TBM 850

In your GTN750 settings, setup, options make sure Target Altitude Source is set to Autopilot. If you use another setting it will depend when it is shown. Look in the PMS50-GTN750 documentation folder and review the documentation file. It's all explained there.

You're welcome! I'm really glad to hear you find the information useful. Great to know that this feature might be in the "future considerations box", thanks again!

It worked, thanks!

Oh yeah! I wouldn't have thought that such an error could be simulated! Thanks again.

One thing more:
If I press the "R.WINDSHIELD" switch when there is ice on the windshield, the ice on the left side disappears with a slight delay as well, even though left is switched off. Vice versa too.

Glad you have been able to solve your issue. I saw that setting as well and did not dare touching it ;)

Could you add the switch settings on the Garmin GMA 340 Audio Panel?

Black Square, ask Asobo for a thrust_scaler/torque table. Well thrust_scaler/prop rpm table might be better.

@meh1951
If you don't change the fuel in the sim ... just let it load it will have the fuel left from the last flight.

@ZenIT_SWE said in TBM 850 AAOhs scripts?:

Does anyone know how to bind the TOGA button on the throttle? I've tried AUTO_THROTTLE_TO_GA but that doesn't do anything.

I am also looking for the ToGa button. No luck with AUTO_THROTTLE_TO_GA

@ch0llis thanks, found it and I've sent Nick a PM. Thanks.

@black-square said in XNPDR powers up in ALT mode:

Hi All,

I have made the small change necessary for the transponder to boot up in "ON" mode after a cold and dark start. The best practices vary by country, but in the US, you are expected to operate in altitude reporting mode at all times, including during ground operations. For this reason, I have the very similar transponder in my own airplane default into altitude reporting mode after startup.

As for the payloads, this is a well documented MSFS bug that's been there since day one. We've been doing our best on the developers forum to get them to fix this, but no luck so far. The fuel interface is also bugged, unfortunately. The fuel is loaded from the saved state, and the interface will show it correctly, but any attempt to modify the fuel level will reset all tanks to the default level. This is why so many developers have chosen to just have their own fuel and payload interfaces. I can't make any promises at this time, but something like this is in the works for Black Square aircraft too.

Thank you!
Nick C.

Please, please do so ....
That MSFS payload manager is a pain in ...., you know where ;-)
It would be (more or less) a one time effort for all existing and future BSQ aircraft .

Oliver aka JetNoise

I just looked at this on my end, and I see ~15% change in torque depending on inertial separator position at all altitudes.

Hi All,

I have addressed some of these notes elsewhere, but I thought I would post them here too. Thank you for all the feedback.

Autopilot UP / DOWN rocker switch
I believe the current implementation is correct, but the KMC 321 Mode Controller's manual does not provide any insight into the directionality. Let me know if you can find something that documents this, and I will make the change.

Autopilot BANK limiter
This is a bug in the Working Title autopilot implementation. I thought I let a note in the manual, but I guess I forgot. I have mentioned it to them tangentially during development, but I will bring it up in earnest next time I write to them. If you are using the default autopilot implementation with the TDS GTNxi, non-WT mod PMS50 GTN, or no GPS at all, then the bank should be properly limited.

Landing Lights
I can never seem to make the exterior lights bright enough for my users, haha. I usually set the brightness to what I would expect looking out the windows of my own airplane, and then double it. No matter how much I increase the brightness, people always want more. Unfortunately, the light implementation in MSFS can produce comically bright halos around the lights during the daytime when the brightness is very high. Somewhere in between lies a compromise, which can always be override by mods.

Windshield Anti-Ice on side windows
The cockpit side windows have defroster vents, which can be used to deice the windows. The cabin windows have nothing. Unfortunately, the MSFS window deicing system is all or nothing, meaning that we cannot define parts that should be iced or deiced. I might see if I can come up with a clever trick at some point, but 90% of the features in my aircraft are "clever tricks" to get around the default MSFS limitations, and each one adds compounding complexity.

V/S Autopilot
I will still look into this. I just haven't yet. I'm not sure there is anything that can be done about it without compromising the autopilot's performance in turbulence, but I will see what I can do.

Cruise speed at FL300 / 310
I cannot reproduce any performance disparities quite this dramatic, but what I have found is that low performance cruise (long range cruise) tends to be faster than book values, while high performance cruise is right on the book numbers to the knot. I chose to go with this approach, because I figured most simulator pilots would not be flying to save fuel, haha. I've made a tiny adjustment for the next update.

Thanks for the feedback again!
Nick C.

Hi All,

I seem to recall hearing about this issue in my King Air, which is my other aircraft that uses dual 530's. I'm not sure why only some of the buttons would work, but I believe the problem with the default bindings is that when there is one 530, it is named "AS530", while when there are two, they are named "AS530_1", and "AS530_2". This means that ">H:AS530_CDI_Push", becomes ">H:AS530_1_CDI_Push" for the first unit, and ">H:AS530_2_CDI_Push" for the second unit. Whatever causes the problem, I know we sorted it out for the users in the past. If that does not work for you, please contact JF tech support, and they can use their knowledge database to find the solution that worked in the past.

Hope that helps,
Nick C.

@randolf Hey Randolf, I just wanted to thank you for saving me the trouble of positing this. That's exactly where that parameter lives, and how it should be modified. Happy flying!

@mad_x

This is one of the last effects I have not included in the aircraft, since it's harder to implement than the ITT change. Given that I haven't gotten any complaints about how my custom fuel controller code is performing in the wild, I think I can add this now. I'll see about it for the next update.

Thank you!
Nick C.

Hi All,

This is a bug in the Working Title autopilot implementation. I thought I let a note in the manual, but I guess I forgot. I have mentioned it to them tangentially during development, but I will bring it up in earnest next time I write to them. If you are using the default autopilot implementation with the TDS GTNxi, non-WT mod PMS50 GTN, or no GPS at all, then the bank should be properly limited.

Thank you!
Nick C.