ASW Posted March 28, 2022 Posted March 28, 2022 Today there was a very interesting situation. I was flying at a speed of about M2 for a long time. Then the Throttle turned on IDLE and the light bulbs lit up L ENG SEC-R ENG SEC. What to do in this situation? I went down from 40,000 feet, at about 15,000 feet I found out that I had autopilot turned on. If I turned on the autopilot, the Throttle worked, if I turned it on, they got up on idle. GreyCat_SPb
sLYFa Posted March 29, 2022 Posted March 29, 2022 The engines have a backup operating mode in case the AFTC (basically the electronic engine control unit) fails. In this secondary mode, afterburner will not be available and flying supersonic may result in an engine stall. So if an engine goes into sec, make sure to stay subsonic. There are other things to consider IRL which are not modelled in DCS. As to why your engines went into SEC mode, I dont know. I've never had that unless taking damage. There is supposedly a bug related to autothrottle and autopilot so that might have something to do with that. Also make sure that your engine mode switches to the left of the throttles are not accidentially placed in SEC, which would also cause activation of sec mode. i5-8600k @4.9Ghz, 2080ti , 32GB@2666Mhz, 512GB SSD
ASW Posted March 29, 2022 Author Posted March 29, 2022 I wanted to turn on the autopilot to maintain altitude at M2. I used to be able to do this. The engine mode switches to the left of the throttles are not located in sec. Considering that I was flying online, it was impossible to pause the game.) There was a laptop nearby in which there is an F-14 manual, there I read about AFTC. But there were no recommendations on what to do in such a situation. I accidentally noticed that the autopilot toggle switch is on. But it didn't affect throttle, did it? GreyCat_SPb
draconus Posted March 29, 2022 Posted March 29, 2022 AP at M2? That is waaay off any sane use of the AP. Current implementation allows it but you have to deal with any consequences. Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX4070S Quest 3 T16000M VPC CDT-VMAX TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria
ASW Posted March 30, 2022 Author Posted March 30, 2022 29.03.2022 в 14:48, draconus сказал: AP at M2? That is waaay off any sane use of the AP. Current implementation allows it but you have to deal with any consequences. I know it shouldn't be done. My hands were tired, I was in the air for 50 minutes.) GreyCat_SPb
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