Cannot Hand Prop

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Avio
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Cannot Hand Prop

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Strange that lately been seeing problem with the Hand Prop not being able to turn the prop, despite much prior oil draining for extended period.

The only way hand prop would work is to auto-start engine and then cold-start the T6. Running in P3D V5.

Also, I always ensure that oil draining can is attached during every shutdown. Which by the way, upon next starting up the sim, the oil can has disappeared. I remember it all works fine in FSX.

Any clue?

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Nick - A2A
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Re: Cannot Hand Prop

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Hello Avio,

I haven't been able to reproduce this issue with my own installation. Do you mean that you can't turn the propeller using the hand prop feature every time you load the aircraft?

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Avio
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Re: Cannot Hand Prop

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Thanks Nick. Yes occasionally cannot and-prop turn and had to auto-start then dark-and-cold then able to hand-prop. All this despite having put on the oil drain.

And yet there were times when hand-prop works fine.

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Re: Cannot Hand Prop

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Hey Avio,

is it a brand new flight or a saved flight you are using?

Sometimes through no fault of anyone a saved flight over time can get corrupt and result in some weird behaviours with the sim, be it aircraft systems, or scenery loading in a bit funny. If it is a saved flight you are loading in on a journey can I please ask you try a brand new flight just in case this corruption is what you are experiencing.

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MkIV Hvd
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Re: Cannot Hand Prop

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I mentioned this when P3Dv5 came out. The oil clean kit seems to work now...most of the time...and the prop does not turn with the HandProp button in the Shift_3 panel on a regular basis. Just the other day I had to reload the airplane to get the prop freed up.

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