P-47D: Interconnect throttle and prop controls on/off LSHt + I

[Dagwoodyt]

I cannot seem to get this command to work. Interconnecting throttle and turbo works and command gets acknowledged in HUD text. Not so for LSHt + I though. 

[ShamrockOneFive]

Did you bring the two controls together. They physically need to latch in the cockpit.

[354thFG_Panda_]

I am having this problem too when I click it the UI does not show it. I do not really use it but when I checked I thought something was broken.

[AKA_Hollywood]

Are you using expert mode or normal mode for difficulty settings?

[Dagwoodyt]

Using complex engine management. Got interlink sorted now. Thanks for help!

[AEthelraedUnraed]

Somehow it only works one way for me...

I've got one wheel of my throttle set to RPM and a button to the interconnect of both RPM and supercharger. If I increase the throttle, both work fine and are increased as well. However if I decrease the throttle again, the RPM stays the same until I manually set it to a low value using the dedicated wheel (it doesn't matter what the manual setting is, if it's at minimum RPM it still gets stuck on the previous throttle value). Then the RPM decreases until it reaches the interconnect, at which point it locks again. 

 

Very strange behaviour, as the interconnect can be seen to mechanically lock in both directions....

[LukeFF]

1 hour ago, AEthelraedUnraed said:

Very strange behaviour, as the interconnect can be seen to mechanically lock in both directions

 

It doesn't lock in both directions - it is designed so that you have to reduce manifold pressure first before you can reduce RPM. It was designed like this to prevent engine detonation. 

[AEthelraedUnraed]

7 hours ago, LukeFF said:

 

It doesn't lock in both directions - it is designed so that you have to reduce manifold pressure first before you can reduce RPM. It was designed like this to prevent engine detonation. 

Thanks, that explains it then. It never ceases to amaze me how much knowledge you have of all the aircrafts' systems!

 

However, something about the 3d model still strikes me as odd though. From the looks of it, the interconnect seems to be a mechanical toggle switch, a piece of metal about as wide as the throttle with flat "hooks" on either side, that hooks to the throttle. However, these hooks are on both ends (IIRC, not behind my PC right now). Shouldn't the interconnect work two ways then?

 

Is there some subtlety to the 3d model I've missed? Or do I misunderstand how the interconnect works?

[Jaegermeister]

1 hour ago, AEthelraedUnraed said:

From the looks of it, the interconnect seems to be a mechanical toggle switch, a piece of metal about as wide as the throttle with flat "hooks" on either side, that hooks to the throttle. However, these hooks are on both ends (IIRC, not behind my PC right now). Shouldn't the interconnect work two ways then?

 

Is there some subtlety to the 3d model I've missed? Or do I misunderstand how the interconnect works?

 

Luke is correct, there is no "hook" on the rear part of the rpm linkage. You have to manually reduce rpm after pulling back M pressure and turbo.