Lauramks2

jiggy thrust reverse.mp4 here is a video of the issue

I just purchased the Honeycomb Bravo and overall I love the hardware. As I was setting it up I came across some profiles and learned about the "configurator" program. After messing around with that program my throttle 1 hardly moves in conjunction with the hardware throttle and the thrust reverser on one keeps getting stuck on. Visually the thrust reverser lever in the sim is coming on and off all the time (jiggling). I am wondering if the AFC Bridge plugin is in conflict with the XPLANE 12 settings for the throttles. It kind of seems like a physical connection issue but I have tried the other throttles on that #2 station and none make a difference. Anyone have some ideas? Not quite ready to return it if I can fix it.

It's not a biggie once you know. It took some concerned research time to figure out while i was running the checklist trying to get launched. I ended up skipping the check and only later stumbled on the solution. Forces the question of would you enter IFR knowing you couldn't turn on the windshield heat. Thanks for the answer and I am sure it will come out in an update later.

Is it just me or what? If I use my mouse to turn on windshield heat and wing anti-ice I have to move my mouse up to get the switch to go down and vice versa. Is this a known issue?

Pils: Thanks you for all the help. Rose Mode: I ran into this before and I can see I have forgotten what that looks like. I thought I was it in. I am working on setting up the memory functions. Those seem really helpful. I have set the copilot up so that I get the checklist on one, the summary page on 2 and a full screen on 3. That helps as I also like to see the chart on the CP side. I will set my Mem 1 so I get the approach in rose mode. I will watch again and try to figure out why the boost in power on one side. I have flown a number of approaches with SPEED engaged and the needles totally centered all the way down final. That is always joyful. I have battled with the ATS a lot on final. Something I am doing is kicking it off. If I see the speed getting slow, i put the throttles up a bit, disengage the FD and reengage the ATS. All that takes time and destabilizes the approach. I super appreciate the time it takes for your review of the video. It helps a bunch. I am getting more comfortable with this aircraft and the depth of the systems makes it fun to learn.

I like these little AHA moments. Nice to know about the 13% split. One issue I had yesterday was I ran the onboard copilot checklist function. I like how I can click down the checklist and have the copilot work the switches. Twice now, I have gotten to the last part of the landing checklist when the copilot started running the go-around checklist which starts with N1-TO. Suddenly my approach is thrown for a loop and I don't have an easy way to stop the checklist from proceeding. Obviously something I am doing is triggering this so I record the flights to self debrief and figure out what is going on.

Yes, I have a three screen setup and I use the pop up controls to make changes easier but the recording only captures the center screen. FPS on most other aircraft is in the 30's. The challenger eats up a lot of FPS. I have had this computer for a couple of years and it was primed for XP11. Even at this FPS it seems to be realistic to me.

It is easy to forget and a timer is great. If it is only a few hundred pounds, I point my left finger to the ceiling, resting on my elbow until I put the button back.

Should disconnecting the Autopilot also disengage the ATS? I had a landing yesterday where I pulled the throttles back but the ATS kept trying to keep Vref+5. After that, at DH I disconnected ATS then the AP so I would have control of the aircraft. What do you think is going on here?

Working on Nav to Nav transfer. I have flown this 4 times in the last few days. Only once did I get the blue ghost needles. From TOAK to Silex it won't descend to 3700? Captured ILS and it flew way left of course? Auto Throttle keeps popping out of SPEED mode on final. Would love to have someone review the flight and let me know. I have conquered pilot and co in the correct FMS/LOC modes but even with that it didn't transfer. Thanks in advance for the help. KOXR to KBUR.mp4

Problem solved. Pilotedge got my transponder yesterday and I made it all the way to Castle. Thanks so much.

Thank you so much. I searched discord but I can see I have more to learn. I copied and pasted the file and will let you know how it goes.

Took off from Van Nuys today with the transponder in TA/RA per the checklist. After TO, ATC (pilotedge) could not see my transponder. I thought I had it in the wrong setting so switched to ALT ON. Still cannot read. Tried all the other modes. No go. If I hit Ident, he could momentarily see it but after that, no readings. Tried all the settings but he could never see me. I had finally mastered the flight to Castle AFB with VNAV up and down. Even got Nav to Nav transfer on my practice flight. I was ready for my first flight on using the 650 on pilotedge. Sadly, vectors back to a visual landing and Van Nuys. Boo Hoo. I have searched the internet and I don't see this issue anywhere, even in this forum. What did I get wrong?

thanks, it worked :-)

can you send another discord invite? Apparently mine timed out.

PILS: Awesome. thanks a ton for the videos. One thing that caught my eye to start with is how you set up your MFD's/PFD's. Apparently I have to be in the ROSE presentation to see the dashed lines of the upcoming switch to the ILS course and green needles? I have yet to see them even though I saw them on other videos. I may have solved one mystery. I have set mine up so that I am in PPOS. I like how you set up the copilot MFD for a bigger presentation to include the airspace. I am working to find the combinations I like and getting them into the memory locations so I can quickly set up what I need. I am still working to learn the ATS and the VNAV systems. I have been using Garmin G1000 on a Phenom 300 and that seemed intuitive and easy to follow and change. Collins is by far more capable and sophisticated and with that comes a steep learning curve. Watching the videos is instructive and I will try and record my flight and see if I can duplicate it. Thanks for all the help. Laura :-)

Sometimes I have to laugh! I had lost the ATS and the only way to reset that I knew about was to disconnect the FD, push TOGA and get it back. Operator error. This is the first aircraft (real or sim) that had a TOGA button for me to play with. The fun for me is playing with all these new toys and trying to figure out what they do. I am finding more good documentation which is shortening my learning curve. :-) Thanks for the help. It is valuable.

I have a discord account but only have worked with the PilotEdge folks. I will find the HotStart group and connect. Reviewing your reply, I am guessing one or more of those happened. I set up a plan from KVNY to KBUR so that I could practice multiple approaches. My goal was to fly the ILS to BUR then go missed approach down to VTU and hold. I would then open up the LEGS and go DIR to TOAKS for the next approach. On the way to TOAKS I would click on APPR and expect to fly the approach again. My guess is that since I am inside the 31 mile NAV to NAV, that it doesn't recognize I am doing the approach again? The issues you point out may be something I am doing inadvertently. I have been recording my approaches to watch in detail what I am doing. This was really helpful to know. I found today that if I add in the APPR to my flight plan and then delete the discontinuity by copying the IAF point above the discontinuity, it seems to forget that the following points are part of an approach and treats it like an extended flight plan. Is that a known issue? On my approach to KOXR (ILS) today, I noticed that it wouldn't auto tune the ILS freq. Once I put it in preselect, it caught up and started the approach. Lots to watch out for coming in to an airport. :-)

OMG! Thank you. I have followed numerous posts and leads trying to get some good documentation. Your link worked and I found so much of what I needed. The note I found on the FD Sync button solved so many issues for me. Thanks. You never know when your input really pays off. This was helpful. :-)

I was flying a flight plan into Burbank CA and had loaded the ILS Z approach. I got near TOAKS and pushed the APPR button to kick into approach mode. In the photo you can see SILEX which is the next point on the approach so I know it was loaded in. I got the white No APPR message on the PFD and the Autopilot kicked off. I have done this twice and it won't sequence to green needles on this approach automatically. I also saw a No Sequence warning along the way as well. It is somewhat challenging because yesterday I flew 3 approaches to KVNY next door. It always sequenced to green needed and flew the ILS. Could it just be this airport? On the approach you can see it doesn't follow the LOC very well. This last photo is just before landing. It went almost full scale deflection then corrected at the last moment toward the runway.

I was flying an ILS into Burbank CA and the autopilot kicked off. I had passed through the final approach course and was going back but the FD wants to go the opposite way. What nav point is driving the FD and is there a way to tell. This seems to happen a lot. I know where I want to go and the FD has a mind of it's own.

Thank you for the note. I started to think the little circle was the slip indicator but then noticed the tiny rectangle does that. Is there any written documents for using the HUD that you know of? The more I use it the better I get but it would cause less trial and error if I could read about it. Laura

What does the big circle, the little circle and the 2350 mean to me?

Any chance you can refer me to where you got the documentation? I am having some challenges understanding the approach modes and this would help a lot. Laura

Solved it myself. As I was working on changing the lights on a night flight, my cursor was near the switches just above them that change the PFD and MFD settings in case one fails. Somehow my mfd setting moved off NORM and I lost the MFD. Putting them back to Norm brought it back. Kind of a sim issue when adjusting knobs with a mouse. What I point at is not always what changes. Lesson learned.