54 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

Just found the answer, you have to hold left click over the lights and then press right click at the same time to test the lights. 

In my system with the left click and drag the brightness of the lamps is adjusted (if you zoom in enough you will see that text DIM and an arrow on the lamp label).

With the right click the lamp test is done.

With left and right and drag you perform both functions: test and brightness adjustment.

Note that I use the "cokcpit interaction system" in "legacy"

The amount of detail on this plane is amazing. My congratulations to A2A.

Painters (and folks searching in vain for a2a liveries) REJOICE!, flightsim.to just read and approved my request to ad "A2A Comanche" as a category.   Painters, if your plane is not automatically moved over, you just have to change the category on your paint from "other liveries" to "A2A Comanche".  I had to change mine and it now shows in the proper category.

A great example of realistic failures and wear/tear + maintenance. Another reviewer who was extremely impressed and Scott posted on the A2A forums: https://a2asimulations.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=75048

I had to post this here as it just captures why it's so fun to have a complete and deep living and breathing machine. Watch this video from 23 min. They guy is just flying along, talking, enjoying flying then suddenly hit with something. Just watch how he reacts and how rapidly a situation here can unfold. This is what it's like in real life. It's very difficult to process things in this surprise situation. I'm not going to say what the issue was so you can watch and think about what it was yourself, and once it's out there we can discuss what actually happened.
- Scott

Notice the moment the oil pressure drops you get a runway prop condition, that is the prop accelerates. When a prop is spinning the air forces want to push it flat (faster RPM), but the oil pressure is what pushes against these forces to keep it coarse (lower RPM), in this case steady at 2400RPM. When the oil pressure drops the forces take over and the RPM rises. In this case this pilot did the right thing by reducing power.
The other was look at what a champ the JPI is, as it gave that low oil pressure warning immediately. This is another reason why an electronic engine management display is so essential, gives you warnings that unless you have a warning light wired, you don't have.
I've had several failures in flight in real life and it's fascinating to revisit them and think just how long it takes your mind to first, accept something went wrong. Then once you have that, to identify what went wrong. And once you have that, know what to do. This Accu-Sim Comanche is teaching people through experiences like this to be better prepared pilots. This pilot, experienced it. You can't get this kind of experience through training when you know something is coming. You only get it when you are caught completely off guard. I bet if this pilot ever experiences this again in the A2A Comanche or a real airplane, he will be quicker to reduce that power and identify the situation.
This is so awesome to finally see people experiencing this.
- Scott

 

Edited July 24, 20232 yr by lwt1971

Anyone that got PMS5 GTN-750 WTT version to work in the Comanche?

Just now, Ixoye said:

Anyone that got PMS5 GTN-750 WTT version to work in the Comanche?

It's working great here.

Just now, Stearmandriver said:

It's working great here.

Do I need to have both the standard and the WTT pack installed, I thought it was all included in the WTT download?

1 minute ago, Ixoye said:

Do I need to have both the standard and the WTT pack installed, I thought it was all included in the WTT download?

Yes, you have to install the normal PMS 50 GTN 750, and then the WTT package for it.  So you'll have two different entries in the community folder.

Maybe I need to check my weight, but I was just taxiing and while checking my controls, pulled back on the yoke and the aircraft popped a wheelie - this is at or less than 20 kts. Is this accurate to physics of the real world a/c I wonder? Anyone else able to reproduce this?

40 minutes ago, Ixoye said:

Anyone that got PMS5 GTN-750 WTT version to work in the Comanche?

Yes, and it works great. 

My  first flight  i had  was wondering  why  the  landing  gears  were not  retracting,  than noticed  i had  3  cct  breakers  out   which 2  of  them  were  for  the landing  gear 🙂

The autopilot supplied with this extraordinarily beautiful Comanche is an old model not very comfortable to use and limited in functionality, especially for IFR flight purposes. Moreover, this AP does not work correctly with my Saitek AP panel, based on standard MSFS autopilot inputs

I believe that at least as an option the A2As could have put a more modern autopilot, since they have put the Garmin 750, Probably, as in other cases, improving mods will come out.

Meanwhile, let's enjoy flying this wonderful airplane by hand in VFR ;)

18 minutes ago, adler58 said:

The autopilot supplied with this extraordinarily beautiful Comanche is an old model not very comfortable to use and limited in functionality,

The STEC-2 is an acquired taste 😇. The more you use it, the more you like it. It has an enormous quality, it makes you work, you have to think in advance to manipulate the couple HD/HI at each each turning point and stay alert with the 530 VNAV messaging. Its not like a KP 140 or worse  doing all the work for you. 

Flying can be, lets be honest, boring at time, never with the quaint STEC 😁.

Edited July 25, 20232 yr by Dominique_K

2 hours ago, adler58 said:

The autopilot supplied with this extraordinarily beautiful Comanche is an old model not very comfortable to use and limited in functionality, especially for IFR flight purposes. Moreover, this AP does not work correctly with my Saitek AP panel, based on standard MSFS autopilot inputs

I believe that at least as an option the A2As could have put a more modern autopilot, since they have put the Garmin 750, Probably, as in other cases, improving mods will come out.

Meanwhile, let's enjoy flying this wonderful airplane by hand in VFR 😉

I have made 25 IFR only  flights in the Comanche using the Autopilot and once you learn how to use it, which just takes about 10 minutes, it works fine. 

I finally picked this up and I love it!  One quick question - do I need to learn the jpi engine monitor?  I watched their video on how to lean the engine by ear.  Is the thing doing anything to control the engine rpm or power?  (it feels like it is, but it could be my throttle calibration).  I can't seem to just set the throttle and rpm at a number and fly.  I'm still going through that part of the manual.  If anyone finds a good video tutorial on just the JPI too that would be great. 

I'm having a blast flying this around.  It is such a joy to hand fly and so stable in trim.  Most planes, you trim for climb and take a look out the window, and you're either pointing straight up or down. 

19 minutes ago, kerosene31 said:

I finally picked this up and I love it!  One quick question - do I need to learn the jpi engine monitor?  

So far I've done it mostly by hear with a close eye on the analyser for any overheating message.

Easy enough... except that each cylinder has a life of its own 😁.  A nifty tool, maybe easier than the front panel analyser, is the Tablet Maintenance>Engine graphical analyser.