I’m just getting to grips with the Draco-X, trying to fly some SAR missions in career mode.
Whenever I engage the autopilot, it resets the trim and pitches nose-up, causing the mission to fail because “I put my passenger in danger”. Is it just broken, or am I doing something wrong? (I made sure the flight director was in a sensible mode and centred before I engaged the AP, so it’s not that).
Also, where do I find flap limiting speeds? In most FS aircraft the limits are placarded somewhere in the cockpit, but on the Draco I can’t find them anywhere.
Thanks!
That is one tricky aircraft you picked for S and R. Kudos 
The thrust on that needs careful management. Pull the torque back on prop levers and lower thrust lever a bit before adding AP. Be ready to pitch down if necessary and adjust.
Flaps up pretty sharpish after TO. She’s a STOL aircraft so don’t be over 70kts with 15 flaps, youll get a ding.
I would recommend practising in free flight until she is predictable. You’ll lose a ton of credits and rep unless you do.
Yes, I think you are correct. 70kts seems to be the point I get dinged for an overspeed.
I think the problem with the autopilot is that the Draco has a large trim range. If you are at top speed the trim is something like -30, and for some reason engaging the autopilot resets the trim. If you manually reset the trim to 0 (and hold the out of trim force) you can then safely engage the autopilot.
I wonder whether that counts as a bug?
Same thing on the simworks kodiak. I don’t know if it is by design, because the Draco just literally jumps into the air with the turbo. I guess it is about familiarity but you could read the threads about the Draco to see if it is a common issue.
The thing is built for STOL performance, short runways and zoom climbs. But it’s an updated concept aircraft based on a one-off model that was wrecked a few years ago, so who knows how the r/w trim behaves. It’s even possible the builder could have an auto-trim mechanism in to avoid power-on stalls or mitigate pitch issues with all that thrust over the stab. And the stock autopilot is goofy anyway, often relying on flying by trim more than manipulating the elevators directly, which only the case some of the time in the real world.
This is to say I wouldn’t put a lot of stock in the realism of it. You’ll have to mitigate the effect by staying ahead of pitch, power, configuration and trim settings as @Pilotfirst9999 said.
