Piper PA-28 Hobbs meter has multiple problems

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ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue: Hobbs meter shows to 1/1000ths of an hour but is recording in 1/10ths like normal. The right most roller rolls backwards as well. 0 > 9 > 8 etc.

If applicable, which aircraft is experiencing this issue:

[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue?
No

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)?
Always.

REPRODUCTION STEPS

Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:

  1. Fly aircraft for long enough to see how the roller is working.

YOUR SETTINGS

If the issue still occurs with no mods and add-ons, please continue to report your issue. If not, please move this post to the User Support Hub.

What peripherals are you using, if relevant:

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?

No
[PC, MSFS 2020 Only] Are you using DX11 or DX12?

[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use?
RTX 3080 2nd Gen

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?
Ryzen 9800 x3d, 64 GB ram

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Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?

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Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
• Yes

Provide extra information to complete the original description of the issue:
• As OP describes, the right-most roller is rolling backwards. The screenshot shows what is recorded in the logbook as a 1 hour 1 minute flight.

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A post was merged into an existing topic: Famous Flyer 12: Piper PA-28-236 Dakota

Hopefully they will please address the three white rollers too.

Same issue, Hours Meter counts backwards.

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Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?
• Yes

Provide extra information to complete the original description of the issue:
• Hobbs meter does roll backwards

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• This is the first screenshot I took, complete with date taken at top

And this is the second screenshot I took, complete with date again at top. Note how although this second screenshot is taken at a later date, the hours flown have reduced: