I have started to use the CT182 with MSFS and have noticed a couple of issues but the consistant one is when using approach mode with the KAP140. The Glideslope is captured and the aircraft starts to come down but randomly aproach mode will turn off. 

Autopilot stays engaged, but APR is off and the plane starts to climb.

I have opened a case with Carenado but was wondering if others experienced this issue or perhaps something I may be doing incorrectly?

The other issue is altitude drift when ALT hold mode is on.

After the latest Windows update I've noticed that I can't access the flight plan menu to activate a certain leg. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. 

When I am starting the 182T, I am using the checklist provided with the plane (PDFs).  I am following them through pre-flight and pre-start including arming the standby battery.  The engine turns and turns but will not fire. 

Things I am doing:  I AM priming.  With the Masters Alt and Battery on and the mixture pulled out, I turn on the priming pump and advance the mixture to full rich until I see fuel flow movement, and then count to three (1001, 1002, 1003.  Then I turn off the pump and return mixture to idle cutoff. (all the way out.)

Then I crack the throttle a quarter inch... about 15%..(I have tried 20 and 25%).  I turn the magneto switch to start and advance the mixture hoping it will start around 50%.  I get to full mixture, not fire, and turn for about 3 to 5 5 more seconds.  Nothing. I wait 15 seconds and try again.. nothing.   

I press CNTRL E and the engine fires right up.  I immediately turn the magneto switch to off. (kill the engine)   Then I pull the mixture out, check the throttle (14%) and I leave it there.  I try the procedure per the checklist.  Turn the key, advance the mixture and it starts right up. So what is the auto start setting that is missing from the procedure?  

I have flown a 182T and never had a problem starting it per the procedure in the POH. (Do it from the checklist, but, could do it from memory. ) I also know that every combustion engine has a personality, but I can not figure this one out.  My friend said just use CNTRL-E and don't worry about it.   IF I were a gamer this would be OK, but for simming, it kills it for me.

Any ideas? Are you starting the CT182T using the procedures?  Can you shine some light on how you are priming and starting?

Dennis M

I don't think my computer is the problem. Brand new, plenty of power, capacity and only used for flight simming. It has Windows 10 and runs FSX plus "Acceleration" without any trouble. I have a bunch of other Carenado aircraft which function without any problems so I don't understand what's wrong here. I have seen a couple of other posts where others have described a similar issue with this aircraft which something called Carenado SP 20130813 helped a great deal.  Again I bought the boxed version and don't see a patch on the support section of the site for the CT182 patch? Any suggestions?

Best Regards

Joe D

When I select either the PFD or MFD by clicking on it, the 2D window pops up.... but it is so zoomed in and large that only part of the window is visible.

Anyway to resize it to make it smaller and thus fit?

Thanks!

I'm getting this strange problem where the aircraft nose yaws left then right in a constant repeating pattern while I'm flying straight and level.

It is not caused by my flight controls as external views confirm there are no rudder movements.

Wind is also minimal and this happens even in direct head or tail wind without crosswind components.

Any ideas?

I have the following problem:
The device appears to me without a front landing gear, and I can not get it to appear. Could you tell me how to do it?

Regards

Thanks, 

Will

First - I've submitted a support ticket on this topic to Carenado and we've been trouble shooting for a week or so... just wanted to see if anyone else had solved this:

I've noticed that in the 2.0 version of the C182T as well as my other Carenado G1000 planes when I hit flight plan button nothing happens and the "CLR" button and the "ENT"
button do not work.  Here is a video that I submitted to Carenado that shows the problem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IogSEYOUhw&feature=youtu.be

When I create a flight plan in FSX the functionality returns and I'm able to edit an existing flight plan but I can not create a new one in the sim.  Anyone have this issue or know what could be causing it?

Seems highly feasible, considering how well it works in TBM etc. 

I am trying to get the c-182t g1000 to work as designed. I understand that many of the features of the unit are not modelled . I am just not sure if my problems stem from the item not being modelled or I'm making mistakes

For instance when i select an approach ( assume rnav)  i am able to select the approach and then activate it. But i am then unable to get rid of the flight plan window on the mfd. Hitting the FLP or CLR button will not take me back to the main screen. Normally and in real life i could hold the C key and it would take you back to the default screen. Further lets say you are flying an approach and want to go to a fix direct in the approach. You normally can hit "direct" then scroll to the waypoint and hit enter and you can truncate the approach similar to how atc might send you to a specific point on an approach. On the g1000 in the sim i can scroll to a fix but when i hit "ENT" nothing happens, it won't send me direct  and i cant complete the task.

Typically i get stuck at this point ( or frustrated) !!

lastly there is just no way to back up and get rid of the flight plan screen on the mfd, It seems as though once i bring it up it just stays on top of the map

Maybe this is some of the missing functionality our perhaps I'm making a mistake  . I fly a g1000 in real life and this all seems a bit odd...

Thoughts   Pete

Greetings

The "solution" has been to turn off the right MFD, which improves the FPS noticeably and removes the FPS spikes. However it looks ugly and unrealistic with a black screen covering half the panel. So I tried simply shoehorning the default C172's G1000 panel into the Carenado plane, and to my surprise it actually seems to work OK and didn't totally break everything completely. Even most of the soft-keys and buttons seem to work fine. This seems to have solved the FPS dips and improved overall FPS somewhat, though this add-on is still not exactly frame rate friendly.

You can still access the pop-up window to operate the MFD properly. This tweak simply provides a simple moving-map in the VC to improve the immersion and realism vs simply switching it off altogether.

Replacing it is as simple going to the [Vcockpit02] section in the panel.cfg, finding the line

gauge00=CAR_G1000!G1000_MFDVC, 0,0, 512,329

and replacing it with

gauge00=G1000!MFD_c172, 0,0, 508,319

Are there any repaints out there and if so could someone point me in the right direction.

I've been looking for somtning like the the one at the top of the page at this link http://a2asimulations.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=120&t=42819&start=30

thanks in advance

//Types: 1=beacon, 2=strobe, 3=navigation, 4=cockpit, 5=landing

light.0 = 10, -9.8, 0.0, 1.5, fx_shockwave_vclight

light.1 = 3, -8.68, -18.26, 3.25, fx_navred

light.2 = 3, -8.68, 18.26, 3.25, fx_navgre

light.3 = 5, -7.48, -13.4, 2.9, fx_shockwave_landing_light_no_flare

light.4 = 6, -6.98, -13.0, 3.2, fx_shockwave_landing_light_narrow_no_flare

NAV lights you can see now! Using defaults as I like them better than the shockwave versions

VC Light is brighter than the default 182T

Landing, taxi and VC lights require shockwave lights

I also edited and brightened up the ground light texture. I have an EZDok camera that mimicks "sitting up" to look over the panel so I can taxi. So, the brighter ground effects makes it makes easier to see in the dark. PM me your email if you want the modified ground texture.

I know they're not xeons but I'm picky about the `beam' effect used and the xeon shockwave ones are terrible.

Taxi

Landing

My first flight was without incident.  I was all thumbs trying to locate the screens I needed while enroute but all in all it was a successful flight and good landing. 

However, on my second flight while enroute at 9000 ft, level flight the throttle suddenly cut back to idle by itself.  All gauges showed in the green and I was not in cloud.  All attempts to increase to full throttle resulted in it automatically cutting back to idle again.  I tried with autopilot engaged/ GPS tracking and and also with manual flying.  The mixture was leaned properly for the flight.  The Fuel was on both tanks and showed 1/2 full in each.  The flight was perfectly normal for the first hour at cruise.  There was no sudden change in weather.  I find nothing in the manuals related to this.  The autopilot doesn't have auto-throttle capability and I have no scenery issues (clocking 60-110 fps) with smooth flight and no turbulence.   I tried with fuel booster pumps on...no luck.  Tried Carb heat (even though no moisture present) and it still cut back to idle the minute I released the throttle control.  I was flying with 2D panel.

I hope I have given enough data so that someone can diagnose my problem.  I cannot imagine what is going on.  I have 100's of hours in the RW model and never heard of such a thing.  There is nothing other than my hand that controls the throttle in the RW model!   Is this just a bug in the simulation?   I did a search of the Carenado forums and could find nothing similar. 

I am submitting this here first rather than in support hopefully to get a faster response.   Any help or redirection will be greatly appreciated.

Craig

I have seven Carenado aircraft: C337, Baron, C182T, Centurion, C90, B200, and TBM850. Of these seven models, five have my preferred MFD setting of Track UP instead of North UP. Unfortunately, the 182 and the 850 have North Up as the default. 

I can change them on start-up (I usually start Cold and Dark), but much prefer having the default set correctly. 

The manual says the defaults can be reset in G1000_config.xml, but no such file exists!

Anybody know a work around?

Thanks!