PA-28R Arrow III

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  • Shortfield performance a little too good?

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    Since I posted this I've actually flown our archer 2 in real life with a short field takeoff and have confirmed that the shortfield performance in the sim is pretty accurate. Also went through the POH, and taking off within 600-800 ft is very reasonable. Guess I'll just remove this topic lol.

  • Transponder

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    ... sure as I wrote I let the Sim manage the ATC .. even if you put it on ON or SBY doesn't change it works well .. waiting for a Fix ...

  • Engine idle RPM

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    you can change to 600 rpm just by changing in the engine cfg .... set "idle rpm ...." to o.49. works fine

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    ... I join in your reflection of which I agree in every word ...
    on the Sound in the simulation I think exactly like you
    David

  • Custom Livery / Paintkit

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    Yep there is a community folder set to use, that's how I was able to make my paints work. Wouldn't of had a clue it wasn't for that "mod". That mod plus the paint kit, is all you need to start painting. Done three already for friends, and I'm a complete novice at this.

  • Flying through clouds

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  • Alternative alt hold indication?

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    The statement that the real aircraft does not have a certain item is somehow relative. OK, the aircraft did not have an ALT HOLD mode when it was released, and I get that you are modeling the plane with that state in mind, but many of the Arrow III aircrafts that are currently flying have seen they're avionics updated, some having completely new systems with modern autopilot units.

    I get the vintage look and feel of the plane and all that staff, and I fully endorse you to keep it as true to real live as you are doing, but, at least from my perspective, it would be great to have the option to fly a version of the Arrow with a little more modern avionics, like a more complex autopilot and maybe some more GPS options (like a GTN for example)... I don't know about you guys but for me that would be really fantastic, even if you happen to launch it as an addon...

  • PA28 Arrow III, Putting away the EFB?

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    Thanks all! I did read the whole manual, but I must have rushed through that part to get the Operating Procedures. Sorry for the noise.
    This plane has so much character. I remember two of them at the airfield a bicycle ride away form my house when I was around 10. Of course they were new then. I helped a man wash and wax Arrow in return for for an afternoon flight. Thanks to all who created and published it.

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    @copper Agreed. I just sent them a suggestion for that.

  • Alternate Air not selectable

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    @alexjberry said in Alternate Air not selectable:

    Worked it out... I had anti-ice configured to one of the Bravo Throttle buttons, and this is what's mapped to the Alernate Air switch in the Arrow, which kinda makes sense, I guess... So now, I can just flip my Anti-Ice button and hey-presto, the Alternate Air lever changes position accordingly.

    Thanks for the find! I'll try that later since I also have de-ice bound to my Honeycomb Bravo.

  • OAT not working

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    Seems to respond, but it's indicating ISA deviation, not OAT.

  • Transponder not working

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    @AndyBooth said in Transponder not working:

    EDIT: This is only starting in cold and dark.
    Starting on runway when flight start, it is working fine.

    It is also fine if you're using the ATC menu to acknowledge the squawk since then MSFS sets the code and activates the Transponder.
    It's just that the knob that should turn on the transponder doesn't correctly switch the state, it's only changing the visuals.

    When starting on a runway, you can't turn it off either, so the knob has no function other than the animations.

    I reported the issue already a few days ago via a ticket, let's hope they fix it in the upcoming patch.

  • Who's lying?

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    @ZenIT_SWE said in Who's lying?:

    So, who's lying??

    The EFB. It seems to mix up head/tailwind and left/right crosswind all together.

  • JF PA-28 Arrow CPU Heavy?

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    Yep, the FPS increase will only be visible if you're CPU bound since it basically only affects the CPU load.

    @Craig said in JF PA-28 Arrow CPU Heavy?:

    Unfortunately, Third Party aircraft cannot be compared in anywhere to basic aircraft in MSFS, Third part aircraft will contain a lot more custom code and generally more realistic than anything from the base sim, meaning that it will use more resources than anything from the base sim.

    Well this is a bold statement if even a complex airliner which definitely has more lines of code and logic and screens has less FPS impact.

    The EFB with it's static display eating so much CPU power is simply unoptimized and should be fixed. There is no reason that the EFB alone (the rest of the logic is still working fine while the EFB is off!) costs so much performance.

  • Piper Arrow III/IV - cockpit colors

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    @squareflux
    Well the mods change the interior colors, but not the panel. Not sure what @lessph exactly means with cockpit colors.

    From the screenshots it at least seems like the panel of the Turbo version will look slightly more blue-ish (not all black), but I also hoped to get that brown and a lighter color to swap. Probably won't happen and we'll have to wait for modders :)

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  • GPS and CDI Needle

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  • Temperature / thermometer

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    The gauge currently reads 15 degrees below whatever the game is set to at MSL. I think it's just been calibrated incorrectly.

  • Arrow Tail Number

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    @Dutch727

    Thanks I will Try that'

    Take Care

    Trevor

  • Autopilot unable to track a localizer

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    @copper said in Autopilot unable to track a localizer:

    do you use? Maybe try OMNI or NAV instead of LOC, I've heard LOC doesn't work in some cases but didn't try it myself yet.
    At least it could be a workaround

    I'm struggling to get LOC to work as well, it frequently just wanders of in a 2 minute circle ignorring the localiser entirely.

    However I've had more success using OMNI to initially catch the localiser, setting heading bug to localiser header then switching to Heading and finally swithing to LOC.

    I haven't tested it enough to say it truely reliable but it's worked for me so far.