Since I use switches for the battery and alternator, like Honeycomb owners probably do, the autopilot heading moves 10 by 10. I thought this was an old bug that had been fixed long ago...

I noticed this in the Cessna 172 with steam gauges, when trying to set the autopilot heading on the compass gauge.

Did I miss something here?

Additional information:

I found this thread: 

 

It describes the same problem, that many Honeycomb users also have.

I made additional tests and noticed this:

• When I associate a switch to the "Set Alternator" or "Set Battery" command, it works fine, the real switch controls the corresponding switch in the sim, but as soon as the switch is ON, the heading bug increments 10 by 10.
• Using the mouse wheel or mouse button does not change anything.
• If the switch is OFF, the heading works fine, 1 by 1.
• I tried to "simulate" the same behavior by pressing a joystick button and while keeping it depressed, adjusting the heading bug. It works perfect.
• If I associate the joystick button to the "set alternator" command, heading bug fails.

My conclusion: there is a problem with the "set" commands. I'm afraid there is no easy solution here, except reporting the bug...

 

Hi, Rocky. It's a known issue with Flight Simulator, been reported a thousand times but I don't recall ever seeing anything about a fix being in the works, sadly.

FSUIPC can be used as a workaround but I'd prefer to see the problem fixed.

Nice detective work, mind!

I knew it was a known issue but I thought it was fixed... 

1 hour ago, Rocky said:

I knew it was a known issue but I thought it was fixed... 

Unfortunately it is not. And it’s been so long it’s as if MS is like “ah.. .live with it.”

So I just don’t use that half of my expensive Honeycomb yoke. 😞