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Hi Skyseek I am presently rather far from my simulator screen, but if my memory does'nt fail, there is a soft key on the lower middle left side of the PFD under the mention "VLOC". If you click (push) on the key, "VLOC" disappears and a new mention "GPS" appears. Then the AP is connected to the GPS track when entering the NAV mode. Have a nice flight !

Hi, Quite a few. 1/ I concur with the FLC mode defect, as explained in a prior post. Some worrying details also: 2/ You want to engage either VS or FLC mode. You cannot check that your instruction is complied with, as none of the VS and FLC buttons illuminate, as HDG, NAV, APR, buttons do. You must check current status on top of PFD. 3/ Yaw Damper does not operate when the corresponding button is activated. It functions only with keyboard (CTRL+D), and then the button illuminates. (Rather suprising considering the VS and FLC where the buttons function without illuminating - Here, quite the opposite). However, when engaging YD as above mentionned, the YD indication appears in green letters on the AP indications line on top of PFD. But if you disengage through keyboard, the button will no more illuminate, although the green YD indication remains on the PFD. Question therefore remains: is it or not functionning? 4/ Some discrepancies also with the Approach mode. You're in the interception phase of the LOC, with both HDG and ALT mode active. AP information on the top line of PFD shows HDG in green letters, and LOC and GS in white letters. Just before crossing the LOC beam, HDG mode goes off. LOC and GS information remain in white letters. However, when the airplane is established on the LOC, and that the GS marker is centered on right scale, you would expect that LOC and GS indications turn green. Which does not happen. If something new, il will signal.

Hi, I have tried to investigate all possibilities offerred by the new version, but was unable to even activate the weather radar. (Even before finding out if it displays data...) Could you give the steps allowing display of the weather radar. I'm much interested

I do agree with the above. I have made quite some extensive testing of the FLC mode, which is new in this version. During climb, even if you request 130 KIAS, you may climb at around 140, and some other times 132... If you are on your TOD, flying around 210 KIAS, and you push (click) on the FLC button (which by the way will show 210), without changing anything with your torque setting, your plane is going to climb, slowly at first, steeply after. Descending in FLC mode means that once you engage FLC, you must reduce immediately torque in a meaningful way (10% torque) to obtain descent. And descent speed will be rather higher than the one selected. But once you do know that, you manage. It's clear that coding of the function is slightly defective !

@Captain Z, Hi, I don't know about P3D. When I experimented the same problem with FSX, I uninstalled V1 and also V2. When reinstalling V2, autopilot was functionning, even with slight bugs. I guess you should give it a try...

At the time of checklist before taxiing, you set data in your autopilot. First, heading of the takeoff runway with the HDG knob. Above the pitch angle scale of your PFD, the green indication "HDG" will show. Second, you press the ALT toggle, and the altitude shown on top of the right column of PFD will be the one of the airport. With the ALT knob, you set your first flight altitude or level, and the desired altitude will show on top of the right column of PFD. Above the pitch angle scale of your PFD, the green indication "PIT" will show. Then you set your VS. Press the VS toggle. The "PIT" indication disappears, and you get instead, in green letters: "VS 0FPM", followed by the information in white letters: "ALTS". Then with the wheel DN - UP just on the right of the VS toggle, you set your desired vertical speed. Note that the wheel course is just opposite of the indication. To increase VS rate, you turn the (mouse wheel) AP wheel to DN, or to UP if you wish to decrease the VS rate. When taking off, once gear up and flaps up, you just press the AP toggle (I have set one dedicated button on my yoke) and that's it!

From what I could see, the SPD button which allowed to keep a determined speed while descending is now switching between IAS and mach speed.

Further testing this afternoon. In particular, the VS setting of the autopilot, when aiming at a targeted preset altitude. The VS button, which illuminated when actuated in V1, doesn't do it anymore... But! It is actually functionning. The AP mode is announced on top of the PFD; And when actuated, the VS setting is announced on the PFD. Some new indication in V2 : the rate of vertical speed is now mentionned in the announcement. You have to check if the target altitude is also announced in white letters. Another thing I am not sure was already existing in V1 : by right clicking in the HDG knob, you change the targeted heading by increments of either ten or one degree.

You're welcome, My Lord !

On the left side of PFD, you have a slim vertical buttons panel, where you'll see the com1 illuminated. Just below, you have the corresponding com2 buttons that you can press on, and you will switch from com1 to com2, and vice and versa.

Further test this morning. The altitude knob functions indeed two ways. A first click on the right button of the mouse, and activating the wheel makes hundred of feet steps, another click with the right button, and you are making thousand of feet steps wihile activating the wheel.

The reply to my support ticket was duly answered within the hour. The answer is that it is necessary to uninstall version 1 properly before installing V2. The uninstall program is located at FSX root folder. Once it is done, you have to reinstall V2. I did it this morning successfully. It remains that the AP is functionning differently, and that, for example, I did not find the solution to tune altitude per hundred of feet. Only per thousand. To be continued!

Already done !

I have installed today the new version of the TBM 850 Although the former version was working perfectly well with its AP, it is impossible to actuate it in the new version. When passing the mouse on the various keys (hdg, nav, AP, FD etc...) the marker is not modified, and clicking or double clicking does not give any result. If it is indeed possible to move the various knobs, either heading knob or course knob, this does not induce any modification in the heading or course indicators on the PFD. Altitude remains on 0000 without any possibililty to move. Anybody has experimented the same problems? AFCS unit seems not functionning.

Hi Guys! Just to mention a French Air Force livery you will find on SOH. File TBM700N_EAAT.zip. Enjoy!

@JesC Hi ! Sorry, but English not being my native tongue, I sometimes fail to find the right word ! I am seeing your message after some days spent in the French Alps...

Hi, Being a turboprop, there is no "mixture" control. The lever with the red handle is an "admission" control. Either ON or OFF.

@pelayogon, She is actually a very demanding aircraft. I implemented Bert's mods in the air file which do improve her general behavior, in particular as far as roll is concerned. Final approach at the right speed is a real challenge. But after some tens of hours flying, I succeeded yesterday evening in managing a missed approach procedure entirely by hand. The suggested ADF fix works fine.

I had already raised the same question : http://forum.avsim.net/topic/409480-adf-frequency/ Since then, I have implemented the solution proposed by Bert, and it works ! I add that ADF is not only for local flights, as Bert suggested. You may wish to land on a specific airport where the only available tracking mean remains the NDB. Furthermore, I flew recently from Iraklion (Greece) to Malaga, over North Africa, from Tunisia to Algeria. Many radionav equipments are still NDB in Algeria.

Hello Happy Taxpayers ! I have now implemented SP1 and SP2, and I am extremely happy with this aircraft. After quite a long flight at FL 300 from LFCL (Clermont Ferrand) to LGSK (Skiathos) in real weather conditions, I was somehow anxious about the perf. I have tried to introduce the am mod in the .air file, changing the drag factor to 0.43. I have registered three flights in strict ISA conditions, at FL 300, FL 260 and FL 100. The mod resulted in rather noticeable inconsistencies. The plane was flying like a rocket! With the original .air file, some discrepancies with regard to the performance charts remain, but speeds are mostly in line with the charts, Have nice flights!

@Bert Pieke Thank you for your answer. I will see to implement your solution.

Happy Pilots, good evening... A small worry about TBM 850 PFD. I see that we can track any NDB - provided, however, we find the trick to tune the right frequency. Up to now, I have proven unable to find the right toggle. Any help, please ?

Hi Steve, Thank you again for your efforts. I must admit that I never thought to do it under windowed mode. I will try it. Happy landings!

Hi Stevejp! Many thanks for those wonderful improvements! I have been converted to DX10 for quite some time now (as a matter of fact when shifting from XP to W7...) and now the question is finally solved. One last problem: the information tags in the cockpit do not appear under DX10. Not that I really need them, except with one exception : the Aerosoft Twin Otter trim setting does not appear anywhere in the cockpit. If you want to know if you take off at neutral, or up, or down, the only way to know it is to drag the mouse on the handle and read the tag... Do you think possible to settle that with one of your magics? Thank you for any possible answer.

Hi, When I first discovered the plane, I got the same type of reaction. Now, this is the way I (successfully) proceed : 1/ Battery ON ; 2/ Pumps Check - Alternatively Pump #1 and Pump #2 - Check pressure on the indicator - Then pump out. 3/ Condition lever (the red one) full forward; 4/ Ignition ON (it seems that is the point that you are forgetting) 5/ Start ON maintained pressed until turbine is running; 6/ Generator ON; 7/ Ignition OUT. Then you can think about firing the master avionics, and the various Garmin screens. Don't forget the clock, on the bottom left part of the panel, hidden by the yoke ! Happy Flying !