Cessna CJ4 Heading Bug Not Working

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Re: Cessna CJ4 Heading Bug Not Working

#11 Post by Crunchmeister »

Wish I could be of assistance here. Unfortunately I'm on the AAU I beta with the updated set of CJ4 instruments for that plane.

It's an odd issue though. With all the hours I've put into the CJ4 over the last year, I never once encountered the problem you're describing nor has anyone else reported it, despite the CJ4 instrument suite being our most popular.
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Re: Cessna CJ4 Heading Bug Not Working

#12 Post by Dave_K »

No probs, i'm pretty good at finding obscure bugs :D

I'll do another flight tomorrow and test it before, during and after AP use, just to confirm my thoughts.
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Re: Cessna CJ4 Heading Bug Not Working

#13 Post by Dave_K »

Not found the connection yet...

Before takeoff, HDG worked
In-flight before engaging AP, HDG worked
Engage AP, HDG failed
Disengage AP, HDG still failed
Land and park, HDG worked again

Very odd
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Re: Cessna CJ4 Heading Bug Not Working

#14 Post by Ralph »

Sounds like an issue in the simulator itself?
You can try assigning heading events to keystrokes and see if that makes any difference.

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Re: Cessna CJ4 Heading Bug Not Working

#15 Post by Dave_K »

Using the mouse against the on-screen HDG knob in the cockpit works fine, i'll try some keybinds on the next flight though
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Re: Cessna CJ4 Heading Bug Not Working

#16 Post by Ralph »

You don't know what events are triggered with the mouse, therefore the keyboard.

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Re: Cessna CJ4 Heading Bug Not Working

#17 Post by Dave_K »

OK, makes sense, i'll try key-binding it on next flight :)
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Re: Cessna CJ4 Heading Bug Not Working

#18 Post by Dave_K »

More information....

Ready to take off - both knobster and keyboard HDG bindings worked perfectly

In flight, AP engaged in HDG mode, both control inputs worked fine

In flight, AP engaged in LNV1 mode enroute, the knobster failed as before but the keyboard bindings worked ok, however they also altered the heading of the plane which seems odd as it was on a programmed AP nav route and in NAV mode :o

I hope that helps a little ?
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Re: Cessna CJ4 Heading Bug Not Working

#19 Post by Ralph »

Not really :) You probably have to use custom events for this.

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Re: Cessna CJ4 Heading Bug Not Working

#20 Post by Dave_K »

Ralph wrote: Mon Jan 02, 2023 7:06 pm Not really :) You probably have to use custom events for this.
For what?

It used to work well, when in LNV1 mode, you could twiddle the HDG setting as much as desired and all that happened was the pointer moved on the dial, now it either does not move properly with Airmanager/Knobster or if you use the keyboard it does move but alters the AP course somehow.

I just can't see where to ask - the fact it alters the course when it shouldn't seems to point to either MSFS or Working Title who made the CJ4 mod but which one?
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