Systems

Following up on a post from April where a user was having the same problem I encountered last night going into LGA (latest TriStar version): From their words: "ALT CAP / HOLD is completely unreliable. The A/P busts the selected Altitude ( especially when it tries to capture the Altitude during turns ) by up to 700ft, which would be a significant LEVEL/ALT Bust in real life. Furthermore, what happens when Flaps are extended, the A/P will start to allow a climb from the selected and captured Altitude at a considerable rate, busting the selected Altitude again by up to 700ft." I am still experiencing this same issue. I was having the autopilot hold 3000ft while selecting f…

When can we expect the next update resolving all the outstanding issues?

I love the plane but sometimes I just want to do a quick landing and every time I jump straight to it the wing engines turn off. Is there a way to stop the plane from doing this?

Thank You for the great L-1011 Tristar 👍 I just made a flight from EKCH to EGSS, which went quite good, considering this was my first flight. It looks complex, but in the end it's not that hard to manage single handedly. Three points... 1. VRAM consumption is quite high, giving me the MSFS2024 GPU warning. I don´t have issues with other addons (PMDG, Fenix, FSLabs, Inibuilds: A350, A340, etc..) 2. It would be nice if the setting for the Gross Weight in the Fuels Gauge (Engineer panel GW / Fuel Wt) would run much quicker, or would be set when transferring the Take Off data from the PFB to the Aircraft, like the Take Off speeds. 3. The Pressurisation Gaug…

Hey all. I'm having this very weird and upsetting issue flying the L1011. For some reason, the INS system isn't automatically filling in the waypoint batches automatically. I've done this procedure the same way since launch. Tell me what I'm doing wrong. I just load the Simbrief flighplan, import it to INS and then press the "load batch" button on the screen. Once it reaches Waypoint 9 it correctly moves to "9-1" but doesn't update wpt #1 to the new waypoint, so it just turns around.

I don't know how this passed testing, but on the current patch, the L1011 wildly changes the EPR on TM/VNAV climb and the aircraft will literally go into a 1000ft or greater descent during VNAV climb to catch the speed it's trying to climb at. Not only that, once the aircraft is level in cruise, it descends AND climbs anywhere from 500 to 1000 feet as it tries to maintain speed (I guess??). It literally cannot maintain level flight. Guys, this is bad. The TM mode is completely unusable.

I was expecting the N1 cruise values to be corrected in v.08 but alas no. I did open a support ticket regarding this matter - is the team still looking in to this? There is absolutely NO WAY this plane cruises with an N1 value of only 75%. I have seen photos and a video where the N1 value is around 84 - 86%. I sincerely trust this matter is still being looked into.

After nearly three months, the TriStar still has flight model and autopilot issues that make it unrealistic at best, and less than flyable at worst. The issue of the GPS turn commands coming in late at higher speeds annoys me to the point where I use the INS for everything, including SIDs and STARs. The issues of unrealistic vertical speed in the climb, unrealistic deck angle during cruise and approach, and autopilot VNAV pitch commands coming in late during the climb annoy me to the point where I don't even want to fly the aircraft until they're fixed. To expand: The GPS seems to issue turn commands too late at higher airspeeds, which causes the aircraft to consistentl…

So, I've been trying to figure out the AP and I've come to the conclusion it doesn't work. If I take off, clean up the plane and trim in at 250 knots, turn on the AP, hit IAS, the plane will start slowing down, but not pitching down to keep the speed. Switching over to VS to correct is useless. the plane essentially ignores the VS commands with the vertical speed violently swinging up and down. Perhaps I'm not doing it correctly, but it is the way that the youtubers use it. I'm about to uninstall and hope for improvements down the line. It's unflyable as an airliner right now. Pretty disappointed since it's been out for a bit. Colin

the TriStar has rapidly become one my favourites in the sim. However, the one thing that really irritates me is when I rotate at my Vr speed, almost nothing happens. I need FULL back pressure and then the nose will rapidly rise. It will only rotate once it’s beyond its calculated takeoff speed. I can’t get that smooth 3 degrees per second. my weights and speeds are set and accurate so I am not trying to rotate too early. My thrust is set accordingly, and flaps are where they’re supposed to be. Spoilers are not up either. once in the air, it’s very nice to hand fly. same applies for landing. Once the mains touch down, tying to keep the nose up for a smooth touchdown on the…

The VHF communications display on the left isn't working; after transferring it from Microsoft, I uninstalled and reinstalled it from the IniBuilds website.

for example if the active leg is 3-4, and 05 is selected for display, the ins displays distance between 0(ppos)-1-2-3-4-5 instead of 0-4(to wpt)-5

the INS dsrtk does not follow the great circle path and instead stays on the initial track calculated at the from waypoint (this may or may not be the same problem as AP in INS is offset in 1.0.7 - Systems - iniBuilds Forum) the aircraft is flying between NZCH (43°29.4‘S 172°32.1E) and AN07/AT07 (69°26.2S 076°19.0E), these are the only 2 waypoints loaded in the INS, a 3121nmi leg. DSRTK stays at 207.9 the entire way, which also shows on the HSI the aircraft also deviates from the track continuously, maybe if DSRTK is fixed this problem will go away on its own as i'm guessing the INS uses DSRTK as a reference and adds corrections (may or may not be limited to 45°, aircraft…

As described in the title, the HSI and INS never agree on Distance and Time. HSI is set in INS mode and, as it can be seen, I don't have any active VOR tuned in. Is this a quirk of the real aircraft or a bug? In that case, which reading is the correct one? Also, the AP has never managed to track the INS properly in all the flights I've done, always a bit off-set, especially when the TO and FROM waypoints are close to each-other or in tight turns.

Hey guys, Now flown two flights with 1.0.7 and the aircraft seems to be unable to capture the glideslope properly now. Pushing the ILS button while the aircraft is physically below GS now shows GS captured immediately (rather than armed/captured), and the aircraft starts descending before the GS diamond is centered - meaning that it's descending below path for the entire approach. Disengaging ILS and recapturing results in the same issue. This wasn't an issue pre-update although I do remember that the aircraft used to climb to capture GS before 1.0.7 (which was marked as fixed), so I'm thinking it could possibly be a logic issue with that fix? That is obviously unless I'm…

Hi. In the past few days my INS when aligning from cold and dark shows up off the coast of Africa, regardless of what airport I spawn to and put the coordinates in for. I have caried out well over 30 flights since buying the Tristar and It has been absolutely fine up till now. When I spawn on to the runway with engines running, it is fine and places the pink dot at the airport I am flying from. Any ideas? The picture shows the screen prior to putting in coordinates of stand. Using the +/- makes no difference.

Hi, FL360, all packs on, the cruise level set on the tape, but the pressure gauge shows 0 ft cabin altitude and probably over the gauge max scale delta p. Also the cabin temperature is quite low, below 20 F.

I've noticed that with the new progressive loading system, it does not defuel the aircraft if less fuel is needed than what is onboard. Instead, it instantaneously sets the aircraft to empty, and then begins loading it from there. This causes the aircraft to jerk substantially, and can break INS alignment.

Thank you for your quick responses, but the problem remains unresolved despite all your advice.

Hi, I've purchased the aircraft this morning and been trying all day to try and get the aircraft started using both manual and panel states options and have been unable to get any response out of the APU. If I try and start it using the panel states 'On APU', I get the message APU is being initialized, then nothing happens. Try using the Ready For Takeoff options, it says Waiting for APU RPM target, then nothing happens. Starting from Cold and Dark and use Autocomplete Preflight Preparation, all the items will turn green except APU On. The only way the aircraft will actually start is if you set the sim up to start from a runway, then it loads in with engines running. I've…

Just FYI, first time I've seen this. Happen in the 8-9 waypoint leg as well. I tried correcting back on course with HDG mode and when I put it back in INS, it immediately went off track again.

Hello. Currently descending thru FL300 with throttles at idle in MACH hold. Surprised to see that EPR is still 1.1. In a turbofan engine shouldn't the value be around 0.8-0.9 at idle since the engine are causing more drag than thrust ?

I have no problem sending the simbrief flight plan to the INS system but I wanted to try the GPS system and I must be missing something. I've changed the settings in the EFB to GPS and it all loads properly over there but when I send it over from the EFB it never makes it to the GPS. Am I missing a step?

See attached screenshot. This was after running unattended at cruise for nearly 4 hours with all crossfeeds open and all pumps on. I am not using the PFD fuel balance helper (which also appears to not be working correctly, but that's a topic for a different post). In my screenshot I've turned all pumps off but the tank 3 and 2R pumps to even out first the small imbalance in 2R and then I will try to burn tank 3 down.

When performing the lights test on the FE’s panel, I’ve noticed a few things that aren’t quite right. First, the fire detection lights are still illuminating when the manual says that they shouldn’t Second, with the APU Master Power switch ON, the 4 red APU fault lights do not illuminate. these 4 lights should illuminate during the test, and then need to be reset by pressing the reset button after the lights test button is unlatched again. I understand, a comprehensive failure simulation isn’t part of this product, but since this test is part of the normal SOPs for most every L1011 operator out there, I really do think it should be add…