Just bought the Kodiak for the christmas-price: cool! :) I got a few question, though. 1. The Condition lever: the manual says you should set it at 40% during starting and taxiing and at 100% during take off. But the manual says nothing about what to do with it then... Should you leave it at 100% all the way? Or doesn't it only look like a mixture but do you also have to treat is as such?2. I am a bit confused with the throttle and the blue prop control knob. The manual says that blue knob control prop RPM but also prop Torque... So... I should monitor the Torque for the latter, and I suppose that's the TRQ on the ECIAS...? But it seems TRQ shows the throttle control and the NP (rpm) shows the blue knob readout... Where should I focus on when using the throttle and where should I focus on when using the blue knob?3. What makes question 2 a bit complicated is that it seems the blue knob can be pulled completely back to full feather without any problems during flight... Is that normal? On other aircraft you quicly get a different readout when you pull the prop lever, but it seems that on the Kodiak large movements have little impact...?Well, I just did one flight with the plane. so maybe I am overlooking something obvious, but I am a bit confused. Luckily I am also quite happy with my purchase! I love a VC in which you can do everything without having to open sub-windows!EDIT:And o yes, is there some sort of dark cockpit option I could load for the Kodiak...? Or do I have to close everything down to create my own cold and dark cockpit?EDIT 2:When I click on the Surface prop knob the Engine inlet bypass goes up...? (The Surface knob doesn't move.) What does that Inlet knob do anyway?When I click on Icelight on the Landing light goes on...? (They both move.) When I click on the Pitot knons they both move...?Some knobs are dummies, according to the manual (Ailerion, Emergency, Aux bus (although the manual says you have to click it... but it is linked with the Master knob...?), Igniter switch (called Ignition) and the APU Generator (called Generator)). But what about the Alternator switch...? Does it do anything? And the Aux fuel pump? And Artex Elt (whatever that is)? And Oxygen...? In short: why do manuals always use other names for knobs that are shown in the plane and why are listings never complete...? Too many knobs aren't mentioned and explained... Still loving the plane though... :(EDIT 3:And why doesn't the range button on the map display alwasy work...? Every now and then I am stuck at a certain level... Is there a reason for that?EDIT 4:And why can't I land at 60 knots at normal altitude? My plane is almost empty, but when I approach 80 knots the plane sinks to the ground, with full flaps. I really have to keep the speed high in order not to sink too soon... Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's still a nice plane, but I've got to learn a lot... :( :(

Never mind this topic: I found a forum where the dev is answering questions and I also found a lot of answers in the meantime. I looked if I could delete or edit the post, but I can't... Thanks for reading anyway... :(

Which forum?

The forum at www.sim-outhouse.com