January 13, 20179 yr Just started to wrestle with this impressive beast and it is loads of fun! Couple of quick questions: Having difficulty with directional control on take off. How do you guys manage a nice smooth takeoff? Having difficulty capturing the glideslope. Had to hand fly my last landing. Autopilot captured the localizer OK. Should I have pressed the GS button on the autopilot? Small item. Where is the cockpit/panel light switch? Thanks for any help! Al Al Kaupa Digital Storm purchased 8/17/2011; Win7x64: Asus P8P67 Deluxe; Intel i7 2600K@3,9 GHZ; nVidia GTX 560Ti; 8GB DDR3 1600 Corsair Dominator; Power Corsair HX 750W; Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD; 300GB WD VelociRaptor; 1TB Seagate.
January 13, 20179 yr Hi Al, Welcome aboard - just about everyone that tries this bird comes to love it... Directional Control - when lined up for takeoff - do you have your "Steering" button enabled ? It controls the nose wheel - if properly enabled (button on center console between the seats) - you should have a green light on the indicator panel - the sim disables this around 40 KIAS on your takeoff run as the rudder starts to have some bite... As soon as you go gear up - you should enable the yaw damper... I find that you should also start decreasing thrust and putting in nose down trim to keep your climb manageable - typically a whopping 4000 FPM to 10K Ft... As you progress - you can start using real world data for setting proper "Takeoff Thrust" and "Climb Thrust" - throttle shouldn't be maxed... Side note on autopilot - you need to press "Altitude Select" before using any of the vertical modes such as "Speed Hold" or "VS Hold"... Yep for a full ILS or LPV approach - you need both NAV Hold (horizontal guidance) and GS Hold (vertical guidance) enabled - preferably before you intercept the glide slope... Panel lights are on the port side panel to the left of the pilot - rotary knobs... Couple more things - you should download and install the improved panel graphics off the FSW website in the paints section... If you have a paid version of FSUIPC - you should PM Al (ark) in this forum and request his LUA scripts as they allow you to assign buttons to all the autopilot functions and other essentials - he also has a fix for the for an improper indication on the indicator panel... Enjoy !!! Regards, Scott
January 13, 20179 yr Author Thanks Scott! Looks like I am going to need some practice with this bird. I noticed all the great documentation on this forum for the Lear. I will be doing some reading. I will be posting here again when I have further questions. Al Al Kaupa Digital Storm purchased 8/17/2011; Win7x64: Asus P8P67 Deluxe; Intel i7 2600K@3,9 GHZ; nVidia GTX 560Ti; 8GB DDR3 1600 Corsair Dominator; Power Corsair HX 750W; Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD; 300GB WD VelociRaptor; 1TB Seagate.
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