Tecnam P2006T by FSS released

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I just bought this and also have this problem… I fly mainly at sunset to night VFR. The landing was… rough.

Also the strobes are really leaking into the cockpit for me, I’m not sure if this is normal as I have no experience with this plane IRL but its pretty flickery in the cockpit at night, even in the back seats too which are under the wing so not sure how strobes are hitting back there…

Anyways I submitted both issues immediately with a thorough video documenting the problems. Submitted both to their website & via Discord. I hope they fix these problems because I’m really interested in this plane and my first impression despite these problems is still good.

The flight model is very nice, takeoff felt good & the 3d texturing/modelling is quite well done I think.

Into the hanger it goes while we await a fix :frowning:

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I spent more time on the tarmac with this plane so far setting it up, I use axis & ohs to control the transponder functions via a web panel I made.

I habitually hit “XPNDR ON” on my web panel whenever I load up a plane and not sure what event this is mapped to but it must’ve worked on this plane because it was on during my flight.

I will make a note of it next time I fly this, but I think it may have been already on for me. I don’t start on the runway.

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I want to share a fix I was provided by FSS themselves regarding the Taxi & Landing lights on the Analog version of this plane.

"Hi Nash,

There is no video attached but I did see flashing behavior in the cockpit when the strobes are on with the analog version. The MKII is OK. I will log this so the developers can look into it.

As for the landing lights - this is a known bug. The lights don’t work unless you also have the MKII installed.

Until the fix is released, there is a simple workaround:

In the system.cfg file replace “FSS_Tecnam_P2006T” with “FSS_Tecnam_P2006T_analog” in the [LIGHTS] section.

The file can be found in the installation directory for the airplane:

fss-aircraft-tecnam-p2006t-analog\SimObjects\Airplanes\FSS_Tecnam_P2006T_analog.

Best Regards,

Rich
Customer Support
FlightSim Studio AG"

And I can confirm this workaround does fix the lights operation. Unfortunately the strobes are still leaking into the cockpit.

I have a question for those of you with the analog version, how do you get the Cargo variant? I tried playing with the weights but could not get cargo to load in… Mainly interested in simulating cargo and the description for the analog version says " Dynamic load (pax/cargo) depending on aircraft weight".

So for those of you who have the cargo version working, how do you get to it, is it a separate plane or do you have to do something with the weights?

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Thank for the info about the workaround. Since I don’t plan to get the glass cockpit variant this is very welcome.

As for the cargo: I’m not sure and I can’t check right now but isn’t there an option for that in the tablet?

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I haven’t flown either variant for a while, but as I remember it, the interior configuration, is controlled by the tablet, and the visibility of cargo is controlled by the default loading page.

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Thank you @tclayton2k and @Jigsaw407 I’m sure I just missed it when looking through the tablet settings. I will have another look at it tonight after work and take her up again.

Yes, I too don’t plan on purchasing the Glass Cockpit version, so I was quite relieved to get this workaround.

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it was not in the tablet settings,

Only some liveries are cargo. The default white livery is cargo.

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I did some testing, and yes I have the same problem. It only happens when importing a flight plan from Littlenavmap, though. If i build the flight plan in the MSFS flight planner, it starts turned on as expected.

I’ll report this bug as well to the team.

Another question: Where is NAV2 set on this plane? I see the DME selector has an option for N2 implying NAV2 is useable, but where? I can only seem to find NAV1 on the GNS430… I searched through FSS documentation and could not find the answer to this.

It would be quite nice if this plane does have a NAV2. Maybe the DME instrument simply always offers NAV2 even if not usable and they chose to display it faithfully… not sure.

EDIT & UPDATE this plane is not really in a good state right now (analog version) lot of bugs and missing features

I put in 2 Tickets for major issues open with FSS for 7 days now that are just not right…

1st ticket description “No Special Mission Platform livery in the livery selections. How do we get this livery? FSS Manual says it has it.” as the Tecnam P2006T analog has a section dedicated to explaining this special livery in its documentation page.

Response was “hi the SMP variant is only available in the MKII version. There is none for the analog cockpit” and after drawing their attention to the documentation stating otherwise the ticket has just been left open since…

second ticket description “no visible cargo I thought it was supposed to be dynamic cargo? when adding weight to passenger seat cannot see copilot in cockpit view, I can see the rear passengers but not the co-pilot. and with the cargo livery nothing appears but the back at all. also no copilot.”

no visible cargo and no visible copilot in passenger view, these 2 things together are the main reason I bought this plane. + the SMP variant.

Response “copilot is not allowed as per MSFS marketplace restrictions. It should only show up in the exterior view”

I can’t wrap my head around these responses, it does not seem right to offer these features then blatantly tell the customer that too bad the product does not actually have them. I responded saying that i have other marketplace purchased planes that do have visible copilot in 1st person view so I really have no idea what they’re referencing here…

I made these efforts in good faith from a place of understanding and I’m willing to wait for these features to come but a flat out no…? I now feel I need to share this example of poor support from this developer.

If you’re looking at buying the P2006T NON ANALOG i guess you will get what you paid for but if you’re coming here trying to gauge the Analog version let me tell you right now forget it, no support and less features than the normal non analog version. I wish i never bought this analog version.

It is a shame this is a good flight model and an this is an interesting plane but the inaction & lack of accountability for their products description in this case leads me to recommend staying far, far away from this plane. This was my first purchase from FSS and looks like it will be my last.