Hello dear fellow helipilots,I just receintly switched over to FSX buying the Gold edition with Acceleration included and I find that it is impossible to start up the default R22 from a cold and dark state using the proper checklist sequence. Basically what happens is that whenever I try to engage the clutch it stalls the engine. It also happens if I intentionally overrev the engine - no matter what it stalls. I have read some posts elsewhere where it did not seem to be a problem pre SP2.Anyone had any luck starting it up with acceleration or sp2 installed? If possible I would like to avoid pressing Ctrl-E.Thank you for your help,Alex

The default helicopter engines in fsX are very disapointing and they just get worse with SP2. Unfortunately their is more than one reason for this so there is no simple fix (at Dodosim we have only recently managed to overcome all the problems on fo our payware).In the defalt R22, if you apply much higher engine revs before engaging the clutch you can get her to start almost all of the time; not realistic but might help preserve some of the atmosphere (it will still have the crazy idling dance and other strangeness)

Thank you for your reply Mark! As I stated in mz orig post the R22 seems to stall even if I intentionally overrev the engine. Very frustrating... thanks anyways for your suggestion.I checked out your webpage (Dodosim) - you mention in your post that you just managed to overcome the problems in your payware. Did you mean FSX? On your website I can only see the Jetranger products for fs2004. Where did you overcome the problems? Thanks,Alex