SAAB 340 throttles

[smainville]

Regardless of what I do, following the guide that can be found in multiple threads, I cannot put this plane in reverse thrust.  I use the Thrustmaster TCA quadrant.

[Crash]

What guide? Could you post a link? (I don't come around here that often, so please pardon my ignorance.)

Crash

 

[smainville]

14 hours ago, Crash said:

What guide? Could you post a link? (I don't come around here that often, so please pardon my ignorance.)

Crash

 

The one supplied with the aircraft

 

[AlphaCharlie]

Hi smainville,

Are you struggling with the Flight Idle stops perhaps? You'll need to either pull the latches on the Power Levers (under the handles) or enable the 'Use PL Auto-Latch option in 'Saab User Preferences' (the little Gizmo menu on the top right) which removes the stops

Cameron explained it in the Release Notes for v1.6.4 (linked below) (scroll down a bit to the 'IMPORTANT' part). I don't think the original documentation you're referring to was updated.

You can bind the latches individually or together to a button/key.

They're called:

Left Power Lever Flight Idle Latch

Right Power Lever Flight Idle Latch

or

Right & Left Power Lever Flight Idle Latch

and live under: les/sf34a/acft/engn/... just search for 'latch'

 

Hope that helps!

Edited January 27, 2022 by AlphaCharlie
Added dataref/binds info

[smainville]

On 1/26/2022 at 7:06 PM, AlphaCharlie said:

Hi smainville,

Are you struggling with the Flight Idle stops perhaps? You'll need to either pull the latches on the Power Levers (under the handles) or enable the 'Use PL Auto-Latch option in 'Saab User Preferences' (the little Gizmo menu on the top right) which removes the stops

Cameron explained it in the Release Notes for v1.6.4 (linked below) (scroll down a bit to the 'IMPORTANT' part). I don't think the original documentation you're referring to was updated.

You can bind the latches individually or together to a button/key.

They're called:

Left Power Lever Flight Idle Latch

Right Power Lever Flight Idle Latch

or

Right & Left Power Lever Flight Idle Latch

and live under: les/sf34a/acft/engn/... just search for 'latch'

 

Hope that helps!

Thanks for your reply, been away a bit and just saw this.  I have since discovered that everything will work perfectly if I use my Saitek quadrant but not with my Thrustmaster TCA.  Wondering if anyone else has expereienced this?

[tex99999]

On 4/24/2022 at 8:26 AM, smainville said:

Thanks for your reply, been away a bit and just saw this.  I have since discovered that everything will work perfectly if I use my Saitek quadrant but not with my Thrustmaster TCA.  Wondering if anyone else has expereienced this?

Yes - I used my Honeycomb for over a year with no issues. Switched to a Virpil throttle and now can't get to beta? Everything else the same.

[Crash]

On 1/26/2022 at 4:06 PM, AlphaCharlie said:

Hi smainville,

Are you struggling with the Flight Idle stops perhaps? You'll need to either pull the latches on the Power Levers (under the handles) or enable the 'Use PL Auto-Latch option in 'Saab User Preferences' (the little Gizmo menu on the top right) which removes the stops

Cameron explained it in the Release Notes for v1.6.4 (linked below) (scroll down a bit to the 'IMPORTANT' part). I don't think the original documentation you're referring to was updated.

You can bind the latches individually or together to a button/key.

They're called:

Left Power Lever Flight Idle Latch

Right Power Lever Flight Idle Latch

or

Right & Left Power Lever Flight Idle Latch

and live under: les/sf34a/acft/engn/... just search for 'latch'

 

Hope that helps!

Apologies for the late reply. I'm not here all that often... Your suggestion worked...Thanks

[tex99999]

Sometimes when I reverse the throttles or prop/condition levers too quickly, they won't reverse.

When landing on a short runway you're too busy to notice. Bringing them back slowly works well.