Hello fellow simmers, I was having a hell of a time getting my HC Alpha/Bravo mapping with just MSFS mappings. A lot of the controls were only mappable using LVARs. I was able to create a functional profile with the wobble pump using the paid MSFS version of SPAD.NEXT. I published the profile in the app. You need to be in the Alpha/Beta channel. Enjoy!
The name of the profile is Wing42 B247D HC Alpha Bravo
This profile is for the WING42 B247D
Alpha Control Assignments:
All axis, buttons and hats are passed to the Sim
Switches
ALT - Master Ignition
BAT - Master Battery
BUS1 - Avionics Master
BUS2 - Main Primer Valve
BCN - Compass Light
LAND - Landing Lights
TAXI - not mapped
NAV - Nav Lights
Strobe - Inst Lights (all)
Mag/Starter Dial
Off - off for both engines
R - R for both engines
L - L for both engines
Both - Both for both engines
Start - not mapped (this has an odd start procedure)
Bravo Controller:
Levers L-R
1 Prop 1 use GA Prop Levers
2 Prop 2
3 Throttle 1 Use Commercial Levers 1/1 and 2/3
4 Throttle 2
5 Mixture 1 Use GA Mixture Levers
6 Mixture 2
Rotary Control Assignments:
ALT = Com Integers
VS = Com Decimals
HDG = Temp Gauge Selector
CRS = NAV Band
IAS = NAV Tune
Top Buttons
HDG:
-Short Left Fuel Pull
-Long Manifold Gauge and Primer ENG Flip
NAV:
-Short Left Fuel Pull
-Long Manifold Gauge and Primer ENG Flip
APR:
-Close Oil Shudders (hold)
REV:
-Open Oil Shudders (hold)
ALT
-Colder Carb Heat
VS
-Hotter Carb heat
IAS:
-Prime
Switches L-R
1 Parking Brake
2 De Ice and Pitot Heat
3 not mapped
4 not mapped
5 not mapped
6 not mapped
7 Wobble Pump Activate and maintain 5lbs / Sq In
Gear swtich enabled
Flaps not mapped (there are none on this aircraft)
I was having a hell of a time getting the com radio to work above .9 on the decimal side. Mouse drag tuning couldn’t go there either. I found the .xml to modify (back it up first)
C:\Users<your user>\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Official\OneStore\wing42-boeing-247d\ModelBehaviorDefs\wing42-boeing-247\Radio.xml
Find the stanza:
Then modify:
<ANIM_LENGTH_DECIMALS>90</ANIM_LENGTH_DECIMALS>
to:
<ANIM_LENGTH_DECIMALS>97.5</ANIM_LENGTH_DECIMALS>
I’ve been testing out my profile and have had to make a few adjustments:
One thing I did was to fix an issue with the gear lever. My HC Bravo only has two positions Up and Down like many other controllers. The issue is this plane has three positions Up, Down and Neutral. If you leave the lever in the Up or Down position for too long it will blow the gear lever fuse. To fix this I put a 20 second timer on each position so that when you put it up or down it holds that position for 20 seconds giving time for the gear to move and then returns to Neutral.
I tweaked how the rotary dial works for the decimals I now have it moving in .025 increments.
I added accelerators to the the rotary dials so that if you are continually moving it increases the movement by a multiplier.
The Profile has been republished.
Hello, would you be able to share the LVARs/snippets you used? I have Spad.Next, but with homebuilt switch panels, so the profile wipes as soon as I import it.
Thank you!
Adding to this - I was able to map most of the cockpit switches, but wasn’t able to find/map three functions. Did you have any luck with:
De-ice: Can’t find appropriate LVAR
Feather Button: Found 2x LVARs, neither seem to press the switches and activate the pumps
Manual Gear Ratchet: Found LVAR, lever moves but gear does not raise/lower. Operating the lever by hand produces the same motion, but the gear actually moves.