Hi There!
I’m trying to figure out what’s happening for you. Note this is not a Technical Support response, but I am very familiar with the product as a QA tester.
Please see the video below and let’s see if there’s anything different you’re doing.
Note a couple of things:
- I tried to use only virtual cockpit controls and not any of my hardware controls since those couldn’t be shown in real-time operation while the video was recording.
- My hardware throttle is set to mid-point axis throughout the entirety of this video - I have markings on the axis of travel and they roughly correspond to 50 percent input.
- Note the phase shift from Translational Rate Control (TRC) to SPEED mode - speed kicks in because of two things - one is my throttle setting per Point 2 above and the other is the use of the Autothrottle Knob as seen in the video.
- As I gain speed and come out of Hover speed range (essentially >50 knots), TRC will flash yellow and eventually extinguish, meaning we have successfully transitioned to Forward Flight / Up-And-Away (Joby’s term for it).
- I switch between internal and external views to show the engine nacelles are indeed translating forward as we gain speed into Forward Flight/Up-And-Away.
