Kodiak Review Thread

[sd_flyer 6,042]

I have been in icing conditions several times and other than windshield and windows  visually I didn't see it anywhere else on the airframe. However, I noticed Kodiak behavior changes due to structural icing even though I couldn't see it. So If you guys able to get wing iced up please let me know. May be my icing experience wasn't  hardcore enough!

[Rene_Feijen 125]

A silly question: just in front in the middle near the front window is a device with green led lights, is that a seat height reference?  And is it supposed to work? I only see lights when moving very close to it (also the autopilot button lights appear only when closer than where I sit in VR)

[Bobsk8 12,730]

8 minutes ago, Rene_Feijen said:

A silly question: just in front in the middle near the front window is a device with green led lights, is that a seat height reference?  And is it supposed to work? I only see lights when moving very close to it (also the autopilot button lights appear only when closer than where I sit in VR)

That is an angle of attack indicator, moving from green into yellow mean angle of attack is increasing, red means you are approaching stall. 

[Tektolnes 184]

23 minutes ago, Rene_Feijen said:

I only see lights when moving very close to it (

There's a problem it seems with the light distance visibility for one or two things. The oxygen lights also disappear when the view is back a bit. 

[Rene_Feijen 125]

11 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

That is an angle of attack indicator, moving from green into yellow mean angle of attack is increasing, red means you are approaching stall. 

Aha, never saw red, only green 2 or 3 dots, or a green dotted cross, Strange that is nowhere mentioned in the manual. Also not in a real world manual I found.

Edited January 5, 2022 by Rene_Feijen

[SAS443 1,723]

2 hours ago, Rene_Feijen said:

Aha, never saw red, only green 2 or 3 dots, or a green dotted cross, Strange that is nowhere mentioned in the manual. Also not in a real world manual I found.

I believe that AoA indicator is from the company Safe Flight. So it's an aftermarket installation (also includes a separate stall warning vane).

That's why you would not find it in a real Kodiak Manual, because it's not part of standard equipment.

[RobF2 150]

Thanks SAS443.  More info here:

Initially assumed  it was a seat positioning thing, then realised it was changing in flight and wondered if was an AoA indexer - F16 style lights was first thing that sprung to mind - good to see this sort of tech in general aviation (albeit std in the A5 too)

 

[Bobsk8 12,730]

5 hours ago, Rene_Feijen said:

Aha, never saw red, only green 2 or 3 dots, or a green dotted cross, Strange that is nowhere mentioned in the manual. Also not in a real world manual I found.

Pull the power off, and raise the pitch to around 15 degrees, and you will see the red light come on right before the stall. 

Edited January 5, 2022 by Bobsk8

[Bobsk8 12,730]

2 hours ago, RobF2 said:

Thanks SAS443.  More info here:

Initially assumed  it was a seat positioning thing, then realised it was changing in flight and wondered if was an AoA indexer - F16 style lights was first thing that sprung to mind - good to see this sort of tech in general aviation (albeit std in the A5 too)

 

The Icon aircraft has an AOA gauge as standard equipment. 

[Rene_Feijen 125]

2 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

Pull the power off, and raise the pitch to around 15 degrees, and you will see the red light come on right before the stall. 

Will try!

[Stoopy 1,571]

7 hours ago, RobF2 said:

Thanks SAS443.  More info here:

Initially assumed  it was a seat positioning thing, then realised it was changing in flight and wondered if was an AoA indexer - F16 style lights was first thing that sprung to mind - good to see this sort of tech in general aviation (albeit std in the A5 too)

 

Aside from its primary function as an AoA indicator, it can also be employed as a makeshift level bombing sight similar to what's shown in this video. Just use the indicator LED's for targeting height alignment prior to jettisoning the cargo pod contents over the objective.

 

[Bobsk8 12,730]

Want to test out your Bush piloting skills..  Download these Bush strips that the Missionary Pilot uses.  Program a flight from AYDY to AYYZ. You will have to do this in MSFS, because these airports won't show up on Skyvector or Simbrief. Just do a GPS from one to the other. Good luck on departure. 

 

https://flightsim.to/file/18898/png-bush-strips-mega-pack-su5

[ParaMan 53]

On 1/5/2022 at 4:48 AM, sd_flyer said:

I have been in icing conditions several times and other than windshield and windows  visually I didn't see it anywhere else on the airframe. However, I noticed Kodiak behavior changes due to structural icing even though I couldn't see it. So If you guys able to get wing iced up please let me know. May be my icing experience wasn't  hardcore enough!

It's the same for me here. I don't get any ice build up at all, regardless of the condition, clouds, etc.

[sd_flyer 6,042]

1 hour ago, ParaMan said:

It's the same for me here. I don't get any ice build up at all, regardless of the condition, clouds, etc.

I talked to developers they set in developer version the tested with weather preset and it was iced up from top to bottom. Perhaps it's live weather problem at the moment. In any ways if you guys let developer  know I think it's what a better good. They may contact Asobo and let them know.

[ParaMan 53]

6 minutes ago, sd_flyer said:

I talked to developers they set in developer version the tested with weather preset and it was iced up from top to bottom. Perhaps it's live weather problem at the moment. In any ways if you guys let developer  know I think it's what a better good. They may contact Asobo and let them know.

Yeah it's not a huge problem for me at the moment cause I fly mostly in Australia. If it's still an issue after the next update it'll look into it more then. Live weather doesn't seem to be an issue for me though.