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RayGignacCessna Caravan with Garmin GS530 and GS430...
How do I setup the AP (autopilot) to a desire altidude so that the AP will maintain this altitude under AP? Thanks in advance for any help on this request...
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ice123FSX Activation Prompt did not appear?
Hi, I'm having problems activating my fsx, the manual said "Activate the software the first time you start Flight Simulator X.When prompted, follow the simple on-screen instructions." Now the problem is, the PROMPT DID NOT APPEAR. What should I do? ...
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Carlin[ Poll ] SDK Installation?
I want to use the SDK but have no idea how to install it! Please help...
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PlanedudeRUDDER
hi, my rudder is not working and it randomly turns to the right which disables me from operating my airplane properly, what can i do to fix the problem???? it's really starting to make me mad because i cant play fsx anymore! P.S. my autorudder is off n...
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GuestThree Novice Questions About Flight Simulator
I am a novice to flight simulator, and flying. I have been enjoying flying around in a Moony Bravo in Flight Simulator. As of now, I keep the malfunction setting so no malfunctions occur. I have three questions about it. 1. Often, air traffic control t...
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GuestFixed Point View
Hey There, maybe this has been discussed before...but anyway I need some help with my camera view points... Normaly I fly the Nemeth Design EC 135 with a wonderful working "Fixed Point View", but this one is missed in most aircraft Packages... As I ...
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truckernickLevel D 767 NO SOUND!!!
I recently got the Level D 767, but no sound engine sound, no sound packs or anything fix the problem, everywhere else there is sound like wind in the cockpit, and the pilots talking, but no engine sound, it's getting on my nerves. Thanks....
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GundamWZeroIris Simulations F-22 Raptor
Another collection from the Iris Sim fleet: a pretty decent fighter with room for improvement. Very agile to boot too; can put it into and pull it out of a stall at 1000 ft. Bad thing is that with the ability to super-cruise, most guys forget to adjust th...
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Guestaircraft placement
I have the problem of when i select for the aircraft to be placed on the runway fsx places it by the side of the runway and i was wondering if it can corrected and how...
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EATCOEATCO - Premiere Today!, ATC service Sweden
Hello all, Today a new project will be started. EATCO or European Air Traffic Controller Organisation, which is a for now Swedish ATC multiplayer season via Hamachi. We are currently looking for ATC to cover ALL airports and airspaces in Sweden. For now ...
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BarnsyFSX MEMORY ERROR
Hello, After approximately 20 minutes of flying in Flight Simulator X, it freezes and displays this error: The instruction :0x7c809823" references memory at "0x1169a3b4". The memory could not be written. Click on OK to terminate the program. Here is...
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jtejDual Monitors at same time with FSX
Question I have is does anyone have 2 monitors and can utilize them at the same time on fsx. If so how do you do it. I have one video card installed and both my monitors run off it. I want to be able to have it streach across both monitors...
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KentThePineappleWhere is the Activation Key Stored After Installation?
I recently built a new computer, and, owning FSX gold and acceleration, hoped to play them on it. When I went to install however, I realized that I didn't have any of the packaging (AKA activation key) from when I bought them. I only have it installed on ...
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truckernickAIRPORT ISSUES!!! Please Help
I installed two flytampa airports today, Tampa and Buffalo, but both installed well and work well, they just overlap the default ones, awkward airports, double vision runways, it's pretty annoying and i don't know how to disable the default ones. They ar...
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nutjackuk1966How to turn aircraft on the ground?
How is it possible to turn an aircraft on the ground when taxiing without having to use the rudder? Is it possible to mke the front wheel turn using keyboard instructions? Thanks....
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renesisFSX AI Traffic tags
How can I show the AI traffic labels showing Airline, Flightplan, Callsign within FSX? I went into the FSX.cfg file and changed the respective lines to "1" but they still don't show what I want. There is no option within FSX menu to change these or ...
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Guest3 or Monitor supporting Video Card advice?
I'm currently using a NIVIDIA GT 240 video card. It has three outputs but will only allow me to use two monitors at a time. What model video card gives good support for three (3) monitors with FSX? I'm on Windows 7 with 16GB of Ram, etc. and have a ...
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tommy20aFSX Deluxe Edition and Windows 7
Can anyone tell me if FSX Deluxe Edition is compatable with Windows 7 64bit? There appears to be conflicting information out there, even from Microsoft. If this is not compatable, what version of FSX is compatable with windows 7 64bit? Thank you ...
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toddbredaFSX Missions Support Group
I'm not sure if there's a thread I missed on FSX Missions but I thought I would start one to get a chat going with others. I have the Acceleration pack and have succeeded through all the Beginners levels, most of the intermediates, most of the advanced an...
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TheDazzlerProblems with Window 7 64 bit and FSX
Good Morning all I have just bought a pc hoping that it would handle FSX as previous pc didn't do such a great job please see spec below Windows 7 Home Premium Intel(R) i7 CPU 870@2.93GHz RAM 8.00Gb System type: 64bit operating System Graphics Car...
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SaylorewFSX Lagging?
Hey guys. I have a pretty sweet PC, but when I try to play FSX on it, it lags every 2 seconds. I'm running it on medium high settings. My PC has 4Gb of RAM, an ATI radeon HD5570 1GB graphics card, a 3.04 GHZ quad core processor, and an MSI Motherboard. Wh...
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PontusEEye level constant in FSX, movable in FS2004.
I've got both FS2004 and FSX "De Luxe" - but strongly do prefer the older one. Simly because it's too difficult (then in reallity , I know since my father were pilot for 30 years and flew DC7, Boeing 720, Airbus A300 (rather big) and Airbus A320.) Even a...
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Guestfs-gs service?
Anyone know anything about this service? Is it for real? Testimonials on that site seem pretty good, however it is on their site. I found another write up on a flight sim forum that said it was for real, I can only hope it was not a paid review. If ...
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stocz2Lesson 3, VOR Navigation help
I have redoing alot of the lessons here to get me ready to fly online (Vatsim). But when im done again with the lessons, i'll still be a little nervous to try to fly on-line. I am haveing a hard time with ths lesson for some reason. He always says im d...
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johnr4330FSX Quits to Desktop
Hi there, I am using FSX Gold and I will be flying and all of a sudden I am back on my desktop. The program just quits. I am using windows 7. Any Ideas? :read: :read: :read: :read: 😀...
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GuestProblems like crazy with FSX
I am having problems like crazy with my FSX. i spent 70 dollars on the stupid thing and i still hjaven't gotten it running yet. anyone else having problems? microsoft claims to me that lots of people are having the same problems as i am and that they are...
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matt_flyawayFSX ATC????
Recently if I fly VFR with no flight plan, ATC will talk to me and give me option until I get out of the airspace and then it asks me to contact the general area frequency. I have no option to contact any airport tower in the area. Nay help???...
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nyguy72000BSOD
I have a bad case of BSOD (black screen of death). The aquare where the tryke is is black; everything else is ok. When i click on the change aircraft link, I get the planes and can see them. When I select one to fly, I get the BSOD again. Obviously, when ...
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FlamingDartFSX install error 1935 Windows 7
Hello, im having a problem with a error in the installation of fsx on my pc, i bought the game almost 4 years ago, and i installed and everything worked fine (on Windows XP), then i upgraded my OS to Windows 7, and today i was installing the game when it ...
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SkybusTravelsMissiles and Bombs
I was wondering if anyone knew any free missiles and bombs folders Which you can download onto your planes Thanks! 😂...
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cliveyJoystick Problem
I have an old Wingman Force 3D Joystick and on both FS9 and FSX I get sudden loss of control ( usually left roll - not a stall). I have windows 7. Can anyone help please...
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Viper2005airplane folder location
I downloaded several airplanes when I used FS2004 and found the airplane folder with no problem.I am now using the FSX version, but after I download I cannot find the airplane folder to put the downloads.Where do i find it? Thanks...
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jpalmer2004FSX Crashing after installed aircraft
Hey guys! Been awhile! I just installed the PC-12 off Flightsim.com into fsx. When i select the aircraft then click go fly fsx crashes. I went flying with another aircraft and then changed it to the pc 12. It worked but the wheel textures were mess...
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Laxpilotlag and jumpy
i have a top of the line video card for my gaming computer. but when i play FSX it is laggy and jumpy. it also takes a long time to load.any ideas?...
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stocz2view (pan) help
My view (pan) is hooked up to my saitek pro flight yoke and has been working fine. Until recently. I had purchased REX a couple weeks ago. This is the latest item i have installed. Did not make any changes to my settings. All the sudden the pan only wo...
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sniper45cessna 414 download
does anybody know of a cessna 414 download for fsx?...
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GuestProblem with CPUz displaying the correct processor speed
I'm O.C.'d in the BIOS just like always when I had XP (just installed Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit) with a BCLK of 200 and a multiplier of 20 so I'm at 4 GHz. I now notice that when I open up CPUz on the first tab it says 20 multiplier and 200 BCLK but ...
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RolaidsTail View Code
Hi Guys! Haven't been on in a long time. I was wondering about the code to enter in the cfg to have the tail view option. Thanks for your help. Rolaids Drink cof...
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GuestFlight sim 2004, Cessna 172 - where is the Nav1/GPS switch?
Flight sim 2004, Cessna 172 - where is the Nav1/GPS switch?...
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GuestFSX freezes solid periodically
Is it a known bug in FSX that sometimes when accessing the menus in the top left and especially the map that the sim will lock up and you have to exit everything? Of course this always seems to happen at the worst possible time grr........
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eyton402Best Computer For FSX
My computer: Windows 7 Home Premium AMD Athlon 64X12 Dual Core Processor 6400+ 3.20 GHz 5 GB RAM 64 Bit OS 1 TB Hard Drive NVIDIA 8600GT I wo...
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RadarManTest Your Computer for 32 or 64 Bit
Test your computer for 32 or 64 bit. From the Microsoft website: This article describes how to determine whether a computer is running a 32-bit version or 64-bit of the Windows operating system. Generally, a computer's bit count indicates how much ...
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jbealemy flight sim wont start
PLEASE HELP!!! I deleted all files in fsx that were not usable( exe. readme. etc) now my computer says that my entire simulator is deleted. :x...
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oldaveWhy ATC designates the same runway ...It never varies...???
I`m just a "Pleasure" Flyer, and I like to fly around New York City`s 4 airports, and do Touch & Go`s in different landing situations...(Flaps...No Flaps...Hot Landings...etc.) When I contact ATC they always assign me the same runways to land on... LaGu...
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Drew82Delux, acceleration or gold. Which is best for modding in XP
I'm sorry for asking a question which you've probably been asked already but i want to mod my FSX. I've got the standard version, I know of the SDK but very simply, out of those three versions which is best? The gold version seems to only work with vis...
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oldaveFSX Opens With The Trike Ultralight Flying
Please disregard this post, *Problem solved... I deleted and re-loaded both service packs* I recently had a new hard drive put in my computer, and re-loaded FSX along with Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2... After I boot up FSX, it goes right to a...
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JackHowitzerKneeboard Broken
Anyone else install IE 9 Beta 64 bit and notice the kneeboard stopped working? Apparently the same thing happened when IE 8 beta was released. Something to do with how HTML is displayed through FSX....
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Bobr2ATC Window flashes on & off:
❓ I have reloaded Flightsim X several times and sill when the start up flights start there is the ATC Window again flashing on & off again. Did a repair on my windows XP thinking that will solve the problem. It didn't. Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT - ADM ...
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truckernickWater Effects??
Would any of you happen to know of a good effects package where you get better water effects? Like as a plane takes off on a wet runway, it creates a water blast from the engines, or as you land as use the TR's and it creates a cool water spray? Here...
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ApacheDaveLoss of all sounds when ATC is on
I am using FSX on my laptop while deployed overseas in Afghanistan, not the best arrangement, but one I have to use. When ATC of any sort from ATIS or Center or any entity speaks, I lose my engine noises and every other sound associated with the aircraft...
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