4 minutes ago, ckyliu said:

You probably had a lot of side slip during the low speed, high power regime - well that or a busy right foot, do you usually monitor the side slip indicator? Q400 pilots typically apply one needle width of right rudder trim prior to takeoff so it's less of a handful, and progressively back that off as they accelerate into the climb and then cruise phases of flight.

I always watch the side slip indicator, always lines up perfectly, and of course like any aircraft I fly in real life, I make sure flight is coordinated with rudder application as needed. 

 

1 hour ago, ckyliu said:

You probably had a lot of side slip during the low speed, high power regime - well that or a busy right foot, do you usually monitor the side slip indicator? Q400 pilots typically apply one needle width of right rudder trim prior to takeoff so it's less of a handful, and progressively back that off as they accelerate into the climb and then cruise phases of flight.

Correct. It's odd flying the Majestic Q400 without setting the rudder trim: the Majestic Q400 is the plane I flew the most in P3D and setting the rudder trim was even part of the 'to do list' I made for that plane. You had to watch it all the time. Which is something I am going to like about the Kodiak: it keeps you busy like the Q400 did! 🙂

18 minutes ago, tup61 said:

Correct. It's odd flying the Majestic Q400 without setting the rudder trim: the Majestic Q400 is the plane I flew the most in P3D and setting the rudder trim was even part of the 'to do list' I made for that plane. You had to watch it all the time. Which is something I am going to like about the Kodiak: it keeps you busy like the Q400 did! 🙂

I had about 1200 hours in the Majestic Q400, I never set the rudder trim on takeoff. Just some right rudder was all I needed. 

5 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

I had about 1200 hours in the Majestic Q400, I never set the rudder trim on takeoff. Just some right rudder was all I needed. 

That’s probably due to the flight model limitations they used to inject into p3d, from what I recall majestic used an external flight model program. I understand this way is more realistic but I would assume still so much you can do with what the base code allows? Someone correct me if I’m wrong. 

Edited December 23, 20214 yr by Ridvan Celik

55 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

I had about 1200 hours in the Majestic Q400, I never set the rudder trim on takeoff. Just some right rudder was all I needed. 

The Q400 is a totally different plane, since its a multi engine aircraft you aren't going to need much if any rudder to keep on the centreline (depending on the wind). With a multi engine aircraft you don't have the same asymmetric thrust or slipstream effect as you would with a single engine plane such as the kodiak, which is why a lot more rudder input/trim Is needed with the kodiak than the Q400

@karlow17 That would be the case, but on the Q400 both propellers spin in the same direction with nearly 10,000 shp total. So you need a bootfull of rudder.

in the Kodiak you get more of a torque effect (relatively speaking) because the engine is down the centreline of the aircraft, but the propwash is a huge factor on the Q400.

Edited December 23, 20214 yr by ckyliu

Does anyone know how to get rid of the green ENGINLETARM message?

11 hours ago, Dominique_K said:

Get the Orbx mesh then. Really worth it.

I certainly will. Impressed with the area it covers and I already own the NZ mesh, which I'm happy with.

2 hours ago, Ricardo41 said:

Does anyone know how to get rid of the green ENGINLETARM message?

That’s in red, correct?  I have the same question.

The Kodiak does have 750 HP and is lighter than an early war Spitfire so whilst not actually a warbird in some ways you should expect similar behaviour.

meanwhile, this looks interesting ... yes pricey but knowing Ryan probably very thorough and comprehensive

https://kodiak-training.teachable.com/p/kodiak-simulator-training

 

Edited December 24, 20214 yr by Glenn Fitzpatrick

9 hours ago, regis9 said:

That’s in red, correct?  I have the same question.

No, it's in green. 

Ahh ok I’m thinking the green one is meant to stay on but really not sure, that’s one section of the manual that is a bit thin.

The red message I’m thinking of stays on when the surface de-ice is on.

I love this bird, I mean really love it. But I'm wondering if my impressions of the flight dynamics are fair, or whether others feel it is 100% realistic. IMO, it feels a little too 'wobbly' in flight, I think that's the best way to describe it, particularly in the yaw axis. If  this resembles the RL aircraft then fine, but I would be surprised. Waddya fink?

Edited December 24, 20214 yr by Rockliffe

28 minutes ago, Rockliffe said:

I love this bird, I mean really love it. But I'm wondering if my impressions of the flight dynamics are fair, or whether others feel it is 100% realistic. IMO, it feels a little too 'wobbly' in flight, I think that's the best way to describe it, particularly in the yaw axis. If  this resembles the RL aircraft then fine, but I would be surprised. Waddya fink?

There is a fix on the way, wait until you get the fix and see how it handles. 

5 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

There is a fix on the way, wait until you get the fix and see how it handles. 

That's good news, thanks