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It's a fantastic plane and it really stunned me. Just one problem, as per the given manual: Dose “All rudder/stabilizer/aileron servos are shut off” mean the surface cannot move even if the hydraulic is fine? I'm not very professional but I think so, because when I unlatch Spoilers SWS, the corresponding spoiler is shut off and cannot deflect. However for rudder, stabilizer and ailerons, they still move when they are unlatched. An operating manual for L1011 also suggests that when RUDDER SW is off, no rudder control is available, but in this model, rudder works fine.

So far, I’ve only managed to get the ILS working successfully at ZUCK with the SS3D version. I cannot activate the ILS at any other airport — including iniBuilds’ VHHH, EGLL, and third-party RKSI, among others. I’ve completed all the steps that I can did: entered the ILS frequency and magnetic runway heading, switched to RADIO mode, used HDG to line up with the runway, and descended below the glideslope. Yet at the vast majority of airports, the ILS and LOC buttons simply won’t light up no matter what I do. I want to figure out the reason for this issue, please help me.

Have reinstalled the plane twice now, and every time the aircraft gets stuck in a holding pattern, the aircraft autopilot lights light up, but it will not follow any route in GPS or INS. All fixed now. It was due to the winwing joystick software

TriStar version 1.0.4 MSFS Update 5 version 1.7.27.0 Mode: INS + GPS Is there any trick to getting past the "OK?" blinking prompt on the Garmin 530? I started by trying the ENT button then all other buttons on the unit (including the big push buttons). Tried with various power sources--ground, APU and all engines on. Plus, double checked that all bus ties were connected (w/ all engines running). Ensured the master radio buttons were turned on. Tried after INS was fully aligned and in NAV. And tried unmapping the Avionics Master key binding which was set.

Doing the usual VHHX-RJTT, take off RWY13 Track 136 115.5 VOR, climbing 7000 till WHISKY in 1.0.4 Tristar Dial in FL370, haven't pressed any button to intervene/change. ALT window changes from 7000 ALT to 7200 ALT CAP (while 37000 is in the SELECT ALTITUDE box) and slowly climbs, uncommanded 500FPM. Fine, what ever, we are going to climb anyway. Hit VNAV, plane climbs at 500FPM. Cycle TM button to get the PMS EPR to work, and then we get climb thrust (apparently we shouldn't need to cycle TM button, just hit VNAV). So now in CMD1, TM/VNAV/VOR, happy at 250knots. Plane heads upwards, trim wheel start slowly turning to pitch up, and up, and up. We are now >6000FPM…

Hello. With a fully configured PMS and all that; If I press TM mode but autopilot is OFF, it will command 000 EPR and retard the throttles. Is it by design/ on purpose ?

Hello ini, as I progress through my long-range flights, I'm having fuel balancing problems between tanks. The rule is that as the fuel quantities between Tank 1, Tank 3 and the SUM of Tanks 2L and 2R become equal, fuel configuration changes to the "tank-to-engine" config. In this configuration, Tank 1 feeds ENG 1, Tank 3 feeds ENG 3 and Tanks 2L+2R feed ENG 2 (Hence the need for the sum of the 2 tanks). With all cross-feeds now closed and all engines consuming fuel at the same rate, the ratio of equal amounts between tanks 1, 2L+2R and 3 should persist. Here is what I am observing: As I manage to re-match the fuel quantities exactly, you can see I am…

HI, today I mixed up during the iNS inittialisation two numbers. Result: magenta point (aircraft) on the INS map at wrong position. I didn't find a way to fix it. I did several re-initialisations of the INS. Re-Import Simbrief Flightplan. Switched form INS1 to INS2 etc. etc. But nothing helps, beside a restart of th Tristar. Any idea or experience with this situation?

Hello, I used 1.0.4 on a livestream last night flying into Dallas Fort Worth runway 36L. I had issues while attempting to have the autopilot capture the ILS. I intercepted the localizer using LOC at a 30 degree angle, which Autopilot seemed to do rather aggressively. Then when I changed over from LOC to ILS it stopped attempting to track the localizer all together and completely missed capturing the glideslope, even though LOC and GS were showing on the AFCS annunciator. Thankfully I was able to disconnect and manually land the plane. i was navigating with the GPS, and can confirm it was set to VLOC and that NAV 1 was set to the correct ILS frequency and course.

When going word for word over the Standby Power Test, some checklist items do not conform to what is seen on the panel; 1. With Battery OFF and STBY PWR ON, ESS BUS FAIL lights are ON and STBY BUS FAIL lights are OFF. (Reverse on checklist) 2. When checking STBY DC BUS, there is an Amp load across the bus (Checklist mentions 0 Amps) I believe the 2 items in point 1. are reversed. Looking at the panel electrical flow diagram, it is logical that the STBY bus is powered but not the ESS.. As for point 2., I don't know the system well enough, however in most cases when current is placed on a bus, there usually is some load associated as there will be items on th…

Doing a VHHX to RJTT flight. Diligently populating the INS with the next way points after 9. They all happily show up on the minimap in the centre console. Entered in all new way points 1-6. 6 being the last point needed to get to the ILS. When the INS flicked from 9-1 it deleted all the waypoints and reset them to 0000N 0000E. Had to quickly re-enter the deleted 6 way points. What did I do wrong? Not using GPS or any other function. So now we are following the INS but for the life of me it would not hold an altitude. 3000 set, 2500-3200 given. She was all over the place. Its hard to believe that the first plane that could do a Cat-3C autoland has so…

Hi, my first flight with v1.0.4, flying from Honolulu PHNL to Osaka RJBB. On this route there are two consecutive waypoints where one is on W latitude and second is on E longitude. The aircraft correctly continues to fly to the next waypoint (INS6 in my case) when reaching the last W longitude one (INS5) in INS lateral mode but the map can't deal with it. See the attached screenshot.

Since version 1.0.3, I've been experiencing a bug where, when engaging reverse thrust using my joystick, the reverse engages normally, but the animation of the reverse opening on the engines doesn't work. The engine remain normal as if there were no reverse engaged. My joystick is a Logitech 3D Pro. For reverse thrust, I use a configuration that assigns a button that activates reverse thrust and keeps it activated while I'm holding the button, allowing me to use the same throttle axis movement I use for forward thrust, now controlling the intensity of the reverse thrust. Earlier this month I reported another bug related to this method of activating reverse thrust, wh…

I cannot for the life of me get the auto spoilers to deploy on landing or a rejected take off. I have read the manual and made sure it meets the criteria with flaps etc. but no joy. Occasionally if I apply manual brakes they seem to deploy. Is it me or is anybody else experiencing this ?

Hi. In both 1.01 and 1.02 I've noticed that the LOC or ILS buttons do not engage. The only way for me to track the approach path is the VOR function as neither LOC/ILS would work. I know people reported funny behaviour when changing from INS to radio navigation but I've tried it in a flight between 2 nearby airports (TAPA to TFFR), without even turning on the INS, and I get the same issues. Also, I fly in VR. Could this be the problem? I'll try tomorrow in 2D in case it's a VR issue but hopefully this is fixed soon as makes approaches in tricky weather impossible.

Hi, Slightly odd one. I've been doing a few practice departures and climbs up to cruise, getting a feel for the aircraft. I departed from Luton (EGGW) and set course towards Menorca (LEMH) using the following route, the first 9 waypoints entered manually (not imported through Simbrief), starting at RODNI. EGGW/25 N0480F350 RODN1B RODNI N27 ICTAM Q63 CPT UN859 SOPIL DCT BALAN DCT EVPOK DCT NARAK DCT GAI DCT LOMRA DCT ROCAN DCT GEANT N727 SARGO SARG5B LEMH/01 Upon passing GWC VOR (Waypoint 7 - N5051.3, W00045.4) The aircraft should have turned slightly left towards SITET (Waypoint 8 - N5006.0, E00000.0). Instead, it entered a right turn, almost as if it's tryi…

Hello, Been enjoying flying the TriStar but it seems that every time I select IAS and MACH on the pitch mode selector during a climb, the autopilot/FD initially holds the desired speed but then pitches down, causing the the aircraft to accelerate past the speed target and overspeed if I don't intervene with V/S. Over two flights this seems to have happened consistently in both IAS and MACH hold modes. At this point it seems that V/S is the only appropriate vertical mode that can be used for a climb - I can't imagine that this is realistic at all. Has anyone else experienced this?

I have had a few issues with altitude/VNAV. Out of VHHX there is a max alt of 7000 feet untill 17nm past the VOR. The plane will (mostly) settle at 7000 feet in CMD VNAV/TM mode. ALT CAP and should stick at 7000 Now when you dial in a new alt and do nothing else, it will often start to climb by itself. One time dialled in a new alt increase and it started going down, probably as it was in a turn and thats the way the plane was going vertically at the time. According to the normal ops page above it should hold until you engage ALT SELECT+VNAV. There is also a lag of a few seconds between hitting VNAV and anything happening. B…

I noticed this in version 1.0.2 and there is the same issue in 1.0.3. When aligning the INSs and inputting the position into all 3 of them when the selector is in POS, all is well. However after pushing back with the INSs in NAV and having sen the OFP to the INS through the paper flight bag, the position is wrong. Essentially I can't naivgate using the INS. The aircraft thinks it is half a degree to the west of the actual position. This causes the aircraft to fly offset of the track, even though I haven't programmed it for offset. I can't even update the position because after I press INSERT the second time after inserting the Longitude, the value just jumps by itself aga…

I absolutely can't see it in the cockpit so I'd like to have a key somewhere to bring it up. Possible? Thanks for any replies.

latest update, the auto brake doesn't work at all on landing. have not tried a rejected takeoff with the ab. Also, brake temps dont change at all..did a full manual landing and stood on the brakes, zero change in temp. test function DOES work though.

On my last flight v1.0.2 the capt side decision light was permanently on.

Dear all, I made a flight yesterday night without any problem on the EFB. When trying a new one this morning, my EFB is blank (gray empty page). I've tried disabling / enabling the add-on in MSFS2024, uninstalling liveries, but nothing changes. What I don't understand is that I haven't change anything since yesterday night. Just closed the sim and re-opened it this morning. Does someone have an idea of what can cause this ? Thank you for your help. Thomas P.S. : my bad : it's actually the night lighting that is the problem. During the day the EFB is ok. But during night time, with the EFB lightning to the maximum, it's barely visible...

In the V1.03 update, the BOD DIS has been limited to 3 digits instead of 4 digits for some reason. There should be 4 digits to allow 1000's of NM to be added to monitor the TOD along the flight plan route from the departure point. FCOM example of PMS flight setup page. IN V vs, in the sim... limited to 999.

Hi there, Noticed that the cabin pressure controls don't have any affect. Cabin doesn't pressurise until far too late and when it does it's not to what's set using the dials. In fact, I was able to change the dials to any value and this had no effect on anything. Had this issue with other ini products and seems like again, it's happening.