jfitler Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 I know that the autopilot issue(s) have been thoroughly documented, but thought I would share my latest experience. Cruising at FL 140 in the Kingair, about an hour into a flight from KMCD to KCWF. Without warning the aircraft suddenly went nose up, snap rolled violently right and went immediately into a tailspin. While attempting to regain control, I switched to the external view and noticed that the elevator trim tabs were in the full nose-up position, and toggling the autopilot master switch had no effect on this. Fought the airplane all the way down to a (marginal) landing since now it flew like a dumpster in a tornado. The flight dynamics seemed to have been corrupted independent of the autopilot. Restarted MSFS and reloaded the aircraft and all was well - for now. Kind of disheartening because to this point I have never had an autopilot problem with the Kingair at all, believe it or not. I can't wait for this one to get sorted out. i7-7700K 4.20GHz MSI Z-270A Pro Series MB 32Gb 2400MHz DDR4 RAM NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8Gb WDC WDS240G1G01 240Gb SSD Toshiba DT01ACA100 1Tb HDD Seagate OneTouch 1Tb SSD Seagate BUP 5Tb HDD 2 LG 4k 32" displays Microsoft X05-63895 Sidewinder joystick Logitech M325 mouse Costco 14993BLK4E XL series folding chair ACCO Model 40 stapler Rubbermaid MFG295600 plastic rubbish bin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plainsman Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 I know this sounds stupid, but how was your fuel state? If one tank was dry or about dry, that might be the problem?? I7-9700K, RTX-2070, Asus Strix Z-390-H MB, 32gb G Skill 3000 CL15, Corsair Obsidian 750D case, WD Black 1tb M.2, Crucial CT500MX SSD, Seasonic Prime 750W Titanium PSU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfitler Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 I know this sounds stupid, but how was your fuel state? If one tank was dry or about dry, that might be the problem?? Fuel state around 65%, auto crossfeed enabled so the aircraft was completely in balance. It wasn't a gradual thing... one minute level and stable, then bam! Totally out of control. Almost exactly like what happens when you exit the disastrous "active pause" feature while in flight. i7-7700K 4.20GHz MSI Z-270A Pro Series MB 32Gb 2400MHz DDR4 RAM NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8Gb WDC WDS240G1G01 240Gb SSD Toshiba DT01ACA100 1Tb HDD Seagate OneTouch 1Tb SSD Seagate BUP 5Tb HDD 2 LG 4k 32" displays Microsoft X05-63895 Sidewinder joystick Logitech M325 mouse Costco 14993BLK4E XL series folding chair ACCO Model 40 stapler Rubbermaid MFG295600 plastic rubbish bin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shb7 Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Good thing real planes don't fly like this. It would kill more than the coronavirus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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