@bbcm Hi Bob. The first update has not yet been released but should be available this coming week. The drop tanks can then be selected from the EFB payload section.
I am now much better able to manage take-off and landing after spending a serious amount of time tweaking sensitivities on the rudder and (critically) toe-brakes. It's now at the point where things are not too mortifying...
I have the following observations remaining (I stress this is ME so probably my flying):
On take-off the rudder is only beginning to become really effective just before 90kts so any attempt to switch to that when the toe brakes have been used to stay straight actually introduces instability so I find it best to ignore
When in a simple straight line taxi at very low speeds, I find the aircraft will veer from the centreline without compensating constantly with rudder (steering). The deviation is pronounced and I wonder how sensitive the real aircraft is to wind? My tests were done with an 8kt 90 deg crosswind which doesn't seem extreme.
When I switch wind off I can taxi and take-off with zero directional inputs. I would expect deviation on take-off as speed is so much higher, but it's purely the scale seems quite large.
Still spending inordinate amounts of time in this and generating a lot of smiling
@martyn Found the issue with the Thrustmaster TPR pedals
causing me to veer from side to side when taxiing.
The standard configuration (a single axis) works with other planes but not with the Hawk. You have to add separate rudder axis for left and right. Since it was working otherwise it took a while before I thought of this. Thanks.
On my HP G2 the mouse cursor/pointer over the EFB panel is really blury, and not good align to the VR sight.When i close my left eye ,the cursor became sharp.
Is this bug only on my configuration, or have some one notice it too?
@retiredman93231 Yeah it's defintely operator error on my part, I can see the baro reading now on the altimeter
Loving this plane, keep up the good work and looking forward to the Fokker.
@retiredman93231 That's basically what I did for the back seat. I set up the other views to my preference, but if all you want is a quick backseat 'switch' that's all you need to do.
@adamski_nz
So to clarify... frequencies are entered via the TACAN code for that frequency ?
I'm a little confused as actual TACSNS aren't currently supported in MSFS.
THNX.
The HSI course and heading controls use the same logic so should have the same rates of change. Do they behave differently for you when using the mouse wheel? Any difference if you switch from lock to legacy interaction mode (MSFS settings)?
The frequency cards and ILS selector highlights will be fixed in the first update.
The LVar for the throttle idle stop lever is 'L:SHARED_ThrottleLatch'.
In the next update, the 'TOGGLE ENGINE 1 FUEL VALVE' and 'SET ENGINE 1 FUEL VALVE' control assignments can also be used to control it.
@adamski_nz said in Glideslope inactive?:
The problem occurred because I was following the manual slavishly/literally - and I don't think switching the selector from default/TACAN to ILS on approach was mentioned (though I'll check).
The manual is 100% correct. A case of 100% user error!
Now I can get back to enjoying this wonderful JF offering - inside the cockpit and outside (such detail!!).
Thanks for quick response. Not seen them that way before. The other question was switching off the gun sight reticule on the HUD. I checked the manual and found the answer. The ISIS control panel. I did not notice it as the control stick was in the way.
