Hi guys,For some reason before, when having my joystick throttle at idle thrust, N1 would always be around 18 or 17. No it's above 20 when having idle thrust, and this does not make any sense. :( I checked the control panel on my joystick and it seems to work fine. I don't understand why this is happening. Never happened before :(could it have to do with FSUIPC?Thanks and best regards,James W.

What aircraft? Have you installed add ons. Let's get some details! :(

Hi guys,For some reason before, when having my joystick throttle at idle thrust, N1 would always be around 18 or 17. No it's above 20 when having idle thrust, and this does not make any sense. :( I checked the control panel on my joystick and it seems to work fine. I don't understand why this is happening. Never happened before :(could it have to do with FSUIPC?Thanks and best regards,James W.

You dont mention what aircraft your using but just thought I would point out that Ambient temperature effects idle N1/EPR, the higher the temp the higher the idle N1/EPR also if you have NAI switched on that will also cause a higher idle N1/EPR Rob

I've tried all my aircraft. Even the default aircraft in fs2004 :( This wasn't happening before :(

All of my planes are like that. There is nothing wrong with your joystick or planes. I don't know why they are like that, all I know is that they all.

If you have a registered copy of FSUIPC, use it to (re)calibrate your joystick's throttle...Do NOT pull it fully back, but leave a little bit of slack when calibrating for IDLE.

Im not sure which engine you are talking about, but as I remember, the Pratt Whitney JT8D I believe had an N1 idle of about 22 percent. I do remember that the GE Engines run between 22 percent on the CFM's and the 747 with the CF6-80 run at around 25 percent at idle. These values may change some by the air density. If you really need this information I can browse through my Boeing manuals for the information but Im pretty sure this is about what it should be in real life. I can't help you with the Rolls Royce Engines, although I have done some work on them, I have never been through the fam School or been a part of the runup proceedures for them.John

At high altitude, I sometimes have N1 around 40% on idle with the Wilco Aribuses. As far as I know, this is normal.Eric

At high altitude, I sometimes have N1 around 40% on idle with the Wilco Aribuses. As far as I know, this is normal.Eric

Yeah, I was tryin to explain that there is no static N1, there are too many variables, altitude, temp, pressure etc even on the basic default aircraft. But his calibration could be screwedRob

In reference to my previous post the figures I gave were assumed to be what you were looking for on the ground, shortly after engine start or when the aircraft is standing still. In flight these figures would be substantially higher. The only time you would use idle in flight would be on decent in manual mode. In Auto throttle, the fadec or ELC controls all aspects of engine speeds. John