mark767 wrote on Dec 24^th, 2011 at 6:22pm:

Had a chance to fly the 200 today, KMIA - KATL, classic Pan Am flight.  A few questions. 1) I am really having trouble with the A/P pitch settings.  No issue on how to work it, just having trouble with the adjustments to increase and decrease the pitch.  When I click on the decrease side of the wheel the pitch increases?  I ended up disconnecting Elevator and manually set the pitch.  btw, does the FSUIPC increase/decrease pitch work?  Would be nice to set up a button on my throttle quad to adjust the pitch.  I have had success with this on the ConcordeX.

i always using 2d A\P panel (SHIFT+4). pitch adjustment works fine there.  Cant tell for FSUIPC, i dont have it.


mark767 wrote on Dec 24^th, 2011 at 6:22pm:

2) I used the old Dream_fleet 727 tutorial to go through this flight, notice there is no cruise alt and landing atl settings....I assume this is correct and just a different 727 feature modelled here.

Yep :)


mark767 wrote on Dec 24^th, 2011 at 6:22pm:

3) Is there anyway to have Nav2 work on the FO gauge ??

Unfortunately no. Both HSI tied to Nav1, but FO's DME indicator shows NAV2 data. I asked about that member LOU, he said that on TWA planes they had a switch NAV1\NAV2, but thats an option on old 727's. I guess all 727-200 should have it, so let's hope for v2.5 release ;)


mark767 wrote on Dec 24^th, 2011 at 6:22pm:

4) Seems like the N2 on engine start does not go up to 25%, however, the engines do start at 10%.  This may be part of the new gauges that I installed per the mods thread.

Hmm, something not right here. Machael2 gauges alters EPRs, not N2. N2 altered in aircraft.cfg  Mine 727-100 starts at 20% N2, and peaks way higher than 25% N2.


mark767 wrote on Dec 24^th, 2011 at 6:22pm:

5) Where are the EPR settings for takeoff, climb, cruise ?? I took a quick look through the manuals but did not find them.

for 727-100 they included in Michael2 mod zip file, in pdf. together with takeoff V-speeds, ref-speeds, and so on. TAT gauge included in mod zip too.


mark767 wrote on Dec 24^th, 2011 at 6:22pm:

6) Seemed like the A/P NAV mode really hunted the VOR with lots of S turns even when perfectly on course.  Is this normal for this FS model?  I ended up disconnecting it and using HDG mode.

Thats a real problem. Markoz knows much more about a\p modification. i use only HDG and ALT hold modes of A\P. And land by hand. Again lets hope for v2.5 ;)


mark767 wrote on Dec 24^th, 2011 at 6:22pm:

Other than that it was a great flight, really enjoyed having to navigate and fly the STAR for a change...that other NG spoils you rotten. Mark.

:)