I checked and found I already had this active, so still got the FPS drop. To me it only might matter if I was in a heavy PG area with injected live traffic etc.
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Just checked again and I can only confirm, at least on my system there is no difference in fps with the standby-instrument on or off (tested both in 2D and VR).
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Itās just so difficult in MSFS to benchmark. So many variables. But thanks again for flagging and good to know it works for at least some folk.
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i9/12900 and RTX3090. I see no difference with it on or off. I habitually turn it off though from the early days when it did matter.
Anybody figure out why weāre getting the āTAWS system test OKā announcement intermittently?
Also, the latest update for the Kodiak 100 wheels is now available from the SWS website. Just installed and did some pattern work at KSZT and I believe it is a marked improvement on my system at least.
Nope. But Iāve been trying. Is it intermittent in other G1000 equipped aircraft? Been a while since I flew one.
And yes itās flying very sweetly with the update!
The engine often shuts down when I move the lever from lo idle to hi idle. What am I doing wrong?
Itās getting old having to explain to my pax that there is nothing to worry about when the engine shuts down right before take-off. (Although to be honest, they were right to have doubts about my piloting skills when this last happend right before taking off from Kathmandu to Lukla. Our landing ended in a spectacular crashā¦).
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I just noticed that the cargopod version has less available payload than the regular version of the Kodiak. That doesnt make any sense at all?
Stevosim has found the reason for it:
I didnāt get around to check and confirm it. I was too distracted with the 40 Anniversary Edition and other great releases. 
If thatās indeed what does it, I guess it needs fixing. I canāt imagine the real aircraft behaving that fickle.
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So how I think this works is that the aircraft has the same maximum takeoff weight with or without the cargo pod. The pod itself weighs 175lbs, so yes you get less remaining payload, but the big advantage of the pod is that it has a different effect on the C.G, allowing a more centred distribution of load.
How much this matters depends I guess on how much you choose to respect station loading limits (there is nothing to stop you exceeding them)
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And if you do want to keep it real and follow station loading limitsā¦see below. One observation I would make is that the cargo pod probably doesnāt make much sense if flying a full cargo version - you can take 2400lbs in zones 2&3 which will most likely exceed MTOW. The pod will come into its own when carrying PAX also, or if the mission types are highly varied.
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Another solution is to set up key binds using the Condition Lever controls. Also, the condition lever should be Hi for all phases of flight - pop it into Hi as you cross the hold-short to enter the runway and then leave it there until after you land and turn off the runway. That way if you do accidentally trigger a shut down at least itās on the groundā¦
{EDIT - scrub this - see below]
Funny you should mention this as I was just this minute trying to set up key bindings. It can be quite difficult to grab the mouse and shift the lever back to low idle while youāre also taxiing off the runway and also talking to a controller on Vatsim, all in VR. I really wanted to set key bindings to move the lever to low idle and high idle, but I cannot get it to work. I see the options in the list, and I assign them buttons, but when I push the buttons the lever doesnāt move.
Yeah, scrub my advice above - the Kodi uses Mixture events to control the Condition lever, not the Condition lever controls
You have some choices (best is an axis, but letās assume you donāt have one): INCREASE and DECREASE MIXTURE will move the lever up and down through all three positions, but itās still finicky getting it to go from HI to LOW. Or you can use SET MIXTURE LEAN for cut-off and SET MIXTURE RICH for HIā¦but this wonāt give you LO IDLE.
Sounds like weāve just been through the same steps 
I do have an axis but you have to set it to āMixtureā not condition lever. The down side of the axis is two fold:
- There seems to be a bit of a lag between when you move the lever, and when you see the Kodiakās condition lever move (about a second), even though the engine responds immediately. This makes it tricky to get into proper low idle without accidentally going too far and shutting off
- The other problem, in conjunction with the above is that low idle is very near the end of the lever travel (Iād guess about 10%), and since I cannot set detents on my throttle quadrant, once again, itās easy to accidentally shut off the engine.
It would seem that SWS have programmed the condition lever as a mixture. I wonder if they can change that?
Yes, I know what you mean. I use SPAD next to control the axis that allows me to stop the range in he Low idle position and then have an event set to trigger cut-off on the button below the axis detent. Ths works very well.
You might also get some tips from Mark at SimHanger - his videos are top-notch. Thius might give some clues: MSFS | KODIAK 100 Config Guide for the Honeycomb Bravo Throttle Quadrant - YouTube
Cool, thanks. I do watch Markās videos usually, and in fact judging from his accent, him and I originate from the same country
What is SPAD? This sounds useful (or maybe Iāll find out in the video?)
Also, Why not set a physical detent? Just use a small piece of flexible plastic, like a small cut off from a zip-tie and tape it so it will offer some resistance when you reach it? Even a piece of blue-tac at the right position that you can feel with your pinky would be a very simple hack.
Spad.next is a third party driver for any external peripheral. Itās very powerful as it allows you to program any button or switch.
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Yeah good plan regarding the DIY detent - Iāll figure something out. Absolutely loving this Thrustmaster TCA yoke and throttle quadrant!
Must say Iāve just given the Kodiak a good fly after the latest SWS update and itās much better! I still think the aircraft has too much change in pitch as oneās speed varies in the 80-90 kt range (but then Iāve also never had the opportunity to fly a real Kodiak before so what do I knowā¦)