Leonardo Maddog to be released 30 April!

[rjack1282 316]

23 minutes ago, WestAir said:

Ryan,

Something is wrong. Once the A/T gets you to takeoff power the thrust levers stay put until the sim senses movement in your physical throttles.

Personally I do try and "chase the EPR's" because it feels wrong not to have my hand on the levers until V1, but you shouldn't have to.

It appears to be sensing the noise in my old Logitech flight throttle quadrant.  I'm going to play around with the sensitivity settings a little bit and see if I can fix it.

[virtualstuff 751]

24 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

Over the years, I get the impression that many opinions on the sim forums, stating things are totally wrong with the flight models, have never even been in a light aircraft, much less piloted one. 

Or an airliner for that matter 😉

[eslader 1,779]

1 hour ago, JRBarrett said:

especially during engine start when you need to use the mouse on the overhead console to hold the engine starter switch in the “on” position. 

Actuate the starter switch by scrolling the mouse wheel, and it will stay in position so you can look/click elsewhere.

 

[JasonPC 173]

32 minutes ago, rjack1282 said:

It appears to be sensing the noise in my old Logitech flight throttle quadrant.  I'm going to play around with the sensitivity settings a little bit and see if I can fix it.

Those things are such trash I had to ditch mine because I couldn’t take it anymore. Each axis also didn’t linearly correspond anymore either so setting each at various locations results in much different n1/n2/rpm numbers for multi engine aircraft.

Edited May 1, 2022 by JasonPC

[rjack1282 316]

Anyone have a good Simbrief profile for this bird?

[Fiorentoni 4,132]

1 minute ago, rjack1282 said:

Anyone have a good Simbrief profile for this bird?

You can do it yourself, just read the manual (Quick guide p.12). It's based on the default simbrief Md-82 but with important changes (weights and balances will be wrong otherwise; read the part with the pax&baggage weight)

[PilotPete99 915]

7 hours ago, OzWhitey said:

Do they work for you, though?

As I reported yesterday, those options in load manager do not work for me at all.

In the P3D version I am able to select the panel states right before I begin the flight, by hitting “alt” and then selecting the drop down box. Is that available in MSFS?
 

Cheers, Pete

[David Roch 1,975]

1 hour ago, DJJose said:

Sounds like an add-on I should seriously consider.

90€ is a rather expensive investment for an add-on, but the ROI is almost immediate for passionate people like you Jose, you can believe me.

[OzWhitey 3,353]

1 hour ago, PilotPete99 said:

In the P3D version I am able to select the panel states right before I begin the flight, by hitting “alt” and then selecting the drop down box. Is that available in MSFS?
 

Cheers, Pete

Hi Pete,

My load manager is now communicating properly. I can change panel states from the appropriate drop down box, as is supposed to happen. Not sure what changed, maybe a simconnect issue.

It's the same program as P3D, when you start it up it gives you the option of MSFS or P3D v5. Some options available on the P3D version are missing, however.

[PilotPete99 915]

1 hour ago, OzWhitey said:

Hi Pete,

My load manager is now communicating properly. I can change panel states from the appropriate drop down box, as is supposed to happen. Not sure what changed, maybe a simconnect issue.

It's the same program as P3D, when you start it up it gives you the option of MSFS or P3D v5. Some options available on the P3D version are missing, however.

Thanks, this is good news. I am not sure I can last much longer before I pull the trigger on this bird, even though P3D is still my primary sim.

Cheers, Pete

[ashepherd316 63]

17 hours ago, Fiorentoni said:

It is difficult, but very fun once you get the grip. I'd suggest looking for tutorials from the P3D version. Also: https://www.mudspike.com/wp-content/uploads/guides/P3D Leonardo MD-82 Guide.pdf

cool thanks also how do you open the programme to configure the aircraft 

[IamRoger 9]

Anyone figure out how to get the EFB and FMC into lbs inside the aircraft?  I changed the load manager program to lbs, also for specific livery from KGs to lbs, and hit the checkmark to update, but the aircraft weights both in EFB (takeoff data. landing data, FMC) are all still in kgs.

[WestAir 2,522]

I was watching Captain Canada's MD-80 stream just now, and he said "I think it's too quiet. Definitely too quiet. I can't wait for someone to make a soundpack." And since I've seen this same comment here a few times, I want to link an HD video of an MD-80 departing from the flight deck so those of you who have the product can compare reality versus sim versus expectation.

The very first time I was in an MD-80 I remember saying "Man, did we just do a dead stick take-off?" - And I was sitting in row 3 of the cabin.

[ShezA 176]

23 minutes ago, WestAir said:

I was watching Captain Canada's MD-80 stream just now, and he said "I think it's too quiet. Definitely too quiet. I can't wait for someone to make a soundpack." And since I've seen this same comment here a few times, I want to link an HD video of an MD-80 departing from the flight deck so those of you who have the product can compare reality versus sim versus expectation.

The very first time I was in an MD-80 I remember saying "Man, did we just do a dead stick take-off?" - And I was sitting in row 3 of the cabin.

I wrote about the sounds in the real MD80 above. They are silent in the front and loud in the back. Great video, also shows how complex the workflows are.

[Fiorentoni 4,132]

30 minutes ago, ashepherd316 said:

cool thanks also how do you open the programme to configure the aircraft 

The Load Manager...? Click on it?