Just did my very first flight in this aircraft since I purchased it when QW had a sale, ages ago. Only snag, despite using the defaults F7-F8, the flaps refuse to budge.

Is there something right under my nose with this particular aircraft that I am missing? Those F7-F8 settings work perfectly in other aircraft, viz. PMDG, Majestic, FSL Carenedo, CS, etc, etc

This issue with the flaps, as I recall, was identified a couple of years ago. There was a patch to fix it. Are you current with the patches?

@JRMurray Thank you for that reply. I was beginning to wonder, was I day-dreaming? Glad somebody else was aware of this too.

No, (a)I did not know there was was a Patch for that flaps issue, and (b) do not have it. So, I'll go looking for it at Quality Wings website now. Maybe now I will begin to really enjoy this aircraft at last.

Hope it works out, Rick. I recall having the same problem, and the patch fixed it. Might have been around 2018 or so.

Thanks. Just downloaded it.

You were so right, Joel, as my existing QW BAe 146 installation file was version 1.4 whereas that Patch you pointed me towards, is v 1.5. Safely installed now. Fingers crossed no more silly nonsense. Best part of it all----what a hoot---is the Quick Start Guide pdf is so well scripted yet the most essential part of any aircraft be it a 747 to a Tiger Moth, is the Flaps, and that they dismally failed on😡

Joel, just out of interest, why does the BAe146-300 model, not the RJ70-100 variants, not have anywhere to dial in the IAS,the VNAV, or LNAV or Heading ,or Level Change dials in the MCP?

Am I missing something? Thanks.

Hi, Rick. The manual mentions that the 146-100 and -200 cockpits are fully analog, and th -300 is "simple EFIS." The RJ series are "full EFIS." That's probably the difference between the types. My guess, then, would be that the 146 series have less automation than the RJ series.

Thanks, Joel. One more pick of your brain, why is that the RJ100 ND does not show the Approach Runway ILS or the runway for that matter. Tied to land at LGSK(SKiathos) at night, but instead of LNAV vectoring me in correctly to the Runway heading which was 008, instead from a course of 133, it took me directly above LGSK with no time to prepare for the approach to Rwy01, so that was bit of a disaster after a 2:30hr flight at night from EBBR(Brussels)

Sorry, Rick. I don't know. I haven't flown the RJ100 for quite some time.

No sweat. Thanks for the reply anyway.

On 5/5/2020 at 2:00 PM, vc10man said:

Thanks, Joel. One more pick of your brain, why is that the RJ100 ND does not show the Approach Runway ILS or the runway for that matter. Tied to land at LGSK(SKiathos) at night, but instead of LNAV vectoring me in correctly to the Runway heading which was 008, instead from a course of 133, it took me directly above LGSK with no time to prepare for the approach to Rwy01, so that was bit of a disaster after a 2:30hr flight at night from EBBR(Brussels)

You did better than me, loading TLA arrival into Edinburgh and it tried to send me 2500nm in the wrong direction, that's with the latest NavData !

 

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10 minutes ago, Gazzareth said:

You did better than me, loading TLA arrival into Edinburgh and it tried to send me 2500nm in the wrong direction, that's with the latest NavData !

 

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Not quite sure despite the Quality Wings name to this aircraft, if it does not not  fail on some ND aspects. The last thing I wanted in the middle of the night, landing at Skiathos, was having to hunt for the runway in pitch darkness. And like you, I have the latest Airac Cycle.

Not a QW Forum member, so, may park up this aircraft, again🤣

10 minutes ago, vc10man said:

Not quite sure despite the Quality Wings name to this aircraft, if it does not not  fail on some ND aspects. The last thing I wanted in the middle of the night, landing at Skiathos, was having to hunt for the runway in pitch darkness. And like you, I have the latest Airac Cycle.

Not a QW Forum member, so, may park up this aircraft, again🤣

Shame, unlikely to get fixed because it is so old. Love it for it's short field abilities, just need to keep an eye on the strange things the FMS does !!

 

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40 minutes ago, Gazzareth said:

Shame, unlikely to get fixed because it is so old. Love it for it's short field abilities, just need to keep an eye on the strange things the FMS does !!

 

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Tend to agree with you that QW have more or less ditched this old generation aircraft and concentrate on their 787 sales, but even then, I refuse to buy any more of their products because they are half-baked at the end of the day. You only have to look in here to see so many bugs and issues with it. Bit like CS, release to cash in never-mind- the- quality-feel-the-width(sorry about the intended pun!!🤣)

Edited May 7, 20206 yr by vc10man