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Errol P

Problems After FS9.1 Update - Please Help!

Before updateing to 9.1 I was able to take flying lessons OK and now when I choose the menu option the program crashes back to the desktop. I thought updates were supposed to improve things? Any thoughts would be much appreciated....

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Greekman72 on
VegasFlyer

wierd approach problem

Hey everybody, I have a "little" problem with my ILS. Two days ago when I turned on the APP on the autopilot the plane started nose diving even though it was still around 25 miles away from the runway. Today the same thing happened. It won't follow...

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edr1073 on
Mithheru

King Air-Boeing close-call

I was preparing for a little trip from Sea-Tac to Whidbey Island today when my little plane nearly got flattened. I'm not even finished with it's paint job and I think the ATC doesn't like it. They alerted me a couple seconds before we were to col...

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Mithheru on
ceetee

Offical Microsoft Flight Simulator Store

While browsing the new offical FS2004 website, www.fsinsider.com , I happened to come across a link to this site: which is the official Microsoft Flight Simulator Store!!! You can buy everything from clothing to office products there and even a straugy...

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Chris102 on
SaffyDuck

Is MS Century of flight also MS FS2004. Or are they seperate

Sorry for being such a lamer??? I need to know because I've spent yonnks downloading things mainly for FS2004....

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WarHawk42 on
ceetee

Autopilot Issues...Please Help

I dont know why this happens but when I fly a twin engined aircraft and I engage autopilot for the heading and sometimes altitude, the aircrfat immediatly turns to left and/or right or climbs or descends suddenly. This has happened to me in the default...

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ceetee on
Dean T

Traffic Installation

Hi guys- hope your xmas' were good. I'm writing to find out if you can tell me how you install traffic in FS2002. I'm checking for one of the members at my other fs forum fsimzone.com. Many thanks, Deano...

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Mithheru on
Jamier

New PC & Addons

Ok guys im getting a new pc soon so let me know what ya think of these specs. Intel Pentium 4 650 3.4Ghz Socket 775 800mhz 2mb Cache Retail Boxed Link Abit NI8 SLi SKT LGA775 FSB1066 Dual DDR2 SATA ATX Link Kingston 1024mb 533mhz Ddr2 Sodimm - Non...

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RadarMan on
Leprechaun

Parking Gates

I rember reading some where that there is a addon program that makes the gates move to the front door when parking, any one know what its called?...

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alohajoe on
tomthetank

Active Camera alternative?

I have seen one or two videos made with the aid of this tool to get some very interesting viewpoints but I have tried to get on with Active Camera,but find it very frustrating,slow and awkward(it may be just me :dontknow: ) So is there an alternative o...

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ranald on
SteveT

Knots converted to Miles per Hour?

dOES ANYONE KNOW HOW MUCH 10 KNOTS IS IN mph OR SOMETHING?...

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Tailhook on
Leprechaun

Learjet 45

Has any one had any problems with the Learjet 45's auto pilot in FS2004, last few flights nothen has worked, and also for some reason when im sitting still my electronic gauges are saying im moving can any one help me out with this, and one more thing whe...

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ARD-DC on
beerbadger

Throttle problem

hey guys help me! heres the problem, I start a flight and just as i begin my desent i slow down then when i disengage the autothrottle and manually control my speed the throttle only controls one engine, i use the PMDG 737 but it happensa on almost eve...

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beerbadger on
ceetee

what payware addons do YOU have?

I thought I would create a thread where people could list what payware addons they had for flight sim, compare prices and others interests. I'll get the ball rolling with my payware addons: Flight 1's Ultimate Traffic ($50 NZ) Getmappings VFR Photogra...

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redmond on
JTH

Shortcut to speeding up simulator time?

Is there anyway I can set 4x, 8x simulator time etc using the keyboard? I checked in options and I can't find any assignable key for it. I find it a bit annoying having to click options, time, normal every time I get a message from ATC and have to respond...

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JTH on
JTH

Hydraulic system

What exactly is a plane's hydraulic system and what does the pilot need to know/do about it? There's nothing on Wikipedia about this so I'm a bit puzzeled. Thanks a lot in advance, JTH 🙂...

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99jolegg on
PanAmerican

What is "Text-O-Matic"

I've seen in a lot on repaints of aircraft. It's called Text-O-Matic, what is it and where can I get it?...

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Jared on
Mustangfreak

Fuel question

How do I determin how much fuel I need? Yesterday I flew from Kadena AB Okinawa to Yokota AB in Tokyo and I put 50% fuel in the 737 and I had to refuel in in flight as I was approaching my landing. Aslo, how do you dump fuel, and can you do it with FsP...

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99jolegg on
Bol

corrupt file

hi, when i start up flight simulator 2004 I get an error message that says" the requested flight file is corrupt or can't be found. flight simulatorwill now try to load the default flight". when I click ok it seems to load but I would like to get rid of ...

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Bol on
nottobe

a hand held GPS for B200?

My Favorite Beech B200 does not have a moving map on the Cillins GPS, and I don't quite like the funky Collins GPS. I like Garmin much better. My question is, how can I get a addon handheld Garmin when I fly this plane? I am talking about sim of course.....

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lkw on
vickysokhi

Cant Land....

Hi, I guess I have to drop my wish to fly bec I am not able to land the aircraft... I can take off the plane very well navigate it and put the plane on APP mode with GPS but whicle approching to airport I cant able to land the airport what ever i did goes...

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CRJCapt on
leachus2002

Whats a good descent rate in a Airbus A319-100?

Hey All, Just been flying around the place and although I am making good landings at various airports, I am still not sure if my descent rate is good, cause the landings are still a lil bit hard. I am currently landing at about 250-350ft/min with fu...

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CRJCapt on
leachus2002

Moving FSpassengers to new Pc?

Hi, I have just build my new Mega PC and I want to move all of my aircraft, sounds, panels and FSpassenges to it. I know how to move the panels, sounds and AC to my new PC, but is it possible to move FSpassengers settings to there? Thanks Leachu...

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Greekman72 on
nottobe

Fly over Tibet

I've been trying to find out how to fly over Tibet. No airport anywhere near!! I thought there was an airport in the capital of Tibet, but can't find any.... any idea?...

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CrashGordon on
eFIS user

FS98 Vs FS2004

its been a while since i used flight simulator properly. the last one i used was fs98, which was really good at the time. thinking about getting the 2004 one but was just wondering if it is significantly better. is it good for navigation? ie u can fly fro...

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CRJCapt on
Trent Scott

Start menu & task bar appear in FS2004

When I open a new flight in FS2004, I can still see the blue (Windows XP) start menu and task bar (with the close, minimize and maximize) buttons on the top. Is there any way I can remove this during the game? Thanks in advance for the replies....

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Guest on
hinch

ILS frequencies

had another hard time landing in fog yesterday because my MFD was showing the runway completely wrong. i noticed this first with munich airport, but now i've come across this a few more times. i put the ils frequency of the runway on nav1 and nav2, but...

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CRJCapt on
JuanK2005

Flight Simulator 2006: Some Ideas of Features

PUSHBACK TRUCKS!!! CAPTAIN AND CREW ANNOUNCEMENTS!!! REFUELING TRUCK!!! FULL COMPATIBILITY WITH LOW AND HIGH MEMORY VIDEO CARDS!!! MORE REALISM IN THE HORIZON!!!! IT'S NOT SO FLAT LIKE APPEARS!! REAL ATC AIRLINES!! (Avianca, Air France,...

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FHeselton on
Jared

FSD Cessna O-2A Anyone???

FSD has just released their Cessna O-2A (The military version of the 337 Skymaster). Does anyone have her or any of the FSD products that you can tell me about?...

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CrashGordon on
JarJarBinks

HIGH AND LOW ATLITUDE AIRWAYS

hi all.. when you are making your flight in the flight plannner which aircraft are considered high altitude aurways and whcih one are low altitude airways??? thanks jarjar oh almost forgot....MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone!...

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Don Wood on
kieranja

weather

which weather do u use real real 15 min or pick a weather type if i pick real world will the weather ever change or stay the way it was when i picked it?...

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CRJCapt on
crosscheck9

Disturbing Rain Patterns

Often, I load up a railny flight, and I'll be taxiing for departure, and the rain would suddenly stop. Why does this happen. I don't think it's because my CPU can't handle it. What could it be? I've set the weather rate of change for medium, however I...

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tomthetank on
leachus2002

FSpassengers experience

Hi All, Just thought I would share my first proper experiences of FSpassengers with you all. Today I created my new company (Easyjet(UK)), total aircraft 1, a brand new Airbus A319-100. I have flown a total of 3 flights now, Luton to Cork, Cork t...

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tomthetank on
kieranja

fsuipc

any 1 know where i can download fsuipc v3. i need this so i can get active sky wxre 1.9 to works with fs 2004...

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CrashGordon on
Guest

FS2004 crash and restart

Hello, My system is Athlon XP 2600+, 1 gig 3200 ram, Radeon 9600 pro. Anyway, the game loads the main menu, but then if I click on create a flight, it goes there, crashes, and my computer restarts. Or I go to Options, it still crashes and restarts. It ...

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Elkinallen on
ceetee

[ Poll ] Are you a VFR or Heavy Metal pilot?

Now, in general, the ‘heavy flyers’ are usually not so much interested in the landscape, the scenery below, and are more concerned with the weather, the radio navigation, the ILS systems on the larger airports and often the airports themselves. And th...

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CrashGordon on
leachus2002

Can someone point me in the right direction plz?

Hey All, I am really starting to enjoy flying my B737-800 for Easyjet, but I am having a few problems with Landing when I am using FSpassengers and the aircraft has a load. I will summarise the situation. I am taking off with 60% total aircraft l...

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leachus2002 on
leachus2002

Boeing 737-800 (737 Experience) Question

Hi. I am flying a 737-800, but I am getting a caution light, right from the start of the flight. Having a look at the flight panel, it tells me that the caution is to do with "Flight Conf".... Can anyone explain what this is? The plane still sea...

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tomthetank on
leachus2002

Keeping the plane straight on Takeoff

Hey, Has anyone got any tips for keeping your sircraft on the centerline on take-off? Sometimes I find that the plane vears off to the left or the right. There must be a knack to it :p Leachus...

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madbrit on
qwok

R22 beta II manifold pressure

I have found that he manifold pressure gauge on the betaII does not behave like the real beta II. If one increases collective the gauge goes to about the right place, but it does not stay there; it drifts down to between 14 and 16. For example, to climb...

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qwok on
wvushark

Weird Problem....Can't Takeoff???

Hello all, First post here. I have downloaded and use several different types of aircraft, as well as Traffic 2005. I have noticed now that when I try to fly an AirBus 380, Boeing 777, or a couple other large aircraft, I can't get off the ground. I...

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Guest on
halflike

fs2004 installation error cd2 USEnglishBig.gvp

I get an Error installing FS2004. on CD2 (40%), it says: "Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 encountered a disk error while writing to the file C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 9\Sound\USEnglishBig.gvp. Make sure your hard disk is not full...

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Guest on
Micah

my flight from Newyork to an undisclosed destination (Pics)

So here we are, waiting to take of from NewYork And we are off, the focker is in the air! Flying up over NYC Well on route, about half way Decending towards destination anywhere! Turning onto final approach Coming into land And ...

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CrashGordon on
vicky_sokhi

Help me pls to land my plane

Hi I am still struggling to land my plane I can take off the plane without problem but landing is a problem I am flying 747.. I have my default flight from Toronto to Delhi but on approach i cant land and crash the plane I don’t know what did i do i...

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Guest on
ShockAndYaw

Is it still VFR if you're using VORs to navigate?

Hi -- I'm trying plot out my first 'cross-country' VFR flight. The reading/tutorials I've done so far lead me to believe that VORs can be a part of your VFR flight plan, but is it really VFR if I hop on a Victor Airway? I'll probably stick to visual refer...

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CRJCapt on
PanAmerican

I start flyin' for Global Star Virtual Airlines next month!

Just want to say that I am a pilot for Global Star Virtual Airlines and will start flyin' for them next month. I will start with Starjet where I need to get 50 more hrs, in order to fly the 737-800 with Global Star. Here is there link: http://www.glob...

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CrashGordon on
lkw

Solution to E1 E2 Shift+E Shif+E2 problems

Can be found on AVSIM http://library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=rcbse-10.zip&CatID=root&Go=Search File Description: Does one of these problems sound familar ?? 1. In my multi-engine aircraft, I suddenly find that my throttle controller only work...

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99jolegg on
Guest

How do i set up a 3 monitor display for MS2004

Hello trying to set up my three monitors can some please help...

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RadarMan on
Jared

I Need Your Opinion Soon... Very Soon

Ok well my dad is giving me till tomorrow to make up my mind on what FS airplanes I want for X-mas. So here is what I need. I need your guys opinion. Now remember I love GA flying and only in single engine airplanes. If it has RG its not a big problem. Th...

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CrashGordon on
lkw

A couple of interesting gagues

Ran across a couple of gauges on AVSIm that sparked my interest. You can get a good handle on what the wind is doing and correct you track to compensate. File Description: FS2004 KillDrift Gauge v1. The video screen on this gauge graphically displays...

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