Here's one for Luis IStation

[philb737]

Hi Luis,
First of all, thank you for a great software! Most of us fly alone in our sim, we seldom get the opportunity to fly with someone who has the same passion for flying or the simming drive as us. Is it possible to have a surprise function in the sim which can be triggered by Istation that can cause an abnormal failure based on a particular stage of flight within reason! All one has to do is press the surprise function and presto you get a random failure without any warning!By activating the S function a random failure is imminent!!!!
Example: a V1 cut on takeoff, or a multiple failure in flight.
Thanks
Phil

[philb737]

Exactly, the surprise element can be based on a condition, for instance too much fuel on takeoff the aircraft is heavy so this is the worst time to lose an engine! I know the Istation has many failure option built into the software already, but for single man operation the surprise element is what the sim is really missing. It's hard to fly and be an instructor at the same time. 

[philb737]

I was thinking more in a way of a dozen hard coded failures which can be triggered based on your flight condition! Example: if you're at the gate and you press the S button IS will know when to trigger a hard coded failure based on the aircraft condition, maybe an APU fire or maybe wait until V1 and initiate a power failure or engine fire. I guess what I'm trying to say is it's useless to have APU fire if the APU is not even on! 

[luisgordo]

Hi there,

A "random failure" funciton is something I have on my "to do" list.  As you guys say, its not only a matter of generating whatever failure at the moment the button is pressed, but rather one that makes sense for the corresponding flight phase.

Not too difficult to do, but I need to alocate some time for programming!  Hopefully we´ll see this implemented not too long from now...

Best regards,

[philb737]

Looking forward to it
Cheers
Phil