More details about the PFA problem:
While running and testing both of these brand new Heavy Pacific engines after solving the lighting issues I had on both a new issue was found when running the PFA while quilling whistle was enabled. I found the problem while using the DCS app on an iPad because when you enable quilling whistle and steaming whistle then you can toggle the whistle cord pull slider between purple for quilling+steaming whistle or white for normal non-quilling. So I had it in quilling all night to show off whistle steam. However, when I activated the PFA, initially it plays fine all the way up until the very las departure sequence just before the engine takes off and plays a loud garbled sound and then as the engine begins moving sound is normal. I've tried his several times and the sequence happens every time on both engines.
Now at home after club, I tried using the DCS remote rather than the app and first try invoked the PFA and it played perfectly all the way through. However, I failed to turn on the quilling whistle and whistle steam function for that test. So then I enabled both quilling whistle (SPW) and seaming whistle (FSW) and then tried the PFA sequence and again got the garbled sound at the very end of the sequence just before the engine moves.
Both engines, both the Army and the Rock island versions did this but have different PFA sequences so this appears to be somehow a common mistake in the sound files.
Worse, I cannot reflash the sound files because MTH did not post sound files under the engine support pages.
Summary:
You can play the PFA if you disable (SPW) quilling whistle or in the app, the whistle cord is white.
If quilling whistle is enabled when you start the PFA a loud garbled sound will play at the end of the PFA sequence.
Being steaming whistle was kind of the big deal about this run of this engine, this is not good.
