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Not sure what you expect from an A321 neo. The "neo" has been all about more efficiency, reduced emissions and fuel savings, not about more raw engine power. The A321 neo, at least in real life, climbs just about as sluggish as the ceo, and depending on the actual engine rating even worse than that (e. g. with PW1130G or LEAP-1A30 engines which have climb profiles optimized for fuel savings rather than high climb rates)

I don't know what the Flysimware guys were writing up there, but it is supposed to work as follows on the Lear 35A: Fuel feed from the tips and wings is automatic. First you will notice the tip tank quantity drops as this fuel is pumped into the wings by the Jet Pumps. The wing quantity does not reduce until after the tip tanks are empty. Each tank has a gauge. If the quantities do not add up exactly, the total reading is the more accurate. However, I personally operate on the least indicating amount (individual gauge totals versus the Total reading). After the wing quantity starts reducing it’s time to take some fuel out of the fuselage fuel cell. We refer to this cell as ‘the bag’. Select the FUS TANK transfer switch to XFER. The Crossflow Valve will automatically open and the Fuselage Tank Transfer Pump will start pumping fuel down into the wing cells. This will continue until the fuselage cell is empty at which time a fuel pressure switch will sense there is no more flow and the EMPTY light will illuminate. The Fuselage Tank switch must then be selected to OFF. (From: Flying the Classic Learjet, by Peter D. Condon). For me, in the Flysimware Lear it works exactly like described by Mr. Condon. Also, with 2.6, the transfer light will not stay lit but only momentarily light up so as to indicate the transient valve/switch disagreement, as it should be.

Seems to be a common issue for other guys too: http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/pitch-oscillation.437205/ I played around with the parameters given in the thread (mainly pitch stability) and have the unwanted oscillations reduced to a level so that I trust the Lear to fly about an hour or so without me being in the seat and holding a hand at all time.

I found the the Mach hold to be a bit aggressive when changing attitude in order to maintain the mach number. Up to now, I have only seen excessive pitch down in a Mach hold climb which temporarily resulted in a descent, but not the other way round. Maybe the auto pilot needs some more fixing so that it won't descend during a climb or vice versa when trying to chase the assigned IAS or mach. Because I found the mach hold to be generally a bit unstable with regards to attitude, I usually do a V/S climb after FL290. Depending on how you did your SPD light fix (I assume you did it the obvious way), it should not have anything to do with that at all.

I am stumped then. Controller calibration is fine as well?

Al, I think we're both on the same page here. I am used to fix stuff in addons, no matter if it means hex-editing MDL files, editing .air files or make fixes in XML gauge code :smile:

For the time being, I fixed those two issues myself for my personal usage.

Hi, finally got hold of the new 2.6 version of the Lear via Simmarket this evening. Two issues were springing right in my face: 1. Green windshield annunciator light is on when switch is off, and light is off when switch is on. 2. When climbing or descending in V/S mode and passing through FL290, the SPD mode button will light up due to the IAS to MACH or vice versa change. This is clearly wrong and should not happen when climbs/descends are not done in SPD mode.

Thanks for confirmation. So it's a bug. Well - one of the disadvantages of baking almost everything directly into the binary .MDL file instead of having the logic externally coded in XML gauges: we can't fix problems ourselves.

So, I did some reading in "Flying the Classic Learjet" in order to shed some light on this. When operating in AUTO mode, the green windshield ann light is indeed supposed to come on. I may cite: "Placing the system in the automatic mode is accomplished by pulling the IN NORMAL/OUT DEFOG knob out and placing the AUTO-MAN switch in the AUTO position which opens the defog shutoff valve. The green WSHLD HT light on the readout panel will light." I have not yet tried if it works like this in the new 2.6 version since I got the Simmarket update information only this morning. It may not be a bug after all, but some great modeling of an intricate Learjet 35A detail :smile:

But if the procedure called for turning on the windshield heat as part of the SOP, wouldn't the light be yellow or red instead of green?

Got the rex radar already. Also flying with theF1's GTN 750. Like I said before. The Lear 35 is currently the only addon I am flying, and as things go, it is likely to stay that way. A superb package which perfectly meets my simulation needs.

Have you double-checked with what FSX/P3D reports as fuel/pax/cargo load? Somehow, I don't trust the custom Lear load manager. Are you running any addons, like Accufuel etc?

It's out?!? Well, I've got to wait for Simmarket to update the download. Sounds like a small inverted logic bug. My thanks also go out to the Flysimware guys for supporting the Lear 35 addon that gives me so much of a good time with flight simulation.

Flysimware have updated their site http://www.flysimware.com/website/LEARJET_35A_UPDATES.html telling us about the upcoming 2.6 version. Fine stuff, most welcome. Good to see that the Lear is stil receiving the developers' attention. It's a great addon and I find myself flying nothing else lately. So addictive. Maybe that's why I have become picky about it. Hence,I am missing a word about fixing the out- of- sync main/standby altimeter kohlsman setting and the non-working pressurization cabin climb/descend rate indication.