June 28, 20205 yr Anyone having an issue with the autopilot not engaging? It's set in the pedestal with "ENG" for YD and AP, but when I punch ENG on the glareshield, I get no lights and no AP. The buttons will guide the flight director, but they will not light up, nor will the autopilot control the plane. Thanks
June 28, 20205 yr 6 minutes ago, rightseat said: Anyone having an issue with the autopilot not engaging? It's set in the pedestal with "ENG" for YD and AP, but when I punch ENG on the glareshield, I get no lights and no AP. The buttons will guide the flight director, but they will not light up, nor will the autopilot control the plane. Thanks Did this problem just start? And if so, did you make any changes? I know the latest update of P3Dv5 with HF2 requires the latest updates for the RXP and Flight1 GTNs. Al
June 28, 20205 yr This is just throwing an idea into the mix from outside the box, I don't have the lear, so I apologise if it's dumb. At what altitude do you try and engage the autopilot, below 400 feet say? Is there a real word min altitude in the lear for engaging the autopilot, below which you cannot do so? Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
July 6, 20205 yr Author Thanks for the suggestions, but this isn't a radio issue, this is the actual autopilot that does not engage. I will try a reinstall.
July 6, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, rightseat said: Thanks for the suggestions, but this isn't a radio issue, this is the actual autopilot that does not engage. I will try a reinstall. I'm not completely sure what you mean by engage, but the complaint before the GTN was updated was the a/c would not follow the AP course. I do think trying a reinstall makes sense. Al
July 6, 20205 yr Author Engage in this instance means both the ENG and YD buttons are green on the lower pedestal; however, the autopilot will not "take over" the plane when I hit the ENG button on the glareshield.
July 6, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, rightseat said: Engage in this instance means both the ENG and YD buttons are green on the lower pedestal; however, the autopilot will not "take over" the plane when I hit the ENG button on the glareshield. Does Alt Hold work? Edited July 6, 20205 yr by ark
July 6, 20205 yr Author 11 hours ago, ark said: Does Alt Hold work? No, sir. Using the glareshield buttons will allow the flight director to issue commands on the attitude indicator, but every time I push the ENG button on the glareshield, I get the autopilot disconnect sound.
July 6, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, rightseat said: No, sir. Using the glareshield buttons will allow the flight director to issue commands on the attitude indicator, but every time I push the ENG button on the glareshield, I get the autopilot disconnect sound. Very strange. The ENG button on the center pedestal is just for the Yaw Damper, and the AP should work with or without the Yaw Damper on. Make sure everything is powered up and the AP Master switch is on (located on the lower part of the panel behind the pilot's yoke). I have not been able to reproduce the problem you describe. Did you try uninstalling the Lear, deleting any files in the Lear directory that survived the uninstall, and then reinstalling the Lear? Al Edited July 6, 20205 yr by ark
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