Any stick input on autopilot droops the nose downwards

[Zaneboy]

Since one or two patches ago (excluding recent hotfix) anytime when I have the AP enabled and give any sort of stick input, the nose aims downwards in the beginning. Doesn't matter whether I roll left/right or even pull the stick back. The moment it detects input the nose goes downwards before the input is strong enough to go where you want it to. I have no conflicting bindings and when checking the ingame axis (rctrl + enter) it doesn't show wrong input. Is this intended behaviour?

[Baz000]

I think AP is WIP still and not acting properly

[Damian-J]

AP is broken right now

[Biggus]

Yeah, I'm seeing a pitch down on any failed attempt to engage alt hold AP.

[Xtorris]

1. Disengage Autopilot
2. Retrim
3. Re-enable 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.

As Baz has said, it's WiP at the moment. We'll just have to make due, for now.

[Eldur]

Noticed as well, particularly uncomfortable with FFB, I basically can only use simple AP on attitude hold.

 

Worked fine for quite a while until just recently though.

Edited November 7, 2021 by Eldur

[GumidekCZ]

Same here, ... very annoying but. I hope, HB will fix this soon.

[IronMike]

We are reworking the AP completely, and will hopefully be done by the next patch. We're doing this to future proof it, so that FM changes, as tiny as they may be, will not throw it out of whack again, and to make it not only perform, but also internally work like the AP did in real life. Thank you all for your kind patience in the meantime!

[winghunter]

Since there is no visual indication if autopilot is engaged, I'd like Jester to say "Autopilot engaged" or "Time to relax" or something like that.

 

[Lt_Jaeger]

You got switches and a lamp showing you the status of the autopilot, so I guess there are a bunch of indications

[winghunter]

1 hour ago, Lt_Jaeger said:

You got switches and a lamp showing you the status of the autopilot, so I guess there are a bunch of indications

Yo mean AP ref ? Thats hardly showing the real status of ap engagement. Unless its a bug and supposed to work differently

[IronMike]

59 minutes ago, winghunter said:

Yo mean AP ref ? Thats hardly showing the real status of ap engagement. Unless its a bug and supposed to work differently

That's 100% a pilot thing. The RIO has no "AP is on" indication. Whenever you flick the AP engage switch you are in ATT hold 100% of the time. Flying is purely pilot responsibility (minus checklists on take off/ landing, etc), so it is expected from you to basically look down and check the switch, if you forgot whether you have it turned on or not. If set to engage, the AP is on and in attitude hold.

[winghunter]

8 minutes ago, IronMike said:

That's 100% a pilot thing. The RIO has no "AP is on" indication. Whenever you flick the AP engage switch you are in ATT hold 100% of the time. Flying is purely pilot responsibility (minus checklists on take off/ landing, etc), so it is expected from you to basically look down and check the switch, if you forgot whether you have it turned on or not. If set to engage, the AP is on and in attitude hold.

Ok so that may be then due to the current bug. I thought i needed to engage NWS to activate it, cause it can set you on a dive even if the physical switch on AP panel is engaged

Edited February 10, 2022 by winghunter

[IronMike]

40 minutes ago, winghunter said:

Ok so that may be then due to the current bug. I thought i needed to engage NWS to activate it, cause it can set you on a dive even if the physical switch on AP panel is engaged

 

ATT hold is not affected as much by the current bug, ALT hold is however severely. ATT hold should still grab fairly decently, though you may have to aid it at times.

[Silvester.E]

For my understanding; does this mean (wip) the acls isn’t working at this moment?

In the process of learning this fantastic module and just want to know if it's me or the wip that holds me off from any acls landings. 

Edited February 14, 2022 by Silvester.E

[Sideburns]

On 2/12/2022 at 8:41 PM, Silvester.E said:

For my understanding; does this mean (wip) the acls isn’t working at this moment?

In the process of learning this fantastic module and just want to know if it's me or the wip that holds me off from any acls landings. 

 

ACLS still works but I found the pitch quite wobbly to the extent I would retake control if I wasn't testing it in a flight sim (in the past before AP issues it was fairly rock solid in normal, not adverse weather). Unsure if this was the engine response time or AP, so was just going to wait until the new patch.

[The_Tau]

I don't want to be this guy, but is Bug back?

because A/P in any mode including even attitude hold doesnt really work. Nose starts drifting around, usually downwards 

[Callsign JoNay]

Yes, it's all broken again.

[sLYFa]

Same here, initial pull on the stick in CSS mode induces a slow pitch down so you have to keep pulling until the aircraft starts pitching up as it should. 

[IronMike]

we'll have a fix soon, for the time being increase your pitch and roll deadzones please and the issue will go away.