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Does anyone have experience setting up the thrust attenuators (not reverse) on the Cessna CJ1? I've found this operational note: "Note the Cessna Citationjet, which has no reversers but clearly visible "thrust attenuators" which deflect about 45 degrees into the exhaust, producing no reverse but negating the idle thrust by defecting it sideways." So the question is, is there a way to simulate this using FSUIPC4? Also, I saw that the aircraft.cfg file has the following: [TurbineEngineData] fuel_flow_gain=0.0040 // was 0.0020 inlet_area=2.1 //1.7 rated_N2_rpm=29920 static_thrust=2283 // was 2383 nominal value is ignored per engine. This param is superceded elsewhere afterburner_available=0 reverser_available=0 bypass ratio = 3.3 [jet_engine] thrust_scalar=1.0 //0 Class //1 Longitudinal Position (feet) //2 Lateral Position (feet) //3 Vertical Position (feet) //4 Impact Damage Threshold (Feet Per Minute) //5 Brake Map (0=None, 1=Left, 2=Right) //6 Wheel Radius (feet) //7 Steer Angle (degrees) //8 Static Compression (feet) (0 if rigid) //9 Max/Static Compression Ratio //10 Damping Ratio (0=Undamped, 1=Critically Damped) //11 Extension Time (seconds) //12 Retraction Time (seconds) //13 Sound Type [contact_points] point.0=1, 16.00, 0.00, -2.88, 1181.1, 0, 0.7549, 43.0, 0.2350, 2.2, 0.4500, 10.0, 10.0, 0, 0.0, 0.0 point.1=1, -3.20, -6.02, -2.92, 1574.8, 1, 0.8549, 0.0, 0.2700, 2.2, 0.4800, 9.0, 9.0, 2, 0.0, 0.0 point.2=1, -3.20, 6.02, -2.92, 1574.8, 2, 0.8549, 0.0, 0.2700, 2.2, 0.4800, 9.0, 9.0, 3, 0.0, 0.0 point.3=2, -8.55, -22.00, -0.60, 787.4, 0, 0.0000, 0.0, 0.0000, 0.0, 0.0000, 0.0, 0.0, 5, 0.0, 0.0 point.4=2, -8.55, 22.00, -0.60, 787.4, 0, 0.0000, 0.0, 0.0000, 0.0, 0.0000, 0.0, 0.0, 6, 0.0, 0.0 point.5=2, -22.00, 0.00, 0.00, 787.4, 0, 0.0000, 0.0, 0.0000, 0.0, 0.0000, 0.0, 0.0, 9, 0.0, 0.0 point.6=2, 0.00, 0.00, - 1.50, 787.4, 0, 0.0000, 0.0, 0.0000, 0.0, 0.0000, 0.0, 0.0, 4, 0.0, 0.0 static_pitch=0.55 static_cg_height=3.22 gear_system_type=0 Is there anything to be gained with a change in "reverser_available=0"? Finally, because, in FSX, this airplane will roll forward with idle thrust set, this might be contributing to the unrealistic stopping distances using brakes alone. This leads to the question, how do we increase the braking efficiency?). Merry Christmas to all

Is it possible to slightly lower the throttle idle setting on the Lear 45? I know that many people claim that the default one is accurate, but the plane moves on the ground when everything is set to its lowest idle. Any solutions? Thanks, maestrogn

So far, it is served me well for about five years. I will look into getting another one. Do you have any other way that I could get in contact with Bob Church? Garyth

Pete: An update. I cannot contact Bob Church through the CH-Hanger. They are refusing all registrations and emails from my email provider (gmail) because they are getting so much spam from that source. I don't know how that works, but it is frustrating. I found another possible way to reach him at sticky@stickworks.com and have sent an email to him there. All best on this Sunday! Garyth

Thanks so much, Pete. I'll contact Bob Church. maestrogn

Then, I plead refrigerator syndrome -- where a man can look in a refrigerator and say to his wife, "the xx is not here," and she comes over, moves on item and there is "x". I'm working with the programming now and ran into an interesting problem. On the CH yoke, I am trying to program the v axis as the spoilers with the idea of having 3 regions for set/arm/deploy. The problem is that my axis (in FSUIPC4) goes straight from 0 in the down position, instantly up to the full value. This was OK on the gear lever because all the way down is gear down, all the way up is gear up. But, I cannot find a way to set that intermediate region. What I've temporarily done is to program it so full up is "set" and full down is "arm". Then, if I have to use the spoilers in flight, I'll use the keyboard / to deploy the spoilers. I took screen shots of the full up/full down readings if you would like to see them. Best regards. meastrogn

Ah, Peter -- mea culpa, mea maxima culpa! When I was attempting this task, I pulled my trusty FS notebook off the shelf where I store a printout of the FSUIPC user's manual. It didn't help -- why? I thought that I had printed out the FSUIPC4 one and hadn't, so, I was reading the old manual, not the one for FSUIPC4. You were justifiably disturbed by my seeming lack of manual awareness and I concur -- in my class room, a student not consulting a manual, especially if it is one that I wrote, is right on the edge of my un-stranding his/her DNA! I'm now in the middle of printing out the FSUIPC4 manual, will DELVE into the same and accomplish the task. And, yes, other than perusing the outdated manual, I was running on memory of the tasks ... never a good idea for a 67 year-old (or, as my students hear ad naseum -- "that's why God invented manuals!"). I do apologize and thank you for the reply that set me on the right path. maestrogn

I'm using FSX and FUSIPC4. There are 3 levers at the top right of the CH Yoke that I would like to program as: Middle lever = spoilers Program it so it has 3 ranges Bottom = spoilers extended Middle = spoilers armed Top = spoilers set Right lever = gear Full down = gear down Full up = gear up I've tried and tried and haven't found a way to do that. Can anybody help me? Also, I programmed a button (3) on the yoke handles to show me my throttle quadrant. Any time I press it, it turns off the autopilot. I've hunted all over and cannot find why. Any ideas? Many thanks for your help! maestrogn

Pete: Welcome back. I can just imagine the backlog of messages ... same as mine after a 1-week trip to Austria last week. Thanks so much for the information. I just accomplished the changes and everything works perfectly after some amount of "waggling." All best ... Garyth

OR -- alternatively, how does one translate the numbers in the ini file so I can use them to recreate what was in the FS09 setup over in FSUIPC4 in FSX? Either way, the paste in method outlined in my first post, or this way would be far preferable to having to create everything anew. Thanks, MGN

Hi, everyone: I just moved over to the dark side with FSX and bought FSUIPC4 to go with it. In my old FSUIPC (for which I still have the ini files), I spent considerable time setting up the CH flight yoke and (most particularly) the Saitek Quad Throttle). I can see all the Saitek settings in the old ini and would not like to have to re-input everything. Is there a way of pasting the settings for the Saitek into the new FSUIPC4. If so, were does it go, etc. I would really appreciate your help. mgn

Pete: I heard back from the FeelThere crew and they have a programmed solution that is kind of neat. Page 4 of the manual states: "The autopilot knobs are adjusted in the following ways: • with the pointer over the knob the mouse wheel can be used to increase/decrease the set value • left of knob center left-mouse-click will increase value by one • left of knob center right-mouse-click will increase value by ten • right of center left click will decrease value by one • right of center right click will decrease value by ten • mouse wheel /center mouse button click the heading knob and the heading bug is set to the aircraft's current direction of flight. • mouse wheel /center mouse button click the speed knob to toggle between knots and Mach values being used for the speed bug." Apparently, FeelThere has been doing this for years. It certainly solves my "problem." Sorry to bother you when it was right under my nose (mouse). All best wishes. Garyth

I've searched for an answer to this question and cannot find anything on it (I'm using FS9 with the FeelThere ERJ 145, v.2). I would like to continue with operating the A/P controls with my mouse rather than purchasing a switch panel like the GoFlight (things could get way too crowded on this "flight desk)." I am searching for a way to "mouse" the CRS or Heading A/P knobs so that they can either change the heading in small increments (like the standard FS function) OR large increments. When I've flown in real aircraft, I could reach up an change the heading by just a few degrees or quickly spin the knob to make a large change in the heading. However, in the panels I've worked with in the FS world, using the mouse to hold either the right or left side of the knob results in a glacial change in the heading -- OK for small changes, maddening for the large changes. Is there a way to use FSUPIC to sense a difference in mouse activity on the CRS or Heading knobs -- something like, if the mouse button is held down for more than a certain time, the heading is incremented or decremented in far larger chunks? An alternate would be to have keyboard presses to emulate a fast turning of these knobs in addition to the standard mouse press on the knob hemispheres. How do we accomplish that? I'm perfectly fine with the use of the mouse for A/P functions ... it's only the speed of the CRS and heading knobs that are at issue. Any intelligence on this question Thanks, maestrogn

Well, let's call it the placebo effect. I decided to vary the numbers to obtain a wider 60% range, but, before I did, I marked a piece of tape showing the point of travel on the axis where each 10% increase in throttle was achieved. After significantly changing the numbers, the points of travel didn't change for given percentages. Not only that, I noticed that the area between 60 and 70% is very narrow compared to the other percentages -- no matter what I try. Could I have just been getting a better resolution in the 60% range because the axis data was going through FSUIPC? If you are interested, here are the settings that I put in the axis assignments. 1 Idle -16384 -16384 2 10% -15733 -15563 3 20% -14563 -13523 4 30% -13523 -12353 5 40% -12353 -11312 6 50% -11312 -8300 7 60% -8300 6300 8 70% 6300 10000 9 80% 10000 12928 10 100% 12928 16383 So, apparently, that attempt failed. Anyone have any other ideas? Thanks, Garyth

Pete: Thanks for the reply. I looked into Lua and will bow out of that one. I did use FSUIPC to program the Saitek ThQ X axis to those various spaced zones and it seems to give me an increase in the finite control in the desired N1 range. However, now, I've lost the reverse thrust capability. I tried programming it in both FS and FSUIPC (but not simultaneously) as a button (F2) assigned to that area at the bottom of the saitek throttle range. The symptom is weird .. When the lever is moved down past the detent position (to activate the F2 hold), the N1 gauge shows REV but the engine stays at idle. At the same time, the little triangular cursor that indicates the setting the turbines will move to just dances up and down between idle and about 50%. But, the engine thrust stays at idle. Do you or anyone else have any ideas concerning what I'm doing wrong? maestrogn

I use the Saitek ThQ with FS9 and a registered version of FSUIPC. The aircraft I model is the EMB 135 from FeelThere. Since this aircraft has no autothrottle, one must constantly make fine adjustments between N1 50% and 74% while on A/P to maintain proper speed. Right now, the throttle axis is linear and the area that controls that N1 range is fairly small. As a result, it is very difficult to make the fine throttle adjustments necessary. Is there a way to widen (lengthen) the area on the throttle axis for that range (50-74%) so much more refined adjustments are possible (e.g. 0-------55% 55-------60 60----------------70 70-100%-------)? If this is possible, explicit instructions on how to accomplish it would very much be appreciated . Thanks! Happy New Year! maestrogn