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Flaps not working if using AFE ?

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Funny thing is that if using the AFE (Artificial Flight Engineer) for take off and cruise and even landing I cannot put the flaps down at any speed, even if I disengage the AFE. Seems like the flaps are locked. If I do not use the AFE and fly the whole flight manually I can use flaps most anytime. 

Paul Grubich 2017 - Professional texture artist painting virtual aircraft I love.
Be sure to check out my aged cockpits for the A2A B-377, B-17 and Connie at Flightsim.com and Avsim library

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Hydraulic Bypass Control Lever?

 

Robert Toten

Edited by randomTOTEN

  • 2 months later...
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With the new update flap lever goes up and down but no animation on outside flaps.

Paul Grubich 2017 - Professional texture artist painting virtual aircraft I love.
Be sure to check out my aged cockpits for the A2A B-377, B-17 and Connie at Flightsim.com and Avsim library

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  • 1 month later...
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Still no luck. 

Paul Grubich 2017 - Professional texture artist painting virtual aircraft I love.
Be sure to check out my aged cockpits for the A2A B-377, B-17 and Connie at Flightsim.com and Avsim library

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Paul,

It's been a while since I've flown the DC-6 in P3D...even longer since I've flown it with the AFE. If I recall, one of the tasks of the AFE on climb is to close the Hydraulic Bypass Control Lever as Robert has mentioned above.

If you disable the AFE, you will still have to activate the hydraulics (pressure) manually to get activation of the flaps/landing gear.

As Robert questioned above, is the Hydraulic Valve/Lever in the correct position?

https://forum.pmdg.com/forum/main-forum/pmdg-dc-6-cloudmaster-forum/137337-hydraulic-system-pressure

This is a wonderful plane to master without the AFE...good luck to you!

Rob

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All fixed now , had to delete and reinstall. Thanks for all the comments. 

Paul Grubich 2017 - Professional texture artist painting virtual aircraft I love.
Be sure to check out my aged cockpits for the A2A B-377, B-17 and Connie at Flightsim.com and Avsim library

i-5vbvgq6-S.png

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