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Post by 7tango7 on May 12, 2018 19:40:51 GMT
There are two alarms that I have triggered that do not reset when the trigger condition is dropped.
1) On approach fail to drop nose gear. Alarms sounds but does not reset after gear is dropped. Had to reload plane.
2) In cruisew at 120Knt start decent without throttle back. You will soon overspeed at 140Knt and the alarm will sound. Level out and throttle back to 120Knt. Alarm continues to sound. had to reload plane.
Otherwise love this plane.
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Post by VSL-Admin on May 12, 2018 20:06:02 GMT
Hi  The trigger for the alarms are as following: Nose gear alarm: Nose gear not fully deployed + throttle lever below threshold percentage. Canopy alarm: Canopy not fully closed, throttle lever above threshold percentage. During descent with nose wheel being up, reducing throttle to lower setting will result in buzzer alarm. Airspeed is not one of the triggers for both of the alarms. A prolonged decent with the need for throttle at idle of very low rpm will set it working. Please let me know if what you are experiencing is a matter of operation or a "buggy" behavior. I will seek deep into it. Thanks for your feedback and input! |
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Post by 7tango7 on May 13, 2018 2:05:19 GMT
Thanks for explanation of alarms JetManHuss.
1) LongEZ has no flaps. If nose gear is up AND you accidentaly press "flaps-down" button on Joystick, it will trigger an alarm. The alarm will stay on until you press "flaps-up". LongEZ should ignore "flaps-up/down", not trigger an alarm.
2) Low throttle setting + gear up should not trigger an alarm unless IAS is less than 100Knt. Throttle to idle occurs frequently when trying to slow down on a steep decent, not related to approach.
Thanks for great airplane. Already one of my favorite GAs.
Future request: add simple auto-pilot, just HDR and ALT.
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Post by VSL-Admin on May 16, 2018 23:52:51 GMT
Hi OK... 1)Flaps thing should not occur. The aircraft doesn't use flaps, and buzzer dependencies are not including flaps, just nose-gear depolyment ratio and throttle percentage. I will have a second look on that report. 2)I am not familiar with 100knots as a threshold; there are some mods which are utilizing electronic altimeters with the landing gears warning horn, and other aids as well. In the next update (v1.2) the warning will be set off when the throttle is nearly closed. I will think about having another dependency such as airspeed or radio alt (100knots sounds reasonable). Thank you for your kind words! It is very exciting Update to v1.2 will include some more refinements and is expected to be released during next week. Future request has bee noted. It will happen in one of the further updates. |
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Post by 7tango7 on May 17, 2018 0:51:32 GMT
Thanks JetManHuss. I have EuroFox, Tecnam P2006, Phoenix U15, and now LongEZ. Your shop has top support among GA devs. Looking forward to v1.2 and beyond...
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Post by VSL-Admin on May 17, 2018 18:58:19 GMT
Thanks! |
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