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Are you running any Addons that could potentially simulate engine failures such as FSPassengers or FSCaptain?

Thanks for the DX9 tweak. I think it looks a lot better and I didn't notice any hit on performance.

I stand corrected. I heard and knew about not having to purchase and download CS2. I never know the story behind it. I suppose if Adobe had an issue with people downloading it who hadn't purchased it, they'd have done something about it.

Adobe Photoshop CS2 is freeware now. It is a much earlier version of the current version of CS6. It has layers and all that other good stuff.

Yup, a DC 9-32 in ValuJet Flight 592. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ValuJet_Flight_592 Another swamp crash was Eastern Flight 401, an L-1011 back in 1972. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Air_Lines_Flight_401

If anything, it sounds like now is the time to get P3D before it is pulled off the virtual shelves.

God, I hope they don't find out the pilot also drank coffee or tea because that might have influenced him as well. The fact the pilot, who most likely has access to manuals and other documents and parts of the plane than the simming public does, practiced on how to fly the plane at home is just ludicrous. I suppose they are looking into his RC plane hobby as well. I hope he doesn't have an RC B777 too. Imagine if they were bank robbers and they found toy guns at the home. If the pilot or pilots were complicit in the hijacking, it gives FS a lot more 'credit' than it desrerves. While I don't own any PMDG product, but for Pete's sake, it's an addon for a game. Yes, FS is a game, I said it. When it was sold in stores, it was with the entertainment software not the educational software. The fact that the investigators took laptops et al, just says they are exploring all avenues. And are probably looking for emails and other communique as an initial incentive not some .pln file. I understand why we here in the the FS community, and not just at Avsim, have a huge interest in this incident as with all incidents, but I am amazed at the credit the simulator is given. Personally, knowing how nothing is ever said but conjecture and speculation until the investigation is complete, both by the media and the water cooler gossip crowd, I always steer clear of the news until it is over with because all said it doesn't matter until it's over. And I put my soap box over there for the next guy.

Plus Aerosoft is cheaper. That was my selling point and I like their other products. Call it brand loyalty.

Yeah, this is OT. I don't know who Doug Thompson is but I like the guy already. I can't tell you how much it annoys me when on VATSIM you hear a vPilot have problems with following instructions because of their inability to fly without the FMC.

What if you were to join the session in another aircraft and then switch to the PMDG.

Create a polygon using Exclude Airport Background, then if you want, use another polygon to flatten the airport and another for the landclass. Essentially what you're doing is removing the old airport's flatness and replacing it.

I use it. I don't know anout PMDG products, but I use it on all of my planes; default, free and paywares. It allows you to configure it to be plane specific, i.e. a B744 will have different procedures than a DHC6 Twotter. There has been talk of an update but that was a while ago but it is still worth it in its current version.

Yeah, I thought that too when I was having the problems. I know about starting older engines, though not necessarily airplane engines and how you have to give a little juice to keep them alive until the engine warmed up.The reason for my fix was more convenience than performance. I would have to start the engines every time I came to a complete stop when I would use the Ground Handling gauge (auto taxi speed). I chuckled every time the engines died and thought, "what must the passengers be thinking every time the plane comes to a stop, the engines die. Exactly would not instill confidence in me in the plane." It would be neat if FS could simulate a cold engine running hard (wanting to die) and is more stable as it warms up.

I did that and that was the fix. Thanks!

I found this old bird, a DH.114 Heron and I am overhauling the aricraft.cfg. Here's my prob. When I start my engines, it fires up right away. If I don't apply any throttle, it'll die. I usually push the throttles to about 10%, the engines will stay alive. I use Ctrl+E to start. And it is a FS9 model on FSX system. Funny, as I typed this, I felt like I am taking my car into the shop.The stuff after the // are the original stats.[piston_engine] //de Havilland Gipsy Queen Mk.30 Series 2power_scalar = 1.0cylinder_displacement = 93.43 //110.33compression_ratio = 6.5number_of_cylinders = 6max_rated_rpm = 3000 // 2500max_rated_hp = 250fuel_metering_type = 1cooling_type = 0normalized_starter_torque = 0.3turbocharged = 0max_design_mp = 0min_design_mp = 0critical_altitude = 0emergency_boost_type = 0emergency_boost_mp_offset = 0emergency_boost_gain_offset = 0fuel_air_auto_mixture = 1 auto_ignition = 0max_rpm_mechanical_efficiency_scalar = 1idle_rpm_mechanical_efficiency_scalar = 1max_rpm_friction_scalar = 1idle_rpm_friction_scalar = 1[propeller]thrust_scalar = 1propeller_type = 0propeller_diameter = 7propeller_blades = 2propeller_moi = 5beta_max = 40beta_min = 15min_gov_rpm = 1400prop_tc = 0.1gear_reduction_ratio = 1fixed_pitch_beta = 0low_speed_theory_limit = 80prop_sync_available = 0prop_deice_available = 0prop_feathering_available = 1prop_auto_feathering_available = 1min_rpm_for_feather = 700beta_feather = 0power_absorbed_cf = 0defeathering_accumulators_available = 0prop_reverse_available = 0minimum_on_ground_beta = 0minimum_reverse_beta = 0