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Hi all.

 

I can see that the engine RPM control when in manual control mode is a switch on the throttle. In DCS, we can assign this to an axis. With an axis assigned, it moves the switch to its absolute position, just like the throttle; indeed, this is the way the switch is animated. However, with an axis assigned to engine RPM, it seems to act like a 3 position switch when I watch the prop pitch dial. If the axis is in the top 3rd, the prop pitch goes fine, bottom 3rd coarse, and middle 3rd neutral.

 

Does anyone know how it's supposed to work? Is is actually a 3 position switch, or an axis that varies pitch more like what you'd find in the P51 (without the constant speed governor)?

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As it is right now it's worthless as an axis. The real aircraft had two buttons at throttle lever and that's the better right now. Same for trim and flaps that right now works like pushing buttons even setted in axis. Annoying feature.

 

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As it is right now it's worthless as an axis. The real aircraft had two buttons at throttle lever and that's the better right now. Same for trim and flaps that right now works like pushing buttons even setted in axis. Annoying feature.

 

S!

 

P.S.: anyway overall I love it, an awesome module. What I said looks like I don't... XD

 

Yeah the trim thing is annoying, I think it's the same in other DCS aircraft.

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Flaps are actually working pretty good for me on axis (mapped it to a rotary) - but for the stabilizer I´m also using buttons as those work way better for it than an axis.

I don't know about a rotary, I set flaps in a saitek quadrant lever, like P-51, and for 109 it works like "buttons", lever up "push the button" up, lever way down "push the button down, with a lot of lever movement useless. Same for trim set in Warthog throttle slider. Weird.

 

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I put the prop pitch also on buttons, because the axis was useless.

But for me at least if i hold the button down it doesn`t change the pitch constantly, only a bit (about one min. on the clock) then it stops, so I have to keep pressing up and down the button constantly to apply more pitch change.

The button is on a Saitek TQ.

Does anyone else experience this?

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The RPM control is for manual backup to the automatic standard mode.

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Hi all.

 

I can see that the engine RPM control when in manual control mode is a switch on the throttle. In DCS, we can assign this to an axis. With an axis assigned, it moves the switch to its absolute position, just like the throttle; indeed, this is the way the switch is animated. However, with an axis assigned to engine RPM, it seems to act like a 3 position switch when I watch the prop pitch dial. If the axis is in the top 3rd, the prop pitch goes fine, bottom 3rd coarse, and middle 3rd neutral.

 

Does anyone know how it's supposed to work? Is is actually a 3 position switch, or an axis that varies pitch more like what you'd find in the P51 (without the constant speed governor)?

 

......this guy explains it pretty good.....similar switch to the k4


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