Problems with Throttle assigning and ATR 72-500

[Grepa]

Hi All !!!

I am new to this forum, so be gentle... :lol:

Well, Thanks to Pete for a fantastic module... Can't live without it :D

But, It is a problem between the FSUIPC and the Flight 1 ATR 72-500, when it comes to assigning separate throttle axis in FSUIPC. When I have assigned throttle 1 and 2 in FSUIPC, the Torque at the ATR 72 does not match the bugs as described in the manual, this I have also tested with all my joysticks disabled, to see if there was some spike from my throttle. When I disable the throttle axis in FSUIPC, the ATR 72 works just as it should... STRANGE :roll:

(This has to do with putting the Power levers in the notch for semi-auto throttle)

The reason I wrote this comment is that I use CH Throttle Quadrant, and don't see any other posibility to get the reverse thrust activated with the TQ... ( Don't let me use F2)

So please... Is there any sugestions on fixing this problem ???

[airforce2]

Lots has been written in the F1 ATR forum on the interaction of FS throttle inputs and the auto-torque on the F1 ATR. For the F1 auto-torque to work, the throttle input needs to be at 0 (idle). Any throttle movement...even the fidgety back-forth drift caused by a noisy pot, will cause interference with the panel's auto-torque control. That, unfortunately, is a panel programming characteristic, not an FSUIPC problem.

I got around the prop beta (reverse) problem by assigning reverse to a separate lever on my PFC quadrant. Probably not an option on the CH unit.

Regards

[Grepa]

Hi again !!!

Sorry if I was a bit unclear in my first post but... This has NOTHING to do with throttle input, caused by any reason. As I described above, I have tried it with only keyboard and all joystics deactivated and the same problem occur when the throttles are assigned in the FSUIPC. If I disable the throttle assignment for number 1and 2 in FSUIPC, EVERYTHING works great, but not my reverse :(

Hope this was a bit more clear :roll:

[Pete Dowson]

Sorry if I was a bit unclear in my first post but... This has NOTHING to do with throttle input, caused by any reason. As I described above, I have tried it with only keyboard and all joystics deactivated and the same problem occur when the throttles are assigned in the FSUIPC. If I disable the throttle assignment for number 1and 2 in FSUIPC, EVERYTHING works great, but not my reverse :(

I think Bob's answer is correct, nonetheless. If you want revers on thr throttle axes FSUIPC has to use a different set of FS controls which run from 0 to +16384 for forward thrust and use negative values for reverse. The standard throttle controls available in FS itself support forward thrust only, with values -16384 for idle to +16384 for max.

By using FSUIPC's individual throttles you are probably confusing the programming in the panel. You will have to do as Bob suggests I think.

Regards,

Pete