Post by wims on Jul 2nd, 2010 at 3:35am
After spending hours trying to figure out why the autopilot does not start properly when i click one of the CMD buttons. I'm pretty sure I did the pre takeoff work like i'm supposed to, I followed the tutorial posted in this thread http://www.captainsim.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1236018623 . I'll attach a couple of pictures to document my prestart procedure.
Aligning the IRS:
Finished aligning the IRS:
Screenshot of the overhead at the runway right before takeoff:
One thing I noticed was that the IRS heading is not the same heading as the one the plane is facing, its off by about 15-20 degrees (cant remember the exact number). Can this have something to do with it?
Finally I'll attach a screenshot of the plane at some altitude never wanting to intercept the lnav course, having been in lnav for some time.
Does anyone have any ideas?
-Wim
***** EDIT *****
After looking a bit around I found someone with the same problem and a fix -> http://www.captainsim.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1277820734/0#0
Aligning the IRS:
Finished aligning the IRS:
Screenshot of the overhead at the runway right before takeoff:
One thing I noticed was that the IRS heading is not the same heading as the one the plane is facing, its off by about 15-20 degrees (cant remember the exact number). Can this have something to do with it?
Finally I'll attach a screenshot of the plane at some altitude never wanting to intercept the lnav course, having been in lnav for some time.
Does anyone have any ideas?
-Wim
***** EDIT *****
After looking a bit around I found someone with the same problem and a fix -> http://www.captainsim.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1277820734/0#0