usflyer

many thanks gentlemen!

update - just for giggles I reinstalled the 750 (made sure anti-virus & firewalls were off) and then went through the installer a bit more carefully. There's options on one of the pages saying "heading" and "nav" and nav was not selected. So, I brought my 25 years of flying experience to bear .....and selected it. Now it all works just fine, no issues at all. Reinstall or operator install error? I'd go with choice B lol Do have a follow-up question about fuel. There are tanks Left, Center, Right, Left Tip & Right Tip. I go on a flight and only the Center tanks supply fuel, to the point where I get a "Fuel Level Low" caution ... all other tanks stay at 100%. I see some test toggle switches on the center console but where are the fuel selectors? I kind of assumed with tanks on the tips and elsewhere that this would work like a 310 does for example .... but this doesn't seem to manage it that way. Been looking for some PDF manuals in the download but damn if I can find them. Thoughts? I'll say this.... noted texture issues not withstanding, the more I fly this thing the more I like it. So stable, ext model looks sweet & lands like a dream....it's a nice plane & I'm really enjoying it. And now that its working well, the 750 is icing on the cake. Would love a 2D of the lower pitch control since its what's used to set VS ... and having a setup on the condition levers & throttles like the Duke V2 where left click (for those of us without dedicated 3rd party throttles) moves the lever in question and right click moves them both together would really be nice. Other than that, it's a job well done I think .... really enjoying it.

Thanks guys, I'll try there. The 750 is on the VC panel, fully functional but I usually bring up the 2D because its larger and easier to see. Both operate the same way in my case.

Hi hangar Follow-up ... pretty sure its the Flight1 GTN 750. Just for giggles I went back and tried the MU2 with the stock GPS -- same dep and arrival, and the AP worked fine. ILS too. Dang 750 was a $50 buy ... should I uninstall/reinstall it? In and of itself it seems to be working fine, its just not interfacing with the AP for some reason. As for version the Shift-1 plane config menu says 1.7 ... my money's on the GTN unit. Question now is how to fix it?

Hi hangar, thanks for the reply. I should be more specific as I think this is likely a coding issue - should also mention that I'm a corporate pilot in real life, I fly a G200 ... also have Sperry autopilot experience (I used to fly Piaggio's, I believe the 1's had Sperry units in them while 2's came with PL21) - anyway, I am within 2 NM in the MU2, actually I'm on the course line - doesn't matter, the instant I hit NAV the turn begins. I tried a practice flight from Bangkok to Phuket (I'm an expat based in BKK so figured why not) and heading roughly south I went DIRECT to HOTEL (roughly 190 degree heading, put myself on the course and then hit NAV .... the turn began and didnt stop until i was heading due north, 360 on the HSI. No waypoint or nav point in sight. NAV button went green when selected, and stayed green until the turn north was completed, then it went amber. Used HDG mode to turn the plane again and went DIRECT Phuket (VTSP), which was roughly 210 degrees from present position. Hit NAV again and right on cue the plane turned, again rolling out due north, 360 degrees. Something is clearly wrongt. Tried turning AP off and then on again, deselect HDG before selecting NAV ....nothing matters. Why on earth does it always turn due north with nav selected????? HSI needle reads correctly, GPS page shows proper course, 750 is in GPS mode ...and yet it does this. Also, tried tuning in a VOR and see what the DME/MIN gauge reads. BKK was VOR selected (117.7) and GPS showed 10.4 NM. DME gauge read 1184 .... 8 min to arrive. Odd number read, no decimal point on that number. ILS is another problem, HSI shows no signal, DME shows nothing either. I think I lead the sim world in quirky issues lol

Hey all - just got the MU2 (version 1.7) and yeah, the textures aren't Duke V2 standard but once you start flying the Moo, its pretty great -- I really like it and as one poster said, interior textures soon fade into the less than important category. This is a nice airplane, and having flown a real one a few times, the sounds and the views put a smile on my face. I do have issues though that I'm not really seeing others have, namely with nav - autopilot works just fine (heading, VS, IAS, etc - no issues there) and the 750 GPS is awesome. But the autopilot is simply not following the flightplan in NAV (GPS is selected on the 750, this is backed up by the dash GPS nav button/indicator) but the moment I go off HDG the plane turns off into never-never land, every time. It simply will not track although the HSI indicates the proper course. ILS signals are also not received at all, I get no glideslope or course guidance from the HSI (checked freq's, all tunes correctly, VLOC selected on the 750) I'm running FSX, ORBX Global, Base and several upgrade airports - other planes work fine. MU2 and GNS 750 installed just fine, no issues there. Anyone have any ideas?

Does the C500 do this with the MFD from ISG installed? And if so, is there another freeware or pay ware autopilot that can be installed? With bug fixes well under way its such a nice airplane, could be a fav for many once the plethora of wrinkles (we're talking Shar-pei here) are ironed out.

Been reading these with great interest, I bought the 500 II a few days ago and have run into every one of the issues posted here. The planes modeling is awful, no two ways about it. I KNOW it's not a Lear but while it may have a slow climb rate getting into the upper 20's, the airspeed should NEVER be as low as this. Here's a few other "bugs" I've noticed, in no particular order: - Pressurization knob as noted, I notice I seem to be able to get it to rotate once bleed source air is selected. The rate knob moves but the value, which defaults at 10ft/min for some bizzare reason, won't change until you're airborne. I got a CABIN ALT warning with the guages well within limits on one fligth, got no warning at all with the Cabin ALT needle buried on another. Terrible. - Power issues as noted, including the redline on the ground at idle and the ITTs dropping to the 400's once at altitude - Autopilot. Can't really even call it that, the thing is a mess. I've seen freeware units better than this. ALT ARM ... doesn't. I have to select ALT at I approach the altitude I thought was set, and hope I get close. VS? The 500 has a digital VSI gauge with a knob that lets you very simply select your rate of climb up or down. On this the knob is non-functional, which is unbelievable. Worse yet, the scrolling of the AP wheel to set a rate in either pitdch or VS is backwards. In ANY aircraft, rolling the wheel from the bottom up causes the plane to pitch DOWN or VS to DECEND VALUE; roll the wheel from top down and the plane should pitch UP or VS to ASCENDING value. Not this thing - they got it backwards .. and it says how it should work right on the face plate itself!! Pitiful. When level in altitude hold (lower 30's since I was never able to get the plane much above that even at mid-weights) The VSI display bug also snaps to a 1500 fpm climb rate any time the plane crosses a flight plan waypoint. EVERY time. ##### is that about?? Especially considering that the is NO VNAV functionality with this model whatsoever. - Simple HSI graphics are cut -off, engine gauge values basically unreadable. - FMS. This is apparently an "improvement" over their 1st attempt at a Univeral box in the 1900 and if so it scares me to think how bad that must've been because this version is an abortion. No VNAV function at all, minimal LIST functionality, DIRECT TO an intermediate point neither displays on the MFD or couples up correctly ... its a joke. For reference, I will point out that I'm a real life corporate Captain. I fly a G200 internationally, and was a sim instructor at a company I guarantee you've heard of prior to my return to the line. Even though I fly for a living I still enjoy simming, especially the GA stuff since there isn't much GA avaialble for me to play around with here in SE Asia. I taught the Hawker 800XPi and have more than a few hours in the CJ1 and C500 sims and I know avionics (used the Universal L & K models in the Piaggio Avanti (Piaggio II's have PL21 like the Hawker 800-900 does) so I know my critiques are valid. There are more but you get the idea. I so not expect FS planes to be balls on accurate, but I do expect them to fly as a reasonable representation which models from iFly and PDMG do. I have a few other Carenado aircraft (T210, and PA46 JetProp) which I love and which work well. The CII looks the part, it taxi's nice and hand-flies well but the flight modeling would have to improve just to be called amateurish, and that's giving them the benefit of the doubt. This is not worth $50 and frankly, when any company takes money for a product they should damn well support it. I was looking forward to their Hawker release but honestly, I'm not now. I can't imagine how badly they're going to slaughter the Collins PL21 in that machine if they can't get a 20 year old Universal right. In the meantime I will wait a bit for a SP - but listen guys, don't think there isn't recourse for this if they don't do anything. FS community is large, very dedicated and word spreeads quickly. Carenado also has an obligation to its paying customers - and if they don't pull their head out of their exhaust pipe I'm thinking a bit of class action might be in order. Personally I can't stand the nameless, faceless, voiceless world of online business, but there ARE people running it, and it IS possible to get their attention. They should be ashamed for releasing a product this bad - but more importantly they need to be held to task for it. You're spot-on with this - and Carenado needs to hear it. Taking people's hard-earned money for a product this bad? Unacceptable.