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I can't get my head around the blue prop lever, in terms of which position it should be in at various stages of flight.

Do people basically leave it full forward the whole time and adjust power via the torque lever only? It is this incorrect?
 
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I can't get my head around the blue prop lever, in terms of which position it should be in at various stages of flight.

Do people basically leave it full forward the whole time and adjust power via the torque lever only? It is this incorrect?
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Prop pitch/rpm levers should be adjusted depending on which phase of flight you are one.

Always full forward for take-off and landing, depending on the aircraft prop rpm is reduced slightly for climb. Then once you reach cruise the props are usually slowed a bit further for a more comfortable cabin and to reduce gearbox stress.

The specific rpm targets for different phases of flight will depend on the individual aircraft, just search for the pilots operating handbook (POH) for the aircraft type you would like to know the normal operating tecnhiques for.
 
Well, since a new GPU and/or VR is likely to be months away, I've bitten the bullet and ordered a 49" 32:9 ultrawide.

Also got a few other bits and pieces for more DIY cockpit stuff arrive today, will get a pic later....
 
For those having bother with getting VR running smoothly, I too have had the same issues and it sure is frustrating however when it works, its fantastic.

Granted the more complex airliners and those with cockpit displays take their toll however I've found a nice little setup that gives good fps, good image quality and a smooth experience.

I'm using the Oculus Quest 2, in my Oculus App I have the refresh rate to 90hz, the render scaling to maximum 1.7 and that's it. Using the Oculus Tray Tool I have the Supersampling at 1.3 and the ASW Mode set at 30hz, I change this to unlimited for the small GA simpler aircraft. The biggest factor for performance is the FOV (I understand some will hate this) I have tried and the slightly limited view doesn't detract from the gameplay IMHO, play around with the values and see what works best however I have mine set at 0.65 for L&R. Its evidently more noticeable during the day however night flights are dreamy.

My in game settings are a mixture of medium and high with the sim render scaling at 90%. Give the settings a go and see what happens, the VR element will only improve as time goes on however I'm pleased with it at present. Just had a flight in the 747 from Brize Norton in heavy overcast skies, emerging through the cloud cover to a setting sun in VR is quite something!
 
Dam I made a big mistake ! formatted my SSD last night & went to install Flight sim again and Boom the update will just non stop get to about 500mb and then start again over and over , looked online and looks like its a known issue ! So downloaded this netlimitor and reduced speeds and its downloading ok but its megga slow its taken me about 12 hours to download 13gb ! Does anyone know away to fix the problem apart from what I have already done its driving me insane , When I installed the game back in DEC I had no issues and downloaded the game in a matter of hours.

Or is there somewhere I can Torrent all the files that anyone knows of ?
 
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Dam I made a big mistake ! formatted my SSD last night & went to install Flight sim again and Boom the update will just non stop get to about 500mb and then start again over and over , looked online and looks like its a known issue ! So downloaded this netlimitor and reduced speeds and its downloading ok but its megga slow its taken me about 12 hours to download 13gb ! Does anyone know away to fix the problem apart from what I have already done its driving me insane , When I installed the game back in DEC I had no issues and downloaded the game in a matter of hours.

Or is there somewhere I can Torrent all the files that anyone knows of ?
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Mine did that I just stopped the download, uninstalled via settings app and then started download again.
 
Well, I got my bits and pieces today for my DIY G1000. The pre-made ones are nice but can't spend that much $$$ when I could have a little project for lockdown!

Tonight I successfully :

Got the 10" LCD display connected, and displaying the PFD. (v easy)
Got the Arduino talking to Mobiflight and FSUIPC
Wired up a button that turns the landing lights on and off
Wired up an LED that indicates when the landing lights are on
Wired up a rotary encoder and tested it linked to the AP VS +/-

Which is pretty much it, I was expecting it to take a lot more faffing about.

Now all I need to do is wire it all together and build a mount for it :p

Cost:
100 quid for the 10" 1024x768 LCD
13 quid for the arduino mega clone board
Few quid for a load of buttons
Breadboards and wires for testing it

Still need some plywood, and some dual rotary encoders...plus soldering iron and stuff.

Should be <150 quid for each panel, so 300 for the pair and a bit more for the com and ap panels.

https://i.imgur.com/MSxMhQQ.mp4
 
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Download and looping Glitch fixed :) Follow this : Ok update 15th Jan - I found the problem ! and a Fix ,you need to click on the Microsoft Store - Click top right hander corner drop down and select Settings - Select Account - Manage your devices - In here you need to unlink them all ! unlink all the devices in here and restart PC - Launch from the Microsoft store page . Since I've done this its downloading again at max speed. Hope this helps someone out. Note it will still do the re cycle but instead of going back to 0 % it will now save it and carry on so just let it do its thing, its a lot quicker than the netlimiter that;s for sure.
 
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The last couple of days iv been having problems with AP in the A320 not following flight plan what so ever and banking hard to the right

I see someone say on GitHub, set your joystick dead zone to 30% that will sort the AP out..Iv never touched the deadzone setting in controls before and iv not had a problem before 2 days ago..how strange lol

It fixed it tho :)
 
Ur round next said:
The last couple of days iv been having problems with AP in the A320 not following flight plan what so ever and banking hard to the right

I see someone say on GitHub, set your joystick dead zone to 30% that will sort the AP out..Iv never touched the deadzone setting in controls before and iv not had a problem before 2 days ago..how strange lol

It fixed it tho :)
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I had a similar issue a couple weeks ago. Just adding a 5% dead zone to my stick and pedals sorted it out.
 
Tip of the day. I've got MSFS on an NVMe drive, but it still takes forever to load. Noticed Anti-malware service was eating CPU during load.

Added the MSFS data directory to Defender exclusions, and load times are massively improved.
 
mid_gen said:
Tip of the day. I've got MSFS on an NVMe drive, but it still takes forever to load. Noticed Anti-malware service was eating CPU during load.

Added the MSFS data directory to Defender exclusions, and load times are massively improved.
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Assume Norton etc. disable defender automatically? Do you need to add Norton to MSFS exclusions?
 
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