Ok, here I go.....On landing I press F2 enough to make the spoilers deploy (green light) but then fsx does the nasty and decides to rev them to death.... smoke and flames....If I press F1 to go back to idle before this occurs the spoiler light goes out so I assume not deployed as automatic.Is it possible to have them deploy and stay deployed till say 30-40 knots so I don't have to replace those precious water heaters?I read the fsx limitation by the way.John Ellison

John,Where are your condition levers when you go into reverse?

John,The spoilers are automatic as on the real aircraft, the cockpit switch basically enables the spoilers to be deployed when reverse is selected. Failing to switch them on, you'll get a takeoff config warning :)The spoilers deploy once you bring the throttles back to reverse and will stay deployed until you bring the throttles to idle. We have built our J41 as according to exact specs as on the real aircraft. As for smoke and flames, my guess is that you are burning up the engine as a result of reversing. Do you have your condition levers in flight mode and not taxying mode. If you have the levers in ground/taxy mode you will burn up the engines because the engines are not producing 100% power so when the engine senses that you are reversing the engine but its not running at 100% RPM (condition lever set to taxy) the fuel controller will try to add more fuel to make the RPM increase and because of that too much fuel is being introduced which burns out the engine. Condition levers should never be touched in any case except when you are taxying before takeoff, and right before takeoff, condition levers full forward and left there until after you've landed, engines at idle and turning off the runway or under 30kts, then the condition levers should be pulled back to ground.Cheers,

I did have a situation last night where the spoilers refused to retract, haven't read the spoiler section of the AOM yet.

Embarrassed look on this sheep I guess. Yes, I put the condition levers in taxi just before landing so I guess that's my problem.....One born every minute :( Still reading and learning where everything is yet - My own flight was running out of fuel... thank the stars a refuelling plane was about hehe. Sure is a beauty to hand fly though, if a little quirky on the throttle, but thats the beauty of such a brilliant simulation.Only 10-20 fps but I don't care... it's smoooooooooth :( John Ellison

I had a case myself where the spoilers wouldn't retract. Tried flipping the switch on the console. Moving the throttles and conditions levers. Nothing would get them to reset. Not even when I shut down. I reloaded the aircraft to get it back into normal config. Haven't flown it since to see if it is going to reccur again.. FSX Acceleration SP2, Core 2 Duo 2.0ghz, 3GB DDR2 Ram, 2X160GB 5200RPM harddrive, Nvidia 8700M GT, Windows Vista Ultimate 32.