April 9, 200719 yr Hi thereCargo Tinmouse has quickly become a favourite a/c and I am loving it! ThanksHowever I have problems in the fianl phases of my descent and localiser/ILS capture with pitch and altitude and descent control. The ALT Hold on the autopilot seems to be rather inaccurate at low levels / speeds - say 6000 - 3500 feet, and when using it the plane will often go through a required altitude by a wide margin and then try to climb and recapture leading to speed fluctuations and a generally sloppy conrtol and porpoising!!!! =:(Now I wonder what the correct proceedure here is? Any advice from the real world gratefully received!It occurs to me that maybe I should be more manual in this phase and try to trim or use CWS to capture so that the descent rate is small before hitting ALT HOLD, or even to not hit it and to trim manually to maintain an altitude? CWS seems to become a little vague in this phase too?Help!In all other aspects I have few problems with control. Other than that it is all in there and a joy to fly!!!TIAPhil Webb
April 9, 200719 yr Phil; The Alt Hold should not be used to perform a level off...that needs to be done manually with the CWS. My personal technique is not to have more than ~200 fpm on the VVI when I engage the alt hold.RegardsBob ScottATP IMEL Gulfstream II-III-IV-VSantiago de Chile Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
April 9, 200719 yr Author Hi BobThanks for the reply - I will alter my technique and try it tonight on a flight planned from Milan to Frankfurt!I have to say I keep discovering new things - like the DME switches on the Nav radios, nice. Not being a real world pilot though, I don't know why you might want to switch the DME off??One more question - there are some thumbwheel controlled number (windows) seperate to the Transpopnder itself, on the bottom right of the panel with the weather radar and computer on, what are they for?Loving this Tinmouse!Phil
April 9, 200719 yr It's called a memory aid...basically just a way to store a memory-jogger for something like a callsign (flight number for example).CheersBob ScottATP IMEL Gulfstream II-III-IV-VSantiago de Chile Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
April 9, 200719 yr Author Thanks BobDidn't get to brush up on my descent technique tonight after all...tomorrow maybe!Phil
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