Hmm I heard the radar was based off real weather and not clouds. Maybe they didn't pull it off after all.

 

 

Your windows calibration, or from within FSX would be sufficient. Then you can look at the control panel to validate your ranges for each axis.

By this, do you mean the MSFS joystick calibration setting X/Y axis?

Greetings Folks,

 

First post here at Avsim apart from over at the Radar Contact forum.

 

Just to let you know that the Dash 8 Q 400 is now available at Simmarket!

 

Be getting this beauty next week! Thanks Majestic for your fine work and effort!

 

Care,

 

Mike

 

 

AP disconnects at random.

I'm glad you've brought this up, Phil. Happened to me several times during the climb-out phase. And like you, I cannot seem to make head or tail of that Control Panel. The figures in there look cut in stone. The tiller accepts no figures.

I'm glad you've brought this up, Phil. Happened to me several times during the climb-out phase. And like you, I cannot seem to make head or tail of that Control Panel. The figures in there look cut in stone. The tiller accepts no figures.

 

Do you run Unlimited or locked framerates?

Only major issue I'm having is with the tiller. I have it set to spoiler axis and am using a joystick. But for some reason full deflection of the joystick axis will only give me about a 75% deflection of the tiller. It took me a while to figure out the problem. Thought she just had a really wide turning circle.

 

Anyone else have or solved this issue?

As per the sample/tutorial flight, I cannot even get TCAS to come on despite pressing LSK8.

 

 

Goto the ARCDU transponder page via exp and hold the lsk 8 for more then 2 seconds ;-)

Although several folk here have said no refunds on download, Martyn has clearly stated he WILL give refunds.

Who is Martyn, and where did he say this? Im afraid Im having too many issues at this point with the Q400 and would like a refund. The graphics though are truly stunning. Its back to the NGX and AXE for me. I may revisit the Q400 down the line sometime, and truly wish Majestic prosper.

Hi,

 

If you have too large a difference in values between the "MAX" and "DETENT" engine settings in the Control Panel, you could be going past the DETENT (FADEC managed) setting and into MAX (Non FADEC managed I believe).

 

What I have done, is set MAX and DETENT to the same value (1000 lower than the maximum value on my axis range) and now when I push the throttle full forward I get proper managed power, without the 'overs'.

 

OR,

 

Keep the "MAX" and "DETENT" values quite far apart, and when pushing the throttle forward, make sure you stop at the "Detent" areas, and you won't get 'over-torques'.

Could you post an example? Where do I find these number for my hardware (CH Throttles) from FSUIPC? The document says to get values from hardware but nothing about where to get them.

 

Thanks

Hmm I heard the radar was based off real weather and not clouds. Maybe they didn't pull it off after all.

 

This is similar to my understanding.  I believe it is/was supposed to take the METAR at a local station and extrapolate what should be seen on a WXR.  Presumeably this would only involve the cloud and precipitation sections of the METAR.  I have not made many flights yet (mostly playing around on the ground), but my observation so far has been that the display seems to relate best to clouds in the area. 

 

It would be best if the algorithm considered coverage density, type of cloud (i.e. dense with lots of water or thin and wispy without much) and precipitation.  It may consider this.  While I've never seen cumulous clouds yet on the WXR, I am seeing low atlitude scattered clouds, which I typically would not expect to see return on a WXR. 

 

All said and done though, I need more experimenting to figure out what's happening here.

 

Hi,

 

If you have too large a difference in values between the "MAX" and "DETENT" engine settings in the Control Panel, you could be going past the DETENT (FADEC managed) setting and into MAX (Non FADEC managed I believe).

 

What I have done, is set MAX and DETENT to the same value (1000 lower than the maximum value on my axis range) and now when I push the throttle full forward I get proper managed power, without the 'overs'.

 

OR,

 

Keep the "MAX" and "DETENT" values quite far apart, and when pushing the throttle forward, make sure you stop at the "Detent" areas, and you won't get 'over-torques'.

 

I'd be curious to hear other's methods of dealing with the detent positions.  I'm currently using your second method to keep the "RATING" and "MAX" far appart and this works ok.  How do you get MAX with your first method if  you need it?  I know there aren't many situations, but I'd still like to know I can get there if I need to.

 

Where I need a more elegant solution is for sperating "DISC" and "REVERSE".  I find it very easy to back the throttles off while taxiing, passing DISC and into REVERSE without realizing it.  I wish there was a more audible que of falling in to the DISC detent, or some other way to address this.  I currently have DISC far from REVERSE and from FLIGHT IDLE, however this really limits the travel range to control the throttle in flight.

Only major issue I'm having is with the tiller. I have it set to spoiler axis and am using a joystick. But for some reason full deflection of the joystick axis will only give me about a 75% deflection of the tiller. It took me a while to figure out the problem. Thought she just had a really wide turning circle.

 

Anyone else have or solved this issue?

 

Under the Sensitivities and Null Zones tab of the Controller Assignments window in FSX, set your null zone for that axis to zero. You will have full control of the tiller after that. 

I think operating throttles without looking at those are tricky and confusing.

Maybe in future service pack developer can add some small feature same as Caravelle for FS9 had.

Somewhere in convenient place small digital representation of throttle position can be added.

For example "0" will be for "Disc" position.

When u move throttle forward digital indication will show increased numbers, for reverse numbers will be shown with minus values.

In this way it will be easy to control throttles and levers position without moving ur eye from looking forward.

Worth of considering ? 

One thing that is a bit annoying is that plane is moving jittery on the ground.

When rolling straight everything is ok, but every turn is done in "jitter way".

I have quite capable system but to avoid that i have tried to reduce EFIS screen quality, but no change - still every turn is jitter experience.

 

Strange because other than this, plane is acting really smoothly.

Seems the sound bug does indeed go away if you don't use the flight planner.

 

Does anyone know how to import flight plans though? Have them in fsbuild but don't see how to get them into the native format for this bird.....

 

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Anyone else getting ice detected on every flight? I havent flown through one cloud and am still getting this message