Just purchased the P-38 and have finally figured out the cold startup. I have found, however, that if you accidently toggle the prime button the wrong direction that you’ll NEVER get the engine to start and you’ll have to exit your flight to clear the issue.
Anyone know of an engine start solution for when this accidental bump to dilute occurs to avoid a restart of the flight?
You can give up and go Autostart. A hotkey bind for Toggle Starter or even Magneto Start (even though it doesn’t exist in-cockpit or real life, the sim still responds to a keybind that moves the magneto to the Start position).
That, or take off on one engine and let the windmilling prop crank the engine to life.
Flipping the feather switch will feather the prop even if the engine is still producing power (I’ve feathered both props with the engines turning and found you get zero thrust).
You want to feather the prop for drag reduction in case of engine failure at takeoff, so hitting the feather switch is Step #1 in an emergency shutdown, then down goes the mixture, fuel and mags.
And yes, for some reason the props in the sim do not stop windmilling like they should. I might count that as a blessing, because the sim plane does not model auxiliary hydraulic power (namely, the hand pump down by the right side of the seat) and so long as the dead engines are windmilling you’ll have hydraulics for flap and gear actuation (I notice there is a finite amount of hydraulic pressure available to pull up the flaps should you forget to raise them after landing and shutdown).
Seems like most of my left engine controls are moving in the cockpit. Magneto knob, fuel pump switch, mixture, prop and throttle for left engine are all locked, visually at least.
But they are working. Was able to start and fly the plane.
Figured something out. Seems to be a problem with the pink Yippee! livery. Worked fine in the other 2 I tried.
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It can handle GPS routes. Probably it could do ILS but I do not use ILS with warbirds so can’t say for sure. In tablet there is only HDG and ALT hold IIRC but I’m using Honeycomb switches/Keyboard bind/Companion app for NAV.
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So the Nav capacity is there, just no button on the tablet to activate it. Is that right?
I’m not game savy enough to understand “Honeycomb switches/Keyboard bind/Companion app for NAV.”
Hmm, also don’t know how to quote a reply 
Select the specific text you want to quote and a “quote” button will pop up.
I have not found this being discussed in this thread, but is the right engine supposed to sound different than the left one? When I have the engines running idle, the right engine sounds really unhealthy when I move the external camera in front of the aircraft. It rattles and sounds as though it could seize at any moment. Is this by design? The left engine sounds normal to me, and the right engine also sounds normal when inside the aircraft. This is even when starting the plane, and with no damage or anything. When the RPM increases above 1000 it goes away and both engines sound normal.
I’d venture to guess it’s just sound design. You’re supposed to crack the throttles (I use a keybind to snap the throttles up to 10% for taxiing) during startup, so maybe the sound is from an overthrottled motor.
I had noticed that as well but had not isolated it with a camera, but yes I concur the jigger can sound like a bunch of marbles in a cement mixer sometimes.
Since the last game update, a recently resolved bug has returned: when flying a GPS route, if the map is triggered (v), the GPS route swings back to the point of origin. Anyone had this issue?
Is this a question about the P-38?
yes it is…
I haven’t tested the P-38, but had this happen last night while flying the Bristell. This may indicate a core game issue as opposed to an aircraft specific issue.
I’m pretty sure you’re right. I had this issue some time ago and the with a new release of the game, it went away…now it’s back with a new game release… one step forward, two steps back!
Just got an email from FlyingIron - new update is out. 
Here’s what the email has for a changelog:
Too bad the props still windmill at relatively high rpm when feathered… this used to work fine (ie ZERO RPM) in their initial release…
I’ve seen this occur on other planes, try restarting the flight, it usually fixes it
This update was a wonderful surprise. Great to see my favourite aircraft in MSFS keep getting better.
What is the functionality of the workshop tab on the tablet? Does it track persistent system damage that can be overhauled with those buttons?