PA-28R Arrow III

@Sender46 said in Need a good mechanic:

@Cristi-Neagu It's in the changelog:
Sound additions:
background panel rattle on low engine RPMs

I think it sounds realistic so I'm not complaining.

I agree. Nice touch.

When loading the .pln file instead, and setting good weather at daytime, everything works fine (except for the ADF indicator, which begins to point towards Shoreham only 2 miles out from Goodwood VOR, not 20 as described in the manual).

They should fix the .flt file though...

@Cristi-Neagu thanks for this reply. Just had a look at the MSFS Forum it is a known issue which will be addressed by Asobo at some stage hopefully soon.

What was the difference in fps when you switched to the C172? And when you switched back to the PA28 it was worse again?

What were the numbers?

@vcapra1 said in Bush Flying in the Arrow:

I also don't understand why so many bush trips give you a plane with a G1000.

Times are changing, i guess, both in the aviation world and in the sim world. If you're buying a brand new plane today, chances are that it comes with a glass cockpit. I'm not sure, but i think the 172 comes with a G1000 as standard. And it seems like quite a lot of people in the FS2020 community want glass cockpits. I'm subscribed to the discord servers for both the GTN530 and the GTN750. And even though the Arrow is the only plane i know of with an actual model for the 750 and all other planes people use with it is just a hack with two thirds of a G1000 screen showing the 750, people are completely obsessed with it over the 530. I tried it for 2 minutes, saw how incredibly unrealistic it is in, say, the DA40, and decided not to use it. Good thing the Arrow now properly supports it, but i still prefer the 530.

So yeah, it's a response to the times and to the community. Steam gauges are on the way out. Even the idea that having a constant speed prop makes a plane complex is on the way out, with FADEC driven engines like those fitted to the DA62. And it looks like Asobo is catering more for that market. Is that a wrong thing to do? Who knows?

This issue is still the same in v0.4.0a, i.e. it still follows the GPS course even when the GPS unit itself is switched off. To be fair, this wasn't in the v0.4.0 changelog. Fingers crossed for v0.5.0.

** Resolved** i read on the official MS forums that if Developer mode is on then yo may encounter the issue. i turned that off uninstalled then reinstalled the PA28 and it now works fine.

Asobo fixed this issue in the most recent update (WU4).

@Brianmac60 You probably have save state enabled. After you load into the plane, save state takes over and overwrites whatever fuel you put in with the fuel you had last flight. So either you finished with empty tanks somehow, or maybe the saved state got corrupted.

@vcapra1 issue got fixed. It was a side effect caused by JF Piper Arrow Panel Lights with Uwa Lighting mod, a new version (1.0.4.0a) was released for v0.4.0 and got this issue fixed.

Indeed, 0.4.0a solves the 'black screen bug'. Thanks for prompt action!

With Dual GNS I get the overlap, as there really isn't enough room for all of the panels, and the overlap is almost unnoticeable. With just the 530, the ADF panel is in the exact same place as Dual GNS, so it's likely either copy+paste error or a bug where it's using the location from the wrong layout.

Either way, likely an easy fix

@Ch4rly972 said in New aerodynamic change:

he specifies that this change will initially concern the cessna 172 and 152 as well as the turboprops and that's not a change you can make in the airplane files.

At 24:51 Seb says it's not a change in the sim, it's a change to the airplane file, which is exactly the opposite of what you claim he said...

Also, they are tweaking the rudder response and from the video it seems like they are making progress, but look at the yoke when they return the plane to straight and level flight. See how much more input the real 172 needs compared to the absolutely tiny movement on the simulated one? The planes are all too twitchy.

@Sender46 Turning it OFF sounds like a great idea, until Asobo fixes it again...

There is a reason that this is the best MFS add-on to-date, and the reason is the JF team, their hard work and their dedication to the community, which is repaid with long-standing loyalty.

This is from the POH...

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Here is a more detailed thread on this issue...

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/throttle-flaps-mixture-speedbrake-etc-axis-at-50-when-exiting-menu-wu-iv-1-15-7-0/390383

@Lestat11 said in ETA on 0.4.x update?:

this is the first every payed for plane i have got with fs2020 being my first flight sim

when the update for the plane is out do you get an email?
or do i need to keep checking the forums?

You will receive an email notification when it's available.