Rongor Posted October 11, 2021 Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) On 10/8/2021 at 12:49 AM, InitiatedAunt74 said: I have been working through the in-game tutorial modules slowly, but the tutorial engine seems to be a hot mess. The voice says "Engaging auto pilot". And then the plane flies into the ground. Uh. Thanks, I think? The most likely situation was your trimming wasn't stable enough to support the AP taking over. Did you hear the chime, noticing you the AP actually took control? If not, the AP wasn't in control at all. If it was in control, in which mode did you run it? Path, Alt/Hdg, or Alt? The first one would crash you if your path was heading into the ground. The other two only should crash if there was an obstacle at the same altitude, a mountain, a tree or power lines? All three modes would disengage if your power setting wasn't sufficient to prevent dropping below stall speed. A crash would be very possible. In all other cases (unintentional human interference with controls), the Warning Autopilot! message would have been played before. Pressing the AP button alone doesn't make sure you won't crash, there is a lot more going on and many things can make it fail. The AP is not a "press button and forget" solution Edited October 11, 2021 by Rongor I like editing things 2
InitiatedAunt74 Posted October 19, 2021 Author Posted October 19, 2021 All very good points. The AP button isn't magic. And I have not ruled out that I may have some wonky control axis/joystick mappings somewhere causing me grief.
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