Short version: Co pilot is not taking over the controls.

 

Long version: Uncontrolled airport, requested clearance, got it. Startup procedure, I taxied to runway 18, but there was another aircraft taking off from 26, so I waited patiently until he left (about 3 minutes). By then, there was less than 10 minutes between the time I requested clearance and the time I was ready to roll. So, I applied thrust, get positive climb, retract gear, then I hear the controller telling me I took too long, and RC closes.

 

I figured, I can just reload RC while I'm in the air, load the flight plan and go from there. Didn't have an option to request clearance while flying, so I went through the whole clearance from the ground, taxi to runway 18, take off south, contact center, all is good. I can talk to the controller and request altitude change if I feel like it (tried up and down). However, when I hit Ctrl-Shift-M to pass controls over, I hear "My Plane", but co pilot is actually not controlling aircraft. I have auto-pilot on, alt and hdg selected as I normally have, but still no go.

 

I Ctrl-Shift-M again, hear "Your Plane", do it again "My plane", but still nothing.

 

Any idea why?

 

thanks.

RC4 can only control the a/p of those aircraft that use the standard FS autopilot. It cannot control PMDG and others with sophisticated autopilots.

 

What aircraft were you flying?

Standard FSX DC-3. It has always worked before with this aircraft. Just not this time. So I know it's not the aircraft itself, most likely something I did, but I have no idea what that could be...

Okay, that should be okay. Suggest you reboot and try again. I doubt it is a genuine bug. Probably just a combo of circumstances.

Kindof what I thought.. Just for the heck of it, I'll try and replicate the same situation as before (starting RC while in the air).. but you're probably right, just a weird fluke... thanks Ray!

Hang on. You're starting RC when airborne? You shouldn't be doing that. There will be a whole load of things that are being missed. The only time that's okay is when you're reloading a saved RCD file.

 

Try a flight from/to controlled airports and with your aircraft at a parking location. If that works try from an uncontrolled one but I fail to see why that would make a difference.

 

Have you flown the tutorials?

The only reason why I started RC airborne is because of the problem as described in my original post. I usually don't do that..  I have flown the tutorial when I first got RC a few years ago.. 

Okay. I only asked as you have few AvSim posts so thought you might be a newbie. :-)

Fair assumption.. but no.. Been on FS since the early 90s, and had RC4 pretty much since it came out.. I just never that problem before.. as for AvSim, I've been a lurker for a long long time.. LOL!