There is a great page from the manual for people who are curious about the power curve and fuel consumption:
Does anybody know where I can find some info regarding the prop lever and how to correctly use it (the one for propeller angle)?
edit: I dont use Jim at all, if that matters.
Also I have another question. Is there a way to turn off the way my right mouse click will press anything thats in the middle of my screen. I hold right mouse button for panning around, and more than once has it led me to shut off essential stuff leading to a horrible outcome.
Also sorry to the pilots around ENGM, ESSA for my horrible attempts at landing this thing.
I havenāt found it yet. I think because it is a two part system (GyroPilot switch and Mechanical linkage) the single key binding messes up. What I noticed is that when I hit the AP switch on my Flight Controller the red light on the GyroPilot console goes on.
I engage autopilot manually, by clicking. I would really like to map the Mechanical linkage (the lever) to another key (say āxā) but I donāt think thatās possible.
I wonderā¦ thereās two switches right? The left one on the GyroPilot thingieā¦ and the lever. What happens if you only pull down the lever? Does the whole thing drop out? If thatās the case, maybe the Z-key needs to go only on the lever and nothing on that other switch? I will experimentā¦
I have mistakenly feathered the prop for one of the outboard engines on climb out, and somehow turned on āhigh blowerā to #4, which caused all sorts of weirdness. (I was still on the apron for that one.)
Iām using the hat switch on my HOTAS to move around nowā¦ my āclumsy clickingā has given me a headache once too often!
Jigsaw, 99% youāve triggered the autofeather. Fairly easy to do if you manipulate the throttles too aggressively (it doesnāt take much) or perhaps if your flight controls are sending a spike to the sim.
AFE will arm the autofeather as part of the before takeoff flows. I tend to reach up and switch it off AND reset it immediately. Especially as weāre doing a bit of multiplayer testing right now and formation flying necessarily calls for a bit of throttle jockeying.
As I understand it, the lever is the physical linkage to the yoke. The GyroPilot switch itself energizes the ābrainā of the AP, much like the Altitude Hold switch.
Noā¦ pulling down the lever does not turn off the switch on the gyropilot.
Iām looking at it now. And the lever just seems bugged. Itās very erratic on the Z-key. Sometimes it works properly. Sometimes it just tries and seems stuck. Like the Z-key is sending repeats. Might it be conflicting with a joystick button?
Funny enough, in the official tutorial series on youtube - they have options regarding that in the options page on the pad.
I keep dumping CO2 with the fire extinguisher into my running engines in flight, or even worse - I hear a click but have no idea which one of the million knobs or buttons I pressed.
I think the gyro button will still be on, but the lever is like a master switch engager. so even with the gyro button on it shouldnt have any effect afaik.
That could very well be. My habit is to erase all key bindings completely, then go back in selectively and set up custom bindings. Iāve had one too many āoopsiesā because of inadvertently tapping the keyboard.
Well Iāve put āautopilot offā on a joystick button (the Z-key is āautopilot masterā). And now the button only rings the bell, the light goes on, but neither switch nor lever is moving. The whole thing just stays on.
Very strange.
Iāll try āAutopilot masterā on the joystick button.
Same behavior. Get the feeling this is a bit buggy. So I have the same functionality on the Z-key as on the joystick button (toggle autopilot master). But with the joystick button nothing is moving. Only the bell is ringing.
I have this issue too. Mapping a hardware button to the autopilot master does turn on/off the gyropilot, but the lever donāt move. See this topic at the PMDG forum that covers this (see about 4 posts down):
Iāve also found that the Z key has mixed results anyway - sometimes works, sometimes doesnāt. I think it might also depend on the reaslism setting, but not tested that enough yet.
But is it a visual thing? I meanā¦ apparently not, cause it made me crash on touch down. But maybe this is? The light goes on, the bells ringā¦ maybe itās off even if it shows on?
Hmmmā¦ dunnoā¦ itās irritating cause I donāt want to look around in the cockpit at 500 feet out. But if that lever isnāt really down, itās disaster as soon as you land.
Okay, well, I think my joystick button is working. Itās just not giving any feedback in the cockpit. But the controls either lock or they come free. Iām just unsure if itās controlling both the switch and the lever, or just the lever.
Iāll try this on my next landing and see if I survive.
