Uncle Jack Simulations

Hey ph-kim! I believe you are mistaking the wobble pump actuation with the primer actuation. I'll link you a video of a real PT-19 startup procedure (It is in portuguese, but the important thing to notice is how many times the pilot pumps that wobble pump): And on your other question: You actually need a bit less than 2.5 PSI. 2.5 is listed in the manual in order to give you some margin on that setting, this is because fuel pressure escaped through the fuel pressure relief valve (you can observe this happening if you build up pressure, and go check the bottom cowling's opening. It will be dripping this pressurized fuel). I believe what happened is that you took a bit longer than expected to start the engine after the pressure was built. Hope this was somewhat insightful! Dan.

Hey ph-kim! Yes, information on the trim tabs is HARD to find. The aircraft i personally assessed has this trim tab adjustment. The owner/operator told me this was a 1942 original modification, which, according to him, made the aircraft behave nicely specifically during left turns, which were/are a bit problematic for the PT-19. I've noticed not all aircraft have this. Some do, some don't. I did notice, however, that the flight dynamics i custom coded for the addon follow the behaviour of the corrected version of the aircraft, hence the visual representation of this. The aircraft still doesn't quite enjoy left turns, but it's not such a big of a factor as it would be. Hope this answers your question! Dan.

Hey! From my experience regarding the flaps lever, it behaves similarly to a parking brake mechanism in your average car. It does have detents, yes! But those aren't labeled detents as you would see in most other aircraft (which would read a certain degree of flap actuation for any specific flap lever position). Since i couldn't realistically implement the detents (which there are lots of), i decided to let the user freely move the lever; which is more or less how it is done in real life: By look and "feel". X-Plane does, however, recognize and execute on the user's "Reduce flaps" or "Increase flaps" commands, and the user can set half and full flaps that way. About the clock: Yes, it does have a lot of room for improvement, and i do plan to improve the way it works. The roadmap is to enable the clock to self-adjust itself on startup in order to match local time, and allow for an easier and more realistic tuning mechanic. And also give me my bonus points, because you do need to rewind the clock after 8 days or so, or it'll stop functioning You can read more about the procedure on the manual. Thanks again, ph-kim!

Hey there ph-kim! While i tried my best to faithfully reproduce all the mechanics and quirks of the PT-19 as i possibly could, some things may still be a bit "off" here and there. I'll look further and try to dig more information on these rudder pedal cams. As for your other suggestion - yes, this is exactly how i'm attempting to solve this for the next update Respectfully, Dan.

Hey ph-kim! Just seen your threads and rest assured i'll assess all of them shortly Chocks, Jacks, Individual Toe-brakes and the parking brake handle are all at play when the subject is keeping the aircraft from moving. For this reason, since manuals state that the parking brake interacts directly with the toe brakes through the master cylinder, i decided to simulate this mechanical link they have. X-plane's default parking brake system is a bit wonky at best, and i did experiment using it with the parking brake lever. The thing is, if a user has the "Apply regular brakes" command issued, then what X-plane does instead is say "Oh this person wants to brake, just apply 0.2 parking brakes on it, then", and the whole parking brake lever would move, which is extremely annoying (and also incorrect). Now, from the tests we ran, you can STILL use "b" and "v" keys (default mapping) in order to use those X-Plane systems. Other systems that are designed to keep the aircraft stopped in the PT-19 make use of them. About the detent: I did run into some animation issues when trying to implement this feature, that is why it shipped as-is; but i'm working on a way to get this detent right. As for the control lock: That suggestion you offered is exactly how i'm tackling this! Should not be a problem for the next update Thanks guys for your input, me and others surely appreciate it. Dan.

As suggested by Cameron, updating X-Plane to version 11.50 should solve this issue. I'm investigating this error and will try replacing the potentially faulty dataref. Thanks for reporting this!

Hey Giaco! Thank you for your kind words! 1. In order to lock the stick, first pull the control lock lever fully, then center your flight controls, and push the stick fully forward. While still holding this position, finally push the control lock lever forward, and the stick should remain centered. There is an issue on extremely sensitive hardware flight controls which will glitch out the system visually, making it stutter constantly, but the flight controls will still remain locked, it's just a visual anomaly that may happen on some setups. 2. Yes, that is correct! The parking brake will pull the strings for both brakes, but won't interact with the rudder pedals at all. This happens in real life! 3. Well, that one is simple: There is no "Both on"! Your fuel selector goes like this: BOTH OFF, LEFT, RIGHT, and BOTH OFF again! That's why your engine has quit, and that is also why you can't draw fuel with the wobble pump while the selector is there 4. answered above 5. Pilots will always be hidden if the view is internal. I did this because there is a lot of walking around the aircraft, so it felt a little odd "seeing yourself" while you are actually outside. 6. I didn't know VR had an external view mode. When you say "external", do you mean the default VR view, but venturing outside the aircraft? I will look into this, which wasn't present during our beta tests at all. I hope this was helpful!

I would also like to point out, for future reference, that this unpleasant situation also happens if the user tries using the Developer Menu's "Reload Aircraft" function. Changing liveries is fine, but for a complete reload, please load another aircraft, like the Default Glider, and then load your PT-19 back. This odd behaviour is being investigated. Respectfully, Dan.

Update: I have just fixed this issue. A hotfix should be available shortly after this post. AviTab isn't mandatory anymore!

Working on a fix right now! Thank you for pointing this out

Hi ifikratis! Nice that you noticed it! Rest assured this is a feature The PT-19's RPM gauge is wired through a set of gears, and those will move in this 50 -50 RPM spasms. Hope that clears things! Respectfully, Dan.