Two anomalies....
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Very nice aircraft!
First anomaly: Trim wheel. I am using a physical trim wheel to operate the aircraft trim wheel, yet its behavior, unlike the 146, is erratic. It does not work at all. Any one with a clue? I've checked it in Windows and it works properly.
Second anomaly: On approach, with all 4 throttle idle, full spoilers, the engines suddenly went to full thrust uncommanded. I had been flying the aircraft without the autopilot, so I am not sure what might have caused it. Has anyone had a similar occurence? -
flyforever - great handle!
Re elevator trim. Sounds like what would occur if you tried trimming with the AP engaged.
You say full-spoilers, I assume you mean airbrake - at least I would hope so. If you have the auto-thrust engaged and have an active speed selected on the MCP then yes, the power will increase to maintain the selected speed.
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I checked to make sure the autopilot is off. The trim wheel appears to be totally inoperative. Let me be clear: I have an external trim wheel programmed as "elevator trim" , which fails to move the aircraft virtual wheel in the simulation. The trim works fine if I use two digital buttons.
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The ELEVATOR TRIM AXIS control assignment is not currently supported in v0.1.0 of the RJ Professional. However, support for this has been added for the upcoming v0.1.1 update.
With regards to throttles advancing to full thrust, two possible causes spring to mind:
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The TOGA buttons were activated
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If the A/T legend on the PFD is white, this means the A/T is in an "armed" state. In an armed state, the user is in full control of the throttles. So if the throttles on your external hardware were left in a high thrust position, any spiking or small movement of your throttles could cause the throttles to return to that position in the simulator. To minimise the likelihood of any spiking occurring in your throttle axis, I would recommend leaving your throttles in the 0% or 100% position until you wish to regain manual control.
Hope that helps.
Mark - Just Flight
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Hi Mark, with AUTO THROTTLE (AT) engaged the THRUST LEVERS on the RJ move in response to thrust changes - much as with manual use of THRUST LEVER/S. It does not (or should not) operate as Airbus thrust levers.
With the AT engaged and speed mode in use the pilot is required to respond to any blue or white arrows and so keep the thrust lever motors within their operating range. The motors move the thrust levers in response to commanded thrust changes.
