General Aviation - Piaggio P.180 Avanti II (upgrade)

[ilias.tselios]

File Name: Piaggio P.180 Avanti II (upgrade)

File Submitter: airfighter

File Submitted: 10 Jan 2013

File Category: General Aviation

X-Plane Version(s): X-Plane 9 & 10

ATTENTION!
VERSION 1.2.1
X-Plane 9 version have been added.

VERSION 1.2

In this version are included the 3 fixes I have posted after v1.1 release (Mostly for X-Plane 10):
-Landing light flickering.
-A circle that appeared on FO PFD with HDR ON.
-Added prefill object to improve frame rates (you should see improvement even up to 20%).

Moreover, now when the aircraft is loaded, the displays are bright (HDR-ON).

Also, in this version have been added realistic shadows to the panel when you turn on the cockpit light (the one below the AP panel).


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Version 1.1

This version is more optimized for better performance of the low end machines.

Features:

• Flight model within 10% of the real aircraft (as per manual)
• Autopilot operations as the real aircraft
• Many functions and screen indications are SASL driven
• X-Plane 10 64 bit full compatible
• Main landing gear object has added (was missing for XP10 in the previous version)
• Electronic checklist in MFD
• Real clock functions
• Engine indication turn red when limits exceeded
• UFMC and X-FMC config files are included. Those files have been adapted specially for this aircraft
• New 2-page checklist to be printed in a single sheet
• Updated Operating manual
• You can use now the condition levers and flap lever by mouse
  

PAY ATTENTION:
Use caution when using the throttles! As in the real aircraft, be advancing the throttles too full, torque limits can be exceeded by a lot!

PLEASE: Any questions or problems post them to the forum for this aircraft. I'm visiting it daily so I can respond as quick as possible.

At last, I want to THANK Tony Day, who, with his experience and work, helped me to make this aircraft as real as possible.

ATTENTION TO ALL X-PLANE 10 USERS:

When switching on the landing lights (LDG position), the lights might not come on, instead the will flicker. To fix that download the file below.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qac6wqsus2pwfl0/switches.lua.zip

INSTALLATION:
1. Unzip the file.
2. Put the file to P180 Avanti II/Customs Avionics folder, and replace the previous file.
3. Go and test it.

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After 7 months of work, finally is here! The Piaggio P.180 Avanti II.

This is an upgrade of the original P.180 Avanti.

Features:

• New full 3D glass cockpit with emulation of Proline 21 Avionics Suite.
• Most of the switches are operational
• Realistic cockpit lighting
• 170+ customs instruments
• Various operations driven by SASL scripts
• Compatibility with UFMC and X-FMC (config files are provided)
• Operating Manual
• Checklist
  

It is designed for X-Plane 9, but it have been tested and performs very well in X-Plane 10 32-bit, with some minor issues. It is not recommended for X-Plane 10 64-bit.

A detailed Operating Manual is provided. PLESE READ IT! Also, a standalone A5 size checklist is provided for printing.


SPECIAL THANKS TO:

• Robert Pearson, for his permission to upgrade the P.180 Avanti (and the rest of the team, Massimo Durando and Sergio Santagada, for this beautiful aircraft)
• Vonhinx, for his help with SASL.
• Dan Klaue, his tutorials inspired me into creating aircraft for X-Plane, and now I creating aircrafts and I don't fly! (well, except testing!)
  

My tools was Blender and Gimp.

SUPPORT:
At the forum: http://forums.x-pilot.com/index.php/topic/3467-piaggio-p180-avanti-ii-upgrade/ PLEASE: Before asking for support, READ THE MANUAL!

KNOWN ISSUES:

• A "XFEED" annunciator, may indicate a problem with the plugin. By reloading the aircraft this is solved.
• In X-Plane 10, the rear legs of the landing gear are...transparent. This will be solved in the next release.
• In X-Plane 10, the cockpit during the night, with HDR OFF, is very bright. With HDR ON is ok.
• Since there is no available 64-bit SASL plugin, this aircraft will not work with 64-bit.
  

FUTURE:
At least one more version (1.1) will be released for X-Plane 9 and 10, solving any problems that will come up. A v 2.0 will be released later, when SASL 64-bit will be available and will have all the new features of the X-Plane 10.

Click here to download this file

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The P.180 has been one of my favorite turbine twins for a long time.  I've even flown in one.

 

Beautifully done!

[ilias.tselios]

Thank you very much!

[ilias.tselios]

Here is an update for P180 Avanti II v1.1 for X-Plane 10 only.

 

This update should improve frame rates quite a bit! It is available for downloding from here: 

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zulak010ctim7tf/P180_1_1_update3.zip

 

 

Inside there is an Readme file to help you with the installation.

 

Enjoy! 

[puffy]

I am having difficulties activating the reverse thrust.  Pressing the "shift /" does not seem to engage it as the "REV" does not illuminate in the engine instrument panel.  Should I try to post a log file or check a configuration file some where?

 

Thanks. 

[ilias.tselios]

Make sure that condition levers are full forward. With the levers at lower position, close to idle, the prop automatically go into feather position.

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Edited February 11, 2014 by airfighter

[puffy]

Airfighter, thank you, your advice worked.  Having the condition levers full forward allowed me to engage the reverse thrust.  It seems that after touchdown I was reducing condition levers thus not allowing reverse thrust to engage.

[ilias.tselios]

My advice... use the checklist! It is the second item on FINAL page: Condition levers... MAX RPM.