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ftwd
Ground Crew Joined: 26 Dec 2012 Location: Australia Points: 56 |
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Posted: 24 Jul 2014 at 1:07pm |
Just seeing how different people are getting results out of the autopilot.
What works for me is, after take off, I use the mouse to engage the Yaw Damper. When I'm ready to stop hand flying, I use the keyboard comand "Z" to engage the autopilot. I then use the mouse to select heading or Nav. To climb, I leave the autopilot in VS and then hovering over the v speed wheel, I centre mouse click as if I was putting on the alt hold function. Then when I move the vertical speed wheel, the autopilot sets the v speed. The only thing is, when I get to the altitude I need, I have to leave the v speed wheel set at zero as the centre mouse click won't hold the altitude for me. This just means that I have to readjust every now and then to return the plane to the altitude I want. Not quite what's in the manual, but I find it works for me. What works for you? Cheers, Nathan |
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ftwd
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Also if a developer could answer a question for me? What version of FSX was the DC-8 designed/tested with? FSX sp2 or FSX ACCELERATION?
The reason I ask is, another manufacturer's 737 has a lot of autopilot problems for some and not for others. It turns out, if you are not running acceleration you have problems and if you are, you don't. I used to fly sp2 only and had all the reported problems and after purchasing Acceleration and following the uninstall of sp2 and installing acceleration, I no longer had the issues. Could it be that if the DC-8 was developed using sp2 only, that people running Acceleration end up having issues with the autopilot? Just wondering that's all. Cheers, Nathan. ps: I just love this plane! |
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Scotty
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Acceleration includes FSX SP2. I would reccomend Acceleration as it was the last update for FSX. |
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ftwd
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Thanks Scotty,
Having changed over a while ago, I haven't looked back Cheers for your reply, Nathan. |
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