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10 hours ago, scoobflight said:

Only 15 ... My first FS was for a Mac in 1986.

By 1986, the closest I got from a flight simulator was Atari's River Raid 😂😂😂😂😂

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2 hours ago, Matty260191 said:

Show off 🙂

Sorry, it was not my intention 😂😂😂

15 years simulating, it is not a really impressive figure... 

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22 hours ago, FeelThere said:

With all due respect we have a couple of pilots who are also flying this airplane. We will reduce the speed of the AT, but they confirmed real pilots do disconnect the AT in turbulent conditions.

I would double check with these pilots regarding the severity of the turbulence upon which they disconnect the AT. I observe the problem even at minor turbulence (like in the video). I think for severe turbulence it could make sense, but the aircraft appears to be oversensitive. Like I mentioned above, I have tenths of aircrafts, and the E-Jets v3 are the only ones which do that. Even v2 (in FSX at least) don't have this issue. 

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9 hours ago, Delta558 said:

Two things here - firstly, as mentioned above, the real autothrottle is slower so does not respond instantaneously and spends time 'hunting'. Secondly, MSFS / P3D weather is truly abysmal with blocks of sudden wind changes that give the sim autothrottle no chance and (along with the entire weather system) are far too abrupt in their depiction. The autothrottle is just trying to maintain the speed, and within the sim you are seeing those two effects above rather obviously as the 'required' throttle setting shows and then the actual setting chases it.

Paul.

I believe your second thought shouldn't be of a major importance. I have tenths of other aircrafts with AT, and none of them display this behavior under turbulence. As per the answer from Feelthere above, I understand that it was deliberately modeled like that, and that this is a situation observed in the real aircraft.

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13 hours ago, FeelThere said:

What I meant is according to our pilots, they disconnect the AT during turbulence. The real thing is even slower acting than ours (in fact we are testing a slower AT for the upcoming Sp)

If pilots confirmed this behavior, I'm fine with it. Thanks.

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Hi

Not sure about what you mean with "slower". Can you confirm with the pilots if the AT problem that is observed in the video above is observed in the real aircraft? Even if that is, I would be surprised if that would be a common issue in E-Jets. Basically all flights I flown with v3 presented this behavior. It really sounds like a bug.

Best regards

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Dome light here.

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5 minutes ago, FeelThere said:

Sometimes that's the ultimate solution.

 

 

What you mean? Is this an issue also in the real aircraft? Never heard of it, and v2, as far as I remember, did not have this issue.

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Hi there,

I would like to report an issue that I observed in the 3 flights I've flown with v3 E195:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JOf71snqqka-ejTAyqLv3hMOmjqNUVGq/view?usp=sharing

(watch the video at full HD 1080p)

In this video, the speed is set to 180 kt, with AT on, and aircraft leveled at 4000 ft. Nonetheless, the aircraft does not deaccelerate (remains above 190 kt). You can observe N1 completely unstable.

This issue is causing a lot of trouble when I'm at approaches. The only way to avoid this is to disarm the AT and fly manually. 

I did not checked other aircrafts. I don't fly the E175, and I don't own the E170 and E190.

I'm using Active Sky as my weather engine. The flight was close to DAAG (around 12z-13z, today), so you may be able to recover this weather history from Active Sky if you want (but, apparently, any turbulence is enough to reproduce it).

Best regards

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Feelthere, just to make sure, there's two issues that I reported in this topic: the texture at night (dome light), and the stains in the FMS (not light related, appears to be a texture issue as well).

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48 minutes ago, Matty260191 said:

I thought you were reporting an issue that was about the light? Not the screw texture? Im sure they will add it too the list ..........At the bottom. 

They may add it to the bottom. I never asked for priority on this one.

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9 hours ago, Matty260191 said:

seriously your complaining about a screw texture?

What's the problem? I payed US$60 in this aircraft, and I'm here supporting Feelthere with improvements/troubleshooting in this product.

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1 hour ago, Biggles2010 said:

Regarding the FMS keys, I cannot see why you think there is a problem. To me they look perfectly normal. The alpha numeric keys are indented, that is, they have a depression in the centre of each key. To represent that on a flat screen requires use of lighter and darker shades, as in any artistic work. Real FMS keys develop a shine in use, and the example shown gives a good representation of the real thing.

It is not the keys, but around them. I hope the picture below make it more clear:

[E195 v3: Approach attitude very high.]

They will comment, but I understood this was reviewed by a real pilot. The way I improved this was by changing the view in Chase Plane to a confortable position. It does take a bit of training to get the grip of the landing with these adjustments (I saved a file with the aircraft on final, so I could train several times), but it is indeed just a matter of getting used to it. 

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2 hours ago, FeelThere said:

It seems like the light is just hitting the keys in a weird angle. Most likely it will not happen at any other lighting condition.

It is not light. I used "shadow" for lack of a better word, but it seems like a stain. Have a look at the screw holes in the upper part of the FMS, and you will notice that it is not a shadow.

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I confirm this issue.

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11 hours ago, Shom said:

Ok but eventually a P3D flight plan can be exported from simbrief

If that works, for me there is no problem. Simbrief still offers the "Feelthere" flight plan version, so that is what was causing a bit of confusion to me. I will try the alternative method today.

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Excelent, thanks for the quick response!

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17 hours ago, KBUF_aviator said:

Hello all,

My only issue with the EMB at this time is the door system. Anytime I attempt to use the Shift+E+3 system, I can only open the main passenger door and the forward service door, and not the cargo doors.  In a future update to the product, could there perhaps be a system external to the default simulator for door management? (Perhaps in the MCDU or an external menu).

I vote for this. The external gauge is not very good, and this should be preferrably supplied as a built in function.

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30 minutes ago, Shom said:

Any benefit using this method vs the one suggested by scoobflight?

To be honest, I never tried that. Will do so next time.

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Please delete this post. I found the issue here - sensitiveness in P3D was set wrong. I believe it is not at all related to v3.

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29 minutes ago, scoobflight said:

have you tried using the controller's configuration utility to create a response arc to controller inputs?  i know FSUIPC5 allows for customized controller sensitivities to match personal preferences.

 

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Hi there,

I think the flight controls are very sensitive in this aircraft. Very small movements in the Yoke (using a Saitek Flight Yoke System) will cause strong responses from the aircraft. It is very difficult to fly it manually (e.g. on final, trying to align the aircraft to the runway).

Can you please verify that or suggest actions?

 

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1 hour ago, Shom said:

So what is the customdb folder meant for? Is there another way to load a plan into the FMS?

Yes, Shom.

- You can create a flight plan in an external program, such as Simbrief (Feelthere format).

- Then, in the directory \Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\FeelThere, create a sub folder named "CustomDB"

- Put the flight plan file inside this CustomDB folder. 

- Start P3D only after doing the steps above.

- In the FLT PLAN page in the FMS, select FPL LIST so find the flight plan there. Select it, so you copy the file name, and go to FPL SEL. Paste it in the FLT PLAN (1st left selection key), and activate it.

Here you go - the flight planned is loaded into the FMS. Unfortunately, this information is not yet in the manual (only old timers know the trick).

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Please also have a look at the texture of the FMS. It appears that there is a mismatching layer or something. If you look at the number keys, you can see a circular light "shadow", decentralized to the its left. You can note the same pattern in the other keys and the screws of the MCDU.