Aha, ive got it now, thanks! thats all it was i didntt turn the start master off! ive now done my first first flight and landing using autopilot! im still struggling a bit with how to make it maintain the airspeed i selected with the asi bug, i am used to autothrottle, i am not accostomed to maintining airspeed using pitch so instead i just concentrate on watching the asi and using thrust to keep the airspeed roughly how i want it, well just a hour ago, i took of from soutahmpton intl having already selected what altitude i wanted (i chose 3000ft, as i was only doing a take of circuit and land) i also had the ILS frequency dialed in on the nav 1 (110.75) so i took off, and when i was climbing about 2000 fpm i hit autopilot and VS and altitude select, i was worried because it started to descent but then started to climb and sure enough leveled out at 3000, i also had heading bug turned to runway heading and hdg hold, then i turned the hdg bug the oposite way and i turned round flew my circuit, decended to 2500 and when i was on the localise hit the approach hold or whatever its called (ssl, i think) and it brought me down slapm bang on the runway center line, i canceled ap about 200ft and landed manulay, as this is what i beleive you have to do? but anyway ive done it now and im very happy, does this mean i can actually start up and fly a real 146?
Hi, firstly let me say thanks for such a great panel for the 146, at first i found it a bit annoying to have to go through the correct procedure to start the engines up, as most of the planes on flight sim are more simple and the engines are already running, but now i can do it, i feel very pleased with myself and more like a real pilot!! I am using Jon murchisons 146 200 (in flybe colours) as these are regular aircraft at my local airport and i like flying all the planes i see operating from here, as i said, i can get everything running ok, but have found a problem in the autopilot, in that i cannot make it work! The autopilot master switch is on, and as i think it goes you select the altitude you want, then when you are airbourne you climb so the vertical speed goes up , then press the main autopilot button then you hit VS to hold that vertical speed and the aircraft should climb to the selected altitude, but this is not happening, as soon as i lift of the ground the autopilot seems to shut down, i get a red line going across the altitude select and it doesnt climb, i tried using heading hold, i selected a heading and then clicked the autopilot and HDG , i use autopilot lots on other planes and was expecting the plane to turn to my selected heading but nothing, it just seems as soon as i am airbourne autopilt stops working, because when i am on the ground if i press the autopilt button i get a warning noise and a green triangle appears on the AP button but there are no noises or triangles when airbourne. I am guessing i have not done the start up procedure entirely correctly or i did something wrong when installing the panel Any help will be very much appreciated regards Jay
Hi, firstly let me say thanks for such a great panel for the 146, at first i found it a bit annoying to have to go through the correct procedure to start the engines up, as most of the planes on flight sim are more simple and the engines are already running, but now i can do it, i feel very pleased with myself and more like a real pilot!! I am using Jon murchisons 146 200 (in flybe colours) as these are regular aircraft at my local airport and i like flying all the planes i see operating from here, as i said, i can get everything running ok, but have found a problem in the autopilot, in that i cannot make it work! The autopilot master switch is on, and as i think it goes you select the altitude you want, then when you are airbourne you climb so the vertical speed goes up , then press the main autopilot button then you hit VS to hold that vertical speed and the aircraft should climb to the selected altitude, but this is not happening, as soon as i lift of the ground the autopilot seems to shut down, i get a red line going across the altitude select and it doesnt climb, i tried using heading hold, i selected a heading and then clicked the autopilot and HDG , i use autopilot lots on other planes and was expecting the plane to turn to my selected heading but nothing, it just seems as soon as i am airbourne autopilt stops working, because when i am on the ground if i press the autopilt button i get a warning noise and a green triangle appears on the AP button but there are no noises or triangles when airbourne. I am guessing i have not done the start up procedure entirely correctly or i did something wrong when installing the panel Any help will be very much appreciated regards Jay