MSFS How to animate a continuous flap

[erasam]

I'm developing an aircraft having a continuous flap, that is pushing down the lever the flaps goes down until the lever is no more pushed (up to a maximum angle of X), the same (in the opposite direction) when the lever is pulled up (up to the minum angle of 0)

I have not found any standard ASOBO template allowing it

How to implement this behaviour ?

 

[DragonflightDesign]

Unless Asobo have changed the base code, you can't do it. There is a KEY_FLAPS_SET,x event (where x = value between 0 and 16384) which has never worked.

 

[kalong]

it still work via SimConnect.

 

[erasam]

Can you show me an example how to invoke it ?

 

[kalong]

it must use C++

//normal command
send_key_event(KEY_FLAPS_SET, value);

// SimConnect
SimConnect_SetDataOnSimObject(hSc, DEF_FLAPS, SIMCONNECT_OBJECT_ID_USER, 0, 0, sizeof(float), value_to_send);

 

[DragonflightDesign]

Now that's useful....

 

[B21-soaring]

ASOBO_GT_Anim is needed for anything the stock templates don't do. It sounds like you have 3 things to do - animate the flaps and lever, add the interaction (drag?) to the lever, find a way to have MSFS understand continuous flaps. 1 & 2 are trivial, for 3 your fallback is to set 20 flap positions and careful lag on the animation.