5 minutes ago, Treetops45 said:

Thanks, I'll digest this.

BTW, when I load up the flight, it sits as a trike on the runway, when I hit the Yellow Fly button, it becomes a tail dragger!

Any one else get that?

T45

No. Check your Load Sheet. Your C of G sounds well Aft of where it should be. What's your PAX and Cargo? Review that.

Just now, Treetops45 said:

Thanks, I'll digest this.

BTW, when I load up the flight, it sits as a trike on the runway, when I hit the Yellow Fly button, it becomes a tail dragger!

Any one else get that?

T45

You can get that if you don't watch the loadout. Make sure you've not got something like this going on:

Since that will lead to this:

 

CG was in the middle of the range, but I'll watch for that.

However, the 1st download  froze at the end & I went into MSFS & the Seneca was in the line up. So I flew it.

I deleted it after the tail dragger situation & have re downloaded, now it is getting antsy in the decompression stage.

The time I had it in the air was enjoyable.😀

MSFS Marketplace - a challenge at every turn.💥

T45

Hello everyone,

There is a prop sync switch and a button below it that changes to a bluish kind of color when pressed. Could someone explain when and how to use it,  and does it have any affect in the sim ? Thanks,

 

20 minutes ago, knmanyffw said:

Hello everyone,

There is a prop sync switch and a button below it that changes to a bluish kind of color when pressed. Could someone explain when and how to use it,  and does it have any affect in the sim ? Thanks,

 

Yep, it's a good button. Just press it when established in the cruise when you're leaned/ RPM is where you want it and everything's good and it's function is to synchronise the prop RPM between the two engines and harmonise them.

After you hit it it should switch off again after a few seconds (listen out for the audible cue - as the engine revs synchronise) and all is well.

The reason; it's primary purpose is to cancel the "out of beat' with one another that the engines can generate and cause discomfort to the ear. There is also a case to argue that out of sync vibrations through the airframe may be the cause of premature metal fatigue - but this is not proved.

Simply do it as best practice Captain, and with this particular aircraft - once you're "In Sync" the engine sounds are wonderful - so that's as good a reason as any.

Edited May 2, 20215 yr by Will Fly For Cheese

2 minutes ago, Will Fly For Cheese said:

Yep, it's a good button. Just press it when established in the cruise when you're leaned/ RPM is where you want it and everything's good and it's function is to synchronise the prop RPM between the two engines and harmonise them.

After you hit it it should switch off again after a few seconds (listen out for the audible cue - as the engine revs synchronise) and all is well.

The reason; it's primary purpose is to cancel the "out of beat' with one another that the engines can generate and cause discomfort to the ear. There is also a case to argue that out of sync vibrations through the airframe may be the cause of premature metal fatigue - but this is not proved.

Simply do it as best practice Captain, and with this particular aircraft - once you're "In Sync" the engine sounds are wonderful - so that's as good a reason as any.

Are you aware if the E1 & E2 rpm's have to first be within a certain differential range before they will sync? Or will it work no matter how far part they are?...not that it matters to me, just curious really.

9 minutes ago, hangar said:

Are you aware if the E1 & E2 rpm's have to first be within a certain differential range before they will sync? Or will it work no matter how far part they are?...not that it matters to me, just curious really.

With this particular airframe from Carenado it works pretty close within a couple of hundred revs of each other. Pretty much real world. Try and Sync them when their parameters are widely prevaricating and it won't do it.

I haven't paid too much attention so far - get your blue levers set right and without too much of a cross wind at cruise and you won't really notice it too much anyway. It's a small detail but it is modelled. 

Edited May 2, 20215 yr by Will Fly For Cheese

Despite Marketplace insisting the Seneca wasn't installed, the 2nd installation was successful.

I think the C of G needs to be forward of the midpoint within the Front & Rear  C of G range.

Doing that had it sitting correctly on the U/C & devoid of porpoiseing in the air.

Solid flyer, worth the price.

T45

 

Does it come with a manual? 

Karl

29 minutes ago, kaha said:

Does it come with a manual? 

Karl

It comes with a Documentation Folder containing 4 or 5 .pdf files that are extracts from the POH with pertinent Performance Tables/ Graphs/ Checklists and General Information that will allow you a fairly could crack at flying it. Usual with Carenado.

Grab the POH for the V here;

http://www.flyace.at/media/Handbuch_senecaV_FMW.pdf

Slightly less boring and more Checklist orientated version here;

http://www.langleyflyingschool.com/PDF Documents/LFS PA-34 SOPs Dec 08 (2).pdf

 

Climbing out of Oamaru, NZ.

T45

 

6 hours ago, Dillon said:

I hope we can now put to rest all the unfounded hate for this developer.  

I’m not sure we’ve you’ve been the last 10 years, but I’m guessing it isn’t in the flight simulator world. 
 

I made the mistake of purchasing quite a LOT of their products in fsx many years ago. They’ll never get another dollar from me. 
 

My fault as I never read the about us section on their website.

[Our goal is bringing to the people high quality products that are capable of recreate a simplified flight experience simulation but very close to reality. 
 

Simplified indeed....

9 hours ago, Doug47 said:

I’m not sure we’ve you’ve been the last 10 years, but I’m guessing it isn’t in the flight simulator world. 
 

I made the mistake of purchasing quite a LOT of their products in fsx many years ago. They’ll never get another dollar from me. 
 

My fault as I never read the about us section on their website.

[Our goal is bringing to the people high quality products that are capable of recreate a simplified flight experience simulation but very close to reality. 
 

Simplified indeed....

They've never been study level but decent just the same. They actually exceed that tag line you quoted especially with this latest rendition of the Seneca in FS2020.  I skipped FSX because that sim was a hog on day one and never ran right even on later hardware.  The development of that sim had future hardware requirements totally wrong when it came to CPU multi-core versus dual core.  The tweaking requirement was the worst we've seen in the hobby.  Then came P3D.  It was better based on FSX code requiring an insane hardware requirement for things like the video card.  What you got in return was not that much different from FSX but it was more stable.  Much of the aircraft I purchased from Carenado was for FS9.  So yes you could say I've been under a rock for the most part until now as I wanted a platform first and foremost to run decently let alone the add-ons on top of it.  Carenado has always delivered.  Even today all their birds to me are decent and look great.  The Arrow has it's place right along side the JF version.  Both are two different generation of the Arrow and the nuances of both are nothing more than you would see in the real world.  What Carenado is doing now is outstanding for FS2020 especially looking at what's in store in their hanger.  I can't wait for most of those birds to be transferred to FS2020. It's the same as looking at FlightBeam's and FlyTampa's offerings and wanting to see those renditions in FS2020.  The new sim makes things shine more than what we saw in older versions of Flight Simulator.  So with a new well running sim (advanced features, supported, and taking advantage of the latest hardware) much of this stuff will shine more than we saw before.  Carenado has way too many amazing titles to sit back and judge them on past mistakes or oversites.  I'd rather look at how bad FSX was in general versus holding anything over our add-on developers.  We need our community to advance this hobby and keep elevating the standard.  We wouldn't have the quality of the default planes in FS2020 if it weren't for the standard developers like Dreamfleet, Carenado, and Eaglesoft laid out so many years ago starting with FS9 all the way up to today.

Holding on to sour grapes only get's you left behind... 🧐

Edited May 3, 20215 yr by Dillon

11 hours ago, Doug47 said:

I’m not sure we’ve you’ve been the last 10 years, but I’m guessing it isn’t in the flight simulator world. 
 

I made the mistake of purchasing quite a LOT of their products in fsx many years ago. They’ll never get another dollar from me. 
 

My fault as I never read the about us section on their website.

[Our goal is bringing to the people high quality products that are capable of recreate a simplified flight experience simulation but very close to reality. 
 

Simplified indeed....

What you had to do with Carenado's FSX/P3D offerings, was carefully pick and choose. Some of their stuff was appallingly bad, but the majority of their products were fairly nice, relatively inexpensive good-lookers which make a reasonable stab at replicating the real thing within the boundaries of the price they are. Things such as their Beech D18 and Cessna Skymaster. If you kept that in mind when looking at potential purchases, they tended to do what they said on the tin and didn't disappoint.

What really was the issue with their stuff, was silly little errors which had been missed in beta-testing and which then never got addressed post-release because they were too busy moving on to the next product. Often it was left to users to fix these things themselves and so this does indeed warrant a lot of criticism.

If in the past you found yourself on the receiving end of this malarkey by having been unfortunate enough to have ended up with more of their turkeys than their winners, then it is understandable that you'd have a less than shining opinion of Carenado, and you would in no way have been alone in that opinion either, but what seems to be occurring these days with MSFS, is an attempt to up their game in terms of modeling, features and most importantly, response to fixing things. A good example of this is how fast they got the flaps fix out for their PA28, which was indeed so fast that I felt compelled to do an update to my video review of their product just to be fair to them, and the problem wasn't even their fault either, it was caused by an update to the sim itself.

I've bought literally every MSFS offering they've put out and not really been disappointed with any of them, and you won't find anyone more scathing about what a P.O.S. their FSX/P3D Cessna 441 Conquest II was than me (that is literally the worst flight simulator aeroplane product I have ever bought, it is utter garbage and their product support for it was appalling too), but with MSFS, they do seem to be scoring many more hits than misses and so holding on to long-held disparaging views is perhaps not the best way to be with them of late because it seems a leopard can indeed change its spots. 

Having said that, they do only have themselves to blame for any trouble they may have in shaking off such a reputation with long-term flight simmers, but if you dip your toe in the water with either this thing or their Mooney M20 Ovation for MSFS, you might be inclined to at least begin to start forgiving them for their past misdemeanours when you see how enjoyable and usable they are, particularly for the price they come at.

Edited May 3, 20215 yr by Chock

7 minutes ago, Chock said:

 

I agree Chock. I hope they bring the Navajo to MSFS. I found that quite good in P3D and if they stick to what they're doing in MSFS it would be a welcome addition. Most of their steam gauge stuff was pretty good.