Just had my first flight after almost a 2-year absence. How do I stop it yawing left-right when in climb using AP?

Greetings, Mustang1972(hope that refers to that beautiful car?)

Thanks for that.I was only doing a test flight to Poland, and had laden with full fuel, but I could barely climb and was at under 10k when it started.

Will do.

EDIT: Do not have that entry in the 707-300C aircraft.cfg.

Found it.

Thanks, Mark.

Hello Mustang1972

Had never even heard of a bicycle called Mustang before. The 1972 handle immediately gave me a clue it had to be a car(drool, drool!!).

As it was only a short circuit to familiarise myself with this plane after having been away from it for 2-3 years, I immediately realised that the fuel load was way too much.

Just tried another flight today with 2000kgs each tank for a 900-mile flight to Poland, but could not get any thrust whatsoever on take-off. It just would not lift at all even though the IAS gauge was shown to be increasing.

Any ideas?

EDIT:
Discovered why I had no thrust. The oil pressure in Eng 1+4 were on red light. How do I ensure that the oil pressure is up?

I had 29% in each tank, fuel flow switches were all in-line.
Was taking off from Rwy 5L at EGCC, which is an International Airport and is replicated exactly by UK2000 scenery, so it was not a lack of Rwy length.

Which brakes and which pressure to 2.0? The parking brakes or the Pneumatic Brake?

Mustang1977 wrote on Jan 29^th, 2015 at 1:11pm:

Just click on the REMOVE button on the first one to remove it. That way you only have a single reply.

Colvale wrote on Jan 29^th, 2015 at 10:34pm:

I have no problems with the 707 Captain in FSX-SE!
No problems climbing to FL350 (with a gross weight of about 200,000 pounds).

Mark, can you kindly PM me your aircraft.cfg for the -300C?

Thanks.

No idea what is going wrong here with this particular aircraft.

First I had issues with the Freighter version not even managing to make 10000ft. Then I tried the pax version, only to see no undercarriage, so uninstalled it from FSX-SE and reinstalled it in FSX-MS.

Made another attempt at the same flight-EGCC-EPKK, and as can be seen from the screengrab, same issues of not enough IAS, and an incredulously lethargic climb.

http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshotsv2/image/E4l

Thanks for that re:fuel.

I loaded with 30% each tank, 100% wingtip tanks.

Using ACE I loaded 174 pax and GW was 14766 kgs

Just downloading that V-One.

Using Microsoft's Force Feedback2 Sidewinder joystick

Colvale wrote on Jan 30^th, 2015 at 9:58am:

Download it from here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ewm2jspg03td6al/aircraft.ORIGINAL.cfg?dl=0

I'll leave this there for a while, then I'll remove it.

Colvale wrote on Jan 30^th, 2015 at 6:58pm:


Don't you want to solve the "Thrust-Problem" first? Anyway, make sure you have a subfolder in your \panel Folder called "V-One" with all files in here.

And don't forget the entry in [Window Titles] with the corresponding number. Mine look like this:

[Window Titles]
Window00=Simicons
...
Window09=V-One

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//--------------------------------------------------------
[Window09]
Background_color=0,0,0
size_mm=480,60
window_pos= 0.0, 0.055
position=0
visible=1
ident=130

gauge00=..\..\CS_B707-300\panel\V-One!V-One, 0,0,480,60

One think about your "Thrust Problem" you can test:

Open the aircraft.cfg an go to this section:

[TurbineEngineData]

search for this entry:

inlet_area=10.0          //15.0

The Originalvalue is 10.0. I've tested higher values, but I was not satisfied with the performance. Maybe that solves your problem. But keep in mind that there could also be a problem with your joystick/thrust axis.

Made all the changes to aircraft.cfg and the panel.cfg using the first version of V-One and this time I got to see all the data on that scratchpad by pressing that 'T' icon.

However, I was no further down the road in getting this plane to climb to the 35000 shown on that V-One scratchpad as can be seen from the image.

The speed is falling off, the climb is no better, and all that despite a 50% fuel load. I am at my wits end with this plane.

ftwd wrote on Feb 1^st, 2015 at 12:55am:

His speed may be MACH 0.7, but the airspeed indicator shows about 190 knots and that is way too slow, even at 12,500 metres.

ftwd wrote on Feb 1^st, 2015 at 12:55am:

No weather program, other than FSX's set to fair weather. As I wanted to load fuel and pax in kg, opted for metres as I could not figure any way to load in kgs.

Thanks, Mustang1972, I now realise the gaffe of 12000m=41000ft. I tried to copy your aircraft.cfg and and immediately lost all 707 aircraft in FSX, i.e. no 707Captain displayed, so reverted to the saved .cfg.

Will check that tooltip hover next flight.

Will do Engr's Panel, but I can confirm ALL fuel pumps and Boost Pumps are on. The only ones not switched in-line are the Reserve Tanks fuel switches.

Heyo, nice to hear that 

And what was the cause? FF now ok?

Hi Mustang1977

FF was ok. It has never been an issue with any other add-ons, so I ruled that out. That was not the issue.

I had stupidly, while following the Tutorial for the CS L-1011 which sets the fuel load in kgs, changed the Unit of Measure settings to metres, but did not twig that it also affected aircraft altimeters, hence when I was at 12000m, I mistakenly thought it was 12000ft, and wondering why it was climbing slowly and not getting to CL. Not surprising with a 50% fuel load.

Today's flight, even with full 100% tanks, I was at 31k CL at a point above the east coast of England as the AivlaSoft EFB predicted I'd be. Result.

Now to configure the CIVA  INS, next.

Greetings,

@Colvale: Alright, so it was from the beginning a "measure-setting" problem. You should never change this after a fresh install of FSX. Always use of US-Units (Feets/LBS) is recommended. If you need a unit in another value, recalculate it with the corresponding formula. There are many good sites in the INET that made that for you 

@Markoz: I recommend to use my tipp in my reply #1 and you have a stable 707 also in high altitudes  I guess this depends more with the AP.

Just made my 2nd flight today, the return leg EPKK-EGCC and I'm glad to say it went off flawlessly. No yawing, no struggling to get to first 35k then later in the flight to 37k all with 50% fuel load. The LOC/VOR for the landing worked a treat. In fact everything now is nirvana for me with this plane. I'm really beginning to enjoy it.

I only wish I could get an Air India repaint for it. I've hunted high and low, without any success.

Hi Guys,
Does anyone know:
- if there is a Yaw Damper switch in E-3A cockpit 
- if yes, where darned is it? 
I experienced some crazy "up and down tremors" during my last flight (same as B737 when Yaw Damper is disconnected), so I am wondering if it is not the same symptom
Thanks for help
Bruno

Merci Markoz,
I used to check that during my Before Start Check List but did not realize that this was the Yaw Damper switch...
Got it, but it was not clear to me.
I'll try that next time I experience the same issue.
Thanks
Bruno