Hi there,

 

I just bought this marvelous aircraft but I am having issues regarding the calibration and setup of my hardware via CP as per documentation.

I managed to fly a pattern without calibration so my axes seems to be recocgnise by the software.

However, when opening the CP with FSX and Q400 running in background, the calibration values does not change when moving hardware. My understanding is that I should able to read "live" the values corresponding to my hardware position so as to set it up...Am I wrong?

 

I managed to get values by going back to the game, move hardware, go back to CP to read the new value and do that each time...Is that the way i nees to do this?

 

Thanks for your help,

 

Best regards,

 

Pierre Laine

   You have the right idea. To make it a bit easier, try running fsx in windowed mode, and re-size, so that the control panel will fit beside it on the same screen.

When you move your throttles, you should see the value in the position box, change accordingly.

Regards, Craig.

So do you move yoke and then see what value that indicates in MJ CP then place that value in FSUIPC? Sorry to interrupt. Wayne

 

 

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Hi,

 

In fact, it was just a setting in FSX (un pause between 2 tasks) that prevented me to keep the sim running while looking at CP.

 

Probleme solved then^^

 

Thanks for your help

 

Pierre

@ Pierre, I'm glad you got it sorted. Happy flying.

 

@ Wayne, for the yoke (ail/elev.) axis you don't have to change anything. It is the power, and condition levers that require calibration.

Under the Engine Controls tab, there are input boxes for each axis; power levers and condition levers.

Under each axis there are 5 boxes: (Power levers =PL) Position, Max, Detent, Idle, Disc, and Reverse.

When you move a PL(I'm assuming you have 2) the value in the position box will change. By placing your PL (physical PL not the one in the sim) in the position you want it for reverse, take note of the value in the position box and enter it into the box labeled Reverse. Do the same for Disc, Idle, Detent, and Max.

You use this same procedure for each axis.

Hope this helps.

  Cheers, Craig.

Cheers Craig. Appreciated. Wayne.

 

 

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Craig which is the detent position on the PL, is it halfway between DISC and MAX REV ? Thanks Wayne

 

 

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Hi Wayne,

Detent, is the 90% mark on the Q400 quad. For T/O-Cruise, etc. The PL's are placed in the detent position and left there. (In cruise you may have to reduce power to prevent over-speed caused by a strong tailwind).

On take-off, because it is so easy to go past 90%, to full throttle, and over rev the engines, you may want to set the detent value at 100% throttle. To set this: Move your controller to the max position and enter this position value, into the Detent box. For your MAX value enter 69000. This MAX value will prevent over revving the engines. 

(* Just a reminder: FSX with the Q400 loaded, must be running before you can calibrate.)

 

Hope this helps a little. If you have any more questions, Wayne, feel free to ask away. I would be glad to help.

  Cheers, Craig.

Just dowloaded the Dash and after a short "no-manual" flight I discovered the Control Panel. My question: Can use this calibration with Joystick disabled and instead using FSUIPC ?

Just dowloaded the Dash and after a short "no-manual" flight I discovered the Control Panel. My question: Can use this calibration with Joystick disabled and instead using FSUIPC ?

 

Not quite.  Go ahead and assign your controls as you wish in FSUIPC or in FSX, doesn't matter.  For convenience, don't do any fancy calibrations in FSUIPC, just assign the axis.  Then use the Control panel to tell the airplane where the throttle detents are, the control sensitivities and boundaries, etc.   FSUIPC and the Control panel work together perfectly seamlesslessy.  Maybe, if you wanted, you also could calibrate things in FSUIPC too, but the airplane is going to come in and interpret whatever control inputs it's getting based on the parameters you set in the Control Panel. To be more succinct,  I wouldn't create unnecessary complication for yourself by fooling around with such things as calibration curves or throttle synch points on the FSUIPC calibration pages! :lol:

Hate to hi-jack a thread but I though i'd be better than starting a new topic regarding the same subject.
I just want to ask if any of you have touched the sensitivity/null-zone feature inside FSX?
First time I flew the Q400 I was all over the place and I lowered the sensitivity on both ailerons and elevators
and basically put down the nullzone down to zero. But I still feel that the yoke doesn't respond the way
it's supposed to.
It's not catastrophic but it gives me a hard time on the approach and any help regarding this would be appreciated.