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@steve6248 The MCP altitude can be set using the SELECT ALTITUDE BUG assignment followed by the PLUS or MINUS assignment. An issue has been fixed in v1.3 that required you to manually disengage and then reengage ALT ARM after making any altitude selection change using that assignment.

INCREASE/DECREASE AUTOPILOT REFERENCE ALTITUDE will also be supported with the release of the v1.3 update.

SELECT AP PITCH HOLD REFERENCE and INCREASE/DECREASE AP PITCH HOLD REFERENCE are already supported for controlling the autopilot pitch selector. Although you won't see the selector move, the selected pitch value will change.

@greaven Toggle Afterburner as stated above, with two caveats.

First, toggle afterburner is exactly what it says, a toggle. Hit it once to engage it, hit it again to disengage it, don't hold it down.

With the upcoming 1.3 patch they're adding a new button (arm ELT I think) that will allow you to press and hold like the real jet.

@martyn Thank for the feedback, just to be sure for the Piper Warrior also uses WASM for the autopilot controls?

Yes it can as long as you have the FMC enabled in the 146. Check the charts for the RNAV RWY27 there are two sets of minima. One for LP one for LNAV. Your 146 can only do LNAV (lateral navigation) not VNAV (vertical navigation) so you have to chose the higher minima of 760 feet LNAV option. You set the aircraft to follow the LNAV waypoints but you still have to manually descend the aircraft (no pressing approach button like modern aircraft). RNAV (or RNP) is not considered a precision approach so they have higher minimum descent altitudes than an ILS - I see there is a localiser approach to that runway so you could use that as an option and you would have a lower decision height of 680 feet if the weather was bad.

Cheers :)

@genista said in Topics not covered in the manual:

Thanks a lot for sharing your answers !

If I may ask, I was wondering the following:

What is the technical reason behind the FCOM requirement to turn on ENG anti ice prior to engine start ? And why do we have to turn off the packs for startup despite starters being electrical ?

Is there any situation where the cabin/flight compartment fans would be turned off ?

ENG Anti-Ice is on during start for stall/surge protection. They're switched off after each start. We switch them back on when we shut down.

The Packs and APU air are switched off prior to start to reduce the overall load on the APU. When you're out in the sticks and the APU fails during a start, you've got problems...

The Cabin Air is generally left on 100% of the time. This may vary between operators. The Flight Deck Air is generally on when it's a hot day. But it's annoyingly noisy!

@peterhemm It's the Ignighters which start the combustion process.

@b3lt3r if cruising at or above F280. It's correct to set F280 on the Pressurisation controller.

good to know :-)

Yes i agree, i do have the same issue... after touch down the front wheel is rising up.
i think it is not "real" and it bothers me... a landing with "nose down trim" not the perfect solution ;)

Maybe developer is changing the aircraft behavior with a future update... ?

Greetings, Volker.

The closest I could get is using custom axis, THROTTLE2_SET, but the lever only travels from max to half way down.

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@el_barto Can't wait for the RJ100 in MSFS.

NGL I think I prefer the way MSFS displays the font currently, accuracy or not... it's easier to read imo.

@plhought keeping the feed tanks full is important, otherwise you can run into fuel starvation issues if the levels reduce too much in certain phases of flight. Ensuring motive flow is still operating is critical, hence we have the STBY pumps.

@martyn so the two compared weights were the ones in the manual and the ones on the justflight provided efb not anything to do with msfs weight management. I’m not about the maths I just need the correct numbers to stick on a sim brief profile so I don’t get weights mismatched. Thanks for the reply.

Hi @martyn , thank you - was not aware of that option setting

@b3lt3r
In cruise, I use the TGT MODE with sync and dial in the value with the thumb wheels. Much more stable for me than moving the throttles

Thanks Mike, this'll be fixed in the next update