September 3, 20241 yr Author 14 minutes ago, Overload said: Been away longer than expected, but fired up the sim today, updated the GTNxi, and the 727 (V 1.03) so had high hopes of a fix, but altitude capture still hundreds of feet off. Disabled the GTNxi and altitude capture fine. No a big problem for me, I mostly fly the 727 old school, but surprised it isn't fixed. The TDS was just updated to 1.0.7. Make sure you have the latest as it does fix the PITCH capture issue, at least for me. TDS and I worked together. He coded, I tested. I’m pretty confident it should work for you too. -B
September 4, 20241 yr I've solved the mystery, yes I was using the latest software for the GTNxi and the 727, but was using the GTN on VLOC green mode, not GPS. I'm mostly flying old school, but like the groundspeed and track display, and sometimes use the direct to function just to see the track and distance of a waypoint, but not the GPS mode to fly it there. If I put the GTNxi into GPS mode altitude capture works well. So I now use the more basic Garmin 530, which gives me track and ground speed, which is nice to know, in VLOC mode, so I can still fly old school, and the altitude capture works fine with the 530 in VLOC mode. Many thanks for your help, I don't think I'd have worked it out on my own!
September 4, 20241 yr Author 59 minutes ago, Overload said: I've solved the mystery, yes I was using the latest software for the GTNxi and the 727, but was using the GTN on VLOC green mode, not GPS. I'm mostly flying old school, but like the groundspeed and track display, and sometimes use the direct to function just to see the track and distance of a waypoint, but not the GPS mode to fly it there. If I put the GTNxi into GPS mode altitude capture works well. So I now use the more basic Garmin 530, which gives me track and ground speed, which is nice to know, in VLOC mode, so I can still fly old school, and the altitude capture works fine with the 530 in VLOC mode. Many thanks for your help, I don't think I'd have worked it out on my own! Have you posted this issue on the TDS Discord? The dev there is all about fixing bugs and would probably appreciate your POV. -B
September 4, 20241 yr I'd love to buy this plane. But I'm waiting to see how the updates pan out just for things such as you mention. Curious to see if theyll ever fix it.
September 4, 20241 yr Author 48 minutes ago, Saucey12 said: I'd love to buy this plane. But I'm waiting to see how the updates pan out just for things such as you mention. Curious to see if theyll ever fix it. For me it’s pretty solid right now. The Autopilot bugs I surfaced have been squashed and I have made at least half a dozen flights with Autopilot, Auto throttle, and Advisory VNAV with my TDS GTN750xi Pro. All successfully completed and all in all very satisfying and a hoot to fly too! -B
September 6, 20241 yr On 9/4/2024 at 2:04 PM, btacon said: For me it’s pretty solid right now. The Autopilot bugs I surfaced have been squashed and I have made at least half a dozen flights with Autopilot, Auto throttle, and Advisory VNAV with my TDS GTN750xi Pro. All successfully completed and all in all very satisfying and a hoot to fly too! -B That's good to hear. Well the original plane doesnt have vnav or autothrottle. So I assume thats done through the gtn750 integration.
September 6, 20241 yr Author 4 hours ago, Saucey12 said: That's good to hear. Well the original plane doesnt have vnav or autothrottle. So I assume thats done through the gtn750 integration. Advisory VNAV is indeed courtesy of the Garmin. Auto Throttle, according to the devs, was a late in production option that was used by more than a few but it certainly wasn’t ubiquitous. FSS adds it as an option in the EFB. -B -
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