M20R OVATION FSX | P3D

I have P3dV4 and Honeycomb yoke. The rudder trim on my Alabeo M20r Ovation is not working. I use the mouse to activate the trim switch and nothing happens. I set up a trim switch on my Honeycomb and nothing happens, the indicator does not change. I can manage a take off most of the time but it is really squirrely. I usually go down the runway in a S pattern. Rod

Hi, Is anyone else having problems with autopilot ILS appraoch? I've only done 2 flights so far, but both times the autopilot did not follow the approach course or glideslope. This with the GPS off and both Nav coms set to the ILS approach frequency, and both times I was on the glide path well before the glideslope intercept. (Rwy 5 at KRDU and Rwy 24L at Kday). Dale

Fellow simmers, Greeting!!, I am thinking of buying the Ovation 1) How do i UPDATE the database ( Airports, Waypoints, SIDs, STARS) if I do NOT install GTN750 ? 2) Does the Autopilot panel have a functional VNAV button? Best Regards Hari

Hi Everyone, I might be overlooking something and I admit I just purchased this aircraft, but this is bugging me greatly. So, the problem is when I try to tune an NDB frequency with the ADF tuner knob, I can dial the ones and the hundreds digits just fine. If I click on the button, I can even dial the tenths digits. But whatever I do, I just cannot dial the tens digits of the desired frequency. 😞 I purchased this aircraft because we are doing an around the world tour with my friend and we'd like to do it without GPS, just radio nav, but if I can't tune in NDB frequencies, that would be bad... Anyone can offer any wisdom here?

Hello Mooney pilots, bought recently the M20 Ovation and have serious problems with keeping the aircraft straight on taxiway or runway. I am aware of p-factor, propwash and torque of the engine etc. At low speeds situation is somewhat manageable, but at higher speed during the takeoff run it is almost uncontrollable: the aircraft veers to the left (caused by p-factor etc.) then I apply right rudder: no reaction, the a/c still veers leftwards, applying more right rudder, again no reaction, more right rudder then suddenly the aircraft turns VERY sharply to the right, then kicking fully down the left pedal has absolutely no effect, the aircraft goes wildly the right onl…

I just purchased the M20R for P3D V4 and all the planes were installed with a regular version and a lite version. Does anybody know what the difference between the two versions is?

Hi I have version 1.1 of the Mooney. A few days ago the SPAD/Saitek gear lever would not raise or lower the gear, and using the mouse on the cockpit lever, while it moved gear up and gear down, it did not actually move the landing gear at all. When the lever is in the up position, the gear is still down. Any ideas?

Alabeo has released their Mooney M20R Ovation 2 for FSX and Prepar3D: http://www.alabeo.com/index.php?accion=product&correl=131

Can anyone explain to me what the "Elevator Trim Switch" is for and how to use it during flight? The only thing i can find is in the Checklist. Before Taxi: Elevator Trim Switch = ON ...and that's it Thanks Raller

Hi, been trying to use this aircraft on pilotedge and the transponder is not being recognised. Works fine on all my other aircraft. Any thoughts?

I find that the landing and taxi light don't do much to help when taxing or about to touch down. They seem to be focused to close to the aircraft. Anyone else notice this or do I have something goofy going on here. Are there any after market lights that can be added?

Hi, one flight i noticed, that the PROP-DEICE Sign was activeted! Is this turned on automaticaly or is there a switch somewhere? Raller

Purchased this M20 for it's range and speed to economy index. So today I planned and started a four hour flight from Maryland to Indiana, USA. About two hours into the flight, at 8,000 and an OAT of -5C, I noticed my M20 was showing decreased ground speed on the GTN 750. IAS confirmed the loss of speed. I immediately confirmed that I had Pitot Heat set to On. Then I started scrambling. IAS continued to decline, and my GTN GS slowed to as low as 69 knots. I could not determine what was amiss. Looking below the ground everything seemed to be moving at a normal pace. Chase plane view showed the M20 in a normal attitude for cruise speed. With the indicated speeds at the ti…

Upon landing in this bird I basically don't have any rudder authority, even on final actually, with AP off. Anyone else notice this? It's like a bug where this is a hidden YD engaged (which usually happens in their larger planes, but you can disengage the YD with a button). There is no button YD on the AP in the mooney.

Hi All! Still having a blast with the Mooney. Decided to take it a bit further and made a custom checklist for those Mooney pilots that have the GTN750 installed. It's based off of a real world checklist I found here. You can find the Dropbox download link here! Simply download, and place in to your Alabeo Mooney M20R home directory (C:\...\FSX\SimObjects\Airplanes\Alabeo M20R_Ovation) Bonus: Video from my final approach in to KTEX using FlyInside FSX. Not the best landing but the video looked like a real life Go Pro recording so I wanted to share.

I have only had a 30min flight on this awesome aircraft but I believe that there is NO decimals in RPM and MANIFOLD. On the real aircraft there is. I flew in up till 2004 and 24.3 manifold with 2450 rpm matters?? maybe I am missing a click spot. To set cruise with options visible at 2300, 2400, 2500 rpm and manifold?? and the rest guess work?? When it says idle at 700 or 800 rpm and it only shows 7 or 8, I THINK?? something important got left out. On analog RPM and MANIFOLD qauges you do NOT ignore from 2000, "2010,2020,2030,2040,2050,2060,2070,2080,2090" till you get to 2100 . Thanks for return input, Keith.. My Birthday is today. I called PC Aviator and asked if th…

In the Texture.Common folder there are some textures that have a blank in their names. Look at INT1 _BUMP and INT1_bump as an example, similar in the INT2 names.. Is this sloppiness or is there something "clever" at work? Edit: these names are also referenced in the model files, so I guess it is deliberate.. but why we need an uncompressed 65 MB bump texture, is beyond me.. I have added .off to its name - just as a matter of principle..

Hi Folks, So have the bugs been worked out on this (seemed like a long punch list) or is this one I should skip ? Here is a good write up on the RW counterpart for comparison... Pilot Report Mooney M20R Ovation http://www.pilotfriend.com/aircraft performance/Mooney/59.htm It's a good read... Regards, Scott

I'm surprised that there are no repaints for this aircraft yet

I was going to write about this when it first came out but did not and do not know why. Just bought the Saratoga on 40% off sale and noticed it did the same thing. Only Com1 or Com 2 on the Audio works at a time. I like to sometimes use Com 1/2 so the ATIS can be listened to while monitoring traffic on Com 1. Came up with this idea and it works. I noticed on the PA31 350Chieftain that it works proper so I copied and pasted to Panel.cfg. Of course you have to own the Chieftain but any functioning Audio in an Alabeo or maybe even a Carenado aircraft will do. I will show the Chieftain in this example. [Vcockpit02] Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=512,512 visible=1 …

Ok I just bought this nice plane and was taking it for a test spin and the lateral deviation bar will not deflect from the course direction arrow. When I add a waypoint destination in the GTN flight planner, the course arrow points right to the DTK in the GTN, but the no NAV red flag stays on in the HSI and the deviation bar never deflects from the course arrow as I fly away from the course. Funny thing this also happens in the P3D version of Alabeo Seminole. What is stranger is that I installed the M20R in FX-SE and the lateral deviation works perfectly...for default GPS and GTN. If anyone has any suggestions to try would appreciate it. Doing some trouble shooti…

Hello, i tested the new Ovation to get more familiar with it and what can i say!? I do not like it yet. I started at EDHL with Flaps in Takeoff-Position, clear Weather and 5kt Head-Wind. With increasing speed it became increasingly difficult to hold the Aircraft in Lane. Then the Aircraft swung extremely to the right and chrashed into the grass of the edge strip. Because I could not believe it i tried it a second time with the same conditions and again - crash. I tried it without Flaps and i could start like usual. I love to fly the Turbine Duke and the Saratoga and so my first amateur-impressions are: Pos: I like the cockpit instruments and ar…

I wish Alabeo would fix the camera zoom they got it set so close that the plane is distorted is there a walk around fix for that?

I just did a flight with the new cruise settings I did Calhoun to Chicago Midway 2:39

Hi, can anyone advise how you get the Flight1 GTN750 to work nicely? Can't see any instructions with the download. Thanks