Odd Throttle - Spitfire

[slawson612]

Hey All

What I have noticed after the last update is my throttle in the Spit works just fine 0 - 100% while flying and fighting however when I am on approach to land I can no longer throttle down below 23% !?!?! 

I have check in key mappings and all seems as expected - the throttle show 0 - 100 correctly there as well. 

I am using the VKB Gladiator Joystick  

[Gingerwelsh]

9 hours ago, slawson612 said:

Hey All

What I have noticed after the last update is my throttle in the Spit works just fine 0 - 100% while flying and fighting however when I am on approach to land I can no longer throttle down below 23% !?!?! 

I have check in key mappings and all seems as expected - the throttle show 0 - 100 correctly there as well. 

I am using the VKB Gladiator Joystick  

You are probably too fast entering the circuit, which will keep the rpm high at zero throttle.

Bleed off speed with a high g turn, (tactical approach).

About 110mph on final, (curved base), for a 90mph 3 pointer.

 

Use the correct circuit approach speeds and the rpm will come down.

 

..

Edited May 4, 2023 by Gingerwelsh

[slawson612]

Thanks GW -

 

What you say makes sense however I was able to land the Spit before without issue so maybe something in the FM changed?

 

That said - my approach can always stand for improvement... I guess in many more realms than just my sim flying....

Thanks again

Steve 

[slawson612]

Hey All 

 

Just confirmed - I was flying level when air control said "Rabbit 1 you are cleared to land" and immediately afterwards my throttle stopped working as it had been the whole mission.

I purposely was not on a decent.

 

My throttle was at 30% when the landing clearance was issued and afterward I could not throttle bellow 30% 

Spit on a n advanced quick mission.

[Gingerwelsh]

OK, I got you.

Your talking throttle, I'm talking rpm response to zero throttle.

Not the same I guess.

Other than that, I have not a clue.

..

Edited May 4, 2023 by Gingerwelsh

[Customizer171]

4 hours ago, slawson612 said:

Hey All 

 

Just confirmed - I was flying level when air control said "Rabbit 1 you are cleared to land" and immediately afterwards my throttle stopped working as it had been the whole mission.

I purposely was not on a decent.

 

My throttle was at 30% when the landing clearance was issued and afterward I could not throttle bellow 30% 

Spit on a n advanced quick mission.

 

I have experienced the same thing before in the Spitfire.

Never understood what was wrong but one day it was working  normally again.

However, it would be interesting to know what is causing this glitch?

[IckyATLAS]

Which map, which airfield?

Maybe there is a bug and in that mission you get into an autopilot mode, which would indeed make your throttle inactive.

Edited May 4, 2023 by IckyATLAS

[slawson612]

Hey Icky 

 

I will make a note of which map and what AF from which I am flying and update in a couple of hours. 

@ C171 - glad to hear it is not just my Spit... we should look in the forums for a Supermarine factory recall notice.

Edited May 4, 2023 by slawson612

[slawson612]

Here are the details 

MAP: Rhineland Winter 44-45
AF: Petit Buogel

AC: Spit - with RV Mirror and 150 fuel

No landing message this time. At about a mile out from the AF the throttle becomes unresponsive and will not go below 20%.

On this approach I was at 0% throttle and the engine reved to 23% and then would not go below. 

[Gingerwelsh]

Assuming it's a MkIX, I flew circuits and The Spit was absolutely perfect in every way.

 

In the condition you describe, what was the boost, rpm and asi readings, (from the panel, not the arcade readout)?

 

Clean and about 170 mph with zero throttle and boost, (no thrust), your rpm should be about 2300.

140 mph will be about 2000 rpm.

 

Or, better still, provide a track file.

 

..

Edited May 5, 2023 by Gingerwelsh

[LukeFF]

19 hours ago, IckyATLAS said:

Which map, which airfield?

Maybe there is a bug and in that mission you get into an autopilot mode, which would indeed make your throttle inactive.

 

19 hours ago, slawson612 said:

Hey Icky 

 

I will make a note of which map and what AF from which I am flying and update in a couple of hours. 

@ C171 - glad to hear it is not just my Spit... we should look in the forums for a Supermarine factory recall notice.

 

18 hours ago, slawson612 said:

Here are the details 

MAP: Rhineland Winter 44-45
AF: Petit Buogel

AC: Spit - with RV Mirror and 150 fuel

No landing message this time. At about a mile out from the AF the throttle becomes unresponsive and will not go below 20%.

On this approach I was at 0% throttle and the engine reved to 23% and then would not go below. 

 

Icky, it has nothing to do with what airfield he is flying from. Please don't confuse him needlessly with questions like that. ?

 

@slawson612, you either have some sort of engine assistance enabled in the realism settings and/or something is messed up with your control assignments. The easiest way to determine if it's the latter issue is to reset your controls to a new, default profile and see if the problem remains. If so, do what Ginger advises. 

[slawson612]

Thanks all but in testing on my set up - level flight near the runway - the throttle goes none responsive below 20 - 30% where as while flying the mission is it fine. 

If there is an engine assist mode enabled it is new to my config and I have been flying this for lots of years.

 

Not saying it is not possible just nothing I have set or reset. 

 

GW's post had to do with RPMs not throttle response and while I agree to his advice about approach and landing, no matter what I do to throttle back the throttle just stops working below the above stated levels.

 

And thanks GW for the extra effort.

 

Oddly I can still throttle up to 100% and in the calibration key mapping there range is 0 to 100 with no issues. 

 

Does anybody know what to look for in regard to an engine assist setting to disable?