Anybody else getting serious collective/power issues in FS2024? I can be on the ground with full collective and it won't lift unless I switch the 'autopilot' on. Likewise, in the air, I can lower the collective to the floor and I'm still up in the sky, unable to get down...?

I'm assuming this is because I'm using SPAD to map my bindings rather than natively through FS and probably missing some data values but, without support feedback, I'm still a bit in the dark as to what vars and events to use with this aircraft.

Not getting this in FS2020.

Edited June 13, 2025Jun 13 by Magic Man

8 hours ago, Magic Man said:

Anybody else getting serious collective/power issues in FS2024? I can be on the ground with full collective and it won't lift unless I switch the 'autopilot' on. Likewise, in the air, I can lower the collective to the floor and I'm still up in the sky, unable to get down...?

I'm assuming this is because I'm using SPAD to map my bindings rather than natively through FS and probably missing some data values but, without support feedback, I'm still a bit in the dark as to what vars and events to use with this aircraft.

Not getting this in FS2020.

Hello,

I think you need to check your MSFS bindings, are you using a joystick? You can check your flight controls pre flight and check them against the onboard flight control page. 

Kindest 

As noted, I'm using SPAD for bindings rather than inside of the simulator. Would be grateful if we could get some support feedback on vars and events used so those, like me, that manage bindings outside of the sim can use it properly.

Definitely something wrong with my install. I've got zero collective, engines shut off yet still full power and flying... This was just using the mouse to control collective and engines.

Edited June 14, 2025Jun 14 by Magic Man

Just tried the 2024 version again in a fresh install of the sim. Still no luck for me. Nothing but the Hunter in the community folder. Can go to full collective and it won't lift off unless I engage the autopilot (which works at engines cutoff too).

Similarly, once I'm in the air, I can reduce collective to zero and engines to cutoff and I'm still flying and unable to land.

Tried with no peripherals connected, purely mouse control of collective and startup.

Looking at your screen grab above you don't have your throttle on 'Fly'.

20 hours ago, dBracher said:

Looking at your screen grab above you don't have your throttle on 'Fly'.

That's sort of the point. I did, but even with engine cutoff and zero collective I'm still able to fly and literally unable to get down.

I don't have this problem but I don't use SPAD and just use normal MSFS Heli settings. So I'd guess it's your SPAD?

I get the same if I use nothing but the mouse to control collective.

14 hours ago, Magic Man said:

I get the same if I use nothing but the mouse to control collective.

What do you have your collective set to? Hopefully just in Power management, and Collective axis? And you might need to invert it?

I have it bound using Soad but, as noted, I get the issue of being unable to take off with full throttle and collective unless I enable the autopilot which does an auto take off.

Once in the air I can reduce collective to zero and engines to cut off but still fly.

 

This is just with mouse control of collective and throttle to remove issue with bindings.

 

Not sure this will help but I've heard of other people having the same problem with other aircraft. Sometimes it just one that does it. In the end they found out it was something to do with your Autopilot settings. Like a clash of one of the keyboard settings. One said "If the auto pilot selector knob is on IAS" it did the same thing. Maybe look around that area as nobody else seems to have this problem with this heli. Good luck.