May 9, 20233 yr Hi all- I've installed the aircraft and have set up power and condition levers in their control panel. With engine 1 and 2 set at 18000 (idle), my left power level is 1/8 inch further forward than the right power lever on my quadrant. Or, conversely, the right is 1/8 inch lower. How do you fix this so the control levers are equal? I couldn't find anything regarding how to accomplish this. Thanks, Mark
May 10, 20233 yr Hi newtie- Have you tried the throttles in another twin engine airplane? Are they then aligned or misaligned? If misaligned, maybe you have a control panel or some way to calibrate the throttles? In my case, I had to first calibrate my Airbus Thrustmaster Throttle Quadrant outside of P3D and verified the calibration inside the Thrustmaster Control Panel. Then I calibrated the throttles in P3D second. And lastly I played around with the numbers in the MJC8 Q400 Control panel until the throttles were good in the sim. I can use the same values on both throttles. If you have calibrated your throttles and they still are misaligned, you probably have to play around with the values until the throttles are aligned. Additional info regarding the calibration in case it is of any help when you set up your throttles. Values for my setup: MAX 65534, DETENT 65534, IDLE 32800, DISC 7000 and REVERSE 2. I used the same values for MAX and DETENT so I can't accidentally over-rev the engines. IDLE is flight idle. I've got flight IDLE at about 1/3 of the distance from DISC towards MAX. DISC is ground idle. I adjusted DISC so the Dash 8, with the engines running, is not moving forwards or backwards when my physical throttles are at idle. I have to lift two spring loaded levers to move my throttles further back into reverse. This works perfect for me. Edited May 10, 20233 yr by avusm575
May 10, 20233 yr Author Thanks for this. The lever naming sequence on my TQ, left to right is x y z Rx Ry Rz with xy and Ry being power and propeller respectively. After calibration the 400 doesn't even see the y (right power) lever. So, I think I will try Lorby's Axis and Ohs and see if I get this solved through that angle. Thanks, Mark
May 14, 20233 yr Members 0 20 posts Report post Posted Friday at 02:33 PM I have a problem with of fuel consumption in a single engine(right). I use the P3D. Help, please. tks
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