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EHM-1981 Kris:
I joined Euroharmony last week and already made a couple of flights. I decided to use the Beech 1900. As soon as I was cleared to taxi and started to get the airplane moving it accelerated extremely quick. After a little fiddling with the throttle I found out that at least in my case the airplane accelerates or slows down.
The only way I could keep the taxi-speed acceptable was by accelerating, slowing down, etc. Moving the other controls such as the mixture had no effect on this behaviour.
So now my question is: What am I doing wrong or is this just the way the Beech behaves?

EHM-1703 Philip:
Hi Kris, welcome aboard!

A couple of things.... Make sure you have the aircraft correctly loaded, with a zero load the Turbo Props tend to be very twitchy! Next when taxiing using a Turbo Prop, your Propellers should always be feathered to a near minimum setting to reduce the forward momentum (thrust) the props generate. You can do this from the throttle panel if I remember rightly. (Its been a long time since I flew the beech!) From what I have read on the SAAB forums, Taxiing is a very difficult task in the Turbo prop aircraft as it requires constant throttle adjustments to each engine individually.

Hope this helps.

EHM-1671 Ben:
I do that too, just speeding it up and slowing it down. I try and keep the throttle in a position where it's speeding up only slightly, and then I'll slow it down and then have to speed it up again. Although it's a pain in the neck, we kinda have to live with it, I suppose! ;D

EHM-1838 Andrew:
Kris
Its an art form and no you are not doing anything wrong.I dont no if you use a joystick but if you do then a joystick with a twist grip(not sure what you call it but REALLY helps with the taxiing) is a must for FS
cheers Andy

EHM-1980 Brian:
it certainly is an art form Kris but a realy annoying art form lol what is actually the best joystick for FS and where is the best place to get it? :>

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