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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...

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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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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Last answer Guest

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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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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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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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 ?...

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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Last answer b3mmredm

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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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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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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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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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...

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,...

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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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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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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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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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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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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Last answer navyredman

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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mrgoodweather

any heavy lift helicopters available for x?

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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Guest

Airbus A321 Autobrakes

Hello, I'm having problems finding the switch for autobrakes for the A321 in FSX. There are clearly lights for it when selecting the "Other Controls Windows Display/Hide" knob (third from right) (below the ldg gear) lights, but I can't seem to activ...

My added aircrafts are black.. plz somebody help..

Hi guys 🙂 i recently installed fsx, but i'm having problem to add new aircraft, i add some aircraft but it comin black. i don't know what to do ... i read the file "read me" and i followed the instruction correctly. but i open my fsx and i find...

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SMS (guest)

Multi display for FSX

Hi all! I have a glass cockpit coming together (project magenta) and FSX providing the main display on the video projection unit. I have read and observed that the best frame rates are when FSX is in windowed mode! Now why this would be is counter ...

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alastairg100

Always crash on Telluride landing

I have had FSX for about 2-3 months now, and FS9 before that for about a year. I have always been able to land as they arent really that difficult, however when ever I do the telluride mission on FSX Deluxe, I always crash. it is only a begginner diffucul...

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captainsimon

AMD X2 Dual Core with FSX

Does FSX support dual core processors and use both cores whilst operating in Win XP? Sorry If Its been asked before. Cheers...

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chrismardel

FRAME PROBLEM WITH FSX IN HIGH END SYSTEM

I have installed FSX and now I have both FSX and FS2004 in my computer but I use only FS2004 because I'm very disappointed with FSX. I have an AMD Athlon 2.12, 80Gig hard drive, 1Gig of Memory, and an ATI 512MB Video Card. I would think that should be en...

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mdaskalos

ILS Approach problem

First off, I found the sticky thread in the FS 2004 forun describing how to make an ILS approach. I though I had done everything right, but if I had, I wouldn't be having to post here... Flying a CRJ-700 IFR from Princess Juliana (TNCM)to St. Thomas (T...

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Taylor

favorites

hey everyone. i was just wondereing what are your favorite aircraft to fly in fsx and what are your favorite missions. my favorite planes is the cessna 172 with the glass cockpit and a love the aleutian cargo run. thanks. 😀...

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CH Rudder pedals/ Ch Flightstick Pro problems

Hello all. I searched the archives as best I could and did not find this topic. I just installed FS X but my rudder pedals don't work. They work in Win XP. They are the gameport style, not USB. I have unselected auto rudder, recalibrated, installed...

one silly question for u but it's a wonder answer for me.

hello all please i want to ask you how can i start on a gate (jet way) i know how to choose my position when choosing airport but can you give me a name of a parking that has a jet way in any of these airports: KLAX KORD KJFK EGLL thanks all by...

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mike20022

I see fireworks

hi i was flying over bigben so i set the time to 23-59-50 2006 and saw fireworks over bigben cool just thought id tell you all 😀...

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andy fsx

nav or gps mode

hi all whats the difference between flying nav or gps mode (i mean in regards to the knob above the PFD which can be switched to either) also, can you still fly using the heading button on the autopilot whilst in gps mode? thanks andy...

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TheKaiser

Start with Engines Off

Is there a way to start a free flight or a flight planner flight with the engines off?...

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Lukemax

Need a little multi moniter guidence for FSX

I have a laptop that can handle flight sim X very well. But when branching it out across 3 19 inch moniters, understandbly i get a performance drop. What kind of set-up would wark best for me? Anyone else got any tip/tricks on how to get it working ra...

What does auto approach do?

What does auto approach do and how do I engage the reverse thrusters?...

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captainsimon

Slats

Can anyone tell me what the slats are and how do they work? Also how do I use them in FSX? Thanks...

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GerryE

How to zoom out when in 3d-cockpit view?

Hi all, anyone know how to do that? Gerry...

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b3mmredm

Intel Quad Core

I've been reading these forum toppice than FSX doesn't run on them or something? If i were to get a Quad Core Processor, would it run faster than an Intel Pentium 4 processor, the one i've got at the moment....

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Guest

How do you check fuel!

How do you check the percent of fuel you have left in your plane? I saw some pic where is showed a percent at the top... How do you do this! I think I'm running out lol so please answer ASAP...

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Guest

Cheap computer runs FSX pretty good.

I just got a Lenovo computer. It was $749 but after rebate it was only $549. I can run FSX on medium high settings with no lag. It has... 2.01ghz AMD Athalon 64 X2 3800+ 1 gig memory 250 gig hard drive NVidia GeForce 6100 This proves you don't have t...

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