Autopilot not working for me

Hi Martyn,

Thank you for the update.

Cheers,

Scott

"Now let's get this thing on the hump - we've got some flyin' to do!" Major Kong from "Dr. Stranglove"

Our target is to have the 1-11 service pack ready for release by late June, and along with the DC-8 Series 50 to 70 service pack, it is our top priority with AH.

Thanks

Martyn

Martyn
Just Flight Ltd

it seems it has been forgotten by AH. It seems that AH are busy on new revenue generating not-yet-released projects(C-46, VC-10, etc.) now, the BAC 111 has been put on the back burner.

Still, update or not, its quite flyable.

Debowing wrote:

I purchased the BAC 1-11 on 03 JUN 2017. I was wondering if the autopilot update has been incorporated into the downloaded installer version 7.1.100.1248.

There still isn't an update to the autopilot yet.

I too, had trouble engaging the autopilot, but I discovered that there is a small dial just right and below of the attitude indicator, which should be rotated to the desired mode.

PaulC wrote:

Hello All,

There is a way around it (I shouldn't be having to find this out and tell you all as I paid for a finished product but hey ho).
Click the autopilot on then select the Alt Hold switch on.

What you need to have done is assign a VSI bug key/button and then the Increase Selection and Decrease Selection in the control menu. Once you have the AP engaged, select VSI bug then use the increase/decrease control to alter the rate of climb/descent. No need to keep clicking the ALT HOLD on and off which I agree- is stupid.

Come on Just Flight- sort yourselves out.

Paul

This is a work around for the climbing and descending side of things, but VOR/ILS coupling is still non-existent. I just tried another flight and had to quit halfway through because of systems not working making me frustrated.

We've now gone six months since release, and the aircraft is still fundamentally un-flyable. I didn't buy this aircraft as a beta, I purchased a finished product. How much longer should we be expected to wait?

flugkapitan911 wrote:

Hi Paul,

Thank you for the reply.

Yes, I am aware that those products mentioned were not developed by JF, that is why I said offered instead of produced. However, it still stands that JF released products that had some obvious major flaws.

It is indeed good news that DC-8 and 748 beta testing is progressing.

Regards,

Scott

As mentioned by Paul we're now mush further down the road with getting these SP's ready, tested and released to the public. They have been slightly out of our control for a few reasons but as publishers of the products we accept responsibility for them, no excuses.

None are forgotten and we aim to be able to supply all as quickly as we can. No guarantees about timescales of course but they are actively being worked on now, of that we can assure you.

Thanks for your patience and once again apologies for keeping you all waiting.

A couple of things Scott. All of those products are published by, not developed by, Just Flight. So things like service packs involve work by external developers and because of that, could take longer.

On the plus side, I can say that beta testing of the DC-8 and 748 sp's is being done at the moment and once complete (in the case of the 748) will enable the 1-11 to be finished too. And yes, the 748 autopilot has been changed and works like it should and therefore so too will the 1-11.

I have been patiently waiting for fixes for the DC8 series, Bac 1-11 and the HS748. JF is great about making promises, but horrible on delivering them.

Personally I will not buy another JF offering until the aforementioned are addressed.

If all the users of this forum would take the same stance, perhaps JF would step up their game.

Just my .02.

Scott

"Now let's get this thing on the hump - we've got some flyin' to do!" Major Kong from "Dr. Stranglove"

It's pathetic customer service.