which sim, FS2004 or FSX ? Which version of vasFMC, FS gauge version or standalone ? Also is it vasFMC V2.09 or V2.10, V2.09 works better with non Airbus aircraft, you can find the 2.09 download on avsim.
Yes there is a PM, click on Members at the top left of this page, search for Matthias L (if you sort by "Group" or "Number of postings", Matthias will be near the top of this list). Next click on the PM Button on the Right.
can you check the fuel panel on the overhead, I think you will find that L FEED LO LEVEL and R FEED LO LEVEL are lit and further down the panel that L OUTER LO PRESS and R OUTER LO PRESS are also lit, this signifies that there isn't enough fuel in the wing tanks to pump into the feed tanks.
The two feed tanks with low pressure aliment engines 1 and 4, if the LO PRESS warnings are lit you won't be able to start those engines. You need at least 1250 lbs in each wing tank for the warning lights to extinguish.
Are you sure you're not confusing lbs and gallons ? 500 galls = 3350 lbs = 41.1% in each wing tank, with this quantity you shouldn't have any problems.
the center tank feeds into the wing tanks, so you shouldn't have any problems starting all the engines if there is fuel in the wing tanks.
It may be a known FS problem where the cut-off switches in FS are closed, this may sometimes occur when the 146 is loaded after a 1 or 2 engine aircraft. The workaround is to press CTRL + SHIFT + F4 before doing the startup sequence, this ensures that the FS cut-off's are open.
Give it another try with fuel in just the wing tanks and use the workaround first.
when fuelling the 146, you should fill the wing tanks first, then put any remainder into the centre tank.
From the manual : Center fuel transfer switch. The switch has three positions. If the switch is in the “Auto” position (switch up) and the aircraft is airborne, fuel is used from the wing tanks until they reach 7470 lbs. After that an electrical pump transfers fuel from the center tank to the wing tanks to keep them at 7470 lbs. Until the center tank is empty. After that fuel is automatically used from the wing tanks. The “Auto” mode does not work if the aircraft is on the ground.
18° flaps should be OK for take off, however I have noticed when I have flown in a 146 in RL they generally use 24°. With 24° flaps I generally trim somewhere around +0.8 to +1.0. If you do use 18°, try trimming up or down until the warning light goes out.
Hi Greg and Matthias, I too don't get in here as much as I would like, however in answer to your question Greg, AFAIK it was only the contact points that were modified, to get the aircraft to sit better on the ground. I don't think anything was altered in the engine values or spoiler operation, the rest of the FDE has remained the Matthias/Murchison one.
you won't get the cockpit windows in FSX, it just doesn't work, instead MS/Aces decided to use the virtual cockpit for these views, so unless the Aircraft comes with a VC, you won't see the windows.
When on short final, it is customary on the 146's and ARJ's to use the Airbrake, to compensate for this, you need to use more thrust, this effectively puts the Aircraft into a nose down attitude.
Try a few practice landings at London City (EGLC), this has a 5.5° glideslope and you won't be able to land there without the Airbrake being set almost at the top of the glide !!
Regards, ................Adrian W.
P.S. the Airbrake lever should be set to maximum of 80% when on approach.
100% is used ONLY on the ground to deploy the Lift Dump Spoilers, this function is manual on the 146's and should be automatic on the ARJ's.
P.P.S. if you have a look at photos of the 146's on final approach, on one of the many aviation photo sites such as
the RJ panel accesses the AP Disconnect sound through the Aircraft sound config.
The .wav file in the Aircraft sound folder is caapdis.wav, you could copy the file ML-BAe146v40_APDisc.wav in the FS Sound folder to the Aircraft Sound folder and change the SOUNG.cfg to refer to this sound instead, the appropriate line is near the end of the file, entitled
if you open the FS gauges folder, there should be a file named "ML_ARJv40_Config.ini", open this file with notepad, scroll down to the section named "Floats" and change the first four values to =1, this will set the cutoff switches and turn off the engines.
Note that this panel records the last state it was in when you close FS, if you close down the Aircraft properly at the end of your flight, leaving it in a cold and dark state, then the next time you start FS with this Aircraft, it should be in the same state.
External programs control the Aircraft heading by using the LNAV button on the MCP.
Make sure that your using version 4.2 (Mlarjv42.zip) with the patch (Mlarj4p1.zip), and note that it is only for FS2004 not FSX. Certain panel functions will not work under FSX.
That's just on AVSIM, I haven't looked on the other sites. If you click on the Aircraft links "BAe 146" or "Avro ARJ" in the left margin here, you will find a link at the bottom of the page that gives you a list of repaints + modeller, the list above seems to be about it, for Pauls model.
There is of course Jon Murchisons newer model available over at Historic Jetliners Group http://www.simviation.com/hjg/ , there you will find a very good selection of repaints of both old and new liveries.
I haven't used this panel for some time now, but if my memory serves me correctly 'LVLCHG' won't actually turn off the 'TOGA' mode, you need to do it manually on the 'TRP', whereas the 'THRUST' button will change it to 'CLBNORM'.
this isn't really a problem with the panel, but an aircraft.cfg problem and should be taken up with the model builder. However I may be able to help.
Open the aircraft.cfg file using notepad and scroll down to the [contact_points] section, the first point in the listing (point.0) is usually the nosewheel, go to the 8th parameter ( this is the max steering angle in degrees) and increase this by 5 or 10 degrees at a time until you find an angle that suits you. Don't forget that slowing down a little before making a turn helps a lot.