It’s the Garmin Aera.
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You can always get the new B52.
Can anyone help me here please?
I am trying to set up my spare Magneto rotary knob (on Honeycomb yoke) to operate the Fuel Tank left/right dial in the plane.
I got the X variant working perfectly with the settings below (the X has a L, R and “both” position), but these binds do not work for the other variants that have only L / R / OFF.
The BOTH position on my physical control does switch it to LEFT tank, and can switch it OFF with these settings but I can’t ever select the right tank.
Does anyone know what I need to assign in the settings to operate the L and R properly please? I tried a few things (including the Cross feed left to right / Cross feed right to left) but can’t find anything that makes it move in cockpit…
TIA 
Try these bindings.
They work perfectly for me, with all variants and with versions v1.0.1 and v1.0.2.
I’m using trigger buttons, not toggle switches.
Thank you so much, it works!
It’s actually the H “floats” version that has the middle L+R setting but your Config works for all of them - thanks again! 
Do you think they’ve noticed me?
And, do you think I like the Wilga? It’s flown into 2nd most used aircraft in my hangar, in only a month! (Feels like less, weirdly)
My Hobbs hours:
001 0022:07 = BN2 Islander [BlackBox Simulation]
002 0020:45 = PZL-104 Wilga 35/80 Series [Got Friends] 
003 0019:39 = Guimbal Cabri G2 | Rotorcraft [Asobo]
004 0015:30 = Pilatus PC-6 Porter [Blackbird Simulations / MilViz]
005 0015:17 = Cessna 414A [FlySimWare]
006 0014:09 = Cessna 172 Sykhawk [Asobo]
007 0013:11 = JRF-6 Grumman Goose [Big Radials]
008 0012:08 = Vans RV-14/14A [SimWorks Studios]
009 0011:04 = Quest (Daher) Kodiak 100 [SimWorks Studios]
010 0011:02 = EA-7 Edgley Optica [Got Friends]
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Tl;DR : I crashed, I’m frustrated at myself. Newbe-me… I have 3 questions at the end but if you want to read my misadventure, here is what happened.
Ok I’m disappointed by me. I’ve been flying this bird for many legs (+15) from Montréal to Alaska and I was 3/4 in my journey when I experienced engine failure.
I fly mostly at night in real weather, so in freezing condition. I was in the process of diving from 13k and like usual, I monitor the temp and adjust the cowls, the cylinder heat accordingly. I expedited my descent and the engine started to rattle. I didn’t notice at first since I was with the headphone simulated noise cancelling.
I panicked a bit, adjusted everything, mixture, ect. I was scanning for a frozen lake to land. In the confusion, I forget now what happened but I remember something was getting cold, cylinder probably. I tried to start the engine, turning the started, the fuel pump, prime (mistake?), but forgot the compressed air (seem not logical to use since the wind turning the prop. Nothing worked.
I couldn’t find any lake, but there was clearance in the dense forest, but in a steep angle. It was hard, and I broke the plane.
QUESTIONS
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Is it me or the principle of using the cowls is somewhat different in low temperature?
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Does anyone have some idea what happen to the engine and what was stupid mistake?
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I enjoy siming since a long time and never crash, so this is an immersion breaking thing for me. I’m OCD on this, so I wonder what would have been my chance of survival?
Here is more on this:
I landed -893 fpm at 54kt.
That mean 14.88 feet per sec.
Human can survive mostly under 20ft or more depending many factor.
Freefall speed in a sec is arround 16ft (it accumulate until terminal velocity)
My plane crashed on the nose at arround -25o
I landed near a small town.
Sorry for the long post, I needed to vent. This is how I enjoy playing game, most often permadeath… LOL
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LOL. I have crashed quite a few times in that 20 hours… just finding the limits, you know
I guess it was too cold for her. Wasn’t out of fuel?
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Possibly they have modelled shock cooling ? You would need to ask the devs.
Shock Cooling in real life is engine damage that occurs if a hot engine is cooled too quickly in descent. Many POH recommend a minimum manifold pressure in descent to avoid the issue. It is somewhat controversial as to how significant this problem is in real life, particularly in newer types of engines. Some people claim it is a myth or only relevant in really old radials.
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Yeah it sounds like the shock cooling. I encountered that for the first time a couple days ago myself. I thought I was being ultra STOL, and learned quickly that I was not worthy of that qualification. lol. Was in a group flight so we had a laugh.
My descent in the Wilga is normally staying in cruise trim with RPM & MP both at the bottom of green arcs. Gives me between 500-1000 fpm descent rate.
BTW. the Wilga can windmill start. If you lose your engine and it’s not totally broken, you don’t need stuff like sparks, pumps, priming, etc… Just throw your throttle, prop, mixture forward and point your nose down to gain speed super quickly. Should start back up. It’s a quick fix when you run one of your fuel tanks dry.
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Yes, they have modeled shock cooling. To avoid it, close the cowl flaps and keep a bit of throttle in if you want to descent quickly.
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Sanity check: That’s the tap ‘knob’ on the left, right? Turned right (clockwise = closed = less cooling), right? 
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yep, the green one.
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Thank you everyone for the kind answer, and yes, I was not out of fuel and my cowls where turned off…, but I remember my engine was running very low, because I wanted to descend fast… Issssh…
Can anyone tell me there opinion about the human survival chance of a 14ft/sec crash? (see the last part of my previous post if you dare…lol)
Like I always say,
Fly safe…
Cough,cough…
I think for maximum realism you need to stop posting here. You’re dead
Only joking. I have no idea. It depends if you roll the plane over I imagine. You can be lucky. Land on something soft like a hedge or some hedgehogs.
I know the body can withstand massive amounts of G-force as long as it’s not sustained. So there are too many factors to consider.
BUT, the wheel struts and suspension of the Wilga are SUPER STRONG. If you landed flat I think you would have been fine. So you can continue posting. Just a broken left leg!
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the suspension of the wilga is VERY rugged, not sure it’ll handle 14 feet per second though
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They don’t need to survive in this case, just act as a decent enough crumple zone to cushion the fall and save this poor pilots life! He can always download… I mean buy… another Wilga
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14fps is about 10 miles per hour (15.3km/h).
Depending on how much of that was absorbed by the gear, aircraft structure, seat and harness, and provided there was no other traumatic contact with your surroundings in the aircraft, I’d say that would be very survivable. In fact, in some planes, you’d probably be able to use it again without much in the way of repair (might want to inspect it, though ).
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Try to take off PZL-104 Wilga 35A from the airport MMTW.
14 fps is equivalent to dropping the Wilga from 3 feet above the ground.
You can check that calculation here:
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