FSD connection to assign squawks at uncontrolled airfields

[luke11brown]

Maybe outside the scope of this project, but I'm asking anyway, because why not.

vNAS provides U.S. departures at uncontrolled airfields with a squawk code before departure, so that when a controller comes online, everyone is already on a discrete squawk.

Suggest all IFR flights are given the same in the UK.

Even better:
API to check if aircraft is on Hoppie, if yes, send squawk allocation by Hoppie. If no confirmation reply within 5 minutes, revert to message via FSD.

[AndyTWF]

In principle it sounds reasonable! The problem with FSD is that it's a closely guarded secret and I don't think I'm one of the chosen-few!

However, doing this via Hoppie is very possible - as we do with stand assignments, in the manner you suggest.

The only caveat is that without access to FSD, we won't be able to have it preset in EuroScope when a controller connects - they'll have to assume the aircraft via one of the lists, which will then cause the plugin to go the backend and fetch the pre-assigned squawk. At the very least, this'll remove a step: you won't have to tell the aircraft the squawk on frequency, but your ES will still need to do the assignment process.