Mapping the DH-6 Twin Otter

[Maarp 0]

G'day everyone,

 

Has anyone had any luck mapping all the controls/switches of the Otter to hardware?

 

I've got the flight controls ok and some of the switches but can't seem to get things like the starters, fuel cutoff switches and others mapped. Spad.Next shows some of the LVARS in action but they don't seem to respond correctly when you put them into a profile.

 

I'm stumped here and would be grateful for some help.

 

Cheers

 

Warwick

[SimWare 826]

Hi Warwick,

 

Please let me know the Lvars you use (and for what) and I will have a look at it.
For the sake of information, here is a post on lights interface in the Twin Otter :

 

[Maarp 0]

Thanks for that, I really appreciate the help.

 

I've got some of the Overhead Panel mapped (DC Batt, most of the lights) but for example can't get the fuel cutoff levers to move using:

 

DHC6_FUEL_CUTOFF_L_LVAR (1)

 

or the Starter to move/fire using:

 

DHC6_STARTER_LVAR (2) which should be right for Engine 2 I think.

 

Not sure if I'm leaving anything out or am on the wrong track

 

Cheers

 

Warwick

[SimWare 826]

Hi Maarp,

 

I will give it a try later today and come back to you.

 

Best regards.

[Zoolander64 1]

Greetings All, I too am in the same boat and it would be greatly appreciative to get these items mapped through SPAD.neXt.

[SimWare 826]

Hi,

 

Still checking for the starter assignments.

As for the cut-off levers, no need to use the Lvars or external utility.
Just use the plain standard MSFS assignments as shown belo : 
Do the following assignments in MSFS.
Goto OPTIONS -> CONTROLS OPTIONS
Assign MIXTURE (1)(2) AXIS (-100 to 100%) to the two right levers

 

This is part of the following tutorial : 

 

Best regards.

 

[Maarp 0]

Thank you for that and very grateful for the starter options when you can.

 

Best wishes

 

Warwick

[Håvard Bertelsen 2]

Did anyone have any luck in mapping the starters iin spad.Next? Have the same issue as the original posters

[Håvard Bertelsen 2]

OK, so finally figured out the correct combinations of LVARS: 

 

Right Engine: Set DHC6_STARTER (LVAR) to 2, Set ASDHC6_ENGINE_START(LVAR) to 11

Left Engine: Set DHC6_STARTER (LVAR) to 0, Set ASDHC6_ENGINE_START(LVAR) to 1

[SimWare 826]

Hi Håvard,

 

Thank you for sharing your researches. 

 

Take care.