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I don’t think I had any thing else running on the tablet. I didn’t switch away from Aerofly or have anything downloading. It might have received some sort of app notification via WiFi?

I meant that the tablet’s software and memory state might have had a glitch from not being recently booted.

The VOR ILS/NAV switch did not work. The OBS could not be set on the HSI even with that switch set (incorrectly) to NAV.

Restarting the tablet fixed things.

Oh and the RMI and DME worked... on the wrong VOR.

The pointer is at the closed end of the symbol. It is not perfectly clear in Aerofly. The right side RMI’s left knob is correct.

Hi Jan, it was a not very recent iPad boot, perhaps it had built up some glitches? It was a run east of Zurich heading north with the centre console used to dial in I thought Klotten 114.85 on the left and Trasadingen 114.30 on the right. I only tried using the FMC/CDU later. From the pics I might have had 110.50 on the left.

I used the RCL feature to dial the localiser frequency into the left side a bit later. The left side nav worked normally and the left HSI and left needle on the RMIs worked fine.

Screenshots taken a bit into the sim flight show that when dialed into 114.30 the right side instrument panel frequency repeater showed 116.90 and the RMI needle and the DME range corresponded with the WIL 116.90 VOR.

When 114.85 was dialed in on the right the repeater, RMI and DME corresponded with ZUE on 110.05.

Switching the VOR ILS/NAV switch did not change things and the RMI selector knobs were as normal.

(I might have had the ILS dialed in on the left from the start, I thought I only put it in later using the CDU and RCL?)

Nav 1 shows the position south of Zurich.

ZUE is indicated with KLO dialed in.

All this time the right HSI would not rotate with the VOR ILS/NAV switch in either position. I presume that there was a clash in the program. As I said this phenomenon was still present after exiting and re-starting FS 2019.

As a side note I’m sure you are aware of this but a fix would be nice sometime, the RMI selectors are strange, three of them work by switching away from the desired VOR/NDB indication label but the Right Side RMI left selector knob works by switching onto the desired indication i.e. for VOR, cover the VOR label. I presume it is correct?

I had an interesting (to me) failure of the right nav radio failing to change frequency using either the centre console boxes or the FMC/CDU Tune page. The remote frequency display on the right seat instrument panel remained on a random frequency and the nav instruments did not work. It gave a failure mode to the sim which caught me out!, I was a bit slow catching on (but did OK in the end). Exiting 2019 and re starting did not fix this, it needed an iPad reboot.

To be honest I’d like more of this. The 737 needs audio idents, it would have been a pretty big clue.

2 year old iPad pro 9.7”

iOS 12.1.1

FS2019 20.19.41

Anyone else see this?

Some landing alright Strato' and Captain Seatpants!

The Copilot really seems to positively plant her without much of a bounce, I just gave Copilot its first few goes on PC and it does a smooth if somewhat peculiar flight. The 'Copilot' and me would come to blows when he/she retuned my carefully entered nav-aid frequencies!

(Reverse thrust is an alternative deceleration and is not additional to the autobrakes, it reduces the demand on the brakes, keeping them cooler between rapid turn-arounds and reducing maintenance costs. It is most effective in wet and icy conditions - come on IPACS, snow for Christmas please).

Quote from Jet-Pack

We changed the engines in the baron so that they can be turned off, I'll check if something else was affected by this.

The unnaturally low engine performance in the Baron in the descent also is present in the PC version. I think you know and would expect that.

(The previous settings are similar to those of a real life PA 23 Aztec twin).

Is it not always a manual operation?, maybe Airbus or even the 737 MAX do autopilot/flight control computer reverse thrust but unlocking and applying the reverse thrust isn’t something to be taken lightly, any sort of upset could be deadly say with an on the runway go-around.

Sorry, I have avoided the Copilot.

You need to assigh a keyboard entry or a control device button to the reverser and select reverse manually. I use the nice and big Space Bar.

Flying through (falling) snow is quite beautiful, did MS FSX or 2004 do it reasonably well?

Has anyone used a Leo Bodnar USB board?, I was considering one with initially 3 pots on the top, side and front of a lunch box in the 737 trim wheels orientation.

Link

http://www.leobodnar.com/shop/index.php…products_id=180

Can the title of this thread be ‘updated’, I just opened it to see the Saturday 24th August 2019 update😢.

Great work with the mobiles by the way😍.

I love where they say their components have been in use and tested for ages, perhaps a rotary linear potentiometer?

It works OK for me, I turn off both flight directors initially to clear it and hit the FLCH button to start a climb or descent.

Using the 747 LNAV and VNAV the approach mode doesn’t like to engage the ILS, it seems fine if on heading and height mode.

What about the ADF (non)display?

I’ve pleaded for it for ages, I don’t think Tubingen understands how important idents are.

It pays to be sensitive to other people’s problems which we might not be conscious of.

You need to assign some inputs in settings, I think I put A in myself for engage autopilot.

A 2018 iPad has 4 core graphics, the pros have 12 core. Perhaps that has something to do with it. 2019 was a bit demanding when it came out.

Can mouse wheels be user assigned? Mice are now pound/dollar store items and a few on a hub could be useful for trim axes via their cheap Gray code wheels.

plus cowl flaps, supercharger levers, heading bugs .....

Castoring nose wheel means differential brakes for taxying. I think I remember the Socatta Rallye was OK with rudder and a blast of throttle.

On a related theme does the ADF work on the 747?, there is nothing to be found in a forum search.

I know about the selector switches and the different nav pages. The 747 used to do ADF only guess autoswitching with a permanent false 417.00 frequency displayed.