Hey Ian,How's it going. Pete made a special effort, I think with 2.95 or 96 I don't exactly remember, to make available the mixture lever on the CH Yoke work as a reverser on Jets. If you fly a prop the lever will automatically work as mixture.In a nutshell make sure that the axis are at there FS2002 default assignments. Then go into Pete's module and set your throttle limits (Max, Min). Note I also have the throttle neutral set above min which was the way I invoked the reversers before. Next go to page 7, I believe of the module and set your mixture lever for reversers and check off for jets only.After this you should have no problems upon landing push the mixture lever forward and the reversers will kick in. Just make sure that the throttle is at idle (neutral zone).Btw, some may ask why I still have the throttle lever with the neutral zone above min. It's because when flying a prop such as the Dash-8 it allows me to have a throttle detent to effect prop reverse since the mixture lever reverts to a condition lever. All this is automatically. God Bless you Peter.If I have some of the page details wrong it's because I'm doing this from memory as I'm at work and don't have Pete's program handy. Good luck, and let me know how it works out.

Do you have A/T off when you activate the reverser ?

777:If I'm doing a manual approach, yes the A/T is off. If on autoland, no A/T is not off.

>777: >>If I'm doing a manual approach, yes the A/T is off. If on >autoland, no A/T is not off. On autoland, I have to switch A/T off and jerk the throttle (forward and back), then I see N1 go down and the reverser activates fine. Otherwise (i.e. with A/T on) the N1 stays on whatever it is and the reverser does not work no matter what. Shouldn't the A/T automatically give the control back to the pilot upon touchdown ?AdamKSDF

Yipee, it works ! The problem I had before was that FS was not "seeing" the mixture control ( or any other axis except ailerons and elevators .) I had to set the controlsassignyokeaxis in FS to default. Now it sees the mixture control which has been assigned to reversers. How cool.....

Hi Adam:Yes the A/T should reduce to full idle from flight idle thereby allowing reversers to engage. I'm not sure what the problem may be. I do have a question are you allowing your nose wheel to touch down before engaging the reversers?It could be that there is some electronic gizmo that needs to have all wheels on ground before full idle is achieved. Perhaps one of our enlightened mechanics or pilots can answer that.To BillTee below congratulations glad you got to work now for the rest of the crew...

>Mike, >>I have my prop lever assigned as the spoiler axis. >This provides really good spoiler deployement in flight, >aaaas you can get alter the amount of spoiler deployed. >With the mixture lever controlling reverse thrust, you can >vary the amount of reverse being used as well - good for >shorter runways. >>Mark Mark,How, exactly, did you accomplish this? I don't see a way to do it in FSUIPC. And does doing it interfere with prop control on aircraft with propellors (e.g. the PSS DH8C)?Thanks,cz

>Hi Adam: >>Yes the A/T should reduce to full idle from flight idle >thereby allowing reversers to engage. I'm not sure what the >problem may be. I do have a question are you allowing your >nose wheel to touch down before engaging the reversers? >Lamont Yes, all the wheels on the ground before I engage the reverser. It seems like I have to move the throttle lever after touchdown to regain the manual throttle control. If time allows, I'm going to try this with PSS 777 to verify if that's not a common FS2002 problem.When you calibrate the reverser in FSUIPC, what are the ranges for Out (with me, it's between min = -24 and max = -6500 ) ?Also, what's your sensitivities (and null zones) on the throttle and mixture levers ?AdamKSDF

Richardin the FSUIPC joystick calibration section go to page 7. This has details for the Reverse Thrust.I have my prop lever assigned as the spoiler and the mixture lever as the reverse. For the Dash I would suggest leaving the prop as is and assigning the Mixture as the Reverse - Mixture is not used in the Dash due to the FADEC system.Mark

Adam:Sorry can't verify my settings right now as I'm at work but I will let you know when I get home.

I see the spoilers on page 6 and I see no way to assign the thing.PSS DH8C does, in fact, use the mixture control as a the fuel cutoff. FSUIPC's checkbox for managing reverse seems to keep it from interfering on that front, however.Thanks,cz

>I see the spoilers on page 6 and I see no way to assign the >thing. >This you need to assign in FS Options - Control - Assignments - Joystick Axes

Bill,Do you also get reversers to activate after every touchdown ?edit: and could you also tell us, what N1 readings you are getting airborne, and once on the ground??Tero

Adam:Sorry for the late answer.Sensitivities for both throttle and mixture is 100%Null zone for throttle and mixture is 0%Reverser settings in FSUIPC is as follows:Reverse = 16192Idle = -16193Engaged is IN = 16192 OUT = 0Disengaged is IN = -16193 OUT = -4096Hope this helps.

After 2 months of pulling my hair out trying to get reverse thrust (F2) and trying everything printed to fix the problem, I finally came across what was wrong.I was using a microsoft wireless keyboard that for some reason or other does not register an F2 or F3 and possibly more keystrokesThe solution was to use a regular PS2 keyboard.Walla! Reverse thrust worked.Jim