PA-28R Turbo Arrow III/IV

I just installed and tried a flight with v3.0 using the PMS50 GTN750 - for a short flight from EGHP RWY 26 to EGKA RWY20.

Started off OK following the plan on the first leg, but then on reaching the next intermediate waypoint it turned off the plan northwards (about 25 degrees left) off course and kept going on that track. When I tried going to heading mode and turning it back towards the flight plan, it went haywire, diving steeply and I almost lost control.

After that it would not engage AP without swinging wildly off course, so I brought it in manually all the way from there.

This is behaviour I never saw with the previous update. Maybe not everyone will experience this but this is a big step down from the previous version, which has been rock solid for me. Perhaps I will try it with the default GNS530.

Any help appreciated..

Ray

@Biokerozen ah, okay, thanks. I wasn't sure if there was a custom menu for the Arrow he referenced. I use the fuel menu every flight to load the correct weight for the pilot and the baggage, and check and adjust the fuel state as needed.

@vcapra1 said in Turbo III bug:

most likely it's trying to prevent you from using vertical autopilot because the virtual plane does not have that function.
As far as the EGT needle, do you see it move at all? It doesn't move initially but continue leaning until it starts increasing and reaches its max, and then you can adjust based on that peak. As long as you stay on the rich side

Thanks for The feedback. That makes perfect sence for fse doing that. I rechecked the aircraft i rented and it was equipped with AP, but like you say in the real one there is no alt hold. No big deal. And I'll mess around some more with the mixture.

Thanks
Dave.

Thank You so much, it did the trick!

No problem here, everything is off on a parking spot start and even after selecting cold & dark on the efb.

If you have state saving on, then the knobs will reflect your last flight. So if you didn't turn them off then, they won't be off next flight.

I will note however, my com1 and 2 volumes (kx radios, I didn't check the garmins) are not retaining the state saving for me.

@Martyn I am under the PerformacePlus beta if that matters.

thanks for all the reply's haver just done a flight and used the normal procedures list in arrow 4 manual manual included with the plane
it dose give you more information with things like check the Vacuum but i could not see where it says to turn on any lights

am trying to learn the correct procedures and am still new to flight sims

MSFS could benefit from a couple more categories indeed. I would love to see “ultralights” separated for instance.

@Derek

@Derek said in GPS vs NAV selections:

@jsbrewster1

Valve or transistor GPS?

If you mean tube amp or transistor amp, I'd say tube amp, although hi-end transistor can be pretty close sometimes. :grinning_face:

@vcapra1 Thanks for the fast and thorough reply. I guess it does make sense to model the real aircraft as closely as possible!

Thank you it was the Oxygen level at 0 Must have turned it on during of flight some time in tautly forgot about it

@Derek said in Trouble installing the Turbo Arrow:

@Bert-Pieke

You said that shortening to 10 characters didn't work this time, so what did?

Sorry, my 11 char password worked in the past, but not this time.
JF Support suggested I shorten it.. and after that, it worked.

@TacoT Thanks for the explanation. This is from the FAQ:

Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo Users If you are using either the Alpha and or Bravo you will need to do one of 2 things for the GNS430/530 to work: 1) Make sure that the AVIONICS BUS 1 switch is set to ON 2) Remove the switch command in the setting for SET AVIONICS MASTER 1 IMPORTANT: If using BOTH together then the command is automatically assigned to switch number 17 of the Alpha and switch number 47 of the Bravo.

I had assumed this extends to the 750.

Funny thing though. When I turn off Avionics Bus 1, e.g. after landing, the 750 reboots and comes back on.

I hope that the developers take a look at this.

This should be fixed in the next update.

I've added the required code for this but unfortunately the SimConnect method used for this doesn't appear to be working in MSFS at the moment. We'll keep trying as further MSFS updates are released.

This issue will be addressed in the next update.

@Tailspin88 If you trim to hold the altitude and then add power to increase speed, you will see that you start to climb. Next you will have to trim down again and before you know you are adjusting trim and power all the time. The proper way is: trim for speed, adjust power for climb/descent.

I was today years old too when I finally realized there was an auto tank selector on the ipad. It was also driving me crazy lol.

Hey,

if this problem is regarding the same question you asked at: https://community.justflight.com/topic/2362/ap-doesnt-pick-up-data-from-nav2

The HSI is only coupled with NAV1, you see NAV2 from the VOR NAV2 source.
But with the Hotfix it should intercept the course from the NAV2 VOR as long as you switch the source to NAV2