Welcome to Cockpitbuilders.com. Please login or sign up.

August 24, 2026, 06:44:42 PM

Login with username, password and session length

PROUDLY ENDORSING


Fly Elise-ng
862 Guests, 0 Users
Members
Stats
  • Total Posts: 59,826
  • Total Topics: 7,908
  • Online today: 1,074
  • Online ever: 15,348
  • (July 02, 2026, 07:30:09 AM)
Users Online
Users: 0
Guests: 862
Total: 862

COUNTDOWN TO WF2024


WORLDFLIGHT TEAM USA

Will Depart in...

Recent

Welcome

Recent posts

#21
General Discussion Board. / Re: Help with two issues in my...
Last post by fsaviator - March 02, 2026, 08:28:20 AM
Hey Kyle.  Tried it out again and let it spool up to 40 and settle.  Hit the TOGA and off it went no problems as long as I made sure the throttle levers were also advancing.

The TQ is motorized, and I've been issues with Throttle 1 not advancing (or retarding).

I'll need to work on that as the software reads the location - so while the A/T pip on the engine indicators is good, the lever pip is also accurate (and not correct).

Thanks

Warren
#22
General Discussion Board. / Re: Help with two issues in my...
Last post by KyleH - March 01, 2026, 01:50:21 PM
Hi Warren, Good to see you've got something flying.

Quote from: fsaviator on March 01, 2026, 12:46:44 AMOn take-off using TOGA, with A/T armed, I spool up to 40% and press TOGA.  Plane accelerates, and then throttles cut-out forcing me to increase power to Take-off thrust manually.  Once I'm airborne everything seems to work fairly well in regards to moving levers, speed brakes and spoilers etc.


A couple of questions regarding this, do the throttle handles move up to the correct N1 value after you press TOGA?
Second, does it happen at 80 knots?

In Boeing's, once you press the TO button, the handles move to their calculated N1 value, then once the plane reaches 80 knots, it enters 'Throttle Hold' mode which disconnects the servo clutches from the throttle handles. This prevents the auto system from doing something dumb during a critical phase, and if an RTO is needed, the crew is not fighting the auto throttle while rejecting.

In this case, it is possible that your handles are not reaching the set N1 point before 80KTS, then when it enters throttle hold, the sim is seeing the position of the handles and reducing thrust to that point.
#23
Builders Discussions / Re: Strange blaster Z issue..
Last post by KyleH - March 01, 2026, 01:32:26 PM
Quote from: Mach7 on February 26, 2026, 04:14:13 PM...but can a sound card go bad like that?


Yes it can. Some component is beginning to go flakey after 10 years. Sounds like something is causing Windows to see it as new hardware at times.
It could also be the motherboard. Start with the cheaper components first.
#24
New Here..? Introduce yourself! / Re: Not new here.... but I've...
Last post by fsaviator - March 01, 2026, 12:33:17 PM
Quote from: jackpilot on March 01, 2026, 05:18:55 AMHi Warren
nice pics and welcome back.
Note: I see on pic 2 a pair of eyebrows. If I remember well I sold them to Gwyn (Aerosim in Australia), and he later sold them to you. High milage parts!   :D
Jack
That is very correct!  It's good to be back working on the sim although I have spent the day trying to get AI to help me fix some of these issues - not successfully I might add.
#25
New Here..? Introduce yourself! / Re: Not new here.... but I've...
Last post by jackpilot - March 01, 2026, 05:18:55 AM
Hi Warren
nice pics and welcome back.
Note: I see on pic 2 a pair of eyebrows. If I remember well I sold them to Gwyn (Aerosim in Australia), and he later sold them to you. High milage parts!   :D
Jack
#26
General Discussion Board. / Help with two issues in my coc...
Last post by fsaviator - March 01, 2026, 12:46:44 AM
Good morning

Two issues some of you may be able to help on.  I'm using Prosim737 v3.36 with P3D v4

First - I have one of the first Revolution Simproducts motorized TQs produced - controlled via SIOC in Prosim737.  All the functions seem to work for the most part.  My MCP is the CPFlight 737NG V3 Ethernet version.  I am aware that officially, Prosim-AR ceased to support the RS Motorized TQs somewhere around v 2.1, and that is why I continue to use a SIOC instance to control the TQ.

On take-off using TOGA, with A/T armed, I spool up to 40% and press TOGA.  Plane accelerates, and then throttles cut-out forcing me to increase power to Take-off thrust manually.  Once I'm airborne everything seems to work fairly well in regards to moving levers, speed brakes and spoilers etc.

On approach and just prior to touchdown, when I activate A/T disengage on the TQ, the A/T switch auto disengages on the MCP, but the TQ thrust lever motors do not disengage.

Second - due to limited AXIS on my Leo Bodnar card, I have mapped the Tiller to the CPFlight MCP Tiller connection.  It calibrates fine in Prosim737.  In sim however it doesn't respond forcing me to use my rudders to steer during taxi.

Thanks!

Warren
#27
New Here..? Introduce yourself! / Re: Not new here.... but I've...
Last post by fsaviator - February 28, 2026, 11:55:52 AM
SHE's ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  My first full flight (KTNT-KTPA) since probably 2024 when I packed her up and shipped her to Greece.

Incidentally, yesterday I fired her up for the first since last May to finally get her flying and found myself at this post - an overhead acting up.  Now I remember why I took a break.  Regardless.  I finally figured it out!  COM port conflict.  That was a pain as the ANTI-ICE kept popping up and interfering with various things.

Now I can continue building (and flying).  Ignore the calibrations marks on my unpainted screen, and all the crap all over the place.

By the way, if you're in Europe and want a couple UPS, I have a few.  I put the whole house and property on a massive UPS and a 60KW generator.  I was sick and tired of these power failures burning out my hardware

#28
Builders Discussions / Re: CAD for B737 NG
Last post by fsaviator - February 28, 2026, 11:46:32 AM
You might also check out Karl at DIYSiM.  He's already done all the work.  For the prices he's offering - save your time and put it into flying - unless the design and building is what you like - then have at it.  I can tell you from experience though, after 22 years of designing, cutting, printing, soldering...  I'm on 737NG build number 6.  Today I took my first full flight since this time in 2020.
#29
Wanted Items / Re: Looking for Cpflight items
Last post by fsaviator - February 28, 2026, 11:38:33 AM
What kind of items?  I have a couple modules - as well as an old MCP

Warren
#30
Builders Discussions / Strange blaster Z issue..
Last post by Mach7 - February 26, 2026, 04:14:13 PM
I have a question that nobody seems to be able to answer.

I have Jetline systems computer that runs my sim that I purchased back in 2016. I'm running widows 7 and the system is not connected to the internet. This "offline" status was two fold as i do not have any antivirus software on this machine and I found Win 7 updates, (when they were available), would render one or more subsystems incompatible, forcing me to delete the update to get my pit up and running again.

Regardless the system has operated flawlessly for 10 years until a couple of days ago.

When I booted the computer I did not hear the normal windows start up "logon" sound and saw a text buttle that said "device driver download successful". Once the bubble was cleared I noticed that my Sound Blaster Z was not even recognised.

I reset the computer with the same result, then ran computer restore and restored my system to an earlier date and time. That didn't work either.

I shut off the computer then came back hours later and everything worked perfectly. I then restarted the computer again and again, with no issues with the sound or sound card.

I figured it was just a glitch until I tried the system the next day..and it didn't work, (no sound).and the associated "device driver downloaded successfully" text bubble.

Its sort of hit and miss now...sometimes i turn the unit on and it works with sound, sometimes i turn it on and it doesn't work with sound.

I tested the system a day or so ago and it didn't work, (no sound), then when i came back to night after being away for 2 days, it worked

Nothing else is effected by this issue...FS9 boots normally and all my subsystems function properly....just the sound card.

I checked all connections, with no issues found.

I initially thought it was downloading a new device driver that was not compatible, but dismissed that idea when i re confirmed the computer was not connected to the internet.

I call Jetline systems and they seemed a bit miffed as well. They suggested a new Sound card...but can a sound card go bad like that?

Any thoughts would be appreciated

Jim
Like the Website ?
Support Cockpitbuilders.com and Click Below to Donate