Caravan autopilot broken?
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So glad it worked for you. I should have made it more clear from the beginning of our conversation that this was the likely problem, and very necessary. Sorry you wasted as much time as you did.
Are you asking me Piston or Turbine Duke? Haha, I'm sure you could predict that I would suggest getting both, but if I were forced to choose... I think the complexity of operating the piston engine version with the preheater and starting simulation would have my vote. Both are quite different machines, and provide notably different experiences.
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I go for the piston. Love the complexity. What would happen if the turbos fail? Would it still run like a normally aspirated engine?
Edit: Ah, found it on page 72 - „Should the turbocharger fail in-flight, the engine may continue to be operated as a normally aspirated engine, but it is recommended that a landing be made at the nearest suitable airport.“ -
Still having occasional issues related to state saving. Some days the aircraft will just load with the wrong GPS configuration and then when I re-select the WT 530/430 it won't engage correctly in flight.
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In my BKSQ Caravan using PMS50 GTN750 (latest version as of the time of this post) with the extra WTT-package 1.0.7 for AP/flight plan installed. A few updates ago, PMS50 stated that the WT-layer had a major update. Ever since then the AP remains lit when disabled. (i.e. ROL mode shown, etc.) However, the AP is not engaged in roll or pitch, just that some of the lights on the KAP140 display and the AP annunciator panel remain lit. I do have the systems.cfg and KAP140.js changes applied. Before the aforementioned PMS50 update and with your recommended bug-workarounds, the AP worked most of the time flawlessly, including no lights when disabled. It appears to just be a visual problem, AP works as expected (some bugs perhaps occasionally with weird altitude tracking overshoots still but that's another issue). I'm still on SU14, maybe SU15 will change something.
