tonywob

Any news on this, been waiting for this one for a while :-)

@Cameron Thank you, that's brilliant, I didn't know that was possible. That should definitely help with tuning frequencies.

Thank you for the quick support :-) 1) I normally set the altitude first on the ground, e.g. 10,000ft, and arm the NAV mode. After taking off and reaching about 1000ft, I engage the autopilot, it definitely engages because the plane begins to turn by itself and track the VOR. However, when I click the climb mode, either nothing happens, or the VSI begins to drop and the plane starts to dive. I have to disengage the autopilot to regain control and climb. It also seems random, sometimes I can get it to work perfectly, other times it doesn't. Could it be a problem with my yoke? 2) I find it very hard to set the heading or course I want, I either go 1 or 2 degrees too far, and it gets quite frustrating, especially if I'm on VATSIM or something. I have a similar problem with frequencies, it's very distracting having to flip away and drag the mouse around to try and move the dial, just because it takes a while to do. If the mouse wheel can't be used, is there some way I can assign key presses to do this for me, or even better a way to just type in the frequencies? 3) Yes, it never works for me. I noticed another thread on here about the same problem (sorry, only noticed it after posting). I basically have the same problem, no matter what I do, the torque won't increase by itself. I've followed the tutorial exactly, and I can't get it work. The guy in that thread managed to solve the problem by reinstalling it, so I might do this as a last resort.

I purchased the Saab a few days ago, and so far I really like it, however there are few problems/questions I hope people can help me with: 1) Why does the autopilot climb function sometimes work, sometimes not. I followed the tutorial but the climb function wouldn't engage, and when I let go of the yoke, the nose will drop violently. I've read the part in the manual, and I'm really not sure what I'm doing wrong. Sometimes it will work, but I can't see why. 2) Is there a better way to select altitude/frequencies on the dials? I have to pause the simulator to do this, as it's so difficult to do with the mouse. 3) Perhaps I'm misunderstanding the CTOT, however it never works for me. I enable it as in the tutorial, however when advancing the throttles it has no effect. Thanks for you help

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Thanks for the info, really looking forward to trying this out. It's one of the few airplanes I have(will have) in X-Plane, that I've been in (as a passenger) in real-life :-)

Forgive the question, I couldn't find it elsewhere. What sort of FMS/GPS will the Saab have? Will it be updatable (i.e. Navigraph)?

I recently purchased a few Carenado planes for X-Plane 10, i.e. The Bonanza, C152, C172 and the C182. I love the Bonanza and C152, however I have some problems with the C172 and 182 regarding the view from the side. I have an option of my joystick to quickly pan to the left and right to look out the side, which is especially useful when flying traffic patterns. However on the C172 and 182, then view is completely obscured, almost as if the pilot is sat really high up with his head in the roof. The only way to get it to work is to go to 3D view, and use the down key to move down. However, upon looking forward again, it resets the view. I find it hard to continually use the mouse and adjust everything when I want to look quickly out the side-window. I don't have this problem at all in the C152 and Bonanza, and another C172/182 that I have from another developer. Does anyone know how to fix this, or at least make it so that I can make the system remember when I pan to the right?