To me on the model it seems like it’s there, but its barely noticeable but the outer part of the wing is slightly farther forward than the rest. At least in my opinion.
Ok my first quick impression after getting it is not a very good one but I will hold a review until I can sort things out.
How is the autopilot supossed to work? I can’t find an AP master or an on/off button anywhere?
Is there a transponder?
Autopilot is below the throttle, two buttons that are green when pressed and then the autopilot is activated. A bit like on the F.28.
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Thanks! and what can be a reason for AP not turning on? YD works but AP won’t engage.
Thats weird i just hit AP and both turn on but then again I only got the usual stuff like Nav, Hdg, Alt and Alt Select working, a manual would be nice lol. How would you select IAS or VS even.
Pilot’s Clipper was not awful at launch. I forget the exact details, but I really liked it even at launch. The streamers, one in particular, didn’t read the manual or listen to the developers when they got the plane, jumped in wrote something awful, then retracted the video when they realized they were at fault, but the damage was done.
Yes, there were a few issues at launch, but they were fixed within a few weeks, including some landing characteristics in the water. They took a chance releasing a flying boat considering MSFS’s horrible water dynamics. Asobo did later fix some of those issues before the MS backed local legend Blue Mesh Latécoère Model 631 was released.
The B314 is one of my favorite planes ever made, and I wasn’t disappointed by it.
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This is working really well and makes the aircraft much easier to taxi, thanks!
FYI for anyone looking to install this in the GNS530 version the reference to line 69 is line 303 in that version.
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The Dash 7 uses a similar spoiler system to the Dash 8 (or probably vice versa), and those spoilers aren’t really controllable by the pilot.
On the Dash 8, the spoiler control was limited to the flight/taxi switch, and the system simply worked by extending the spoilers any time the power levers were below a certain angle and there was weight on wheels if the switch was placed in “flight”. They’d retract again once the switch was moved to “taxi”, or if the power levers went above a certain value.
4 engines for 59 people, Incredible.
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Has anyone figured out the FSUIPC bindings for the propellor levers?
SimBrief
For those of you that use SimBrief, here is a link to the Dash 7 profile:
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The 4 Condition Levers in the Dash 7 are linked to:
A:TURB ENG CONDITION LEVER POSITION:1
A:TURB ENG CONDITION LEVER POSITION:2
A:TURB ENG CONDITION LEVER POSITION:3
A:TURB ENG CONDITION LEVER POSITION:4
I hope that helps.
Jerome
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Thanks for that, I can’t seem to find any corresponding bindings in FSUIPC, maybe I’ll give it a try in SPAD.next.
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Went for a second flight tonight YZF-YFS and now that I was more aware of what to expect in terms of performance etc I had a great flight. Being able to taxi in beta using the mod above was fantastic.
I’m definitely enjoying this unique aircraft.
I did notice that my spoilers did not deploy on touchdown, I had the switch in flight mode and was in full reverse.
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No it doesn’t. Again, the are no different wing versions!
Just compare the leading edge profile outboard of at the landing light with leading edge inboard of the nav light, on the photo you linked.
As the name implies, Ext means external and it shouldn’t work without a connected ground power unit.
For those having problems wirh controlling taxi speed, IRL we used to feather both inboard props. This was usually enough to keep the -7 from accelerating. Maybe this works in the sim as well.
(It did work in FSX because I designed the FDE for Milton Shupe’s -7 
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I am not saying you are wrong - but even on some 3d schematics one cannot find the sawtooth, and maybe the devs took some of these to make the 3d model.
for instance:
Kind Regards
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The drawings are wrong. It’s that simple.
When you are doing high quality 3D airplane models like I do, this is super frustrating since most of the drawings you find online are wrong.
Without additionally using hundreds of photos for reference it’s impossible to create precise 3D models.
Btw. These are pretty bad -7 drawings, just compare the fuselage nose section with the real -7.
I believe you. And in a few pictures in the net you can definitely see these saw tooth. But in the majority you cant. Maybe it is a matter of perspective, since it looks like they are better visible from below and with an angle from around 45° from behind. I just wanted to explain, why some of us might think that there are different wing version.
Kind Regards
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