I am having some issues with freeware Fokker F27-500. Where can I have support? Please help.

Haseen Ahmad.

 

What issues are you having specifically?

I've flown the F-27 a bit and would be happy to help, and others on this forum too, I'm sure.

Hi martinboehme:

Thanks for replying!

I am using the latest version of F27 in my msfs 2020.

Issues are:

1. I can't find the GPS though I chose the garmin 530 gps livery, Air Inter.

2. I can not turn on the FD switch.

3. After engaging engine starter, before adding fuel, TGT starts rising. Is that a bug?

Kind regards,

Haseen Ahmad

Dhaka, Bangladesh.

6 hours ago, haseen said:

1. I can't find the GPS though I chose the garmin 530 gps livery, Air Inter.

There is a. settings checkbox to show or hide the GPS in the "booklet" that youcan retrieve from the pocket on the first officer's side of the pedestal. I suspect this checkbox may be turned off.

6 hours ago, haseen said:

2. I can not turn on the FD switch.

There are four switches at the front left of the pedestal (on a panel labeled "AP switches" that need to be turned on; these are labeled "rudder", "aileron", "elevator" and "trim". Otherwise, I believe the autopilot and maybe also the flight director can't be turned on.

Could be something else, but this is the first thing I would try (and a typical "gotcha"). 

6 hours ago, haseen said:

3. After engaging engine starter, before adding fuel, TGT starts rising. Is that a bug?

I'm not sure. Generally, if a turbine engine has been running recently, there will be residual heat in the engine core, and when the starter is engaged, this blows air through the hot engine core, which can cause the TGT to rise even before fuel is introduced. I'm not sure, however, whether the Dart engines exhibit this behavior or whether this is even modeled in MSFS.

How much does TGT rise before you introduce fuel?

Edit: To answer your original question, I don't know of a forum dedicated to the F-27 anywhere, so here is a good place to ask.

Edited February 22, 20251 yr by martinboehme

2 hours ago, martinboehme said:

there are three switches at the front left of the pedestal that need to be turned on, or the flight director and flight director can't be turned on

I think those are for the autopilot not the fd as they give rudder /elevator and airelon authority to the ap (yaw, pitch and roll)?

The aircraft 'shouldn't' need them at all for just the FD. Unless I'm mistake and they are used for guidance not authority? Pretty sure authority so you can disable one if you want to retain manual control over one system due to malfunction. 

I recall having to cycle all those switches on and off to get the fd /ap to work sometimes. Due to the master ap button function on my joystick working as on /off instead of toggle for some reason. Pressing the button twice also works sometimes. 

Ignore if I'm barking up the wrong tree entirely! 

Also the FD works differently in the gps version to the original which may or may not affect it's function. I only tested the ap which relies on the fd of course rather than just the fd itself. 

 

2 hours ago, sloppysmusic said:

I think those are for the autopilot not the fd as they give rudder /elevator and airelon authority to the ap (yaw, pitch and roll)?

The aircraft 'shouldn't' need them at all for just the FD. Unless I'm mistake and they are used for guidance not authority? Pretty sure authority so you can disable one if you want to retain manual control over one system due to malfunction. 

I think you're exactly right!

So if the FD isn't working, it must be something else. @haseen Can you describe exactly what isn't working? Can you not flip the switch? Or if you can, aren't you getting any FD guidance?

@martinboehme

Thanks for being with me.

Ref my Q.2. FD

I am not sure. I don't find any avionics master switch to turn on avionics. Or I don't know what I am missing to power up the avionics busses, converter, inverter etc. When I try to flip the FD switch to on, it always jumps back to off, engines off or on. Ail, elev, rudder, trim switches are on.

Regards,

Haseen Ahmad.

5 hours ago, haseen said:

I am not sure. I don't find any avionics master switch to turn on avionics.

The avionics switches are labeled "Radio Master I / II"; they're on the front overhead panel, over the transponder.

I've just confirmed that if these aren't turned on, the FD switch cannot be flipped on -- so there's a good chance this is the issue.

Generally, to get familiar with the flows, I can really recommend the MSFS built-in checklist (accessible via the "check" icon on the "handlebar menu"). The "eye" icon on the checklist helps a lot to locate the various switches and controls, and I found that running this checklist a few times made me a lot more comfortable with the procedures.

 

@martinboehme

Thanks for your support!

 

Hello all…just stumbled across this F27 and I must say it’s fantastic so thanks to the developer!…having couple issues:

1) With the latest version when I taxi out the engines give me a “brrrrr..ing” sound and stays upon take off. Very weird ?

2) sometimes the port engine just will not start ??

3) This one is a bit weird but when I try to start at a different airport and I turn on External Power Supply the lights flicker on/off and I can’t start an engine .?
 

I have emptied my Community file so this is all I have in it.

 

many thanks for any advice…JB