FSX Attitude indicator pitch bar and coordinating animation with bank indicator

[Dave_W]

It's my first try with an attitude indicator and I'm clueless.

I've looked at a few other threads about these indicators, but didn't find whatever it is I need to learn.

I have the bank indicator keyed with rotation keys. No problem with it.

I cannot figure out what needs to be done with the pitch indicator to get it to work with the bank indicator.

I either don't know what kind of keys to insert or I'm totally missing something else.

This is the code that I'm using for the pitch indicator:

    <AnimLength>180</AnimLength>
    <Animation>
      <Parameter>
        <Code>
          (A:ATTITUDE CAGE,bool) 1 &lt;
          if{ (A:ATTITUDE INDICATOR PITCH DEGREES, degree) 90 min -90 max 90 + }
          els{ 90 }
        </Code>
      </Parameter>
    </Animation>

 

[Vitus]

You need to build the hierarchy in your scene properly. You animate the pitch bar from keyframes 0-90-180 and the bank separate. Move the scrubber to the center keyframe for both animations (kf90) and parent the pitch bar to the bank indicator (Ctrl+P-> Keep offset). The scene outliner should look something like this:

 

[Dave_W]

Thanks Vitus!

I was sure that I was missing something.