Some C-47 V3 Feedback

Alky said:
Should be on before you start the engines. On the ground, engines running, the co-pilot will have the cowl flaps open to about 8, as you take off and fly he will gradually decrease them to around 1.
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Did as you said and that seemed to work. Thanks.
 
mjahn said:
Note that the Control panel has a failure color code advising you when things are starting to get pear-shaped. In your pic #1 "f/a" (fuel/air) ratio is shown red meaning immediate action required. The reason I believe is that you have Mixture Full Rich (=100) at 6,000 feet.
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Checklist calls for Mixture to go to Full Rich and the Co-Pilot won't clear the item until this is done. Recently did some flights into airports that were >6,500 ft. and with the first two landings the engines died during roll-out...had to restart by pulling mixture back to 50% and keep at Auto-Rich while taxing in. Now, instead of going to Full Rich ,as instructed by the checklist, I put the mixture at Auto-Rich for all landings and tell the co-pilot to skip that item...then things are fine. I did notice that the manual says to go to Auto-Rich, not full rich, on final approach.

Appears the checklist needs to be corrected.
 
triflyman said:
When I pull my mixture control full back the Monitor shows ".001-.273 0" and the Co-Pilot will not move on to the next checklist item until I use my mouse to scroll the mixture back to the Monitor showing ".000-.273 0" and then he will acknowledge "mixture off". I have recalibrated my throttle quadrant several times, even tried cheating by not quite pulling the mixture full back during calibration, and still get same result. Would suggest letting the co-pilot consider a ".001-.273 0" as "mixture off".
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Yup, another good point. In the next version we are going to have popup support for running through the checklist, and for pilot training items can be set directly from the list.

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mjahn said:
Yup, another good point. In the next version we are going to have popup support for running through the checklist, and for pilot training items can be set directly from the list.

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This would be fantastic...eliminate having to print out a Checklist for each flight plus it let's me stay in the Sim. Thank you.
 
There's already a good checklist you can access through the Control Panels. This is just continued work on improving it (and very nice improvements they are!).
 
changed position of centre of grafity

With the latest update of P3D (version 3.4) the position of the CG in aircraft has been changed. With the default setting for payload on the Control Panel (shift 2) the Trim TO xx) was set to 0. Now it is Trim (TO +3.1). I am right to understand that this number has to be adjusted in the next update of th C-47 V3?
Roy
 
Let us have a look at your Shift-2 Status panel, Shift-3 Control, and Shift-4 Monitor. A suggested nonzero t/o trim does not sound strange to me; it's 0.0 that's rather unusual for t/o (though not impossible). Of course, zero trim is what your trim setting should be at the Before Starting stage. Anyway, try all of this again on a new flight, not a saved one. Let's see what your readouts show. Does it take off alright on trim +3.1?
 
Thanks for your reply. Yes, with default payload, +3.1 trim she takes off, but directly thereafter I need to trim to roundabout 0.0 for a 700ft/min climb. That's more of a difference then before updating to P3D 3.4. I am not a realtime pilot, so if this is normal, I will live with it.
Roy
 
Manfred- I am both humbled and astounded at the commitment you continue to display to this labor of love. Thank-you Sir!

For me the most significant issue remaining is the FDE and interaction between thrust and yaw. There are points where there is a sudden increase/decrease in yaw (and corresponding redder application need) which the original FDE did not have.... circuits and bumps show this well.... as it is accentuated in climbing and descending turns.

Is is there work being done in this area (w/ Alex)?

Best- Carl
 
The interaction between thrust and yaw seems right to me. Not a Dak pilot, nor even multi-engine rated, but on most aircraft you need to hold a bit of right rudder in the climb and a bit of left rudder in the descent, due to high power settings in the climb and low power settings in descent. Is this what you are referring to?
 
No- I am referring to the spurious changes in yaw correction necessary when adjusting pitch and power. The old FDE was smooth and predictable.

C
 
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Hi Folks,

Do not wish to say anything negative, but how do you turn down/off the seat rattle noise when viewing the aircraft from outside when taking off, its masking the lovely engine music which has been so lovingly constructed!, its fine inside but distracting when viewing from, say, the tower!
 
Any one know of a way that the checklists can be modified. There is one item I wish to delete at the very end on the "Shut Down Checklist" since I use GSX Ground Support. I want to leave the battery on so my passengers can see to disembark. I also noticed that there is no item to turn off the seat belt sign in the Shut Down Checklist.

I looked all over my files but can find nothing except the "htm" file...but modifying this does not change the reading of the checklist.

Thanks for any help.
 
I tried to feather the props at 1700 rpm during the engine run up, but the feathering switches do not seem to work. All they do is kill the engine. Am I doing something wrong or is the feathering feature not implemented? Thanks.

Bill
 
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