stephenjdecatur

My Track IR works fine for awhile and then suddenly starts refusing to center, or reset, The flight must be terminated. I have not completed a flight without this happening. I have been looking around the forums for someone that shares this Track IR problem and not seen it. Stephen Decatur

Thank you for your reply Dan. Yes, I know that GA aircraft can be different from one another as well as from other aircraft, hence my reference to the difference between Lycomings and Continentals. What is interesting to me, is that common doctrine, at least among the instructors and other experienced flyers I have known is that carb heat is used ideally before any actual icing (in the carburetor) has occurred and is normally an all or nothing affair, some I've heard say that partial use of carb heat can be counterproductive. I've done some searches, but have not been able to find anything that relates specifically to DC6 accepted procedures in suspected carburetor icing conditions. Do you happen to know if your method is the one actually used by DC6 pilots? Of course for us, within the sim it all comes down to how it was coded, but I really am curious to know, in the real world, how carburetor icing was dealt with while flying this aircraft. (Only PMDG or A2A aircraft could have sparked this discussion). Once again, thanks. Stephen Decatur

You're absolutely right Kyle. This is a mistake most flight simmers seem to make. I guess if you've never been through any RW flight training it might be unusual to assume that on what seems to be a "beautiful" summer day that you should have to worry about icing. (It was a surprise to me). It was many years ago, but I still remember my lessons. So, I was just wondering if this particular engine configuration was more resistant to icing than the GA aircraft I used to fly, or is the use of carb air heat so different from what I was taught as a GA pilot. By the way, thank you for your reply. Stephen Decatur

Above, Kyle asked if anyone else is having this issue. Although the FE seems to do his job in all of the individual phases, he seems to be very happy to leave the carb air heat levers untouched no matter what the weather, even with the guage in the yellow. I've flown this wonderful airplane (thank you PMDG) about half way around the world now in all kinds of icing conditions. I've yet to see him touch those levers.(Even in descent). Some airplanes are much more prone to icing than others (Continental vs Lycoming), is this the case here? P.S. I am loving this airplane! The FDE is perhaps the best of all the simulator aircraft I've had experience with. Stephen Decatur

Thanks Anders, Like I said, it really is past my bed time. Got a little excited there for a minute. Too few aircraft ready for v4 just now, and the DC-6 is just my cup of tea. Stephen Decatur

Can it be so?! About one hour ago I updated my PMDG Ops Center. Upon opening Ops Center and selecting "choose aircraft", I noticed a DC-6 for P3D option. Had it been there before the update? I don't know. I clicked on it and it took me to a PMDG web page where I could purchase it. I read every word and clicked every link to see if I could find which version of P3D was supported and found that it was intended for version "3.4 and later". Does this mean it will also work in v4, or just later versions of v3? Well, I spent the next hour searching (everywhere) for some mention of the 6's release for any version of P3D, but found nothing except the information that is out there concerning the DC-6 being in Beta. Is it really released and for sale now as a P3D product, or have I just stayed up too late? (It really is past my bed time). Oh, PS, If this version is only for P3D v3, if purchased (purchasable), would there be a free upgrade to P3D v4? Stephen Decatur

Thank you Bob, I would have assumed that it should work, but we all know where assuming can get you. Steve

Hello All, I was pulling out my credit card to purchase the Eaglesoft Citation X when I noticed on their website it was stated that it was intended for (among others) P3Dv3 Academic. I have the Professional version. Does this leave me out in the cold? Any help from anyone on this would be greatly appreciated. Steve