VIckers Vanguard Merchantman Throttles ?

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Re: VIckers Vanguard Merchantman Throttles ?

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Hi JB :hello:

As the gauge code seems to react in this odd fashion on certain setups and not others, without a rewrite.. I don't think so mate. From what I've seen, the newer the system.. the faster the ports e t c.. the throttles will chatter. On my XP2400.. it works exactly as it should. On my XP3200, I started seeing chattering at flight idle and on this pc (E8400) it's slightly worse at flight idle. I don't see it at ground idle or on the ground at all unless I've been clever and left the gust locks in. Fraser may revisit the Vanguard at some point but I don't believe he has any plans to do so in the near future.
The problem is probably being exacerbated by the CH Throttle quad as I remember before I gave mine away what a complete cow turbo props were to control with any degree of accuracy. I loved it for flying piston twins using 2 levers for throttle, 2 for pitch and 2 for fuel and the additional 6/12 switch positions were very useful but for everything else, I was never comfortable.

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Re: VIckers Vanguard Merchantman Throttles ?

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The panel is currently at an interim stage which you are welcome to here:

Pleaseback up what you have first, particularly the cabinet file.

In the panel folder there are two configurations; Panel and Panel_No_Stop.

If you wish to use a panel without the flight idle stop, rename the Panel_No_Stop to just Panel.

This is FS9 only :rofl:

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As I said.. Fraser has no plans to revist the Vanguard in the near future! Don't ya love it when that happens :lol:

Cheers mate.. VM appreciated :thumbsup:

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:lol: :lol:

Thanks Fraser :thumbsup: :)
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Thanks Fraser... installing FS9 now :-O :thumbsup:
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This is an interesting thread.I recently d/l'd the Vanguard ,printed and rad the the manual then set abut learning to fly her.On the first 'serious' flight I found it difficult to stop on the r/way after a landing(of sorts!) but found that 'blipping' the throttle lever on my CH Product Yoke seemed to reduce the RPM to what I would expect.It's early days on the Vanguard for me so I will keep checking.I also use XP/SP3 and FS9.1.Keep practising!! :) EricT
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Re: VIckers Vanguard Merchantman Throttles ?

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Fraser:

The new file above did the job. I made a beautiful flight from Chicago to Nashville in the Vanguard and had no ground or flight idle chatter. Thanks so much for spending time to sort this out...great plane !

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Re: VIckers Vanguard Merchantman Throttles ?

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Hi Fraser, just finished installing FS9 on the PC, alas not on an SSD. Love the new panel, in particular I liked the three way switches on the Aircon units! looks very fresh :thumbsup:

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