25 minutes ago, WebMaximus said:

Sorry for not being clear. It was the knob I was referring to where I would like to have it set to HPA by default rather than IN. 

Yes and the knob also changes the unit in use on the EFB - please try !

 

8 minutes ago, longhaul747 said:

I just got this plane up and running after my FS2020 install took a dump from the FS2024 Alpha test.  Now that I got that sorted I am now doing my first flight in the iFly Max.  Pretty nice plane and I am impressed so far. 

Only question/issue I am having is my Auto Throttle is not usable.  I try to engage it but the switch won't even move.  The rest of the Auto Pilot is working as it should but for some reason trying to use the Auto Throttle is non operational on my bird.  Must be something simple I am not thinking about.

Also anyway to set it for pounds instead of metric?  Things like fuel flow and fuel level is set in kilograms by default. 

Okay I found the answers to my own questions.  Yes you can set it up as metric or standard in the EFB.  As for the Auto Throttle the switch acts like a slider and not a switch.  So turning the wheel on my mouse turned it on.  I would prefer it act the other way just so it matches pretty much all other aircraft but now that I know how to get it turned on its not a big deal!

16 minutes ago, Wothan said:

Yes and the knob also changes the unit in use on the EFB - please try !

 

Sorry, I'm not following you now - changes the unit in use on the EFB?

The only thing I'm looking for is having the BARO knob/selector being set to HPA when I load up a new flight.

Are you suggesting there's a setting in the EFB I overlooked that will accomplish that? 

19 minutes ago, longhaul747 said:

As for the Auto Throttle the switch acts like a slider and not a switch.  So turning the wheel on my mouse turned it on.  I would prefer it act the other way just so it matches pretty much all other aircraft but now that I know how to get it turned on its not a big deal!

Yeah that's a bit awkward. Apparently it's possible to change something in a config file somewhere to get more "normal" mouse behaviour. It's in the manual. 

Which makes me think that's the reason I could never re-engage AT after I lost control of the aircraft on my 2nd flight (stayed in main menu for too long). I clicked on AT instead of using scroll wheel...

Edited October 18, 20241 yr by Cpt_Piett

5 hours ago, Luis Hernandez said:

Does anyone know?

I'll second what Kevin said.  I did it accidentally the other night haha... But yes, works fine 👍.

4 minutes ago, Cpt_Piett said:

I clicked on AT instead of using scroll wheel...

Does the plane have variables you can set in FSUIPC? Be nice to program a simple key to toggle A/T on/off or use a spare hardware button instead.

4 hours ago, Wothan said:

too agreesive roll in LNAV (Causing the "Bank Angle" warning) and yet have to experience an Autoland that doesn´t kill me and my Passengers.

During Autoland descending on the Glide Slope, getting below 1000 ft AGL, the Aircraft starts to pith up and down violently, hunting the GS indicator. Only thing that partly saves he flight is to disengage the AP and take manual control.

 

These kinds of issues have typically been caused by user controls interfering with the autopilot.  Folks have solved them by adding small dead zones to their yoke and throttles.  I've been lucky and not seen this, but apparently the idea is that if you're bumping your controls (or causing them to send a spike, or they're spiky on their own) while you interact with other switches or buttons on the yoke or throttles, those inputs fight with the autopilot.  IFly is working on a fix that will ignore user input with auto flight on. 

I can verify that without these issues some folks are experiencing, the auto flight logic of this plane is very good, some of the best we've seen in MSFS.  But I get that it's frustrating for those experiencing these issues, hopefully they get it squashed quickly!

5 minutes ago, sloppysmusic said:

Does the plane have variables you can set in FSUIPC? Be nice to program a simple key to toggle A/T on/off or use a spare hardware button instead.

I've never gotten into using FSUIPC, spad.next or similar. Using the sim controls menu and I've got A/T off mapped to a button on my TCA TQ throttle lever. I usually disengage A/T relatively early on approach, for practice. 

Currently en route to OPSD Skardu which doesn't have any charts in Navigraph. It'll probably be a hot mess, but hey, it'll be fun 😅

Found a very detailed document which seems incredibly useful, if anyone want to give it a shot. 

https://www.theairlinepilots.com/forumarchive/airfield-area-procedures/skardu/a320-skardu-operation.pdf

Edited October 18, 20241 yr by Cpt_Piett

14 minutes ago, Cpt_Piett said:

Yeah that's a bit awkward. Apparently it's possible to change something in a config file somewhere to get more "normal" mouse behaviour. It's in the manual. 

Which makes me think that's the reason I could never re-engage AT after I lost control of the aircraft on my 2nd flight (stayed in main menu for too long). I clicked on AT instead of using scroll wheel...

Yeah I imagine its an easy fix either by a config file hiding somewhere but if not I am sure its a 2 minute fix for the developers if enough people find it odd. 

6 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

Curious, how do the PMDG 737 and  the IFly 737 Max compare, in your opinion? 

Favorably.  I mean let's be honest, they're both top tier add-ons, the types of things I would never have believed I'd see in desktop sims.  We're pretty spoiled!

In detail, each plane currently has things it does better than the other, but none of these are major functionality issue.  They're both really excellent at the core business of realistically flying from A to B.

The thing that stands out to me is that the PMDG has been out for, what, three years?  And it still contains many points of unrealism (minor, but present) that many of us have been pointing out for years, with no real acknowledgement, much less fixing, from the devs.  The fact that the iFly is in a comparable state now, as an early release that came out less than a week ago .. that's impressive.  As a navdata geek, I can say the the iFly stuff is better than the new 777 stuff and I know PMDG worked on that for years.  So... I'm pretty optimistic about the iFly.  

read the manuals and just gave it a first flight but having some issues so any tips appreciated (not sure if I have encountered some bugs or simply not configured it properly):

1)Don't seem to be getting any EFB displaying how can I get it to show and once it does assume it needs to pwr on from cold and dark?

2)none of the controls like flap or throttles are appearing as animated in the cockpit how can I enable?

3)tried the setup as per manual to get the mouse enabled (to click switches) but still won't work any tips?

4)The MFDs are appearing as black - - assume I have to click the brt switch to get them to work?(see3)

4 minutes ago, mac44 said:

read the manuals and just gave it a first flight but having some issues so any tips appreciated (not sure if I have encountered some bugs or simply not configured it properly):

1)Don't seem to be getting any EFB displaying how can I get it to show and once it does assume it needs to pwr on from cold and dark?

2)none of the controls like flap or throttles are appearing as animated in the cockpit how can I enable?

3)tried the setup as per manual to get the mouse enabled (to click switches) but still won't work any tips?

4)The MFDs are appearing as black - - assume I have to click the brt switch to get them to work?(see3)

Sounds like the external iFly app isn't running (little orange guy in your system tray).  Exit the sim, force close anything iFly in the task manager, restart sim and see if it's running.  If not, start it manually and then start flight.  It should auto start but it's been a little buggy.

52 minutes ago, WebMaximus said:

Sorry, I'm not following you now - changes the unit in use on the EFB?

The only thing I'm looking for is having the BARO knob/selector being set to HPA when I load up a new flight.

Are you suggesting there's a setting in the EFB I overlooked that will accomplish that? 

Ah - no there is no setting to make Hps default - ou need to set the knob each time from In to Hpa, just like on the PMDG.

I'm a bit hesitant on buying this add-on since reading a couple of customers on Discord stating that their card has been charged twice and did not get a confirmation email or had errors triggered after buying through the iFlyManagerSetup, can someone be so kind and let me know if I'll be paying Flight1 or the developer directly through their manager app?. Anybody had this issues? Thx

Edited October 18, 20241 yr by SN737