January 16, 20224 yr With the condition lever in Low Idle, prop lever full forward, and the throttle at Idle, about what should the torque value be? I get a value of about 170. And same question as above but with the condition lever at the High Idle mark. I get a value of about 196. With the condition lever ALL the way forward I get a value of about 291. For takeoff and in flight, should the condition lever be at the High Idle setting, or all the way forward? Thanks, Al Edited January 16, 20224 yr by ark
January 16, 20224 yr EDIT I may have to reconsider what I posted... All the way forward. You only set and keep the condition lever halfway on the ground, so after starting and during taxi. Just before take off until after landing you set and keep it all the way forward. The only levers you change and set during flight are the power and prop levers. In other words: you only touch the condition lever 4 times: 1. set it halfway during start (when NG is above 12) 2. set it full forward before take off 3. set it halfway after landing 4. pull it all the way back for engine shutdown Makes you wonder why it is a lever and not a switch. 😉 Edited January 16, 20224 yr by tup61
January 16, 20224 yr According to the FAA approved Kodiak POH, prior to takeoff condition lever goes to High Idle. Taxi should be in low idle. Edited January 16, 20224 yr by Bobsk8
January 16, 20224 yr Author 10 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said: According to the FAA approved Kodiak POH, prior to takeoff condition lever goes to High Idle. Taxi should be in low idle. Hmmm.... there seems to be a lot of "room" above the labeled High Idle range, I wonder why? Al
January 16, 20224 yr 1 minute ago, ark said: Hmmm.... there seems to be a lot of "room" above the labeled High Idle range, I wonder why? Al I know, that is why I doubled checked the POH.
January 16, 20224 yr Author 15 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said: I know, that is why I doubled checked the POH. As best as I can tell looking at some of the Missionary Bush Pilot videos, he has the condition lever at the High Idle position for takeoff and in flight, which agrees with your reading of the POH. Maybe the range above High Idle is for an emergency situation of some type. Are there any RW Kodiak pilots out there that could comment on this? 🙂 Interesting. Al
January 16, 20224 yr I was just looking at the Kodiak Website and look at what a great job they did with the cockpit in the SWS Kodiak compared to the real aircraft. https://kodiak.aero/series-iii-innovations/
January 16, 20224 yr 45 minutes ago, ark said: As best as I can tell looking at some of the Missionary Bush Pilot videos, he has the condition lever at the High Idle position for takeoff and in flight, which agrees with your reading of the POH. Maybe the range above High Idle is for an emergency situation of some type. Are there any RW Kodiak pilots out there that could comment on this? 🙂 Interesting. Al Interesting indeed. What I posted before may be wrong...! I always thought full foward was the correct setting but I also took a VERY close look at a video from the missionary pilot and indeed he pushes the cond lever only a tiny bit forward to bring it into the section that's labeled 'HI IDLE' and leaves it there...! Do now I also wonder what the extra range is for...!!!
January 16, 20224 yr 22 minutes ago, tup61 said: Interesting indeed. What I posted before may be wrong...! I always thought full foward was the correct setting but I also took a VERY close look at a video from the missionary pilot and indeed he pushes the cond lever only a tiny bit forward to bring it into the section that's labeled 'HI IDLE' and leaves it there...! Do now I also wonder what the extra range is for...!!! Pretty hard to disagree with the POH published by the people that make the aircraft, approved by the FAA, and is used to train the Pilots flying it.
January 16, 20224 yr 26 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said: Pretty hard to disagree with the POH published by the people that make the aircraft, approved by the FAA, and is used to train the Pilots flying it. Indeed. I did read an instruction for mechanics that have to set up the plane and it states the high idle lever should be configured in such a way that it reaches an NG of max 70 when the lever is set at the hi idle stop (which is full forward). So they still call that entire range hi idle. Maybe everything about that mark is high idle, up to the stop? Why is that range above HI IDLE available if it shouldn't be used? I can't find any information about when to use that extra range! I do notice though that while in flight it makes no real difference if you set the lever from the HI IDLE marker to full forward: NG (and TRG) remains the same. The difference is mainly noticable on the ground. EDIT I notice that setting the lever to low idle also makes no difference in flight... I'd love to know when this range is actually being used in real life. Maybe someone who has a connection with the missionairy pilot can ask him? 😉 Edited January 16, 20224 yr by tup61
January 16, 20224 yr Ask him on Youtube, or join his patrion group for a month, base level is $5.00. He also has course for flying the Kodiak in FS2020, it is $50.00 but probably worth it if you really want to go in depth. Com GA Pilot, Retired • FS2020 • FS2024 • Xplane 12 • Current Machine: MSI B760 GAMING PLUS WIFI• Gaming Desktop Motherboard Intel B760 Chipset • Intel Core i7 (14th Gen) i7-14700 3.40 GHz Processor 64GB RAM • 2 / M.2 SSD 1TB • MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
January 16, 20224 yr Just now, tup61 said: Just did. 😉 Let us know if you get a response... Com GA Pilot, Retired • FS2020 • FS2024 • Xplane 12 • Current Machine: MSI B760 GAMING PLUS WIFI• Gaming Desktop Motherboard Intel B760 Chipset • Intel Core i7 (14th Gen) i7-14700 3.40 GHz Processor 64GB RAM • 2 / M.2 SSD 1TB • MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
January 16, 20224 yr 2 minutes ago, 177B said: Let us know if you get a response... Will do! (Of course! 😉 )
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