Hi guys.

 

I am a little lost in this aircraft, if someone has a tutorial that would be super!!

 

What I am particularly new to is prop mixture and engine control for the C90B.. For taxi I keep rolling forward even on idle, [and feathered prop]

 

Suggestions?

 

Alex

Alex,

 

I'll see what I can do. I did one of the tutorials for the Aeroworx King Air (Jack Colwill did the other, better one), and it shouldn't be too hard to put something together for the C90B.

Alex,

 

I'll see what I can do. I did one of the tutorials for the Aeroworx King Air (Jack Colwill did the other, better one), and it shouldn't be too hard to put something together for the C90B.

 

Bob, Thank you!

A tutorial would be welcome, for sure. Alex, I just spent a few minutes in the C90 this morning and I had the same issue - it's a right bear to taxi. In the Malibu, I found the taxi behavior quite docile. The King Air wants to rocket from a standing start to takeoff speed in the blink of an eye, it seems. FSX's bizarre ground handling for all planes doesn't make this any easier either.

Odd, I found it easy to taxi. For first move (breaking the imaginary FSX adhesion) I keep the prop at Max and once the initial roll starts pull the props back and I haven't even touched the throttle yet. Not full feather just all the way back as the axis allows. After that she pretty much rolls to the runway with occasional braking and speed up with adjustments to the prop. Most of the time on my taxi I never touch the throttle and only light brake use.

 

edit: Forgot to mention I do set the throttle before rollout but usually keep it at the same point. I'll try to make a video.

 

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Aren't these things taxied by pulling the power levers into beta constantly?

 

I just wish the reverse prop sounds were a little less sudden and harsh. The transition is too short for my liking and memory, though that means little around the likes of some of you guys with real world time on this aircraft... What I mean to say is that I have very little experience of this plane in the real world, having seen and heard them so little in the last few years...

 

Andrew

From everything I've read you can't taxi turbines in FSX like you typically would in real life due to various limitations. I've just adapted my own way to get to the runway with as little work as humanly possible. Right or wrong, don't care.. Until I'm training to pilot a C90 `procedure' is irrelevant to me in a $30 simulator (in certain things).

 

Anyway, a video of my taxi all the way up through takeoff. A lot different actually from what I describe but the fundementals of what I said are there.. Very little work. You can see I barely work anything on the way there.. Just initially. Hard to describe in words how do you something from memory..

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXOU5KyJpi4&feature=youtu.be

Bob, Thank you!

You must not be a fan of "Arrested Development". Maybe this'll help: Say my login name out loud, several times, back to back. :Nerd:

All I know is, there's always money in the banana stand.

So for taxi:

 

Mixture rich, properller idle, throttle idle, with continuous brake?

Negative aceridgey... Condition Low (will usually never be moved out of the Low position after engine start), Props High.

 

I am able to taxi her just fine by giving a little boost to get rolling up to around 7-11kts and then bringing the throttles in to the Beta range by pressing F2 approx. 2-3 times.

 

It takes a little getting used to, but the Beta range is definitely effective for my uses.

Great video Styckx, just shows that sometime there is light at the end of the tunnel and it's not always a train coming against you.

 

I was very interested to see that you've managed to find a spot to click on for the control wheel to disappear, another thing I didn't know existed on this plane, but not for lack of trying (these little things are made more obvious with the Duke, though.) and I still have not managed to find it...

 

So, yeah, I think Carenado is being economical with the help and it will be a difficult learning curve for some on this sim; it's no good just to throw a few .pdf's hoping that will do, it does not, nothing replaces a made with passion little tutorial.

Didier, the yoke-hiding click spot is on the sleeve around where the shaft of the yoke passes through the panel. You can hide both yokes.

 

Alex, for most applications in the Carenado C90B, you'll leave the condition levers at low idle. The two exceptions (in this add-on, not in the real plane) are during a cross-generator start, and when you're planning to use reverse during landing. (That'll be covered in the tutorial, which is taking shape as we speak.)

Didier, the yoke-hiding click spot is on the sleeve around where the shaft of the yoke passes through the panel. You can hide both yokes.

 

Alex, for most applications in the Carenado C90B, you'll leave the condition levers at low idle. The two exceptions (in this add-on, not in the real plane) are during a cross-generator start, and when you're planning to use reverse during landing. (That'll be covered in the tutorial, which is taking shape as we speak.)

 

Looking forward to the tutorial. For now, can anyone tell me the purpose of that infernal beeping that occurs when I pull back the throttle and prop in unison? Is the prop supposed to be left in high and manage power with throttle?

 

thanks

can anyone tell me the purpose of that infernal beeping that occurs when I pull back the throttle and prop in unison?

Haven't heard it, but then, I don't pull power and props at the same time. Try this: pull the power levers back THEN pull the prop levers back. (Notice that the torque increases as you pull the prop levers back.) When increasing prop speed, push the prop levers forward then increase the power.