I use a custom axis in SPAD. Low to high is on the axis. Cutoff is on a button below the axis detent ((HC Bravo). Much reduced risk of accidental cut-off!
But if not, then just make sure never to touch it in flight. At least then a cut off will only happen on the ground . (And IRL you never come out of high when in flight).
Thanks all for the good ideas. I had it on an axis but kept cutting off. If there was a way I could make cut off go to the very bottom that would work great, unfortunately the XBOX doesnāt allow for outside programs to run. Iāll request it on the discord and see if I can find any traction.
Now back to the skies! (Or even just to the tarmac to play with the A/C system I love this plane).
Donāt mean to answer my own question but in case the same thing happens to someone else I actually found an answer to my first question on the Discord.
Hereās the quote:
SWS did answer that for me. It does not appear to be the quick movement, but a small judder in the way FS2020 processes the Condition Lever signal. Apparently it likes to drop to 0 for a moment, which immediately cuts off fuel and extinguishes the flame. I simply ensure ignition is ON while I move from low to high idle, and the engine stays on
Developer could workaround this by requiring mixture to be cutoff for a short time before killing engine. This would of course be realistic because with rotational momentum in the prop it would keep turning again and restart if mixture was cut off for a fraction of a second.
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I am on Xbox, too, and you can customize your axis there. Click on sensitivity to find the option. It was a bit trial and error for me, but now i know how it works i can do nearly everything with my levers. What input device are you using?
Just in case you are using the Velocityone, here are three videos that might be helpful:
At the end of the third video you get some Information for sensitivity controls, and this may even help you. As i said, if you dive deeper into the sensitivity settings you can do a lot of things with your axes.
Iām using the Boeing set, but will look into sensitivity settings. Thanks for taking the time!
That is what I use.
I donāt know if youāve got the yoke and throttle(s), but Iāve mapped one of the axis at the base of the yoke for mixture. There are 5 white reference marks on the axis and, for me, at the second line the Condition lever will sit in the notch for Low Idle, every time. I use the -100 to 100% binding.
I also had some GA levers 3D printed for the throttle quadrant(s). Without the reference mark itās definitely more tricky to place the Condition lever in Low Idle if I use a quadrant axis, instead. Low Idle is just off the stop of the axis, which is easier to select when going from Cutoff to Low Idle than it is going from High Idle to Low Idle. It wouldnāt be hard to use a sticker on the quadrant as a reference, though.
Iāve never even seen a real Kodiak, let alone sat in one, but I wonder how the real Condition lever moves. Does it really have infinite settings along its travel path or does it have true detentes that the lever locks to? If itās the latter, it would be nice if the lever in the sim Kodiak mimicked this. It would make the lever easier to use with a peripheral. There is also a weird delay in the motion of the in-sim lever when moving the peripheral, too. That adds to the difficulty of setting it.
I was just poking around and it looks like the axis can be set to a Mixture or a Condition Lever binding and it will operate the Condition Lever in the aircraft.
EDIT:
Anoher item of note is the low fuel pressure chime. There is no annunciator for that, but the POH I have says there is one. If I feather the prop while on the ground in Low Idle, I get the chime. With the Aux Fuel Pump set to Standby, rather than off, the pump automatically comes on when fuel pressure drops below 4.5 PSI. For whatever reason, Iām hearing the chime even with the pump set to Standby. If I set it to On, the chime ceases.
Yes, Iām pretty certain it has physical stops at each position - you can see them if you zoom in close enough on the TQ.
Thank you! I think this is the best solution for me. I canāt believe it never occurred to me to use those axes. You, sir, have done the impossible today - Somehow helped me to enjoy this plane even more!
On the fuel pressure annunciator, I noticed that thereās even one listed for low fuel pressure in the SWS manual. I guess somehow it didnāt make it into the sim or something is preventing it from appearing.
When I was considering this add on I was looking through the forums and I think SWS said they were going to get back to this plane after their PC-12 releases? Maybe soon weāll see an update with all of these little issues resolved.
I have a feeling something changed in the SDK with fuel systems a few SUs or AAUs ago. I recall this functioning correctly in the past and noted a change in an update to the sim, like I said, a few SUs or an AAU ago.
I hope they will address some of the outstanding issues once they are freed up from the PC-12, too.
SWS are developing the Kodiak 900 and will revisit the 100 as well. But they are fully committed to getting the PC-12 released at the moment.
Isnāt that the ice light for the wing?
That makes sense, thanks!
Me too! I have tried the Kodiak and the Grand Caravan. Almost always a crash or terrible landing.
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On my TBV1 I actually played around with the settings until I can move it down with my right ring finger in the way and it āblocksā the lever right on low idle so I donāt have to look. Itās a weird habit learned for sure. The darn thing drops right off of a cliff, I spent way too much time trying to get it to work at the detent drop-off. 
Although the entire control set translates directly over the Caravan the exact same way. I put in some dead zone at the low end of travel so I have a little leeway. (I think thatās just part of the TP sim coding).
Simhangerās settings were the basis of all my TB control setups.
I still had to do the āfinger jambā thing on condition
With rudder pedals I use the triggers to zoom the camera, and I use the custom camera settings for the main view/usually a pop up over the nose/instrument zooms as needed/passenger seats/etc. I changed reset to view custom camera 1, then on the small right hat up/down bumps next/previous, so I can flip flop all around the cockpit views I saved. Most of the time bumping āreset viewā button twice will flip between my personal āpilot viewā and the default as well(unless you move it around and you can bump back and forth to that). Amazing how much you can look at and around just using the hats. Flop into the passenger seats already looking out the window(or getting the darn rear doors unlocked).
Custom cameras are especially important for Carenado aircraft, for some reason youāre way up front looking down, no way you can find a natural level flight without instruments as youāre never looking āstraight aheadā. I think the 172 is the only aircraft that had an acceptable default cockpit view out(still tweaked it though). You can end up flying quite poorly just because the default view out is so bad on some aircraft.
Best part about the TB is the stacked levers/verniers where you can set up throttle levers and the verniers directly below for prop RPM for piston twins.
The Kodiak definitely needs the trim wheel nerfed with a rather large sensitivity adjustment on the axis. (11 IIRC?) Makes a big difference. Would be really tough with controller clicks for trim. It needs a pretty big swing to get out of T/O trim and only tiny movements for level flight. I may be better than -40% or so.
Best guess is you are probably pulling the power too soon.
Possibly correct.
