Throttle detent?
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A little confused on the throttle detent mentioned in the manual and tutorial.
The tutorial states when in the climb, reduce the throttles back to the detent position and set the switches to climb and monitor TGT is not above 470°C.
It also says if the throttle is advanced above 98% RPM, the TGT limit will be increased to 520°C.
This seems like an ambiguous area when climbing with linear throttles (no detent).
I use the Honeycomb bravo and ended up just moving the throttles around to get around 470C, hardly accurate.
Is there a way to calibrate the throttle like the Fenix or have the throttles lock into the detent position when the throttle is near that position?
Is there a better way to do this that I might be missing?
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Our take-off and climb tutorial video should clarify the procedures: https://youtu.be/_yf7IKD9zYk?t=212
Making the detent position more obvious is something that we're continuing to work on. Currently you'll need to listen for the detent 'click', visually align against the white markings and during take-off, listen for the, "thrust set", callout.
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@tupolevcz Have you tried enabling headphone simulation through the MSFS options menu? That should will instantly emphasise voice alerts and warnings.
The sound package was designed with all volume sliders at the default setting of 100% so it might be worth checking those as well.
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I am really having a hard time knowing when the throttle is in the detent.
It brings to mind the Hotstart TBM for X-Plane where, given the weird throttle functionality that aircraft has, they had a diagram that popped up on screen when the throttle was in certain ranges so you could properly control it and slide it into the various detents. I wonder if a visual indicator on screen in the bottom right hand corner showing when the throttles are locked in or close to it would be a good route?
The detent spot itself definitely needs to be bigger/stickier in my experience thus far.
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@piedmonitor
I just wanted to say, that it is not that important, that you hear a sound or the throttle is even in the detent.
Important is, to reach 100% on the thrust index gauge. And the throttle would then only be exactly where the clicking sound appears, when you dont derate.
So if you derate, then you would reach the 100% thrust index before the clicking sound appears, which by the way is at 90-91% of the throttle axis value. Which is nearly exactly when the lower end of the thrust lever is at 50% of the white marking.I recommend, to not stress yourself by putting to much emphazis on the exact position of the throttle, but instead just watch the rating gauge and make sure you reach 100% (12 o´clock) position, when setting static takeoff power.
Cheers
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Yes, I stopped worrying about the detent.
I watched 737NG driver's video and he just manually adjusts the throttle to about 460 on the climb out.
As I get more flights in, I'm feeling more confident with the plane.
Good stuff.
