September 10, 20205 yr Hi guys, First post here ... long time reader. Pretty sue someone can help me out here. I want to land on very short runway strip while bushflying my Cessna Caravan 208. Wondering... i noticed in the controls that there are REVERSE PROPELLER and REVERSE THROTTLE. Not sure which one should be used as well as how the procedure works. Briefly, i need that little beast to stop as quicly as possible! Some of those short strip deliveries in Alaska give me the chill (Fell in love with OnAir manager :) )
September 10, 20205 yr Welcome, use Reverse Thrust. You have to assign it and then increase the throttle while keep the reverse thrust button pressed (or you have it as toggle), assuming you have a normal thrust lever assigned and not any special reverse lever?! Guenter Steiner -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Betatester for: A2A, LORBY, FSR-Pillow Tester --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
September 10, 20205 yr Commercial Member 40 minutes ago, Frag said: Wondering... i noticed in the controls that there are REVERSE PROPELLER and REVERSE THROTTLE. Not sure which one should be used as well as how the procedure works. Briefly, i need that little beast to stop as quicly as possible! Hi! Assign TOGGLE THROTTLE REVERSE THRUST to any joystick button. To use toggle function - push assigned button and move Throttle on your Joystick FWD and in a same time 'in-cockpit" throttle lever will move AFT.
September 10, 20205 yr Asobo have also Misnamed the Reverse propellor assignment for some reason. They should've named that toggle assignment as "Feather Propellor" instead, because that's what the assignment actually does. They've made it very confusing between the two assignments for beginners. So when you shut down the "PT-6" style turbine engine you can then bring the propellor into the feather detent as you would in real life. Edited September 10, 20205 yr by toucanair FAA ATP, CASA ATPL(A), MEIR, NVFR, Type Rated: A320, B747,B737, E120, B1900D/C KA350, Multi Ratings: PA31-350, BE58, C310, PN68, PA44, BE76. Checked out on: C210, R114, C206, PA28, C172, C152. Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-7900X CPU @ 3.30GHz (20 CPUs), ~3.3GHzMemory: 64MB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, Multi Monitor.
September 10, 20205 yr Author Ha ok it does make a lot of sense! Also that feathering thing seems to explain the issue. Cant wait to tried it on later on tonight. You guys are really helpful, thanks a lot! I am more used to F5 and F16, i am a huge DCS sim fan. So these proppelers beasts are a bit unknown to me and love the new challenge 🙂 CANT WAIT for someome to come with a strong C130. Wish Captain sims will do theirs for Fs2020!
September 18, 20205 yr I have my throttle quad mapped to do the reverse thrust, but it doesn't seem to really do anything. I can see the lever move into reverse, and hear the sound difference, but it doesn't seem to slow the plane down at all. Am I missing something else here?
September 18, 20205 yr 55 minutes ago, JerryT87 said: I have my throttle quad mapped to do the reverse thrust, but it doesn't seem to really do anything. I can see the lever move into reverse, and hear the sound difference, but it doesn't seem to slow the plane down at all. Am I missing something else here? Rev thrust assing to a OSM explained it quite well. Rev thrust to an axes wont do it. Must be toggled if I understand. Edited September 18, 20205 yr by Adrian123
September 18, 20205 yr Yep. I have the toggle set up, and then the throttle goes into reverse, but nothing my seems to happen then. Its sounds like reverse thrust.
September 18, 20205 yr Just now, JerryT87 said: Yep. I have the toggle set up, and then the throttle goes into reverse, but nothing my seems to happen then. Its sounds like reverse thrust. Are you moving your throttle lever forward to increase reverse thrust?
September 18, 20205 yr Yep. I tried it a few more times, and it may be working. I do seem to slow down a bit quicker. Maybe I'm just thinking it would be more pronounced. 🙂
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