by RollerBall » Tue Jun 07, 2005 3:57 am
Hi all, this problem is invariably down to a conflict between gauges in the panel. The problem is finding out which ones. I've often found out it's the autopilot itself and all you have to do is replace that, but it can be the radios/radio stack, even something very innocuous like an HGHB dummy switch I found once.
Remove the offending gauge, which might itself work fine, and the problem goes away. There does not seem to be a general rule that says 'the problem is always down to a gauge that does...., so just take it out or replace it', but then again I'm not a gauge designer so I can't say for sure.
I've developed my own methods for tracking down the culprit by removing gauges in batches from the panel and seeing if it then works, until I eventually home in on the problem. But even then it can get complicated if there is more than one gauge causing the problem. Then you can take literally hours to isolate it.
Sorry I can't give definitive advice here. However, I notice that there is a FS2004 patch where this particualr panel was downloaded from, and I'd guess that this solves the probelm in any case.
BTW
I've noticed another completely different form of this problem. You click in the autopilot settings on the apron and everything works fine. You taxy out to the runway and before starting the takeoff run you go to make a small adjustment to the HDG setting so you can 'fly runway heading'. It then only clicks in 10 deg increments, as does the CRS setting when you check that, and also ALT only changes in 000's of feet. So you leave them. You take off and then everything works fine again. Anyone else notice that? Doesn't happen it every airport.
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