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Post by jesse on Dec 28, 2008 13:49:48 GMT -5
Where is the emergency hydraulic handpump located for the L-1649. On the C-121 it is located on the outer side of the FO seat. I experienced a nose gear malfunction on a test flight of the L-1649 and in lowering the gear, the nose gear stuck at about a 30 degree angle. Also had no NG light on the panel. I was not able to retract the gear nor get the NG down.
Jesse
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Post by ozbeowulf on Dec 28, 2008 16:24:16 GMT -5
Hi, Jesse...
I don't know where a clickable control in the Connie is located (or if it even exists) but there is a default FS2004 key command for manual gear operation.
You might try CTRL + G, if the glitch shows up again. No guarantees, though.
Good to see your post, mate. Take care of yourself.
Cheers,
Glenn
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Post by sunny9850 on Dec 28, 2008 16:26:11 GMT -5
Jesse,
I think you may have exceeded the Vle speed and damaged the hydraulics.
The easy way to check that is to right click the check-list icon and in the black status window that opens up check the hydraulics OK or not.
If they are damaged you can send your FE down the wells to "fix" things in flight by clicking the hydraulic status and they should go back to 100%
Then simply make sure that you are below 185 KIAS before cycling the gear.
As far as I know there is no E-gear handle in the Starliner (yet ??)
Stefan
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Post by jesse on Dec 28, 2008 17:22:05 GMT -5
Hi, Jesse... I don't know where a clickable control in the Connie is located (or if it even exists) but there is a default FS2004 key command for manual gear operation. You might try CTRL + G, if the glitch shows up again. No guarantees, though. Good to see your post, mate. Take care of yourself. Cheers, Glenn Hi Glenn. Yep, I tried the Control G bit but with no results. Jesse |
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Post by jesse on Dec 28, 2008 17:24:49 GMT -5
Jesse, I think you may have exceeded the Vle speed and damaged the hydraulics. The easy way to check that is to right click the check-list icon and in the black status window that opens up check the hydraulics OK or not. If they are damaged you can send your FE down the wells to "fix" things in flight by clicking the hydraulic status and they should go back to 100% Then simply make sure that you are below 185 KIAS before cycling the gear. As far as I know there is no E-gear handle in the Starliner (yet ??) Stefan Thanks Stefan. I was not aware of the check mark box. I'll make a note of that and see what happens the next time.  I don't know what happened in this case because my IAS was at 145, just prior to reducing on down to 130 before turning from downwind onto Base. Gremlins are still with us it seems. Thanks Jesse |
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Post by sunny9850 on Dec 28, 2008 23:33:44 GMT -5
Did you by any chance use the emergency speed brake on purpose or by accident ??
In all the pre-release testing of the 2.1 nobody ever had any issues with the wheels or hydraulics. Of course the problem with any testing is always that the number of testers limits the hours of actual testing ;D
I guess that's why Microsoft hires millions of volunteers for each new release.
Stefan
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Post by ashaman on Dec 29, 2008 5:02:23 GMT -5
I guess that's why Microsoft hires millions of volunteers for each new release. ...and still manage to produce themselves in colossal fiascos ( FSX and Vista, in the last years only).  If Microsoft really hires people ( and not simply lure beta testers with the promise of a free license) to test their software, they should pay them better. It could spare them problems and falling of images.  |
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Post by Hans Verheij on Dec 29, 2008 14:15:19 GMT -5
Hello, I had the same experience as Jesse last week.
Also my IAS speed was not over 150 but the nosegear got stuck +/- halve way.
Since nothing helped, it really became a nose down during landing.
I regret I did not make a screendump.
Hans.
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I don't know what happened in this case because my IAS was at 145, just prior to reducing on down to 130 before turning from downwind onto Base. Gremlins are still with us it seems.
