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africanbush

do you need a rudder button on a joystick

do you need to get a joystick with a rudder function to play this game...

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RadarMan on
SwordfishSix

A Rave Review for FSX

I am halfway into the mission list and have flown everything from Ultralights to Gliders to Jumbo Jets. My frame rate is sometimes slow, but the overall gameplay, graphics, and cleverness of the people who put this game together get a X out of X from me! ...

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Tailhook on
MonsoonMally

Landing on auto-pilot.

Naturally enough, one of the skills I need to practice, is landing. Sometimes, when I fly airliners, I wish to use auto-pilot to land - primarily so I can watch and improve my manual technique, which, frankly, is pretty hit and miss at the moment. I...

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Tailhook on
freedspeak

Question about screen resolution ...

I have my screen resolution in the game set at 1600x1200x32. What does the 32 mean? I could also set my resolution to 1600x1200x16. What would the difference be?...

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freedspeak on
leo1999

cant see extra cameras in menu

i played fsx demo. there are outside, spot, tower, fly by..etc camera options. i try to install full version but i have 1935 error. than i solve this in this topic " https://forum.flyawaysimulation.com/forum/topic/21980/error-1935-rolling-back-action/ ...

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leo1999 on
hacostam

FSX Sucks

I have a P4 - 3.06 . 1.5 GB, 256MB Nvidea Video Card and the best frame rate I am getting is 10 is medium low.. I am working with Windows Vista and for me, this is a nightmare.. Do you know what I can do to I improve this..??...

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Sno0ze on
ThePatriot76

Default Flight?

Strange thing happen on the way to fly... When I go to fly, any aircraft or airport, I get the plan I picked but it starts with me airborne flying over some island? I don't know what happen, maybe I downloaded something that changed the default fligh...

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ThePatriot76 on
rbfly

FSX replay

Hi, is there any way to watch a replay for your flight other than Flight Analysis? I would like to watch my landing from the tower in a replay, I remember older versions used to do this?...

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Tailhook on
Mike333

Flight Yoke and Flight Pedals w/ Flight Sim X Deluxe Edition

I am selling both my CH Products Flight Yoke and Pedals. I am also throwing in a copy of Flight Simulator X Deluxe Edition. The ebay link is at the bottom. If interested let me know, thanks much guys....

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x pilot on
PapaJohn

nose rises on touchdown and aircraft stalls

hi guys just found this website and looks great. need some help thou! the last few times I have flown an ILS appraoch into an airport and got over the runway, before touchdown I have turned the autopilot masterswitch off, turned off the autothrottle...

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Guest on
FLIGHT SIMER

Does anyone have flight sim x deluxe?

I am not sure if it is really as great as they claim. Not sure if i want to buy it just yet. i already have flight sim 2004 should i change. DOES ANY ONE HAVE ANY ADVICE...

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Guest on
hatescheese

airport controlls

does anyone know the contolls for the airport such as jet gateways, refuelling trucks, taxi cars ect?...

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Tailhook on
stereomatic

Stairs.. ?

hey sometimes when you got 747 or 777 its not possible to park neat the jet ways you have special parking for heavy airplaines...now my quetion is if there is some key that brings you the stairs to the airplain if there is no jetway ?...

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Gommy on
dream come blue

DREAMLINER?

does anyone think FSX will have the 787 dreamliner? that would be great! will it replace the 737? EDIT! Your link does not point to an aircraft, if you aren't a spammer post it again. :radar:...

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Guest on
Guest

autopilot!!!!!!!

just got the game. how do u toggle auto pilot???...

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futurepilot on
Capt AndyM

help!! end up on the grass when flying ILS inot KLAS

hi guys...hope you can help! just did KLAX to KLAS in a B747-400. Everything went great, i got cleared to land onto 25L at KLAS which is at an altitude of 2181ft. I hit the approach button about 12-13nm out at 3,800ft which was what atc assigned me...

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RadarMan on
Murfi

747 Landing Issues

I'm having a problem using the N1, when I set it and set approach on it turns to the right and descends at a dangerious v/s and crashes. Can somebody please tell me what I should have on and off for N1 approach. Please don't link me to joleggs guide, ...

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Murfi on
wombat457

ATC problem

I have just finished a repaint using Abacus FSRepaint and have given it a new airline name (Pegasus Airlines). I have set the "properties" for the new airline and have added them to the CGF file in FS2004, however ATC does not recognise the new airline n...

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Murfi on
barkoman

BUILDING A FLIGHT SIMX PC - ANY IDEA'S WELCOME

Hey all, I have a PC that is four years old...basically time for a new one. I love X so much that I am building a new PC to specifically meet the needs for it. I am concerned that once I get the PC, it will be lacking in some areas. I want to be able t...

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Guest on
gordo316

Funny thing happened on the way to 15,000 feet

On my flite sim X I have been flying the air creation trike out of my local airfield. This is Branch County Memorial Airport at Coldwater, Michigan. (koeb). When I have tried to land I could not get he trike to come down. Shut off the engine and did ess t...

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gordo316 on
Sno0ze

Trim..

Hi guys, It's been a while since my last post so hello to everyone again. So uh yeah I have a severe and I mean severe problem with controlling trim. I do not know what the hell is going on. I get to my assigned altitude and heading etc, and I notice ...

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CRJCapt on
bentley

No Visual Jetways, Can anyone help me

I must be doing something wrong, I have no visual jetways at any of my airports. I have the special effects on high, my scenery on high, but all i see are box looking airports. I also cant seem to arrive at an airport with fuel truck. Thansk for your hel...

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Guest on
au4bear

Changing Airline list

Is it possible to change or add an airline to the default list? I have tried adding to the airline.cfg but the voice doesn't recognize the new name and only gives the flight no. Any ideas wouod be appreciated. Bear...

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Tailhook on
mdaskalos

Climb Rate Problem???

Perhaps this is somehow related to the Indicated Airspeed issue brought up in another thread. I was flying a CRJ-700 from TJSJ to KMIA in fair weather, calandar month January, mid-AM departure. I'm climbng from 20,000 feet to 30,00 on autopilot, speed ...

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CRJCapt on
ThePatriot76

SATA HDD

I have a WDJB 80G hdd 7200RPM. If I went to a SATA would it be that much faster? I really don't know much about SATA. Thanks in advance....

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ThePatriot76 on
x pilot

Mmm, vista and the scenery patch...

hi pilots, i have noticed the scenery patch in vista is not working as it did in xp, i am still getting black rectangles etc... this was over paris france... have i encountered a bug that vista is waiting to recieve a fix from microflop ?...

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x pilot on
Guest

Will this run FSX

I've just ordered this new system and all i want to know is will this run FSX really good Processor (CPU) INTEL® Core 2 Extreme X6800 (2 X 2.93GHz) 1066MHz FSB/4MB Cache Memory (RAM) 4096 MB CORSAIR XMS2 800MHz Motherboard ASUS® P5W DH...

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b3mmredm on
swiffer88

joystick use

Hi there, it is just a question to know if the controls in fsx are nice wit ha joystick or are still hard to move.. cause i tried to use the keybord to control a plane for fun while i wait for my stick to arrive and it's quite hard to control, press l...

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CRJCapt on
Guest

Level d autopilot problem

Hey, Im flying level d 767.Its AWESOME!!! except......... I like to fly the approach by hand and let the autopilot control thrust and descent rate(i select manually) As soon as i enable autopilot to control vert speed it doesnt allow me to line ...

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Guest on
FSX2468

CPU Core Question

I was browsing through a couple of strings here, and found that someone says that FSX won't take advantage of a Core 2 Duo Processing System. Is this really true? FSX must be the most messy transition EVER....

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RadarMan on
jeffb57

Activation Problem

Hello to all, I've been gone for a while but I'm glad to be back with FSX. I've ran into a small problem in registering my product. I first installed FSX on two other computers, with running the program not being sucessful on either. I now have ins...

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x pilot on
Guest

installation issues...

whenever i go to install the game it will spin up in the drive, installshield will start and 2 seconds later it will close and give me an error message 1628: failed to complete installation. Any ideas on how to fix this? i have the latest version of insta...

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Guest on
Mr T

Slightly different 1722 error

Can anyone help before I put my foot through my computer? I originally installed FSX and activated successfully - however game did not run. Message said files were missing. Checked via windows explorer and the FSX folder only contained 6gb - no aircraft,...

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Mr T on
waj2306

747-400 Glitch!

I have a great system that is running the FSX Standard just fine! My ONLY problem is the 747-400 (any version to include addons) has the wierdest wings. Some panels are missing and the wing looks like it is split lenght wise to make one wing above anther...

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Murfi on
Guest

A question about speed.

Hi, I recently started playing FSX, mostly just flying between bigger cities for fun etc. My question is about the speed of the jets, for example the A321. It seems to me that the aircraft should be able to fly over 340 knots or so, which seems to be t...

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CRJCapt on
BcBobster

1335 Error, Total Fix for it..

I was getting the 1335 Error message... I have this DVD, CD-RW/DVD Drive SM-308, do not get a different DVD, just do this: Good news... I called Microsoft... After a 2 hour hold time, I talked to them... He first aked how old my dvd drive was, ...

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1335 error on
Noob

Edit Mdl files

New here but wondering if it's possible to convert an mdl file to a more common 3D format to edit in something like 3DS Max? Any help appreciated....

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Noob on
b3mmredm

FSX in Windows Vista

I was just looking at Windows Vista website when i found this image, look at the graphic's!!!!!!! Scroll down to the first image http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/features/games.mspx...

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astrosteve on
kbohme

the moon in FSX

I didn't realize the moon was so real looking in FSX Any this will be my last post for a while. I hope you enjoy....

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skypilot2 on
jetman35

aircraft.cfg needed for FSX

Does anybody out there have the default FSX 747 aircraft.cfg that they can give me or know where I can download it? I messed up mine accidentally. I should have backed it up. Jetman 😞...

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navyredman on
psalm10720

List of detailed airports in Flight Simulator X deluxe

Does anyone have a list of detailed airports in Flight Simulator X Deluxe?...

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CRJCapt on
mrgoodweather

any heavy lift helicopters available for x?

want some big ass choppers is there any available?...

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mrgoodweather on
jeroenbusch

sky does strange

When i start flying anything, the view starts doing strange things at the top of my screen, it blurs In the begining it didnt do so strange, but now everytime it happens, can somebody help? ❓ ❓...

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wmart1u on
BcBobster

Sorry, it's FSX for my problem...

Sorry for the double post here... It's FSX that I own... I bought a 300gb hard drive, finally copied and pasted both disc's on the drive because it would not load from the DVD drive, started the install, got the 1335 Error, copied each D1Feat~2.cab u...

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Guest on
Blademaster

brakes will not release

hey for some messed up reason the brake in FSX is stuck on. can anyone help?...

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CRJCapt on
AirCanada767

Vectors to runway? From pilot-->to Tower (me)

Well see, im Kind of new to the ATC, and i find it really nice. However, I do NOT know how to give the vectors to the pilot(s) for when they ask for it. I always say go visual approach. But what i want to know is, how can you find the vectors of that acti...

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AirCanada767 on
lemonwonder

Supersonic/Fast aircraft

Does anybody know of any Supersonic aircraft for FSX? And any like... 747 aircraft or some kind of commercial airliner that has been edited to go really fast? DONT CHANGE TO AIRCRAFT SECTION PLEASE, THAT IS A GHOST SECTION NO1 GOES THERE...

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lemonwonder on
VinnyTS3

GPS/NAV PROBLEM

it was working fine then loaded up the game and the gps dosent work, the window opens up when i press the button, but its as if it is switched off, no idea why this has happened...

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tyrick69 on
stereomatic

how do i move my tail /pedals please??

how do i move my tail pedals of the air plaine to turn right or left with out touch the right or left keys i pushd the right enter key in the keyboard it works for only left or right i dont remember but how do i move both ways please its important to ...

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CRJCapt on
lemonwonder

Requesting a repaint KIT

I have browsed countless forums, downloaded billions of programs and I still dont have what I want. Can anyone tell me a FREE download for a repaint kit. One that actualy flies of fsx (I got one that had a bunch of pictures to edit... and that was it) or ...

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navyredman on
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