August 17, 201114 yr I need help with the autopilot, it won't turn on or follow the flight path or altitude and I can move it freely as if it is off. P.S. Anyone have a good FMC tutorial for this aircraft? Andrew Kicklighter Kansas Glider Pilot and Flight Sim Enthusiast Assistant of Events at American Airlines Virtual; aavirtual.net
August 17, 201114 yr Andrew, Very likely you are missing something. If you upload a picture of your panel i'll bet you get several quick answers to your problem. Have you tried flying the tutorial? Regarding the FMC, Youtube has dozens of videos detailing the use of the NG's FMC. JW Jeffrey L. Whitaker
August 17, 201114 yr Author One second, I'll post the picture in a minute Andrew Kicklighter Kansas Glider Pilot and Flight Sim Enthusiast Assistant of Events at American Airlines Virtual; aavirtual.net
August 17, 201114 yr Author May not be good enough Andrew Kicklighter Kansas Glider Pilot and Flight Sim Enthusiast Assistant of Events at American Airlines Virtual; aavirtual.net
August 17, 201114 yr if you want to follow the FMC route you are missing LNAV, VNAV and either CMD A or CMD B ...Can you arm VNAV and LNAV before takeoff ? edit:If you just want to follow the SPEED and ALT HLD you need to engage CMD A or CMD B ...if you can't engage CMD center your input device (joystick, yoke or keyboard) and then try it again P.L. TranAMD Ryzen 5800x; 32 GB Ram; EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 FTW3; Win10 64 Bit
August 17, 201114 yr May not be good enoughAndrew,Good enough to see that you are missing a few key items: First, you do not have the full autopilot (AFDS) engaged.Granted the auto throttle (A/T) is armed and your flight directors (FD) are on.But for full automated flight you also need to engage CMD A or CMD B Second, you have not selected a lateral mode for the AFDS.You have selected SPD for the A/T and ALT HLD for the vertical mode. Which is good but you need to tell the AFDS how you want it to steer; HDG SEL, LNAV or VOR/LOC for example Third, I think you would be helped by reading the introduction and do the tutorial flight a couple of times. Hope it helps and good luck.Once you've done that there is a full forum of helpful people. Thanks, Mats JohanssonPMDG Flight Test Dept | Asus Z270-A | Intel i5-7600K @ 4.8 GHz OC/H2O | nVidia Geforce GTX 1070 8GB OC/O2|
August 17, 201114 yr Commercial Member I need help with the autopilot, it won't turn on or follow the flight path or altitude and I can move it freely as if it is off. P.S. Anyone have a good FMC tutorial for this aircraft?Is something wrong with the one that comes with the plane? I spent a heck of a lot of time writing it... Ryan MaziarzFor fastest support, please submit a ticket at http://support.precisionmanuals.com
August 17, 201114 yr P.S. Anyone have a good FMC tutorial for this aircraft? Is something wrong with the one that comes with the plane? I spent a heck of a lot of time writing it... Isaac Magalhaes
August 17, 201114 yr i agree the tutorial is excellent, taught me a lot Wayne Wayne such Asus Hero Z690, Gigabyte Aorus Master 5080, I914900K, Kraken 360 AIO CPU Cooled, 96 GIGS Corsair DDR5, 32 Inch 4K by 3
August 17, 201114 yr By the way, also verify that the FD on the pilot side is set as master. (little green light next to the FD on the FO side is lit up now) ____________________________________________________ Dieter de Wit
August 17, 201114 yr Hi Ryan... << Is something wrong with the one that comes with the plane? I spent a heck of a lot of time writing it...>> Your tutorial is brilliant. You really excelled on that document - thanks a lot. I only have one criticism - I often run out of time - and fingers - on the approach to EHAM RegardsBill Cusick i7-3770K 4.2GHz, 16GB, GTX 970 4GB, Win 7 64bit, LG 38GL950G, CH Yoke/Pedals, T.16000M, GenX UK, UK2000 EGGP & EGCC, AeroSoft Gibraltar, FSC 9.5, FSL A320X, 737NGX A318/A319/A320/A321, A2A Cherokee/JF Hawk T1/Dino's EF2000, Iris Grob Tutor
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