February 16, 20224 yr Just returned after 2 years away now I have a PC that will run MSFS. I am no expert and am struggling on the Jetliners , Boeing 747, 787 and Airbus A320 (Default) to engage the Autopilot for the heading. I can get VSI to work, Altitude to work , , and Auto throttle, just cannot get any of them to turn to the heading I dial in. Its probably something really simple I am not doing. Any one give me a 1,2,3 of what buttons to press ? For each of them. Driving me insane (er) Many thanks for any help 3080rtx on a i7 12700k with 32 Gig ddr5. 2gig Ssd Quest 2 Windows 11
February 16, 20224 yr Boz, to engage heading mode, you'll need to click the knob- push/pull it. Hover your mouse over the HDG knob until you see an up arrow- then click it. It's hard to do sometimes if you're bouncing around in unstable air to get the up arrow vs the circular arrow. In the Boeing it's Heading Mode and Airbus it's Managed Mode. Clicking the knob changes it back and forth from heading mode to lnav mode which get it's nav data from the fmc box. Altitude- click the altitude knob to change from fmc managed to manual altitude mode- you'll need to engage the VS knob on the Boeing and dial in your desired rate of climb or decent.. Auto throttles- click the knob to bring up your desired airspeed vs fmc managed airspeed mode. Edited February 16, 20224 yr by skully
February 16, 20224 yr Also, get the FBW A320. The default one is... Less than wonderful. Ryzen 7 7800X3D/B650 X AX | 5090 | 32gig | Win10 | Pimax Crystal Light
February 16, 20224 yr Author 3 hours ago, skully said: Boz, to engage heading mode, you'll need to click the knob- push/pull it. Hover your mouse over the HDG knob until you see an up arrow- then click it. It's hard to do sometimes if you're bouncing around in unstable air to get the up arrow vs the circular arrow. In the Boeing it's Heading Mode and Airbus it's Managed Mode. Clicking the knob changes it back and forth from heading mode to lnav mode which get it's nav data from the fmc box. Altitude- click the altitude knob to change from fmc managed to manual altitude mode- you'll need to engage the VS knob on the Boeing and dial in your desired rate of climb or decent.. Auto throttles- click the knob to bring up your desired airspeed vs fmc managed airspeed mode. Thank you Skully , you are a life saver !!!! Also discovered its easier to put cockpit interaction into legacy mode ! Really appreciate this, it was sending me NUTS ! 3080rtx on a i7 12700k with 32 Gig ddr5. 2gig Ssd Quest 2 Windows 11
February 16, 20224 yr 58 minutes ago, Bozdog said: Also discovered its easier to put cockpit interaction into legacy mode ! This ^^^^ I was about to ask you when I read your initial post. This blue button push/pull/click/glow thingammy is not for me. Legacy rulez;-) happy flying. And yes, get the FBW320, use the installer and try the experimental version Phil Leaven i5 10600KF, 32 GB 3200 RAM, ASUS 4070 12GB EVO, Asus ROG Z490-H, 2 WD Black NVME for each Win11 (500GB) and MSFS (1TB), Rolling Cache 16GB, Photogrammetry always OFF, Live Weather and Live Traffic always ON, Res 2560x1440 on 27"
February 16, 20224 yr I think affordable desktop Boeing (MCP Mode Control panel) and Airbus (FCU Flight Control Unit) autopilot control panels would be big sellers given the market MSFS has opened up. Hovering the mouse cursor over the panel controls especially when busy and you need to dial in quick changes or in rough air just gives me a headache. Alway fun when it zooms out when your quickly inputting the data with the scroll wheel because the cursor went off center. 🙄
February 17, 20224 yr 2 hours ago, skully said: Hovering the mouse cursor over the panel controls especially when busy and you need to dial in quick changes or in rough air just gives me a headache. Alway fun when it zooms out when your quickly inputting the data with the scroll wheel because the cursor went off center. 🙄 LOL. Yeah , I've smashed my face into the windscreen a few times doing that!! My wife wonders what the expletive's are for and its...well...hard to explain!! 😆. Cheers Terry Edited February 17, 20224 yr by Lord Farringdon No. No, Mav, this is not a good idea. Sorry Goose, but it's time to buzz the tower! Intel (R) Core (TM) i7-10700 CPU @2.90Ghz, 32GB RAM, NVIDEA GeForce RTX 3060, 12GB VRAM, Samsung QN70A 4k 65inch TV with VRR 120Hz Free Sync (G-Sync Compatible). Boeing Thrustmaster TCA Yoke, Honeycomb Bravo Throttle Quadrant, Turtle Beach Velocity One Rudder Pedals.
February 17, 20224 yr 15 hours ago, skully said: Alway fun when it zooms out when your quickly inputting the data with the scroll wheel because the cursor went off center. 🙄 Yup. Ran into that a few times. So I removed the mouse wheel binding from the zoom controls. Instead, I'm using middle-click + mouse wheel for zoom control. This means I have to purposely hold the mouse wheel down while scrolling in order to do any zooming. A bit awkward, but much better than unintentional zooming when using the mouse wheel to change altitude or heading or speed... Pretty sure I only did that change while in the cockpit. Normal mouse wheel scrolling still works the zoom in other views. ...jim ASUS Prime Z790-E, Intel i9 13900K, 32Gb DDR5 Ram, Nvidia 3090 24Gb, Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500 GB and 1 TB, Samsung Odyssey G9 Ultrawide 49" G-SYNC Monitor.
April 29, 20224 yr On 2/17/2022 at 2:35 AM, skully said: Boz, to engage heading mode, you'll need to click the knob- push/pull it. Hover your mouse over the HDG knob until you see an up arrow- then click it. It's hard to do sometimes if you're bouncing around in unstable air to get the up arrow vs the circular arrow. In the Boeing it's Heading Mode and Airbus it's Managed Mode. Clicking the knob changes it back and forth from heading mode to lnav mode which get it's nav data from the fmc box. Altitude- click the altitude knob to change from fmc managed to manual altitude mode- you'll need to engage the VS knob on the Boeing and dial in your desired rate of climb or decent.. Auto throttles- click the knob to bring up your desired airspeed vs fmc managed airspeed mode. Thank you for the tutorial!
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