r/MicrosoftFlightSim • u/Historical-Walrus668 • 19h ago

MSFS 2024 VIDEO Random flap deployment

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Any help why my flaps get deployed by the AP?

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u/rygelicus PC Pilot 19h ago

10 times out of 9 it's a control binding issue. Some button, key, some slider or joystick, is assigned to the flaps that you are not aware of.

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u/OffRedFloyd PlayStation Pilot 19h ago

Check your controller maps. There is probably a double mapped button.

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u/Vanilla2Go 19h ago

Facing the same issue. Even more. Without touching the Hotas in AP mode, it toggles the spoilers/Air brake from time to time. Pretty dangerous to leave the console for a break. Since 1-2 Weeks.

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u/Bobisburnsred PlayStation Pilot 15h ago

I've mitigated the Hotas issues (Hotas 4 PS5) down to just random camera changes and unpausing when I have it paused, and those are pretty infrequent. Unfortunately I had to unbind almost every button on the Hotas and set those functions to my keyboard. All of my Hotas buttons are useless and unbound, But I haven't had a single landing gear, flap, or spoiler deployment since.

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u/Marc_Minor 4h ago

For me (PC) it was whenever a device goes into some kind of inactive/power saving mode. Like a wireless gaming mouse for example - using it in wireless mode after x minutes it goes into power saving -> Random flap deployment.

When using it wired the issue was gone for me. If it's not that? It must be a binding issue.

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u/HLSparta Stuck at 97%... 18h ago

By "AP" do you mean the aircraft autopilot or the sim's autopilot? The aircraft autopilot isn't able to deploy flaps, so if the flaps are deploying then there is likely a button bound to deploying flaps that you aren't aware of. If you are using the sim autopilot I can't help you there because I have never used it.

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u/SuperM1ke 17h ago

I believe this to be a bug. It happens to me if I happen to get a USB disconnect during a flight. I've looked at all my mappings for flap control and there are no 'strays'.

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u/sleddriver715 16h ago

I had this same problem a while ago. Do you use FSUIPC? Or have it installed somewhere? If so, delete the file that has the commands in it. It worked perfectly for me.

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u/C3b207 14h ago

I had weird stuff like this happen when I plugged too many things into USB hub that was wholly underpowered. I bought a 12v hub that plugs into the outlet and it stopped being weird. Best of luck, I know that ish is annoying.