May 11, 20242 yr I'm hoping someone can help me with figuring out why I can not engage the auto pilot. Every time I try to turn it on it starts to engage (light comes on and the yoke starts to turn or bank to heading) but then shuts off. Normally, this would be a conflict of a hardware controller that is assigned but I can not find any in all my settings that would be the issue. I have both the Honeycomb Bravo and the Real Sim Gear Garmin AP 500. It acts the same on both the ground and inflight. Any thoughts on what I am missing? many thanks for all who help. i9-13900K O/C | ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Hero | 32GB DDR5 6000MHz Kingston FURY | RTX 4090 24GB | 2x SSD M.2 (2TB Samsung 990 PRO) 1x SSD (4TB Samsung 870 EVO) | Windows 11 Home | H20: HydroLux PRO:HardLine Tubing| 1000w PSU | Starlink WiFi
May 11, 20242 yr On the right side of "interior lights" rheostats (at bottom of the panel on pilot side) PITCH TRIM switch must be ON 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
May 12, 20242 yr The answer is in the official BKSQ FAQs, so I'm guessing that this is a common mistake.
May 12, 20242 yr I always watch a preview flight by by one of the you tubers that get early access that way most first flights go smoothly as they show you stuff like PITCH TRIM switch Jason Richards
May 12, 20242 yr In the manual in the troubleshooting section at the bottom there is actually a question that reads "why can't I turn on the autopilot". The pitch trim button and it's purpose is detailed there. As well as in the manual itself. Took me a while to find the little switch even when I knew I had to activate it! Russell Gough SE London
May 12, 20242 yr 16 hours ago, Ident said: I'm hoping someone can help me with figuring out why I can not engage the auto pilot. Every time I try to turn it on it starts to engage (light comes on and the yoke starts to turn or bank to heading) but then shuts off. Normally, this would be a conflict of a hardware controller that is assigned but I can not find any in all my settings that would be the issue. I have both the Honeycomb Bravo and the Real Sim Gear Garmin AP 500. It acts the same on both the ground and inflight. Any thoughts on what I am missing? many thanks for all who help. Was searching for a fix just yesterday as well. I went through my Honeycomb settings looking for the conflict. Then watched a YT video and boom!! I learned that the PITCH TRIM switch must be ON.👍
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