hreich Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 I am struggling with autopilot for F-14...I am trying to engage autopilot Alt hold... I am in a stable flight with v/s less than +-200 fpm...I have all sas channels engaged , AP switch and ALT HOLD switch are set to ON.. A/P ref light isn't on...What is correct procedure to activate autopilot alt hold mode... Sometimes it works, sometimes id doesn't...If i have only AP switch and ALT HOLD switch set to ON (without presing NWS button) is some sort of autopilot activated? Maybe current attitude hold? What are parameters to get A/P ref light switched on? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Pilot from Croatia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing_204 Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 This may be your problem - taken from today's open.beta update log file: Partial fix to AP altitude hold not engaging and holding properly (WIP). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hreich Posted October 29, 2021 Author Share Posted October 29, 2021 Yep, i tried yesterday - it works only partially...I didn't get light to turn of, but i got altitude hold... Is there altitude some restriction involved - ie, you can't engage alt hold below some altitude? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Pilot from Croatia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caldero Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Hi I tried this morning, AP on, ALT on, amber text lights on, I put the tomcat in a stable flight path, vvi less than +/- 200 fpm, NWS press, amber text goes out, AP ALT engaged and working Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector45 Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 28 minutes ago, Caldero said: Hi I tried this morning, AP on, ALT on, amber text lights on, I put the tomcat in a stable flight path, vvi less than +/- 200 fpm, NWS press, amber text goes out, AP ALT engaged and working Regards When I do this exact procedure at high altitude as soon as I press NWS, Amber light goes out but plane pitches down, exceeds 500ft/min decent, amber light comes back on. Modules: F-14A/B | F-15C | F-16C | F/A-18C | SU-33 | Spitfire Mk IX | AH-64D | UH-1 | Super Carrier | Combined Arms | Persian Gulf | Syria | NTTR Setup: VKB Gunfighter Mk.III F-14 CE HOTAS | Thrustmaster TWCS Throttle | MFG Crosswind V3 | Custom switch panel | Tek Creations F14 Display Panel | Custom F14 Left Vertical Console | Custom IR Tracker | Custom butt kicker PC: i7 11700K | 64GB G-Skill DDR4 3600MHz | EVGA GeForce RTX 3080Ti FTW3 | DCS dedicated 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD | 3440x1440 144hz 34" ultrawide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylosis Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 (edited) 23 hours ago, _Redwing_ said: This may be your problem - taken from today's open.beta update log file: Partial fix to AP altitude hold not engaging and holding properly (WIP). That explains a lot. I wrote a post about it a few days ago and was told I was possibly not "leveled" enough for it to engage.... but I'm pretty sure it doesn't want to engage. I have flown the F14 for quite some time and although I'm no pro, I never had any issue engaging the AP until very recently. Sometimes I'll push the button and the plane will even initiate some sort of movement that I'm used to see when engaging AP, but clearly it doesn't engage completely. Plus the AP Reference light stays ON. Anyways, glad to know it's not me and it's a new glitch. (although it's not entirely great news either haha) That being said, I'm not sure how much of a fix this was, cause yesterday after the patch that problem was still very much present. Edited October 29, 2021 by Sylosis Windows 10-64bits, i7-8700k, GTX 1080Ti, 32 Gb RAM, MSI Monitor 32in 165Hz. Mirage 2000C, F5-E, Mig21bis, A10-C, FC3, F-18, AV-8B N/A, F-14, F-16, SuperCarrier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz000 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 I just tried using the autopilot at 30k ft and i'm unable to... Every time I activate it (I am able to activate it) it is like it turns into HAL and pushes my nose down at 1,000 fpm despite activating it trimmed at level flight or around +-200 fpm... Still has issues that needs to be ironed out at high altitudes I think. Also, sometimes I feel like the autopilot is disengaged but the plane still feels like it is engaged when I try to fly it with the stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtorris Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 For high altitude, it's hosed at the moment. It can even be activated outside of the +/- 200 fpm limit again. The last update mentioned, "WIP" so we'll just need to wait for a fix to be applied. Personally, I'm using this to practice trimming a little more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damian-J Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Yeah the AP is hosed at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz000 Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Indeed, marked as WIP still in the last patch notes guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtorris Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 At higher altitude, a bandaid fix for now is: Disengage Autopilot Retrim Reenable Autopilot, AP Vector, AP Altitude Hold, AP Heading Hold, but do not press the AP reference / NWS toggle button. Or just disable AP, and fly by trim. Almost seems like the AP isn't self trimming. *shrug* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobrabase Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Any news on when autopilot will be up to specs and working? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scommander2 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 I am not sure there is an update based on another topic from IronMike: Dell XPS 9730, i9-13900H, DDR5 64GB, Discrete GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, 1+2TB M.2 SSD, TM HOTAS Warthog/TPR, TKIR5/TrackClipPro, Win 11 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronMike Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 We're pretty close, so hopefully it will come with the next patch. Heatblur Simulations Please feel free to contact me anytime, either via PM here, on the forums, or via email through the contact form on our homepage. http://www.heatblur.com/ https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scommander2 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, IronMike said: We're pretty close, so hopefully it will come with the next patch. Thanks lots and I understand you are also working on the F-4E release Edited January 27, 2022 by scommander2 Dell XPS 9730, i9-13900H, DDR5 64GB, Discrete GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, 1+2TB M.2 SSD, TM HOTAS Warthog/TPR, TKIR5/TrackClipPro, Win 11 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronMike Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 39 minutes ago, scommander2 said: Thanks lots and I understand you are also working on the F-4E release The F-14 AP has top priority currently, but only for the part of the team working on it. Generally these things do not interfere with each other. We almost had it for this patch, but decided to postpone it another cycle as we were not 100% happy with it. Thank you for your kind patience in the meantime! 2 Heatblur Simulations Please feel free to contact me anytime, either via PM here, on the forums, or via email through the contact form on our homepage. http://www.heatblur.com/ https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scommander2 Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Any status about F-14 AP? Just wondering Dell XPS 9730, i9-13900H, DDR5 64GB, Discrete GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, 1+2TB M.2 SSD, TM HOTAS Warthog/TPR, TKIR5/TrackClipPro, Win 11 Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sLYFa Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 The new AP is already available in the current open beta built and its fantastic, no more rapid attitude changes on CSS inputs or alt hold. 1 i5-8600k @4.9Ghz, 2080ti , 32GB@2666Mhz, 512GB SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dresoccer4 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 12 hours ago, sLYFa said: The new AP is already available in the current open beta built and its fantastic, no more rapid attitude changes on CSS inputs or alt hold. any step-by-step AP guides out there for the updated AP system you know of? Cause I still can't get mine to work properly (with FFB stick) Acer Predator Triton 700 || i7-7700HQ || 512GB SSD || 32GB RAM || GTX1080 Max-Q || FFB II and Thrustmaster TWCS Throttle || All DCS Modules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sLYFa Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 The AP works basically the same as before but with much better control algorithms underneath. The only new thing is ground track mode. There are still issues with FFB though. i5-8600k @4.9Ghz, 2080ti , 32GB@2666Mhz, 512GB SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dresoccer4 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 3 hours ago, sLYFa said: The AP works basically the same as before but with much better control algorithms underneath. The only new thing is ground track mode. There are still issues with FFB though. thanks, cause yeah I'm doing things by the book but my ALT AP is doing wonky things with my FFB trim and most definitely not holding an altitude. (sometimes seemingly trimming all the way down) Acer Predator Triton 700 || i7-7700HQ || 512GB SSD || 32GB RAM || GTX1080 Max-Q || FFB II and Thrustmaster TWCS Throttle || All DCS Modules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wngover Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 I'm also having issues with AP and FFB in version 2.9. Getting a lot of practice with setting trim; but for long missions or A2G work, not having a reliable AP is frustrating at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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