Mohamengina Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Does anybody find it hard to arm autopilot sometimes? For some reason it doesn't arm occasionally but then sometimes it does despite there being no difference between the situations. What am I missing out on? The only thing that comes up on the panel is EAC so I have everything else ticked off on my checklist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryrrar Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Someone please sticky and put "EAC TUTORIAL!!" in big bold letters at the top of EVERY forum page :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohamengina Posted July 15, 2011 Author Share Posted July 15, 2011 EAC has got to be armed for LAAP to work. If you've got EAC then it's a matter of pressing one of the LAAP buttons when within pitch/bank limits for the selected mode. If EAC isn't on then we go back a step. EAC needs a few things to arm. EGI, a suitable alignment, CADC, IFFCC, all four SAS switches and the AAR refuel door is closed. Could you explain that in an easy step by step way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EtherealN Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 1) Ensure your alignment is finished, then enter nav mode through pressing the appropriate CDU button. 2) CADC, IFFCC, SAS on. 3) EGI on below the HSI (it's behind the stick) 4) Arm EAC. 5) You're set. :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Daniel "EtherealN" Agorander | Даниэль "эфирныйн" Агорандер Intel i7 2600K @ 4.4GHz, ASUS Sabertooth P67, 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600MHz, ASUS GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1GB, Samsung 830series 512GB SSD, Corsair AX850w, two BENQ screens and TM HOTAS Warthog DCS: A-10C Warthog FAQ | DCS: P-51D FAQ | Remember to read the Forum Rules | | | Life of a Game Tester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemises Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 6) make sure you within the Autopilot engagement parameters when you engage. (ie if you are "alt" mode, make sure you are not climbing more that +/- 5m/s, if youre in Heading mode make sure you are not Banking etc..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WindWpn Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 hmmm, still having problems getting the EAC switch to remain on. Basically, I have done everything as noted 1) alignment finished, set to NAV 2) CADC, IFFCC, SAS on 3) EGI button pushed (lit) 4) All other stuff complete (data card loaded, BIT test completed, all avionics powered, etc...) Still, when I flip the EAC switch, it returns automatically to off. I have run though the Ground Handling Training mission numerous times and have everything else passed, but this one item remains my failure. Note, I can "hold" the switch on and pass, but as soon as I release the switch, I fail. Not sure what else needs to be done?? The Rig: i5 7700k OC 4.6ghz, 16 GB RAM, GTX 1080ti, Windows 10 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTFDarkEagle Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Could you post a track? Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemises Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 your positive your alignment has actually finished (ie. 4.0.0.8) ?... Wait till NAV ALIGNMENT is flashing in the CDU before changing to internal INS NAV mode, and then select EGI as the source but yeah, a track is worth a thousand EAC posts as they say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandonBP Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 hmmm, still having problems getting the EAC switch to remain on. Basically, I have done everything as noted I have the same trouble. I can't think of a single time I've ever gotten into the air and looked down to see the EAC switch actually on. I always have to turn it on after I get into the air and leveled out. Since you can't see the switch when parked, there should be a light or something to tell you whether or not it's on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbeaty Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 The problem I was having was I was getting through the start up procedure and getting airborne before ALIGN was complete. I was able to arm EAC ( the switch the left of the autopilot button) only after getting airborne and waiting for ALIGN to complete. IOW, not on the ground. I was too impatient - not following the rules. Needless to say, the EAC switch must be up (armed) to engage autopilot in V 1.0.0.8. If it flicks back down when you push it, ALIGN is not complete. Or HARS is still selected in the front panel. Otherwise, the problem may be that you are outside of the engage parameters when hitting the autopilot button. Asus P6 MB i7 6GB OC'd 3.8Ghz Win 7 64bit Cogage Cooler Radeon 6870 OC'd 975Mhz Core 1250 MHz RAM TM Afterburner TrackIR [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Aardvarking it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandonBP Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 There is, the EAC light on the CAP. Ok, I see the EAC light. I just can't get the EAC to come on while on the ground during startup. I wait for the INS Nav Ready to come up before pressing NAV... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodBorza Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 And, as a suggestion: as waiting 4 miutes can be boring, you can take your time to go to the DSMS profile page and set it up as desired. Also, you can use the time to set up the CMS program. And when you see it, the 4 minutes have gone and you are ready to go. This is an amazing sim! 'Nuff said!:pilotfly: YouTube: SloppyDog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandonBP Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Not just INS NAV READY. Wait for 4.0 minutes down to 0.8 precision INS NAV READY flashing. Tried it four times now from cold start and it worked every time. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Depth Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 I think we all had this problem at some point, I for one was ready to throw the entire computer out the window :music_whistling: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTFDarkEagle Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 I think we all had this problem at some point I seriously doubt it Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Depth Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 I seriously doubt it Oh sorry, I was talking about us mortals who don't live and breathe avionics. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostiken Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Oh sorry, I was talking about us mortals who don't live and breathe avionics. ... or those of you who didn't read the manual or use the search function on the forums. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Depth Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 ... or those of you who didn't read the manual or use the search function on the forums. ... which we did because we couldn't arm the EAC. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletstop Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I find when I can not arm the eac, I have forgotten a step, so I guess I am a lowely mortal,lol. Bullet I7 4790K running at 4390 with a gigabyte board with 16 gigs of ram with an Asus gtx 660-ti and 2 tb of hard drive space on 2 wd hard drives. A X-65F Hotas with trackir4 and pro combat peddles. A kick butt home built machine unfortunately running a windows 7 OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Depth Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I find when I can not arm the eac, I have forgotten a step, so I guess I am a lowely mortal,lol. Bullet I seriously doubt it :thumbup: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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