S-64F Skycrane - Collective lever virtual cockpit animation only operates with engines running

ISSUE DESCRIPTION

The collective lever moves with an assigned controller axis, only when the engines are running. I’m assuming this is the wrong behaviour because the checklist has an item to ensure the lever is fully down before starting the engines.

If applicable, which aircraft is experiencing this issue:
S-64F Skycrane

[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue?
Yes

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

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

REPRODUCTION STEPS

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

  1. Load the S-64F cold and dark in a free flight
  2. Ensure you have a controller axis assign to the collective lever
  3. Move the control and note that the virtual cockpit collective lever doesn’t move
  4. Start the engines according to the checklists to the ready for take-off step
  5. Move the control and note that the virtual cockpit collective lever moves as expected

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:
Honeycomb Bravo Throttle quadrant

[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?
GPU processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Direct3D feature level: 12_1
CUDA cores: 6144
Graphics clock: 1785 MHz
Memory data rate: 19.00 Gbps
Memory interface: 256-bit
Memory bandwidth: 608.064 GB/s
Total available graphics memory: 40843 MB
Dedicated video memory: 8192 MB GDDR6X
System video memory: 0 MB
Shared system memory: 32651 MB
Bus: PCI Express x16 Gen4

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?
Operating system: Microsoft Windows 11 Home, Version 10.0.22631
DirectX runtime version: DirectX 12
Driver: Game Ready Driver - 566.14 - Tue Nov 12, 2024
CPU: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core™ i9-12900
RAM: 64.0 GB
Storage (2): SSD - 931.5 GB,SSD - 931.5 GB

Display x3: ViewSonic VX3276-QHD
Resolution: 2560 x 1440 (native)
Refresh rate: 60 Hz
Desktop colour depth: Highest (32-bit)

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