Yes, inoperable, just means that Asobo haven't programmed the actions for those particular switches. They'd work in a real plane...
When you say they can be switched dialed or toggled - in my experience nothing happens with those particular switches, they are there because they are there in the real planes, but are not operable at all in the game.
Perhaps you might have overtressed the engine? In that case shut down the engine completely, then repeat the startup procedure for the engine, worked for me in the TBM 900 in similar conditions...Getting the right mixture is an art.I think if it were lack of fuel the engine would stop. My suspect is mixture... above a certain altitude you'll need to lean the mixture, or you'll lose a lot of power. If you are using automatic mixture then please ignore this
Turned out it was a fuel shortage issue. I just started the same flight (same fuel and load) and ran out of power in the same spot. I had already located the manual fuel tank switch so I changed over to the right tank and straight away regained power. The sad part is though the flight range for that plane fully loaded is 264 I've only gone about 85 miles and still have about 98 miles left to go, so no way am I going to actually make it under these circumstances. I think I figured out WHY I'm using too much fuel, though: even though I had the mixture left to full auto it was actually running at 100% this whole time grrrrr! I just leaned it waaaaaay back and now I'm just praying (figuratively speaking of course!) that the runway shows up before I run out on this tank.I think if it were lack of fuel the engine would stop. My suspect is mixture... above a certain altitude you'll need to lean the mixture, or you'll lose a lot of power. If you are using automatic mixture then please ignore this
Lots of people forget this...
Thanks for the info. That's a mighty big difference between the simulation and the real thing which is pretty disappointing to be honest. That bird should be screaming across the sky over 300 KrasPretty accurate in most cases I suspect. That cruising speed is at 28,000 ft, and I haven't been that high in it yet, but it's rated at 290 ktas at the high teens where I have been and from memory overspeed at that altitude kicks in just above 300 ktas.
Edit: - Well, I'm going to take that back, at least as far as the TBM is concerned. Thought I'd try it out, climbed to 28,000 ft and put throttle to full (which led to TRQ warning lights and pressure differential warniings!), but couldn't accelerate much above 220 ktas, and the overspeed warning was still showing on the speed tape, so something amiss there.
I will say that I've not been able to feather the prop in the TBM, and I don't know whether you need to adjust mixture in a turboprop, but even so, it seems as though it isn't modeled accurately.
Of course, I may be doing lots of things incorrectly.
Thanks for all the info. I'm really falling for this sim in a big way, might even lead to a real world pilot's license for me. I don't have a situation that allows me to use vr goggles but I'm thinking of getting TrackIR5, do you know whether that's a solid product or not?Yes, I agree, but I'm still not convinced that it's not something that I'm doing incorrectly, I'm going to do more research. Also, after dropping down to 20,000 ft I'm able to get a higher speed (around 230 ktas), and the overspeed markers are up at just north of 260. I'm presuming that speed issue is to do with fuel mix, but like I said, don't know whether turbo props need or even have that as a thing. Going to have to research some more.
Whatever, I really like the TBM 930 to fly, it's a lovely plane. Also getting into the Citation CJ4 - but if you want to use that get the working title mod for it, which does some nice cosmetic things with sounds and the like, but importantly gets the FMS to work correctly, and enables VNAV descents - which I have to admit I haven't managed to get to work reliably yet. Again, that's me, not the plane, watched a bunch of Youtube videos on it which make it look very easy, but don't seem to explain clearly enough for this person to understand fully.
Yes, I agree, but I'm still not convinced that it's not something that I'm doing incorrectly, I'm going to do more research. Also, after dropping down to 20,000 ft I'm able to get a higher speed (around 230 ktas), and the overspeed markers are up at just north of 260. I'm presuming that speed issue is to do with fuel mix, but like I said, don't know whether turbo props need or even have that as a thing. Going to have to research some more.
Whatever, I really like the TBM 930 to fly, it's a lovely plane. Also getting into the Citation CJ4 - but if you want to use that get the working title mod for it, which does some nice cosmetic things with sounds and the like, but importantly gets the FMS to work correctly, and enables VNAV descents - which I have to admit I haven't managed to get to work reliably yet. Again, that's me, not the plane, watched a bunch of Youtube videos on it which make it look very easy, but don't seem to explain clearly enough for this person to understand fully.
Even so, it's a really lovely plane to fly in the sim.Thanks for the link.
Yes, it's all done from the throttle which can be pushed to the right (at least that's what you can do to control the prop). I'm not really sure how well it works in the sim - you can get the lever over there in flatscreen by pushing it with the mouse although it's not a consistently successful move, it's how I used to shut down the plane, but in VR that particular mouse movement doesn't seem to work at all.
There are two what look like switches or levers under the throttle levers grip which may be how you get the throttle to do the different things, but I don't think they are operable in the sim. As I said, I don't know if this is an 'incompleteness' issue in the sim or user inability.
) you can see the cruising speed is 229KIAS and that gives a KTAS of 310 (below the speed tape and in the bottom left corner above the GS figure).
