146 Professional

@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. [image: 7950b62f-8057-4740-9cf1-ad6fa4fe2260.png]

@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

Yeah, you may be right. I just haven't noticed it at all flying smaller, twin engines planes. I have flown the bigger commercial jets (747, 787, A320, and the 737 a few times and didn't noticed it on them as well. So I was surprised when I experienced the bobbing on the 146. My last flight with the new PMDG 737 was absolutely smooth. Every flight I've taken with the BAE 146 bobbed away at level flight using AP. I did think to myself if it could be related to the trim on the 146. Perhaps, I've missed a detail/setting in preparing the plane for flying that may be contributing to this. I'm still in the mode of simply jumping into the plane and taking off. I'm starting to get more technical with certain checklist, but I'm not there yet. It's easier to do with a little C-172. I was looking through the 146 manual last night and did notice, the AP buttons, submodes, etc, seem to be a bit more involved than with the smaller planes(not suprising). So, I still have much to learn. I do almost exclusively, use the MSFS Mobile Companion App to help me set up some of the basic AP controls rather than using the instrument panel. It's a great little app in that regard. Anyway, I'll continue to read, watch and experiment to further my knowledge of the 146. Ona a side note... Back in the late 80's doing consulting work, I got to fly on a lot of planes(understatement), and many times it was a BAE 146. I wasn't into siming at the time, but always enjoyed the ride in the 146. It's a cool little 4-engine jet. So when I heard Just Flight was releasing it, I knew it would end up in my hanger!

@jmarkows No I haven't seen this one yet I'll check it out. Thanks v much!

I agree it would be nice and if JF do this I'd be really pleased. My opinion is that MS/Asobo should be spending a lot more time on ground services in general as what is there atm often breaks immersion. By this I mean the aimless wandering down taxiways by all sorts of vehicles and inconsistency about where units can be called. I have found very few stands where I can actually call steps for instance. Cargo loading being omitted is a major gap imo. They seem wholly focused on the world updates and I understand given the appeal of the eye candy to bring people to the sim which is necessary to fund it's continued delivery and operation. I might feel less "aggrieved" if hand-crafted premium airports like EGLL ended up in a good state but honestly it's not and I paid for premium primarily for EGLL and the 787 - big oops It would be nice to maybe have a small team dedicated to QoL/immersion focused on making the environment more realistic. </whine>

I've now got airbrake and spoiler deployment sorted and I can normally touchdown "well enough" in terms of alignment and rate. Where I tend to have an issue is after the maingear is down, the nosewheel does not want to drop and pitch down is very ineffective. I've recorded my landing and the speed, flare and touchdown looks ok but the nose will start to rise requiring me to push forward hard and brake harder that I'd prefer to get 3 wheels down. I'm going to do more circuits at EGNT and play with my pitch curves to make sure pitch down is not attenuated.