Questions regarding the 146
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I've recently bought the 146 professional for MSFS and I am enjoying it. It's a great plane and I am very keen to learn it further. However, I have a few questions regarding some problems I have encountered recently. Sometimes, most of the time while running a simbrief flightplan, my autopilot disengages randomly which is really annoying. What are the reasons that cause the autopilot to disengage randomly? How can I fix it? And my last question is ILS. I've got the frequency set for the correct approach, however when I approach the runway when I arm Glidescope and V/L they don't turn on. Why is this? Thank you in advance for answers that you all may have.
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@ethanet200 Disconnecting could be caused by having a discontinuity in your flightplan.
For ILS, as well as the frequency and CRS set correctly, ensure the nav mode switch is correctly set for NAV and not RNAV.
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@b3lt3r
Fun fact about an ILS, the CRS is actually fixed to the ILS.
You could have the CRS indicator set to any number and the deviation needle will still track your position left or right correctly.
Of course, it is just good airmanship to set it to the published heading as this helps in situational awareness.
Try it on your next ILS approach, twist the CRS knob and the deviation needle should not move. -
@ethanet200 I have had it happen occasionally as well, its pretty rare though. Like maybe... three, maybe four times? I suspect it may happen because of sudden weather changes and the AP is like "wtf, I can't handle this, peace out." or some latent keybind or variable that is getting triggered in the background. Because it is really random when it happens, and it is definately not tied to discontinuities in my experience.
