@Black-Square said in Autopilot goes from VOR to ROLL when tracking VOR:
Thanks for putting me back in Starship for just a couple minutes. What an absolutely magnificent machine.
Indeed it is, and I'll have more to say on that in another thread. But for openers...
YES! YES! Happy dance underway. It works! Gave me a bit of a scare, as I'd forgotten to update layout.json after editing the interior.xml, and the first time I loaded in, the cockpit had been eaten! After a brief moment of panic, I got that sorted.
A couple of quick tests near my local VOR (it's still weird to me flying Starship near my home), and we have a winner! Here's the test results:
NAV-ROLL Failover - Enhanced Version - Functional Test
Test environment:
Win 11, MSFS 2024
Departure: KRDG
Destination: KPHL
Intermediate VOR: PTW 116.50, CRS 126 deg, 21 nm from KRDG
Nav preset and pre-selected prior to departure.
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Autopilot engaged, NAV in FMS mode, climbing to altitude (3500 AGL)
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Autopilot engaged, NAV in FMS mode, ALT mode engaged
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Autopilot engaged, NAV in VOR mode, tracking inbound to VOR, ALT mode engaged
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Autopilot engaged, overflew VOR, failover to ROLL mode (cone 'o' confusion), ALT mode engaged.
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The only change I would make, is to keep the disconnect alarm sounding until silenced by the pilot, just like a normal autopilot disconnect, rather than the one-shot alarm that's in there now. It is easy to miss, like the MDA alarm (at least for me).
Next step for me is to roll this into my "personalization" mod where I've changed a few things to better suit how I'd leave the plane if I actually owned one. (I would pay genuine cash money just for the opportunity to sit in the cockpit and preflight one of these for real.)
Although I've not experienced this in any of your other aircraft, this should be adaptable into the Caravan's interior.xml for those experiencing the issue there, would you agree?