cptBadinoff

Right... As I read the original post, I saw all the symptoms that my 208B was showing. Not going into the frustration factor here, but let me try and give you some information that I had to acquire bit by bit, before getting the plane somewhat flyable in calm weather. I absolutely do not fly 208B in bad weather. I'm probably not using the rudder and ailerons right during cross wind landings, but i'm not a real pilot either, and I am not at that level yet. So there's not much I can say there. First and foremost. This is a constant speed turbo prop airplane. VERY different from 172 if that's what you learned on. Watch some 10-20 minute propeller theory YouTube videos if you want to get deep into it, but for now, it's about the BLUE lever, next to your BLACK throttle. At take off - set to max. I keep it at max during climb. In cruise I bring is back to 1700-1750 PROP RPM. Look at your MFD (right display), top left corner, third acrh from the top. You will see the prop rpm indicated right under it. Now after I said all that, remember that when REDUCING, throttle (black lever) goes down first, and then you can reduce prop rpm. I don't know if that really matters in the game. Maybe affects engine wear if done improperly, but I doubt it. Unlike 172, the engine indicator here is torque or TRQ. That would be the top arch on the MFD. I don't remember the exact climb numbers because I don't max it out 100% to avoid torque and ITT going in the red. All your arches must be green. Anyway, that's a crash course on the constant speed. If you do want to stick with a 208, YouTube is your friend. Next is the red lever. Yet again, unlike in 172, this is not MIXTURE. I think it's called engine condition. There is LOW IDLE (middle position), HIGH IDLE (top position), and CUTOFF (lower position). It should be obvious that you should avoid cutoff in flight. I can't explain the theory or need for it, but know this. The only time you set it to low idle is for ground operations. Putting it in high idle will result in what was describe - plane wants to go baby. So as you're taxiing and don't want to keep pushing the breaks, set it to low. Don't forget to change it to high before takeoff, although it will still do it at low. I got into all that because the plane kept running out of fuel when I just started. Didn't seem right. So now I fly it at 1400 trq and about 1700 prop rpm and that hasn't failed yet. In fact, I started calculating my fuel and not filling up the tank completely. Your indicated speed (i think) should be 127-130kt. That's all i got so far for engine operation. Flaps. Those things generate massive lift, so yes, expect to push on the stick as you extend them. The upside to this, is that you can practically drop the plane to the runway. Full flaps, idle throttle about 70kt and you can go down at as much as 1000fps. Watch the speed though. I like to touch down at 65-ish, so don't expect it to land smoothly at 1000fps :). So if you're flying in Indonesia and want to avoid mountains, it's pretty handy. Have you seen the size of those things? They are 2/3 of the wing and are almost as deep. So I am not sure if that's actually a "bug". Trim is the only thing that is different for me. I don't see huge response, quite the opposite. Breaking and turning is indeed a nightmare, but you can make it better. Turns are less of a problem - just be patient and don't speed. I have tipped the plane over and failed missions, so I just submitted to it. As far as breaking goes there is what's called a BETA mode on your throttle. It is like a propeller "reverse thrust". Do not engage it in flight, only to break and... back the plane up, if necessary. Yea, that blew my mind. So, after you touch down, do not hit the breaks, engage beta and just steer the plane to a full stop if you want. You really don't have to push the breaks even on not so long runways. I only do when taxiing and parking, not on the runway. So beta. how do we get to it? Go to the settings, controls, select your throttle device, power management, throttle. Then look for THROTTLE 1 DECREASE. If your throttle has a detent at the bottom of the throttle axis, then you're golden - bind the setting to that control and enjoy better breaking. In my case it's the Warthog, so I have to lift the throttle lever and pull it farther back. This is nice, because it prevents me from going to beta accidentally. Now, I don't know how other devices operate. So if you don't have a detent on your throttle, then bind INCREASE to one button (keyboard?) and DECREASE to the other. I am only guessing here, but seems to make sense. So there's my 5 cents. I probably would have lost patience, but because of how limited career mode is, because cargo missions are currently most lucrative, and because I didn't fall in love with PC12, I had to learn this plane. It's far from perfect still, but at least I don't want to break my screen anymore. Now I'm bouncing from A to S rep, so doing ok. Hopefully this will help a little.