2024-10-15

This release makes the speed limit on departure (250 kt below 10,000 ft) configurable.

2024-10-09

New Features

• Takeoff configuration checks
• HDR compatibility (FG >= 2020.4 only; note that the EFB will not work in HDR)
• VNAV display on MFD indicates altitude constraint types (above / below / at). (Note: "between" constraints are not fully supported due to a limitation of FG's flightplan API)
• EFIS display brightnesses can now be adjusted (using the knobs to the sides of the glareshield panels)
• EFB is ready to support Chartfox (requires a yet-to-be-released addon and a new version of the fg-efb-server companion)
• MCDU: airac date is shown in red if the currently loaded AIRAC is not valid

Bugfixes

• Various light sources fixed
• Transparency of printer and printouts on the "clipboard" fixed for HDR
• Fixed vertical scaling of VNAV display on MFD
• Fixed Nasal errors from the FMS speed code

2024-03-28

Changes:

• Fixed Nasal crashes on 2020.3.x
• Rewritten Web MCDU; this new version no longer sends pixel data over the HTTP connection, but character data, which requires significantly less bandwidth, and reduces performance overhead on the FG side.
• Fixed a bug in autopush that would cause malfunctions in the MFD and other MapStructure code
• Upgraded ITAF
• The Hoppie ACARS system can now fetch VATSIM ATIS for station names like EDDF_A_ATIS; to enter these, use - instead of _, e.g. an ATIS request for EDDF-A will be translated to EDDF_A, and get the ATIS according to EDDF_A_ATIS.

2023-07-29

New Features

• ATTCS (partially) implemented
• VNAV display on MFD scales vertically with map zoom
• "DES NOW" prompt appears when approaching TOD
• TRS/TO DATASET MCDU page
• PACK shutdown / bleed air priority logic
• Ram air pressurization valve simulated
• Various minor improvements to MFD

Bugfixes

• Some Nasal crashes on 2020.3.x fixed
• Autostart fixed
• CDI deflection PFD now renders correctly
• Fixed some pressurization bugs

2023-06-03

Pneumatic & pressurization systems

The E-Jet now features a (mostly) complete simulation of a bleed air pneumatic system and cabin pressurization, including:

• Engines, APU and ground cart as bleed sources
• Bleed source prioritization
• Packs, engine starters and heating systems requiring bleed air
• Cabin pressure
• Automatic and manual pressurization modes
• Setting landing field elevation (LFE) automatically from FMS data, or manually in LFE MAN mode
• Automatic pressurization schedule based on FMS data in automatic mode
• Automatic pressurization on taxi-out, and depressurization after landing
• Doors locked shut when cabin is pressurized
• EICAS alerts on cabin pressure limit exceedence (differential pressure, cabin altitude, and cabin altitude rate-of-change)
• MFD "ECS" page

Additional improvements:

• PFD FMA now behaves more like the real one: managed modes in magenta, armed modes in white and smaller letters, and blinking on mode change.

2023-05-03

Improvements in this release:

• EFB:
  • also capture cursor keys when capturing the keyboard
  • scratches & smears show correctly
• EFIS
  • DIRECT-TO functionality improved
  • Waypoint disambiguation for manually entered waypoints in FPL
  • MFD menus have "close" buttons that work like in the real aircraft, following the cursor around
  • Discontinuities are no longer displayed as waypoints named "DISCONTINUITY" on the PFD and MFD
• 3D
  • Reduced overall shininess of the aircraft fuselage and wings
  • Fixed transparency of FCT button guards on the center pedestal
• Miscellaneous
  • IRS auto-aligning configuration option persists between sessions

2023-04-13

More GearPad upgrades

• There is now an "app switcher", accessible by clicking the home button again on the home screen. From there, you can switch and kill active apps.
• The EFB should now work properly on FG 2020.3
• Pushback control from the EFB has been improved somewhat
• Various small improvement to EFB apps

Other Changes

• The "100 above" callout no longer occurs when on the ground
• The "CCD emulation" setting is now persisted between runs

2023-04-07

EFB Upgrades

The "GearPad" EFB has been heavily expanded, and now supports a whole selection of apps. The EFB itself has also been moved out into a separate repository; check out https://github.com/tdammers/fg-efb/blob/master/docs/guide.markdown for a full usage guide.

Apart from the standard apps implemented in the EFB itself, the E-Jet provides an additional app that can be used to control ground services:

2023-02-19

Another bugfix release, fixing a bug that rendered the CPDLC system unusable.

2023-02-15

Bugfix release: This fixes a bug that would cause Nasal errors when the electrical systems page is opened on the MFD.