August 30, 200223 yr Hello Gang!After reading the documentation and the forums, I've been able to get the Dash-8 off the ground and I've been able to get over some of the initial issues reported, however, there are some problems I am still encountering and I need help. Here they are:1. The Autopilot Heading, Alt, and IAS buttons do not light up and you do not know if they are engaged or not. Anyone noticed this?2. 9 out of 10 times my engines will quit upon landing or bringing the power to idle just before touchdown. I can hear a nasty noise and the "bang" - there they go!3. Taxiing this beast is not easy! I have a CH USB yoke with the imbedded throttle and props and such and as soon as you touch the throttle, that thing is all over the place and you have to slam on the brakes to tame it - yikes! I read the post below where some folks complained about the taxi issue, but none of the possible solutions given address my problem - I tried them.Any help is appreciated!Sincerely,Dennis D. Mullert Sincerely, Dennis D. Müllert System Specs: MoBo: MSI MAG X870 Tomahawk WiFi ATX AM5. CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Memory: 128GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5600 CL-40. GPU: 24GB Asus TUF Gaming OC GeForce RTX 4090. Monitor: LG UltraGear+ 45" curved OLED. Power Supply: Corsair 1500 Watt 80+ Platinum ATX. HD: 2TB Sabrent Rocket NVME SSD. Windows 11 Pro. Flight Sim Hardware: Joystick: Thrustmaster T16000M. Rudder Pedals: Thrustmaster TPR Pendular Pedals. Yoke: Honeycomb Alpha. Throttles: Honeycomb Bravo. Controller: XBox Controller
August 30, 200223 yr Hi Dennis,I too have the same question about the auto-pilot, and the A/P annunciator. I'm not sure I ever get the A/P engaged, as no lights or annunciations appear.Bruce. ASEL, Instrument. KBJC, Colorado.
August 30, 200223 yr >1. The Autopilot Heading, Alt, and IAS buttons do not light >up and you do not know if they are engaged or not. Anyone >noticed this? No, the buttons do not light, but there is a little display just above the altimeter that does display the AP condition....mind you, I still haven't fully worked it out yet, but the visual indication is there!I have a major issue with the AP not playing nicely with FSNav. It simply blocks all efforts, since the AP is interfacing to the sim via FSUIPC, rather than using the ordinary FS k_event commands. While this does provide a much greater degree of sophistication in emulating actual AP performance, rendering one of the most popular add-ons in the history of FS useless is a major disappointment! :(
August 30, 200223 yr Is there any way to read the switch labels--I am guessing at what switches I turn on except the few mentioned in the doc file?
August 30, 200223 yr From what I have read in the forum the engies quit because you did not set the ingnition switches to 'manual' on approach.Mike
August 30, 200223 yr Author I often forget to set the ignition switches to manual, and I've never had an engine go out...http://www3.sympatico.ca/gregory.moffatt/sig1.jpg
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