One more option, although not very realistic, after setting your throttle to idle, upon touchdown hit F1, let the nose down then try the reversers.Btw the spoilers won't engage automatically until the reversers kick in. You can activate them manually if you want.

Hmm, I think that they do engage right at touchdown if armed, which they are. If you could post a pic of your FS joystick config I'd appreciate it.

Greg, I'm at work right now but will post later tonight.

Thanks. :-)

Greg:Okay the first is my yoke settings via FS2002.cfg file. Next are my throttle settings using FSUIPC, then my reverser settings.Hope this helps.

Hi Lamont,Tried it, but no joy. The speedbrakes still don't extend on landing. I'm going to email Wilco. Could something be very amiss with my yoke?

What is your Motherboard? Is it a via chipset? If so that may be the issue.

Nope, pathetic Intel based. D845HV to be exact. No overclocking options or anything.

Greg:In reviewing this thread for possible solutions, I notice in one of your replys concerning a dead zone you stated that you tried that both in CH Yoke Manager and FS.If you are using the CH Yoke Manager, don't as it can cause problems. Also setting a null(dead) zone in FS is okay but I think Paul was referring to setting the null zone using FSUIPC. Take another look at my throttle settings in FSUIPC and try to duplicate the settings. Kill CH Manager. Reset FS throttle null zone to 0. Btw do it in this order, CH Manager, FS then FSUIPC.Also one other question what patches are you using for PIC and/or FS2002?

Tried it, no luck. I still have to bump it up a bit so that I can pull the throttle to idle again to get spoilers. For some weird reason the DF737 works just fine. Wonder if I have to reinstall. :-(

Did some additional testing, and it's NOT the yoke, my MS FF2 had no problems with the DF737, but again PIC didn't work. Still needed to bump the throttles forward and then back into ground idle as they didn't go there automatically. Could it perhaps be joystick noise? I think I remember that PIC was always a little finicky about that. Although I hate to think of that, my yoke is not quite a year old yet, and I hope it's not acting up already.

Hi Greg,It sounds to me as if you are executing a Cat3/Cat2 ILS approach, using the Autopliot and F/D, with the speed activated either via VNAV/FLCH or the Speed selector on the MCP. Therefore you are quite right you will then need to deactivate VNAV/FLCH or the speed selector, but then you must press F1 to slow the engines down to idle, otherwise the a/c will continue at that rate of speed until one of the flight parameters change.Your cfg file is correct, you could try modifying the .CFG file to AXIS_EVENT_02=AXIS_THROTTLE_SETAXIS_SCALE_02=127 to _02=120But not any lower!Just out of interest how are your taxi speeds on the ground?Good luckBest Wishes,ChrisEGBB

Chris:Greg's problem is solved just needed some tweaking in his FSUIPC.INI file's joystick section.Just to clarify, though, he was doing a full manual approach, no autopilot or autothrottle.

Although this only partially relates to your specific issue, I thought I would tell you about a couple of modifcations that I've made to my CH Yoke to get around a similar problem. One is fairly straightforward and simple, the other considerably more complex, but both will invalidate your warranty should it still be in effect.The first mod was to put a switch inline with one of the leads on the potentiometer for the throttle. This way I could completely remove the throttle from getting in the way of thrust reverser operation. No signal from the pot means no interference when pressing and holding F2.The second mod was to install the complete guts of another joystick internally into the yoke. By doing this I added four more buttons and three more pots. Most of the time I don't have too much use for all of the extra pots, but one comes in very handy for controlling speedbrakes - they're no longer just on/off devices. Sure, I could have controlled them using the throttle quadrant screen, but I prefer a bit more realism, thankyouverymuch. When installing the extra buttons, I chose to use another positive-locking, lift-over toggle switch like I used for the throttle cut-out for thrust reverser operation. While not the most realistic modelling of thrust reverser operation, it is a little closer to reality than pressing and holding F2. Once I touch down I pull one switch back to simulate closing of the throttles, and then pull the second one back to operate the reversers, similar to the over-and-back operation of thrust reverser levers on most commercial transports.

Lamont,So he DID get the autodeployment of spoilers AND reversers working reliably ??How did he do that ?Tero