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Dane
04-17-2009, 11:48 AM
I noticed when practicing both ILS and GPS Approaches, that the airplane tends to get blown down wind (holds left of course with a right cross wind). Can this be adjusted out by increasing the sensitivity?

TrutrakTech
04-17-2009, 01:43 PM
What do you have your torque set to? Make sure it's at maximum (12 or 250 on a DFC). What type of aircraft is it?

Dane
04-23-2009, 09:30 AM
Torque is set to 12.

Flying an RV-8.

A/P is an AP-100.

TrutrakTech
04-26-2009, 12:37 PM
Torque is set to 12.

Flying an RV-8.

A/P is an AP-100.

Good, the torque is there then. For an -8, try the activity at 3 to start. Does it hold on course correctly if there is minimal or no crosswind?

Dane
05-15-2009, 06:28 AM
I have not found any minimal or no crosswind days. Lateral activity was at 6, changed it to 3 with no noticable difference. The deviation is not gross, but I think it could be better.

TrutrakTech
05-15-2009, 07:47 AM
What version of software do you have? If the software is quite old, there could be an ILS offset that a software update will fix. Current version is 2.25. Let me know.