haeriphos Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 (edited) I just completed my first landing and lost all power over the numbers on final approach. I was able to glide it in, but once I was on the ground I noticed that my throttle was in cutoff. I use a HOTAS for throttle control and have no idea how I could have manipulated the throttle over to the idle/feather side. In the past I've only used the mouse to drag it left and right between flight idle and high idle. Any thoughts on how I may have inadvertently moved the throttle? I had one hand on the HOTAS throttle and one hand on the HOTAS stick when the power cut out. Thanks! Edited October 25, 2018 by skiselkov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yetteh Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 Its probably related to this bug : They are working on a fix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haeriphos Posted October 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 Yep, that looks quite familiar! I'll brush up on engine restart procedures in case that happens again before short final Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdflyer Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 6 minutes ago, Yetteh said: Its probably related to this bug : They are working on a fix You are flying with SEP switch on. You supposed to turn in off after take off. I had the same thing happened to me. It has nothing to do with activation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yetteh Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 (edited) 4 minutes ago, sdflyer said: You are flying with SEP switch on. You supposed to turn in off after take off. I had the same thing happened to me. It has nothing to do with activation Interesting! Where is the SEP switch? Also, the aircraft does pop up saying "Aircraft Unactivated" on the primary flight display! Edit: Are you on about the Inert Sep switch? The guide says its supposed to be on for landing and takeoff Quote Inertial separator switch. The inertial separator is a mechanical device that reorients air ow in the engine intake, such that objects with more inertia than pure air (e.g. ice particles and FOD) are not able to enter the engine easily. Use of the inertial separator is recommended during all phases of ground operations (taxi, takeoff and landing), as well when flying close to the ground where bird strikes can occur (usually at below approximately 5,000 ft AGL) and in all cases of severe precipitation or when icing is suspected or encountered. Edited October 25, 2018 by Yetteh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haeriphos Posted October 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 5 minutes ago, sdflyer said: You are flying with SEP switch on. You supposed to turn in off after take off. I had the same thing happened to me. It has nothing to do with activation The pilot in the above video was flying with the separator on, but I'm pretty sure that doesn't make the plane shut off and the throttle go back to cut off. In my case, I was flying with the separator on because I was on short final. In neither one of these cases should the inertial separator cause any of this to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdflyer Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 4 minutes ago, Yetteh said: Interesting! Where is the SEP switch? Also, the aircraft does pop up saying "Aircraft Unactivated" on the primary flight display! Air inlet inertial separator actuator. It's next to your de-icing anti icing switched Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BjornMa Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 If your talking about the inertial separator, that is not true. I was cruising at FL220, and the throttle went to cut-off without me touching anything. The only thing the Inert. sep. does is keep FOD out of the engine, you could keep it on during the whole flight if you wanted/had to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdflyer Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 2 minutes ago, haeriphos said: The pilot in the above video was flying with the separator on, but I'm pretty sure that doesn't make the plane shut off and the throttle go back to cut off. In my case, I was flying with the separator on because I was on short final. In neither one of these cases should the inertial separator cause any of this to happen. I had exactly the same problem several times (like in the video) until I force myself to read manual and turned off SEP after take off, and now I have no problem flying several hours straight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdflyer Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 The pilot in the above video was flying with the separator on, but I'm pretty sure that doesn't make the plane shut off and the throttle go back to cut off. In my case, I was flying with the separator on because I was on short final. In neither one of these cases should the inertial separator cause any of this to happen. It did shut off 3 consequent my flights. In one instance I was high enough and restarted my engine. I believe it could be happening if there was activation problem .Whether it correct or not since I turnef SEP off my flights are going smooth without any problemsSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdflyer Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 As I read manual it doesn’t seem SEP should cause any trouble. However, it coincidentally fixed my shutting engine problem. Could be a random luck, but since I turn it off I had no trouble flying around 5 hours within several different flights.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiselkov Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 I believe this a race condition in a part of the licensing code. In build 1.0.7 this will be fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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