Couple questions I was hoping to get some help with on the new Kodiak.

1. engaging the Yaw Dampener doesn’t seem to do anything. in other planes it will adjust the rudder trim to negate any sideslip. I can’t see the YD doing anything at all. How does it work in the Kodiak?

2. The cabin/cockpit temp doesn’t seem to work. In the advert it says the cabin temp is affected by the ambient outside temp and you have to use the heaters or A/C to get the cabin correctly conditioned. However when I load the plane the temp is always at 25c. When I’m flying at 10,000’ and the OAT is -15c and the heaters are off, the cockpit is still 25c. How do you get the temperature systm to work like advertised?

"The SWS Kodiak comes equipped with a detailed ECS as well as simulated heat 
transfer between zones, temperature change from opening the doors and window 
and heat leakage between aircraft and the outside environment"

 

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3. Using the G1000Nxi there are no labels on the engine instruments. This is a weird one, as those seem like critical component information. Is this a bug on my end or a bug in the Kodiak?

Thanks for help with these! Great plane overall just a few things to iron out.

14 minutes ago, dresoccer4 said:

How do you get the temperature systm to work like advertised?

Push the round button at the top with the vertical dash line. It works. Turn off the Auto setting and manually set the temp. 

 

15 minutes ago, dresoccer4 said:

Using the G1000Nxi there are no labels on the engine instruments.

This has nothing to do with the Kodiak. It's an Asobo limitation as of now. Fully documented on the SWS website under FAQ! Also WT are still implementing features on the NXI so it might be incorporated by them.

25 minutes ago, RW1 said:

Push the round button at the top with the vertical dash line. It works. Turn off the Auto setting and manually set the temp. 

hi thanks for your response. I think you're misunderstanding what I'm saying as you can see in my screenshot the cabin temp is 24c even though the ambient air temp is -15c and the heat is off. Therefore the cabin temp should be very cold. You should then have to turn on the heaters to heat up. At least that's how I'm interpreting the official description:

"detailed ECS as well as simulated heat  transfer between zones,
temperature change from opening the doors and window, 
and heat leakage between aircraft and the outside environment"

For the climate controls, they will always display those numbers when the unit is powered off, they mean nothing in the powered off state. Turn both units on and set the desired temperatures you want, click auto for both, and it will control the amount of fan speed needed to maintain your set temperatures. 

53 minutes ago, dresoccer4 said:

hi thanks for your response. I think you're misunderstanding what I'm saying as you can see in my screenshot the cabin temp is 24c even though the ambient air temp is -15c and the heat is off. Therefore the cabin temp should be very cold. You should then have to turn on the heaters to heat up. At least that's how I'm interpreting the official description:

"detailed ECS as well as simulated heat  transfer between zones,
temperature change from opening the doors and window, 
and heat leakage between aircraft and the outside environment"

Something doesn't sound right. Others have reported how well the temp system works, and that just opening the little pilot's window has an effect. And below is what I see for labels on the engine instruments -- there are labels for TRQ, ITT, NP, NG  etc. The only labels that are missing are not engine instruments but the three horizontal bar graphs ( Volts, Amps, etc).  The developer has reported these labels are missing just on the WT NXi version of the G1000 because they were originally set up for the default G1000. So this will eventually be fixed.

So if your temp system is not working, and the engine instruments ( TRQ, etc) are missing, then I wonder if you have bad install somehow, or perhaps a conflict with something in your Community folder.

Al

Edited January 5, 20224 yr by ark

4 minutes ago, ark said:

Something doesn't sound right. Others have reported how well the temp system works, and that just opening the little pilot's window has an effect. And below is what I see for labels on the engine instruments -- there are labels for TRQ, ITT, NP, NG  etc. The only labels that are missing are not engine instruments but the three horizontal bar graphs ( Volts, Amps, etc).  The developer has reported these labels are missing just on the WT NXi version of the G1000 because they were originally set up for the default G1000. So this will eventually be fixed.

So if your temp system is not working, and the engine instruments ( TRQ, etc) are missing, then I wonder if you have bad install somehow, or perhaps a conflict with something in your Community folder.

Al

hi there. yeah mine looks like that. missing oil temp and oil pressure and amps and volts (at least i think thats what they are). so seems like its an NXi mod problem. 

 

47 minutes ago, PWJT8D said:

For the climate controls, they will always display those numbers when the unit is powered off, they mean nothing in the powered off state. Turn both units on and set the desired temperatures you want, click auto for both, and it will control the amount of fan speed needed to maintain your set temperatures. 

hi there. so the temp system is for sure confusing. you definitely don't need to turn on the system in order for the top number to tell you what the current temp inside the cockpit/cabin are. turning on the system only turns on the fans and temp control to try and get the SET TEMP = CABIN TEMP.

However the CABIN TEMP should always be working. I know this as I opened the window in flight and as you can see the top number dropped down to -1c (however it's supposed to be -10c). Closing the window, the numbers stay at -10c. (the -10c being displayed as -1c is a bug)

 

Upon powering up the system the number slowly begin to climb up from -10c (as you can see in the screenshot below)

 

So the system seems to be partly working. The whole issue I found was the cabin spawning on the ground cold and dark at 24c when the outside temp is 8c. Then taking off and climbing into the frigid atmosphere and the cabin temp remaining at 24c without any power. The cabin temp should start at outside ambient temp and then drop when climbing until you turn on the heat and fans.

Let me know if anyone else experiences this. Thanks!

Open door on ground, and temp will start dropping in cold weather. Close door, and turn on heater and it will go to preset temp. You can also manually set temp by unchecking the auto box. 

I have had the same issues with the climate control but it has been hit or miss for me.  I have been starting flights and opening door in sub-zero temps and the ambient temp does not change from the 24 degree reading even after starting engine with an open window and climate control powered up.  I have also opened the window during taxi and seen the ambient cabin temps plummet.  Seems hit or miss for me but I agree, the starting ambient cabin temp should be closer to the OAT.  Might need to test to see if the aircraft needs to actually be moving for it to register the proper temps?  That's my only thesis so far on it as it does seem to work when in motion in air or on the ground.

Edited January 5, 20224 yr by Flic1

14 minutes ago, Flic1 said:

I have had the same issues with the climate control but it has been hit or miss for me.  I have been starting flights and opening door in sub-zero temps and the ambient temp does not change from the 24 degree reading even after starting engine with an open window and climate control powered up.  I have also opened the window during taxi and seen the ambient cabin temps plummet.  Seems hit or miss for me but I agree, the starting ambient cabin temp should be closer to the OAT.  Might need to test to see if the aircraft needs to actually be moving for it to register the proper temps?  That's my only thesis so far on it as it does seem to work when in motion in air or on the ground.

thanks for your input. good to see someone else having same experience. i'll also experiment more but you may be on to something about having to move

I raised a ticket with SWS about the cabin temp not working properly. I advised them that with a very cold ourdoir temp and with all doors open my interior temps don't change  They are aware of the issue and are working on it. 

On my PC the temps don't change on the ground until I set a lower temp than the default 25 and turn the device on with the button in the top left corner (after which you can hear the blower's sound). It doesn't change the temp to the OAT at all. I usually set it to 22 (25 is too hot for me) after starting the engines, turn it on and down it goes. In flight the temps drop hard when I open the side window. There is a very noticable difference in temp depending on the altitude too! So all in all the system works but if you don't activate it or change something it will stay on 25 all the time and on the ground it clearly has some extra problems.

Okay now that better explains what you're experiencing. I'm confident the developer will add more depth to the climate control and fix that bug in future updates. Possibly it's a limitation at this current time.

Same on my end...cabin temp does not change at all in accordance with OAT temp.  Opening doors / window doesn't do anything...consistent 24c.  The heat and ac do work however.

11 minutes ago, FakeWayne said:

Same on my end...cabin temp does not change at all in accordance with OAT temp.  Opening doors / window doesn't do anything...consistent 24c.  The heat and ac do work however.

When I open the door and it is cold outside, the temperature drops.