Bonanza Professional

@SadBucket said in Question about when to contact ATC for clearance if avionics are turned on after engine start in the Bonanza: Didn't realize you needed clearance to start a small piston in EU, sounds absurd to me with the amount of training flights starting simultaneously at my home airport. You usually don't, AFAIK. At least in Germany, even at bigger airports, you usually just fire it up. If you have a ground crew, a marshaller etc., that's something you'd have to coordinate with them, not with ATC. At smaller, uncontrolled airfields, it's generally your responsibility to have a clear prop area (we don't yell out the window, though )

@hangar_101 Okay, that's what I expected. I had already found what was causing the brief momentary activation and fixed it for the next update.

Thanks Nick! I have guessed a limitation of approx. 15% but I will try with a quarter. I assume that one quarter tank is meant as one quarter of the main tanks which is 15.5 gallons, or approx. 104lbs/47kg (Jet-A).

Loading up a flight today and my trusty copilot is once again invisible. I think this is a problem with MSFS copilot, NOT Black Square's aircraft, as my copilot seems to deselect/unsave every time I start the sim. That means I have to reselect a copilot every time I start the sim but even this does not guarantee that they will appear.

On this note though, is there an ETA for this release? It does make VFR flying via headings very challenging

Yes. I realized the Ascend & Descend notification to the left of the VS knob is in fact the upward & downward pointed triangle, which I can now get, so its sorted. Thank you

Had the same problem & figured it out today. Its the rear baggage weight. Use the EFB to check the C of G on the page that shows gas , passenger/pilot weights . I had light Pilot/Copilot & heavy passengers. Took out the passengers, CoG still way back out of range until I reduced the rear baggage weight. After getting the CoG in range it was still on tail until I revved engine, which pulled nose down for normal take off run.

@Kestrel21 That's my understanding too. My intention is to offer the enhanced volume and clarity of the interaction sounds while using headphone simulation as a replacement for the haptic feedback that you would receive in the real aircraft.

@Black-Square said in Aileron trim precision - possible to mod?: I actually reviewed this today, and both the Baron and Bonanza will have values of 0.25 in the next update. I changed it to .1 Otherwise, when using the mouse, I could nerver get the plane perfectly trimmed out. Anybody here using the Brunner yoke? I am working on a profile already quite a long time, but still not 100% happy.

Thank you

I just checked on this, and it appears to me that everything is working correctly. Nothing should change when the airplane leaves the ground, but retracting the gear will reposition the condenser scoop to the partially retracted position, and disable the vent blower. The compressor should continue operating, however.

Nice workaround, it worked. Thanks so much

@ploodovic Agh, sorry about that. I always try to provide solutions as quickly as possible, since there is no sense in keeping people waiting when they can edit a file. I'll do my best to not keep you waiting to too long!

I should have said that the performance is similar to the Turbo prop bonnie. After speaking with a gentleman on the field that has an A36 with the latest and greatest from Tornado Alley, there really should not be that much difference in performance from a NA bonnie down low. Also, he remarked that even on the takeoff roll you cannot hear the turbo spool up. Just food for though. Otherwise it's an absolute joy to fly and my go to aircraft.

If that's the case, then it suggests that the GTN is still writing to the message variable, even when the feature is disabled. Looking at the current integrator's guide for the GTN, there isn't a mention of the the original message variable, so I would have to go looking through the code to see if the disabled state is exposed. I'll mention this to the developer next time we're speaking.

@KRoy7 You can also use the recently released GlassOut to retract the display. It is capable of cropping the screen e.g to get rid of the black padding around these displays.

Thanks for response

@maquinn78 said in Newb - Aircraft won't start: I am a totally idiot when it comes to this stuff. But I also just want to fly. I did one successful flight, then I started a second from the airport I was already at, engine died mid flight. I restarted the flight, turned off all failures because I don't want that. Can't get the engine to start. I just want to fly. I don't care about realism of gas and a turbo prop and all that right now. I just want to fly the $40 plane I bought. Please help, I know I'm a dumb newbie. Look, I get your eagerness to fly, but all BlackSquare aircraft are professional-grade. They're complex. It would be good of you to read some of the manuals. They're very instructive and will definitely help you get to grips with the basics of the systems. It might seem a bit intimidating for those without much experience (which seems to be your case) but with a little dedication, it all works out. Good luck!