I’ve got a Logitech X56 Hotas and when rolling all the way back, my engines cut off in every plane. Is this normal? It’s pretty annoying when it happens mid-flight. I even have automixture assistance on.
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Dont think so :o i have X52, i do not have this issue with it.
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Sorry noob question: when you say rolling all the way back do you mean applying full power? If so, then yes I have the exact same issue.
I think my axis’ are reversed, so I pull back towards me on the hotas to lower the engine power output.
Same here, pull back toward me to power down and push forward to power up. However, if I push it all the way forward the engines cut out. If I go to about 98% its fine.
This situation exists in Alpha tests ,usually on vortex aircraft
That’s right. Bull towards you to lower power.
That you were rolling back mixture was my first thought. Hmm. How about turning off automixture and trying it. Just set mixture full forward (rich), start the engine and let the engine heat up for a bit (oil temps hit green) then pull throttle all the way back. Does it still do it then?
IT certainly shouldn’t cut out a full power. I’ve no idea what could do that.
To narrow it down, I split the x56 throttle into 2: right side engine, left mixture. I only see this if I push the mixture all the way forward (im guessing thats rich?). Right side doesn’t cause this.
I have the same issue on the C152. The mixture cuts back on its own. Also, I noticed the fuel gets consumed fast!
Unless your axis is reversed. Forward should be rich, when you’re moving the mixture forward on your throttle is it moving forward in the cockpit?
The only aircraft requiring mixture control I’ve flown is the C172 and Bonanza.
Good question, I will check.
I’ve seen it happen on the Cessna 152 in training and the Robin DR400/100 Cadet.
I’ve also experienced issues when changing the throttle (especially when on final approach) when your homeing in on the engine power to line up right, and it suddenly WACKS the HELL out of the trim putting you either in a nose-dive or sticking the nose in the air and having to compensate extremely fast when your landing in 20 seconds!
Dont quite know whats going on, i did have this throttle issue with engine cut off but i haven’t had it for awhile now after about 13 hours of flight so far.
Ok I checked the behaviour, it’s as you said, when I move the mixture forward on the throttle, it moves forward on screen and the RPMs increase, until it’s fully forward, at which point it’s drops off.
On my X56 as well, the left half of the throttle seems to be for mixture, and the right half for actual throttle. When I have them locked together and pull the power all the way back, the engine dies - so I usually fly with them unlocked. Mixture at 95% seems to do the trick - going full rich seems to flood things, at least as far as I can tell.
You can just reassign the left throttle to the throttle axis too if you don’t like using split. I have mine mapped to prop pitch.