SURFACE DEICE SYSTEM and TRANSPONDER
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Hi all, when I execute the BEFORE TAKEOFF CHECKLIST of the Baron 58P I noticed that SURFACE DEICE SYSTEM test has something different from POH. Here there is this note: "When surface deice system is not in operation, Deice Pressure Gage should read approximately 4.5 to 5.5 psi". In the modeled aircraft the deice pressure gage, when surface deice system is not in operation, is always at zero.
About the transponder, I noticed that when I activate the avionic switch the Garmin GTX 327 transponder operetional status is ALT mode and the transponder of TDS GTNXi 750 is in STBY mode.
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Unfortunately I'm not entirely familiar with boot operation on aircraft as I have yet to fly one irl, but I do know the way the system is "plumbed" and the type of system that is used can differ. What you are talking about is called "standby positive pressure" which exists on a constant-pressure manifold de-ice system. There is also a vented manifold de-ice system where the pump output is dumped/vented overboard when boots are OFF. It is also possible to have a constant-pressure manifold de-ice system where the de-ice pressure gauge is plumbed in a position that is downstream of the valve and thus does not see the positive pressure. From doing light research it does seem likely that Beechcraft does primarily use a constant-pressure manifold de-ice system. That said I cannot say for certain that all the Beechcraft de-ice systems are plumbed the same and I do trust that Nick puts a great deal of effort in ensuring the aircraft he modelled in the sim correctly reflects the real aircraft he used as a reference. Hopefully Nick can swoop in with an answer there.
Regarding the transponder, make sure you uncheck auto transponder in the tds settings for the plane as it doesn't play well when also using the GTX327. I sometimes just pull the transponder breaker when using the tds avionics because you really don't need 3 transponders. I flew a friends plane once who had a mode S 1090ES and mode C transponder and would leave one of the breakers pulled when he didn't want ads-b. Can't say that's great airmanship, but it's not unheard of I suppose.
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Thank you a lot for the answers. For the transponder I'm thinking that the issue is related to the saving state of the aircraft. Next time I will try to use the procedure already described in this forum to force the saving state of the aircraft and verify if also the operational status of the transponder will be solved. Regards.