The PC-24 does not have the same oxygen issue at high altitudes as the PC-12 has. The PC-24 can be flown at any altitude with no problems or mission failures due to lack of oxygen
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Might be me but, do find when using FLC to climb it pitches up very aggressively?
What speed are you climbing at? With the speed in FMS mode it tries to climb at 140 indicated which is rocketship status. I climb in MAN set to 240 until it switches automatically to MACH hold
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This. Need to switch to a manual setting for autothrottle. I was using 170 but that is still pretty vertical, yet it works. I recently started using 200 and that seems more modest. Havenāt tried 240, feel like that would take a hot minute to reach cruise altitude. Regardless, donāt use FMS settings for autothrottle. Itās programmed to PC-12 speed bugs, and youāre not going to have a fun timeā¦ well, maybe you will, depending on what youāre after 
Remember itās gonna switch to Mach around FL300. Then I believe it defaults to 0.64M. 240 is a good climb rate then mach finishes it off to cruise. 240 also covers distance too while climbing
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Makes sense. Iām just always eager to get to cruise altitude though because I always turn AT off and manually manipulate the throttle from that point forward.
I checked some of the Honeywell briefing videos, MO Crossover is FL350 to 0.60. This was on ACE Load 5 though, I have no documentation on what Load version this is. Another good question for Working Title.
Even on MAN, both the -12 and the -24, the PID is still oscillating to hold a selected speed, so the AT on the jet needs more monitoring than say the -12 should you be inclined to come out of the speed schedule on the turboprop.
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Iāve noticed AT works well on the -24 on ascent, but hunts during cruise, so I just turn it off and manually manipulate the throttle after that point. Less issues.
Yea thatās one of the biggest issues for me. I donāt mind the hunting in cruise as Iām usually off doing something else but on descent itās really bad. The large fluctuations are rough
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Iām sure everything I mention below has been discussed already.
Zero auto-throttle on a flight minutes ago. Landing refs deep into the red. Absolutely no steering whatsoever once on the ground.
And that apart from the expected error on take-off and pie-in-the-sky pressurization at cruise.
Can anyone comment if SU2 addresses any of these (major) issues? I seem to recall Carenado said it was perfect?
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Took a flight the other night, auto throttle worked a charm throughout the flight, pretty sure the refs were ok, didnāt notice an error during takeoff Iāll have another go tonight.
Steering worked as expected but the pressurisation still an issue which is a pain fuel wise
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What is the pressurization issue on the PC-24?
Itās just not displayed/modeled on the lower MFD, thereās no issue in flight
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Steering wonāt work if you skip to descent. If you fly your whole flight without skipping, youāll still be able to steer once you are back on the ground.
Utilize sim rate instead of skipping. Extra benefit is that youāll earn more $ in career doing that as well.
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Ahh is that so Iāll give it a go tonight
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At least you can max the sim rate and the autopilot on the Pilatus manages fine
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Also the pressurization works. Yeah, the lower screen will be blinking red, but it still works. Have done plenty of flights over FL400
Thatās what I seen so ended up each flight cruising at FL190
Yea only the PC12NGX actually has hypoxia problems. But if youāre on PC there a fix for that on flightsim.to that works perfectly