PA-28R Arrow III

@Cristi-Neagu said in Real Piper Arrow Takeoff: @Sender46 This is an FS2020 issue. It's been flagged in the community, with numerous Zendesk tickets too, i'm sure, but we're still having trouble getting the message across to Asobo. I don't accept that it's just an FS2020 issue. As I have posted before, Robert Young's Bonanza Turbo V3 mod handles beautifully on the ground and in the air (including taking off and landing) and shows what can be achieved within the limitations of FS2020. @JMAviation Thanks for the tip, I'll give that a try.

@sluflyer06 I don't think there's anything in the XPlane flight model that makes it inherently better for flight simulation than the FS2020 model. But XPlane does have two things going for it, currently: development time and a developer that is much more open to community input. I bet that XPlane was a buggy mess too 8 months after release.

I had to wipe my SSD because of issues with my OS, so I'm hopeful that will fix the problem. When I have the sim and Arrow installed again, if it's still an issue, I'll double-check controller bindings. Thanks for the suggestions!

Quick Test : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyoXS5LtO30&ab_channel=Ch4rly972 Performance pretty good. Good job JF.

@Bentree Well... what is the model name you're getting?

@Leonard-McCoy had that issue with the 530 mod. I generated another token.

Thank you. I was able to install v0.4 normally, no need for me to upgrade then. Cheers, Pietro

@RetiredMan93231 said in W&B calculations: are also not expressed in inches aft of datum, so they won't match what you get from the POH calc Thank you, I will try that.

In addition to the changes recommended above to correct the CG Arm locations of the Pilots, Passengers and Baggage, the current CG limit range is also incorrect and should be updated. The following recommended change to the flight_model.cfg file, in addition to the previous changes, will more closely match the actual CG limits and CG range found in the aircraft POH... [WEIGHT_AND_BALANCE] CG_forward_limit =0.14 CG_aft_limit =0.3 ;0.4

@PilotJon From the manual: [image: bdaf9f64-8a62-484a-aea1-058f640e89e6.png]

@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.