FSX & Magenta ??

[ricgj]

Hi

Another thing I have descovered is that the default 737 in FSX has a unralistic flight model. Generally the nose is too high and it is too powerfull.

I have found that the open sky 737 has a very accurate performance model.

But you need to have a fairly clean panel.cfg file for it to work in FSX, and if using this model your max trim needs to be +- 15 not 20.

I plan to finetune my configuration this week and post my findings.

Richard

[Thomas Richter]

Hi

I had the same issue, nose up at GS intercept. But I noticed that the trim value was actually jumping up with a large number. I changed to trim setting on the type file, and it looks like it works fine now.

TrimMin=2.1
TrimMax=8.75
TrimScaleMax=20
TrimScaleMin=-20

RG

Hi

This is just the range of the displayed gauge and DOESN'T do anything in PM software or FS!!
So it doesn't matter what ever you set there because nothing will be changed, only the displayed PM trim gauge.

[brianwilliamson]

Have not solved this problem as yet. Happens on the Airbus and the 737. Have sent emails regarding this to Magenta support, but no concrete replies as yet.
Let me try and explain what I am seeing from the indications on the PFD
screen.
When I get a perfect approach I can always access an intercept going away
from the Localiser at 10 to 14 miles out (at 2000 to 3000 ft.) and it will
do a precision turn straight onto the Localiser without deviation and then
it will come onto the Glide Slope from underneath ( as it should) and as the
indicator diamond starts down the scale towards the centre of the glide
slope scale, the vertical deviation donut is at the top of the scale and
starts to follow the GS diamond down when the diamond is about halfway down
the scale towards the lock on mark. Then at aquisition and lock on of the
GS, both the diamond and the vertical deviation donut are together in the
center.

On a bad approach, the first thing I notice is that either it will not start
to acquire the LOC at all going away, or if it does then the turn and line
up on the LOC will be erratic and not one big smooth turn onto the LOC
heading. It will the finally lock onto the LOC and as we approach the GS to
make aquisition, the GS Diamond will start down but the donut remains at
the top until the diamond reaches midscale and continues right down to the
bottom of the scale, and the donut will then go to the centre scale and lock
on there, the result being a rather large and high overshoot approach.
It would feel from observation that the mathematics of the intercept are
being mismanaged somehow.
If there are any suggestions available I guess we would all appreciate any help in trying to find a solution. Again the difficult part is that it seems so erratic.
................Brian W

[Flying_Dutchman]

Hi Brian,

Please also check our thread on the "ILS dies" problem in this forum.
We've been using FSX and Magenta since the start of our project and found lots of nice surprises.
Currently trying the process of turning down the speed on the MCP with 5 or 10 knots just before glideslope capture, this seems to couse a forced nose down.

Let me know what kind of information you need, we might have encountered some problems already...

Rgds,
Benno