need walk around preflight inspection

[fruitfly]

It's a 3D walkaround. You can walk or run or squat to see something from below.
Of course, you'll see no damage cause airplane model doesn't change according to the damage.

BUT! Let's say FSP generates fuel leak or elevator jammed BEFORE the flight and let's say FSP repairs that damage after you've
completed the walkaround - or better said BECAUSE you completed it ( maybe with a small delay that will not be held against you - for
being late at the destination)... well... than that preflight inspection would have meaning!
I wouldn't care for the visual damage and such eyecandy. Beside such damage would be specific for every plane in particular, so that's
impossible.

How do you like the idea?

The first negative point is it relyes on another payware (ActiveCamera) but that can be bypassed by having also a simple key command for
making a preflight inspection?

[toadtal]

i remember that a320 pilot in command by wilco pub had a feature where u could actually get out of the plan and walk around. as a
matter of fact you could walk any where in the fs world. but besides being a cool feature it really served no purpose.

[DanSteph]

fruitfly wrote:
BUT! Let's say FSP generates fuel leak or elevator jammed BEFORE the flight and let's say FSP repairs that damage after you've
completed the walkaround - or better said BECAUSE you completed it ( maybe with a small delay that will not be held against you - for
being late at the destination)... well... than that preflight inspection would have meaning!
I wouldn't care for the visual damage and such eyecandy. Beside such damage would be specific for every plane in particular, so that's
impossible.How do you like the idea?

With activecamera you can do a walkaround anyway unless there is somes kind of visual failure
it will quickly become a boring stuff that you make just to get the "failure bonus"

I predict that after the 5th flight people will transform that in a "runaround" instead of "walkaround"
because without any real purpose it's just a boring stuff to do.

It would be different if the aircraft SHOW something like oil drop or somes jammed part that you
can report on a menu "declare walkaround->Oil drop on right wings" and than only the "game"
take it in account, "repair" it and give you bonus.

my two cents on this.

Dan

[mach_one_man]

Yes a very good point Dan, its pointless unless you can actually see something and take a note from it. After doing it a couple of times the
novelty will wear off and it will become a chore just to get those extra points.

[skid_man]

Activecamera would be okay for the walkaround. Personally I let the co-pilot do it. Especially if the virtual weather is bad.



Rick Rowe

[jboweruk]

Amen to that, my Co-Pilot always used to do it, then report back. Now I'm flying bush planes (FSEconomy) killing time till FSP is released
and I don't have a co-pilot (not enough room in the plane).