I've got a problem with the electrical power when engines are switched off.I can't get the APU or the Ground Power to supply the Flight Displays and the FMC with power.I start the APU after landing and at the gate I switch to APU Gen before I shut down the engines. Some minutes later the battery is empty and the Displays and the FMC stop working. Whichever switch on the Bat panel I switch...I don't get any electrical power for the FMC a.s.o. ... I think I've tried all possible combinations...Can you help me?

>I've got a problem with the electrical power when engines are>switched off.>I can't get the APU or the Ground Power to supply the Flight>Displays and the FMC with power.>I start the APU after landing and at the gate I switch to APU>Gen before I shut down the engines. Some minutes later the>battery is empty and the Displays and the FMC stop working.>Whichever switch on the Bat panel I switch...I don't get any>electrical power for the FMC a.s.o. ... I think I've tried all>possible combinations...Can you help me?Flight Simulator doesn't model an APU (or ground power either), so while turning on the APU generator does everything it should on the PMDG panel, it does NOT charge the battery, as far as FS is concerned.Best fix for this is to use FSUIPC to extend your battery life.

However now it appears that they want to charge 20 Euros for FSUIPC in FS2004 and to be honest it just isn't worth it since all I do with it is get around my electrical issue. Am I missing somethign here?Note to Microsoft: FS2004 was a patch for 2002 and should have been distributed as such.

>However now it appears that they want to charge 20 Euros for>FSUIPC in FS2004 and to be honest it just isn't worth it since>all I do with it is get around my electrical issue. Am I>missing somethign here?>>Note to Microsoft: FS2004 was a patch for 2002 and should have>been distributed as such. Um... you can do a lot more with FSUIPC, like fix weather jerkiness and eliminate control spikes and such - I really found that the price was worth it.