicators manual section.

  • Pressurization system refinement. The manual dump valve is now also electrically actuated. Single engine operation will reduce the pressurization system’s performance by approximately 30%. Pressurization bumps when operating at the maximum pressure differential are not as severe, and should be managed before activating the cabin high differential pressure warning.

  • New Pressurization Related Failures! CABIN SAFETY VALVE, CABIN OUTFLOW VALVE, INFLOW CONTROL UNIT, and DOOR SEAL failures.. As part of the new pressurization system, you can now manage a number of pressurization related anomalies. How will you handle an unlikely combined outflow and safety valve failure at altitude? Loiter at lower altitudes letting pressure escape through the cracks? Try opening a window?

  • Cockpit windows can no longer be opened at cabin differential pressures above approximately 2.5 psi. This would require roughly 140 lbs of force to open. The animation position of the door can be used to approximate the cabin differential pressure. Windows will now also vibrate in the wind.

  • CABIN DOOR annunciator is no longer connected to cockpit windows, as it is now connected to the DOOR SEAL failure.

  • Second high altitude warning added. The same warning horn will sound when passing ~10,000ft will sound again when passing ~12,000, and is canceled by the same button.

  • Added support for WTT Autopilot Mod. A separate package is required to use WTT mode, available at pms50.com/msfs/. This mode limits radio equipment selection to the PMS50 GTN-750 GPS, which is a limitation of the WTT Autopilot System.

  • Voltmeter select knob now spring loaded to return to triple fed bus from battery bus.

  • New exterior lighting with incandescent color, and brighter landing and taxi lights.

  • Recessed lighting added to the pressurization controller.

  • Cockpit bounce lighting increased slightly to make dark areas more visible.

  • Engine Fires are no longer recalled at the beginning of a flight like the rest of the failures, so alarms will not sound if you had an unresolved engine fire at the end of your last flight.

Bug Fixes:

  • The emergency SU11b fix for v1.1 introduced an undesired condition where the engines would produce substantial thrust when condition levers were set to high idle. This has been corrected with the new performance configurations.

  • Barber Pole Speed fixed. Previously the barber pole began decreasing to the FL350 limit of ~192 kts from sea level. This gave the impression of too much power at the mid-level altitudes, with the aircraft easily able to exceed its VNE speed. Now the barber pole does not decrease until FL210, which corrects this apparent performance flaw. You will even get to your destination faster now, too!

  • No window opening sound attenuation bug was accidentally reintroduced in v1.1. This has been fixed again.

  • Fuel Quantity Test switch position will now illuminate the low fuel quantity annunciator lights, and not change fuel quantity gauge indications.

  • No Fuel Transfer annunciator lights will illuminate when the engine ignition system is activated on the same-side engine.

  • L/R Low Prop Pitch annunciators now properly connected to the Right Bus for power, and are inhibited when the propeller is feathered, and when the aircraft is in flight.

  • Bus Tie switch is now momentary in the MAN CLOSE position, and the MAN CLOSE annunciator will only be illuminated when battery power is being used to hold the generator bus ties closed.

  • ITT curve increased by ~35 °C. ITT will now be more limiting on high performance takeoffs and high ambient temperature cruise.

  • Crossfeed valve circuit breaker will now disconnect the solenoid valve from all buses, not just the triple-fed bus.

  • System will not go dark if the bus ties are manually opened when both propellers are in feather. This was due to the custom implementation of the triple fed bus diodes and the MSFS bug where generators on free turbine engines do not produce electrical power.

  • DC Load Meters would incorrectly fail when power was lost to the center bus.

  • ADI-85A is now electrically powered, rather than vacuum powered.

  • Instrument air supply connected to both engines, not just left.

  • ADI-85A ATT and CMD flags were accidentally reversed in the model file.

  • Manual note added to CTL-22 COM Radio systems guide: “NOTE: Pressing the inner dual concentric rotary encoder knob will toggle the radio’s 8.33 kHz tuning mode for compatibility with European frequencies. The text “8.33” will be shown on the CTL-22’s display when this tuning mode is active. For your convenience, COM3 on the pedestal defaults to 8.33 kHz mode.”

  • SU11 localization compatibility.

  • Manual updated to reflect all changes. Now over 100 pages long. Happy reading!

Thanks Black Square you never stop amaze me with that workflow !

Stay safe !

Can someone briefly explain the advantages of this? Is it worth it or better to stick to the PMS50 default?

Thanks!

By default Asobo AP logic is kinda broken , if you like using instrument approach with a functional glide slope (GS) capture, I highly recommend to give it a try, otherwise if you mostly fly using basic feature and land manually imo I would stay with default mode, giving you a larger array of avionics available
maybe there is other argument to adopt WTT logic, will let other people share with you sure they are people more loving it and able to give you more point for its defense

Yes! You get missed approaches, visual approaches, holds with automatic entry, excellent autopilot and bunch of other stuff that was developed by Working Title for G1000 and since made available for all to use. PMS has integrated that framework into his GTN750 and it made it much much better. It basically can do everything that Working title G1000Nxi can do.

Working Title will soon release GNS530 that has been rebuilt from ground up, just like G1000Nxi was so we’ll have TDS750, PMS750+WTT and GNS530, all study level, in King Air.

SOLD!!! :slight_smile:

Thank you @NiKoTin3420 and @sle18mad for the clarification!

Anything WT touches, you should take it with your eyes closed. It’s kinda like an “NXI” version of the GTN750 as mentioned above.

Did a few touch&go’s in 0.1.2 and I have to say that this is much much better than before. It doesn’t float nearly as much, speed is much more controllable both in taxi and approach phases of the flight. Aircraft seems heavier and less twitchy. Props start spinning when they’re supposed to, I can time introduction of fuel during startup based on animation only. One thing I noticed is that windows open/closed don’t affect sound although changelog says it’s fixed. All in all, great update, slowly but surely King Air is taking over Caravan as my main flyer.

Just tried the new update and I’m blown away! The Black Square team is so impressive. I can slow down in high idle again on final approach, and the handling and engine performance seems great. I even got a fuel transfer failure and had to use the overrides successfully. It’s like a living aircraft that keeps you on your toes!

The Volt Meter Bus Select wont stay on battery. It jumps back to TPLFED. Is that correct?
Also EXT Power shows 28v when the external power switch is off.

Both Generators show voltage weather they are on or off.

From the Chsngelog:

  • Voltmeter select knob now spring loaded to return to triple fed bus from battery bus.

The Ext Pwr is always available when in a designated parking space. I believe that’s a sim thing.

Sorry I missed that

So nice, already the next update. Carenado, take notice! :face_holding_back_tears:

we cant change that right? i thought liveries would make it look better :confused:

the outside is pretty bad

Sooner or later there will probably be a mod on FSTO that removes those. Archer or Jaydee mostly upload those type of cosmetic tweaks there.

Hi guys
I have just updated to V1.2 and I still have no screen on my GTN
750
I have the Analog Caravan which is working with the GTN750
As they both share the same file and folder has anyone got a clue as to why I can not get the screen to light up on the King Air?

If the Caravan is working then I think the only thing it could be is the switches on the copilot side of the KA350

Tried using the WTT interface to the GTN. It just kept trying to fly me into the ground.

im currently going thru the same thing tx and rx bars don’t illuminate even though im on the right frequency, cant send texts either.. never had this happen with any other addon

edit: nevermind , doesnt work without battery power, i was trying on external power. all good once batt switched on

this plane go so fast, it s hard to go back in a C208 after …

with lot of wind , isla de pico was a hard spot today