Santa, the cheap so-and-so, didn't leave me that winning lottery ticket I asked him for. So instead of buying a real one for $4 million, I had to settle for buying the Flight 1 Pilatus PC-12 for $26.95. :)It's a really neat add-on, I like it a lot--great exterior and cockpit, and an interesting flight model, amazing STOL capability. But I've got a couple of questions that, after RingTFM, I couldn't quite figure out, sooo...- OK, I'm pushing 40, and wearing glasses, but I didn't think I was going THAT blind. Where's the prop lever? I see the throttle, the condition lever, the flaps lever, and some "manual override" lever that causes the throttle to do weird things when I move it. But there's no prop lever. The keyboard commands CTRL-F1 to CTRL-F4 work, of course, but if there's no prop lever there, what am I supposed to do, just hit CTRL-F4, park it at 1700 rpm, and leave it? Or should I not even use the prop controls, is there some sort of automatic mechanism there?- Speaking of the condition lever, I'm used to flying the Aeroworx King Air B200 and following the recommendation of leaving the condition levers in low idle, about 40%. The PC-12's is labeled "GROUND IDLE" partway up, and "FLIGHT IDLE" at 100%. Does the condition lever on this particular plane stay at 100% in flight?Lewis "Moose" GregoryRichmond, Virginia

No prop lever on this aircraft. It's automated. Yes, stick it to max and let the sim handle it. The tutorial tells you when to stick the ground idle lever to flight model. It goes there before take off and stays there.The Aeroworx King Air is NOT the ideal introduction to the Pilatus Everything that is manual on the KA is automated in the PC-12. Certification for single-pilot ops and thirty years apart in design terms, you see!Allcott

Thanks, Allcott. I hadn't checked the tutorial, only the reference manual. That solved the ground idle/flight idle problem easily enough!I'm still a bit confused on the prop control (or lack thereof), I'll admit. If I go by the tutorial, and never touch ctrl-F1 through ctrl-F4, the plane takes off and flies quite nicely with the prop only turning 1275 rpm, which seems awful low for a PT6 installation. With the prop at full fine (ctrl-F4), it's turning a more reasonable 1700 rpm, fuel flow goes up, and the plane's got a bit more oomph to it as you'd expect. So, I guess I'll just not mess with the prop keys at all and leave it at 1275 rpm, or maybe bump it slightly so I get some animation (the prop is "frozen" at both ctrl-F1 and ctrl-F4 settings).It's a fascinating plane. I really love the way it handles, so easy and smooth to fly and land, yet such a powerful performer. The VC is a dog on my slowish system, at least in terms of texture loading, but once they're loaded it's not that bad.Lewis "Moose" GregoryRichmond, Virginia

The prop lever should be set to full (1700rpm) and left there. If you're seeing 1275rpm at anything other than above-idle YOu have 2 separate systems fighting for control over the prop speed at the moment. Not good!Allcott

Allcot,I'll grant you that the Aeroworx King Air isn't an ideal introduction to the Pilatus...but the B200 is most definitely certificated for single pilot ops. In fact, one of the reasons Aeroworx chose to do the B200 is that at 12,500 Max Takeoff Weight, it's one of the largest aircraft that can be realistically flown (single pilot) without an addon such as FS2Crew. Best Regards,Kurt "Yoda" Kalbfleisch