Lauramks2

My research tells me that this message shows up when there is more than 10 knots difference between the airspeed at the pilot side and the copilot side. It is amber and most of the time I have ignored it but sometimes it affects the autopilot and kicks me back to "ROLL" mode. Took me a few approaches to figure out why I was moving off track. Took me longer to realize I needed to hit APR mode again. Now that I have figured out how to compensate, I am wondering if this happens to others. Is it a glitch or is something causing it. I thought it might be ice in the pitot but probe heat was on. It is irritating at worst and doesn't change my flying much but if anyone has some insight, I would appreciate it. If this happened for real, would I switch to a different ADC on the reversionary panel?

This only has happened on that one approach so far. As I fly around I will see if it happens again. I will also try some of the other BFI approaches to see if it is just this airport.

I was flying the 650 v 1.7 and didn't realize it. I switched to the 650 1.8 and flew it again and it still does the same thing. At Lemnn it goes for runway centerline.

Thanks, I probably did just that by jumping in the sim and getting my flight plan into the system trying to make sure my filed flight plan in Pilotedge matched. Thanks for the note. :-)

I was flying the RNAV Y rwy 14R with autopilot engaged. When it got to LEMNN, instead of turning toward COLMT it flew straight and lined up on the extended runway centerline. Approach was normal from there. Why did it do this? The image below shows me past LEMNN headed to the dashed rwy centerline.

what was the fix?

solved. It turns out that I updated the database to IRS 1 but not to 2 or 3. When I updated them all, they synced up. That was interesting because I have updated a number of times before and only updated number 1. Maybe that was enhanced in a recent upgrade?

Jiggle fixed. End of the story was that I had two switches on my CH yoke set for reverse thrust. This is what was causing the jiggle. With lots of planes and lots of settings from different software, it is sometimes hard to find the conflict. I thank you for the help. I learned a lot on the journey.

Tried to send TO speeds and got a message that systems were not in sync. Thought about it for awhile and decided to see what that meant after TO. Turns out the Pilot and CP IRS systems were no longer tied together and that somehow blocks the speeds going to my PFD. Looked all around in the cockpit, manuals and online and never found any way to link them together. One reference was to a menu in the IRS system but in my sim the only control there was to switch between Mag and True reference. Is this something that glitched on startup of the sim and not controlled in the 650? I didn't want to restart so I flew with it and my only issue was I had to manually adjust the copilot system to get the charts I wanted on his MFD. Thoughts?

Big help. Thanks

Thanks for the knowledge. From what you say, it sounds like anything I set up in the bridge should be deselected in xplane so there are no conflicts. Those not selected in the bridge can be set in Xplane. I agree that probably the best is to start clean again. I do have lua scripts for the radios and I did have a script for the autopilot. Then I used some of the profiles for honeycomb so I see how it might be a mix now. (Which is why I'm not sure what "no 8 and 9 levers (T. Reverse)" means.) On the xplane settings for the honeycomb throttle quadrant, the thrust reverse levers are labeled spot 8 and spot 9. I set those for full on thrust reverse when the levers are pulled to the on position. They both perform this action now so the only issue is the jiggle at low n1 which is easy to avoid for now. One new question if I may? Flying into John Wayne today, I found my course on final showed up as 360 instead of 196 degrees. What I found out the hard way was the left selector switch on my honeycomb autopilot when set to CRS does not change the course setting. All the other options work great. I duplicated on my next flight to be sure. I can change the course with the mouse using the knob in the simulator but not using the button on my honeycomb. Xplane doesn't even address that button at all. Can that be assigned in the configurator? My guess is a reset from a clean start may fix all these. Just trying to understand which codes take priority so I can avoid conflicts. You have been a big help. Sometimes it can be frustrating but I am having a ball learning how to integrate all the systems. I am even starting to feel comfortable flying around. Flew KPSP to KSNA and back today on PilotEdge. Thanks.

Thrust Reverser setup? Originally I had the no 8 and 9 levers (T. Reverse) set up to "toggle thrust reverse". That didn't work so I set them to "100% reverse" (can't remember the term) when I pull the lever. That works great on both engines. On landing I can pull both levers and get TR activated. It is just engine one that jiggles at idle. I eventually thought I could get around the jiggling by not assigning anything to those two levers but it still jiggled. I even tried turning off the thrust reverse switches but I still get a "REV" indication on engine one. I have perused the log file to see if it would give me clues but nothing so far. Thanks again.

Thanks for your response. I recently posted in this forum a question about how these two programs interact. I have been using the honeycomb profile you posted and that seems to work fairly well. I have seen information that suggests that I set all the xplane controls to "do nothing". What I don't understand is does the configurator override the xplane control settings or does it actually set them up? When I first got the honeycomb quadrant, I went into xplane like I normally would and set up all the buttons and levers there. Then I found out about the configurator. The configurator sets up a profile and bridge in xplane 11. I downloaded a profile and installed it in the bridge. Then I copied the bridge program over to xplane 12. If I have the bridge in the xplane 12, should I just delete my Challenger 650 profile in xplane 12? Or should I keep it and make sure all buttons are "do nothing" so that the configurator profile sets the buttons? Is there reference materials that I can view to better understand the interaction? Can I view the configurator settings to know what your profile sets up for each button? I use the first six programable switches for specific views. Here is where I am at now. I have found that the reverser only jiggles when the n1 is under 32% on the no 1 engine. Engine 2 works great and the reverser works great. If I keep No 1 throttle at 33% I can taxi and takeoff per normal. In flight is just need to be careful not to pull that throttle back too far. That has allowed me to fly the plane. Not ideal but ok. One thing I found on your profile is that if I pull the right throttle below the low detent (as if I pull to cutoff) the engine stops! I had to fly a single engine approach into John Wayne the other day when I noticed I had accidently shut it down on short final. Turned out to be easily accommodated but a bit of a shock. No. 1 engine does not do that. I appreciate your input. It really helps. Laura

I am running a profile from the Honeycomb configurator to set up my Honeycomb throttle quadrant. I have seen some notes that suggest I make sure my "other settings are all on None". If I run my Honeycomb profile, should I go into Xplane 12 and set all those hardware settings to none? Does the profile override the xplane settings? Are the profile settings reflected in the xplane settings? How can I know for sure which settings each button is set to perform? Is there a source document I can refer to on the Honeycomb process and how it affects xplane?

I am having an issue with the left thrust reverse lever. I have downloaded your profile and all looks great except for the thrust reverse. As you see in the video, it jiggles and it keeps me from using engine 1. I have reloaded the 650 but that didn't fix. I have used xplane 12 settings to "do nothing" and that didn't fix. I have deleted the AFC_bridge folder and that didn't fix. It seems a config conflict somewhere. Is there a way to trace the conflict? I think I am using the Boeing profile? Would the Airbus be better? Thoughts? jiggy thrust reverse.mp4