Caravan Autopilot - won't disarm?
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I suspect that's because the Working Title autopilot is missing some features of the native one. For example, it has no bank angle limiter. I added this in my modifications I sent them, so hopefully it will be added in SU15. The KAP140 is my only autopilot with a separate barometer, so I'm not surprised I haven't noticed, given that the Caravan was released well before the WT GNS. I'll take a look next time I have the sim running and see if I can spot a mistake or improve their code.
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I really appreciate the offer, but please take my word for it that it's extremely unlikely that any of our changes would have resulted in that change. I just don't want to waste your time after you were so willing to help my troubleshoot the bigger problem. I will give this a test run on my side later. It's very easy for me to roll back those changes, because I keep a copy of every version of my aircraft exactly as they were released to the public. If I need any further testing, I will let you know, but I will also do my best to spare you the trouble. Thank you!
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I did just do a clean install, and it did not work as I thought it did; my apologies. Normally the altimeter change hasn't been as wild as it was during today's flight, so when I adjusted it I saw a small wiggle in the VSI and thought it was adjusting.
I'm not really surprised that the changes wouldn't have done it, but I was sure (so much for that) that it was working previously. You said it's missing some features of the native one? Maybe I had seen it in action when using the stock Asobo avionics.
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@Black-Square Yes I can also verify in the BKSQ Analog Caravan, the KAP140 Baro setting doesn't have any effect on the altitude hold, only changing the altimeter Kohlsman does.
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I just confirmed that this doesn't work with the default C172 with Asobo's implementation of a KAP140 either. When I looked in the code, it's using the SimVar "INDICATED ALTITUDE" directly, which will only look at the main altimeter, not a secondary barometer. It's deeper in the code than I usually like to make modifications to, but I will look at the documentation and see if there is an easy addition I can make and suggest to Working Title.
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@Black-Square Always appreciate your quick response on these forums, by the way I also had the "AP will not shut off" issue (in WTT mode) and your suggested fix (change Flight Director =1) resolved the problem, though I had to map a key to toggle FD on/off since there is no such clickable button in the actual Analog Caravan visual cockpit model.
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@nomadrc said in Caravan Autopilot - won't disarm?:
@Black-Square Always appreciate your quick response on these forums, by the way I also had the "AP will not shut off" issue (in WTT mode) and your suggested fix (change Flight Director =1) resolved the problem, though I had to map a key to toggle FD on/off since there is no such clickable button in the actual Analog Caravan visual cockpit model.
You shouldn't need to do this, the normal Autopilot Off/Disconnect has been working fine, both bound and clicking the yoke button.
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@Black-Square said in Caravan Autopilot - won't disarm?:
I just confirmed that this doesn't work with the default C172 with Asobo's implementation of a KAP140 either. When I looked in the code, it's using the SimVar "INDICATED ALTITUDE" directly, which will only look at the main altimeter, not a secondary barometer. It's deeper in the code than I usually like to make modifications to, but I will look at the documentation and see if there is an easy addition I can make and suggest to Working Title.
Now I feel really bad for the bum steer!