FWIW, I still have one issue with both the Amphib and wheels version. Using the AP, if I set the alt using the Bravo Tq or the default - the a/c will climb and stop about 100 - 200ft below the requested alt.  However, if I climb to the alt manually and set alt hold - all is good.

Perhaps I am wrong but I thought that AP was capable of climbing to a selected alt.

 

V

14 minutes ago, vgbaron said:

FWIW, I still have one issue with both the Amphib and wheels version. Using the AP, if I set the alt using the Bravo Tq or the default - the a/c will climb and stop about 100 - 200ft below the requested alt.  However, if I climb to the alt manually and set alt hold - all is good.

Perhaps I am wrong but I thought that AP was capable of climbing to a selected alt.

 

V

There is something weird with the altitude at times in MSFS. Sometimes it read a couple of hundred feet low, when on AP. I just hit a manual 300 fpm climb until it gets up to the altitude setting that I have dialed in. 

 

33 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

There is something weird with the altitude at times in MSFS. Sometimes it read a couple of hundred feet low, when on AP. I just hit a manual 300 fpm climb until it gets up to the altitude setting that I have dialed in. 

 

Thanx Bob. I suspected something like that. 

On the Contrail page the latest version is listed as 1.35, date 10/17/22

On 10/19/2022 at 9:09 PM, Zangoose said:

Changelog of Kodiak 100 Series II v1.3.6 || October 18, 2022, Released October 19, 2022

-Fixed residual ITT not dissipating after reaching idle Ng

Not up on Contrail. 

After already owning a few other seaplanes is the Kodiak Amphibian worth it? Yup. Answered my own question.

21 hours ago, Ricardo41 said:

Not up on Contrail. 

Contrail now has 1.3.6 up on their site. 

On 10/23/2022 at 5:02 PM, Bobsk8 said:

There is something weird with the altitude at times in MSFS. Sometimes it read a couple of hundred feet low, when on AP. I just hit a manual 300 fpm climb until it gets up to the altitude setting that I have dialed in. 

 

Is it always low for you?  Or is it ever high (overshoot altitude)?

33 minutes ago, Mace said:

Is it always low for you?  Or is it ever high (overshoot altitude)?

For me, it is always low.

 

V

On 10/23/2022 at 10:46 PM, vgbaron said:

FWIW, I still have one issue with both the Amphib and wheels version. Using the AP, if I set the alt using the Bravo Tq or the default - the a/c will climb and stop about 100 - 200ft below the requested alt.  However, if I climb to the alt manually and set alt hold - all is good.

Perhaps I am wrong but I thought that AP was capable of climbing to a selected alt.

 

V

I had a similar issue but I found out it was because I had an old version of the TDS GTN installed which caused this issue. Updated it and it all worked as normal again. Not sure if you have any similar addons installed.

47 minutes ago, Zangoose said:

I had a similar issue but I found out it was because I had an old version of the TDS GTN installed which caused this issue. Updated it and it all worked as normal again. Not sure if you have any similar addons installed.

That was it!   Thanx for the heads up.  🙂 

It still drops the nose heavily when AP is disengaged for me, and below 90 Kias full flaps it fall like a stone on final and it's very twitchy to control, it's not fun to fly at all.

Edited October 26, 20223 yr by Ixoye

In regards of "Nose Down" after AP is disconnected - I saw this on their discord:

I haven't flown the Kodiak in months before the last patch, but from what I remember I didn't get a nosedive if I disconnect autopilot before engaging full flaps before, so I'll try that tonight.

2 hours ago, Ixoye said:

and below 90 Kias full flaps it fall like a stone on final 

Noticed this as well.  I had not flown the Kodiak in months until yesterday and something is definitely different on approach/landing.  I had zero cargo/passengers  and 50% fuel and it behaved in a similar manner...it just wants to fall out of the sky on short final.  I wonder if this is a known issue??