Since installing Acceleration, I have not been been able to start either the DC-3 (any variation) or the B-25. This includes cold starts and shutting down a running engine and attempting a restart. Has anyone had this happen or know a potential solution? Best Regards,John

JohnCheck that Acceleration hasn't reset your MIXTURE sensitivities or, worse still, reversed the levers. Has happened. Secondly, have you tried the old "limit the framerate" trick? Try limiting your frame rates to 30 or less (quite adequate for FSX, in my view) and report, if not.MarkMark "Dark Moment" BeaumontVP Fleet, DC-3 AirwaysTeam Member, MAAM-SIM[a href=http://www.swiremariners.com/cx.html" target="_blank]http://www.paxship.com/avsimlogo.jpg[/a]

Mark, Thanks for the tips, but I didn't have much luck. I changed the frame rate from 36 to 27 and fooled around with the mixture levers quite a bit with no luck. This is the same as before, but the engines wind up to about 500 RPM and then fall back to stopped. If I press 'autostart' the engine will stay spooled up a little longer, but the end result is the same. Is at all helpful in a diagnosis?Best Regards,John

On some of my FS9 aircraft that I ported over to FSX I have had to go into the aircraft.cfg and change the normalized_starter_torque setting up from say 0.3 to 0.5 to get them to crank fast enough to start.Michael

Michael, Thanks for the tips, it certainly got the engine running steadier, but no luck sustaining combustion. As another side note, I turned flight tips on to see if any hints were available. I recieve a warning saying my fuel tanks are critically low. However, my fuel gauges read full and if I go to the in-game menu->fuel and payload; it shows the tanks at 100% capacity. I'm having some other serious issues, the inability to start engines has now spread to all of my prop planes, so I might shelve FSX until the full version SP2 is released.Best Regards,John

same problem here ..do you have full VC view . My windows are blanked out.

See this thread: http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...g_id=5926&page=Bill RambowMAAM-SIM http://www.fssupport.com/maam/hgrsm_blkani.gif