January 18, 20233 yr In every aircraft from the ini A310 to the PMDG 737, everytime I am in flight where there is some moderate turbulence the autopilot disconnects sending me either into a nose dive and immediate right turn or staying level and only veering slightly off course. It is making most flights difficult to do as they constantly need attention and a close watchful eye so that if it does disconnect I can quickly take manual control and get back on track. f I don't use time acceleration and never will, I like to set up a flight, get to cruise altitude and depending on how long it takes - do stuff around the house or walk to dog etc. Is there any ideas on what could be causing this issue?
January 18, 20233 yr You want a "real" plane, so you have a real plane. that is reality. in turbulence you should fly manual.
January 18, 20233 yr Author I forgot to mention that its not just in turbulence, it happens at random times too.
January 18, 20233 yr 7 minutes ago, shamrockflyer said: I forgot to mention that its not just in turbulence, it happens at random times too. Could be one of a few things to check for: A multiple binding under MSFS controls (keyboard / mouse / yoke / throttle / rudder / other HID) that also disconnects the AP or moves a flight control surface/trim tab without you knowing. In Windows power options, USB Selective Suspend Settings marked as Enabled. A controller getting old and giving spurious commands. AMD Ryzen 5800X3D; MSI RTX 3080 Ti ; 32GB Corsair 3200 MHz; ASUS VG35VQ 35" (3440 x 1440) Fulcrum One yoke; Thrustmaster TCA Captain Pack Airbus edition; MFG Crosswind rudder pedals; miniCockpit FCU; CPFlight MCP 737; Logitech FIP x3; TrackIR MSFS; Fenix A320; A2A PA-24; HPG H145; PMDG 737-600; AIG; RealTraffic; PSXTraffic; FSiPanel; REX AccuSeason Adv; FSDT GSX Pro; FS2Crew RAAS Pro; FS-ATC Chatter
January 18, 20233 yr Author 5 minutes ago, F737MAX said: Could be one of a few things to check for: A multiple binding under MSFS controls (keyboard / mouse / yoke / throttle / rudder / other HID) that also disconnects the AP or moves a flight control surface/trim tab without you knowing. In Windows power options, USB Selective Suspend Settings marked as Enabled. A controller getting old and giving spurious commands. The thing is that I have AP DISCO ON CTRL INPUT disabled on the PMDG 737. I have gone through all my windows power options and set all USB settings that I could to not go to sleep when not in use. My controllers are all new with the oldest being around three years old. They are all calibrated and do not have any connection issues.
January 18, 20233 yr 9 minutes ago, shamrockflyer said: The thing is that I have AP DISCO ON CTRL INPUT disabled on the PMDG 737. I have gone through all my windows power options and set all USB settings that I could to not go to sleep when not in use. My controllers are all new with the oldest being around three years old. They are all calibrated and do not have any connection issues. USB drivers all up-to-date? Have you tested with an entirely clean community folder? (I had some freeware scenery in my Community folder that prevented default helicopters from working, go figure… 🤷♂️ and we know that other add-ons like Toolbar Pushback don't play nicely any more). Are you sure that there aren't any gusts or significant wind direction changes at the time of AP disconnect? It's causing some people problems:https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/very-abrupt-weather-wind-transition-erratic-wind-behavior/528975/364 https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/unable-to-add-wind-layer-wrong-windspeed/508370/25 https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/live-weather-does-not-match/135263/2799 AMD Ryzen 5800X3D; MSI RTX 3080 Ti ; 32GB Corsair 3200 MHz; ASUS VG35VQ 35" (3440 x 1440) Fulcrum One yoke; Thrustmaster TCA Captain Pack Airbus edition; MFG Crosswind rudder pedals; miniCockpit FCU; CPFlight MCP 737; Logitech FIP x3; TrackIR MSFS; Fenix A320; A2A PA-24; HPG H145; PMDG 737-600; AIG; RealTraffic; PSXTraffic; FSiPanel; REX AccuSeason Adv; FSDT GSX Pro; FS2Crew RAAS Pro; FS-ATC Chatter
January 18, 20233 yr Author 1 hour ago, F737MAX said: USB drivers all up-to-date? Have you tested with an entirely clean community folder? (I had some freeware scenery in my Community folder that prevented default helicopters from working, go figure… 🤷♂️ and we know that other add-ons like Toolbar Pushback don't play nicely any more). Are you sure that there aren't any gusts or significant wind direction changes at the time of AP disconnect? It's causing some people problems:https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/very-abrupt-weather-wind-transition-erratic-wind-behavior/528975/364 https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/unable-to-add-wind-layer-wrong-windspeed/508370/25 https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/live-weather-does-not-match/135263/2799 Yes when there are sudden wind changes I do find it disconnects a lot more than not. I forgot toolbar pushback didn't play well anymore, I will remove that and see how it fairs.
January 18, 20233 yr 2 hours ago, shamrockflyer said: In every aircraft from the ini A310 to the PMDG 737, everytime I am in flight where there is some moderate turbulence the autopilot disconnects sending me either into a nose dive and immediate right turn or staying level and only veering slightly off course. It is making most flights difficult to do as they constantly need attention and a close watchful eye so that if it does disconnect I can quickly take manual control and get back on track. f I don't use time acceleration and never will, I like to set up a flight, get to cruise altitude and depending on how long it takes - do stuff around the house or walk to dog etc. Is there any ideas on what could be causing this issue? I had that happen a few times with the FBW A320 and the Fenix A320. I solved it by putting a small null zone in each of the controller sensitivity settings. This allows for some movement of the controller without disconnecting. Lee Lee H i9 13900KF 64GB Ram 24GB RTX 4090
January 18, 20233 yr 2 hours ago, shamrockflyer said: In every aircraft from the ini A310 to the PMDG 737, everytime I am in flight where there is some moderate turbulence the autopilot disconnects sending me either into a nose dive and immediate right turn or staying level and only veering slightly off course. It is making most flights difficult to do as they constantly need attention and a close watchful eye so that if it does disconnect I can quickly take manual control and get back on track. f I don't use time acceleration and never will, I like to set up a flight, get to cruise altitude and depending on how long it takes - do stuff around the house or walk to dog etc. Is there any ideas on what could be causing this issue? Does it generally disconnect when you move the stick / yoke / rudder quite a bit? If yes, then it's probably a deadzone issue. For transparency: I'm a community mentor at the BATC discord. However, I do not get paid for it in any way.
January 18, 20233 yr I would bet on "noisy" controls issue or dead zones setup Life time flight sim enthusiast, current airplane owner 172P (past C182F). FAA CP/IR ASEL/AMEL, FI ASELMy System: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D , MSI X870 GAMING PLUS, 64G RAM, ASUS RTX5090, 4T SSDPut my hands on (pic/dual/given)7GCAA, 8KCAB, BE24, BE76, BE35-C33, BE35, C150, C152, C172B/N/P/R/SP, 182F, M20E,M20C, M20J, AT6(SNJ4), PA28-140,PA28-151, PA28-161,PA28-181,PA28RT-201,PA28R-180/201T, PA24-250, PA32-300R, PA44, AC114, YAK-18T, YAK-52, SR22
January 18, 20233 yr Author I have dead zones set on both my rudder pedals and yoke. Doing a "test" flight in the A310 no amount of moving the controls disconnects the autopilot. Setting wind to the max setting doesn't disconnect the autopilot. The only thing I can think of is the sudden change in live weather stations is causing something to occur.
January 3, 20242 yr Are both throttles set in "the notch" - and is the appropriate PWR (knob) setting correct?
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