I was watching a video using the JMB VL-3.  The author stated that MS removed the autopilot feature and that he put it back.  That is my question. How do you put the autopilot in the VL-3?

 

 

Edited May 2, 20233 yr by tjrush

12 hours ago, tjrush said:

That is my question. How do you put the autopilot in the VL-3?

My question is what is a VL-3?

-B

23 minutes ago, btacon said:

My question is what is a VL-3?

-B

One of the standard aircraft in MSFS.

https://www.jmbaircraft.com/VL3

I don't think it has an autopilot though. But there are various community mods of this aircraft around. Maybe one of those mods has an autopilot.

5 minutes ago, darshonaut said:

One of the standard aircraft in MSFS.

Wow.  Didn’t even know!  Thanks darahonaut and thanks to OP for making me ask.

-B

This one - https://flightsim.to/file/49151/vl3-915is - has autopilot 🙂

 

Edited May 3, 20233 yr by St Mawgan

Slightly off topic, but I think there are some great standard aircraft in the sim that never get used.
The VL-3 and a lot of the Diamond aircraft in the sim are quite good with the small mods from FS.to in particular.
And I flew the Pipistrel Virus around for many days when I was first getting used to the sim - it was great fun, especially for sight-seeing.

2 hours ago, bobcat999 said:

And I flew the Pipistrel Virus around for many days when I was first getting used to the sim - it was great fun, especially for sight-seeing.

That little aircraft was a surprise joy to fly when I first jumped in it! I would love to see a Black Square version of that little bundle of fun. It is a very unrecognized airplane in MSFS that I think gets overlooked quite often. 

8 hours ago, St Mawgan said:

This one - https://flightsim.to/file/49151/vl3-915is - has autopilot 🙂

 

I can get the autopilot to hold an altitude and follow a heading.  How do I get it to follow a flight plan from waypoint to waypoint? Pressing NAV doesn't seem to do it.

 

23 hours ago, tjrush said:

I was watching a video using the JMB VL-3.  The author stated that MS removed the autopilot feature and that he put it back.  That is my question. How do you put the autopilot in the VL-3?

 

 

I was a part of a Rotax 915is mod that allowed the use of the touch screen G3X AP.  I don't really fly it much anymore and I'm not sure the default VL3 has it.  The default is really slow anyway so I would recommend the Rotax 915is mod:

Once you get it, click on the black upper portion of the PFD to popup the AP controls.  The G3X is touchscreen based.

https://flightsim.to/file/18485/vl-3-915-rotax-improvement-mod

Also it just dawned on me that the touch AP may have been from the old WT G3X mod...

You can try it here:

https://www.workingtitle.aero/packages/g3x/

Edited May 3, 20233 yr by ryanbatc

Ryan:

If there are autopilot controls, I can't find them.  I can find the flight plan and can add waypoints and procedures but, no autopilot controls.

 

30 minutes ago, tjrush said:

Ryan:

If there are autopilot controls, I can't find them.  I can find the flight plan and can add waypoints and procedures but, no autopilot controls.

 

If you click on the area in red an AP screen should popup

If nothing pops up then you need the WT G3X mod I linked.

vl3AParea by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr

 

Thanks Ryan.  It does need the old version of the G3X.