On 7/5/2025 at 3:23 AM, ark said:

How can I remove the passenger/copilot from the plane?

Thanks,

Al

I might be wrong but normally if you get the efb tablet up on your screen, the inbuilt sim tablet I mean, you can go into a weight and balance section and then just make sure that their seat positions are set to 0 pounds in weight and then they wont show up. Hopefully that will help.

Sorry if answered elsewhere, anyone else’s pitot heat stuck on?

1 hour ago, scotchegg said:

Sorry if answered elsewhere, anyone else’s pitot heat stuck on?

Same here, seems like a bug.

3 hours ago, scotchegg said:

Sorry if answered elsewhere, anyone else’s pitot heat stuck on?

I can turn mine on and off. 

Edited July 6, 2025Jul 6 by St Mawgan

3 hours ago, scotchegg said:

Sorry if answered elsewhere, anyone else’s pitot heat stuck on?

Same here. I also have the same issue with their Skywagon. 

Can anyone set units on their ADF?

I can set 1000's/100s and 10's but not units, the inner knob should pull out to set them but it doesn't

6 hours ago, scotchegg said:

Sorry if answered elsewhere, anyone else’s pitot heat stuck on?

Pitot heat switch works (moves) for me.

Al

1 hour ago, Bunchy said:

Can anyone set units on their ADF?

I can set 1000's/100s and 10's but not units, the inner knob should pull out to set them but it doesn't

If on the small center ADF knob I left click and hold and then right click on the center ADF knob it switches back and forth between adjusting the 10s digit and the 1s digit using the mouse wheel.  I use the Legacy mouse interaction system, but would think something similar would work using the Lock interaction system.

Al

Edited July 6, 2025Jul 6 by ark

What is not to like... 🙂

 

 

 

 

On 7/5/2025 at 8:35 AM, Funky D said:

It's interesting you say this, as the Archer at my old FBO was just the opposite! Pull the power and she sank like a brick. During my checkout the instructor actually recommended keeping in a touch of power if I wanted to grease the landing. Funny how every plane has its own quirks. My first landing in this Carenado model was easier than that old Archer, and usually landings in the sim are the opposite.

Out of interest was the Archer you flew one with the tapered wing like this or one of the older "Hershey bar" or slab wing ones which were pre about 1975? We have a Hershey bar Arrow at my club and I've heard that in comparison to the tapered Warriors it lands better with power on. The tapered wing ones you definitely don't want even a trickle of power in as it will never settle.

Informative and interesting article on the real Piper Dakota here:
https://aviatorinsider.com/airplane-brands/piper-dakota/

Al

Edited July 6, 2025Jul 6 by ark

9 hours ago, Tom Wright said:

Out of interest was the Archer you flew one with the tapered wing like this or one of the older "Hershey bar" or slab wing ones which were pre about 1975? We have a Hershey bar Arrow at my club and I've heard that in comparison to the tapered Warriors it lands better with power on. The tapered wing ones you definitely don't want even a trickle of power in as it will never settle.

It was a PA-28-181, so it did have the tapered wing. I remember it being really heavy on the yoke during the flare, so it could be that I just didn't have the strength to keep it airborne (I'm also vertically challenged so I didn't have the best leverage). A bit of power gave the elevator a bit more authority. We had two PA-28-161's and I remember those being more floaty, but neither were in the best shape, so I usually went with the Archer when taking up friends.

18 hours ago, scotchegg said:

Sorry if answered elsewhere, anyone else’s pitot heat stuck on?

This happened during my first flight, but tonight I flew it again and the pitot heat switch worked normally, so not sure what caused it. I don't have it mapped to anything so it shouldn't be a conflict.

Edited July 7, 2025Jul 7 by Funky D

There seems to be some bugs with the Dakota's AP. 

- If I click on HDG, the HSI heading bug gets moved to align with the planes current heading instead of turning the plane to the heading bugs original setting. 

- I have been getting bad info from the Flight Director. You can see in the pic below with HDG on and the HSI heading bug off to the left, the FD is commanding a right turn. This test was just with the plane sitting on the runway, but I found similar "backwards" FD info while hand flying an ILS. Sometimes the FD seems to work correctly, and others times not.

Al

Edited July 8, 2025Jul 8 by ark

POH for the Piper Dakota available for download here:
https://www.manualslib.com/download/1595657/Piper-Dakota-Pa-28-236.html

Al

20 hours ago, ark said:

There seems to be some bugs with the Dakota's AP. 

- If I click on HDG, the HSI heading bug gets moved to align with the planes current heading instead of turning the plane to the heading bugs original setting. 

- I have been getting bad info from the Flight Director. You can see in the pic below with HDG on and the HSI heading bug off to the left, the FD is commanding a right turn. This test was just with the plane sitting on the runway, but I found similar "backwards" FD info while hand flying an ILS. Sometimes the FD seems to work correctly, and others times not.

Al

I see you are using the TDS mod, can you try without it?