The first question deals with the present version of RC. One of the key commands is to display the RC window (default "`") which using FSUIPC I have mapped to a joystick button. So when not using the RC menu I click the "x" in the corner to hide the window and press "`" or the joystick button to bring it back up when it's needed. However, frequently the menu comes up by itself even if no dialog is going on. It seems that there is an in-built function to display the window periodically or refresh it, possibly when some of the information displayed on it (such as your distance to the next waypoint) is being updated. Is this the case and if so, is there a work-around?Second question deals with a possible feature of RC5 or future version.Often long lineups occur for take-off at busy airports. I know one fix is to use AISmooth (which I always use) but I was thinking a better fix may be incorporated into RC5. Since RC freezes AI after they request pushback in order to give them the pushback clearance, it could be designed to keep them at the gate by not unfreezing them until the lineup at the runway has diminished a bit. I think this is pretty close to the real procedure. The code for knowing how many aircraft are waiting takeoff exists already (RC tells you for example, you're #3 for takeoff) so it seems possible to check that before issuing pushback or taxi clearances.Thanks again for a great program.-Al

The first question deals with the present version of RC. One of the key commands is to display the RC window (default "`") which using FSUIPC I have mapped to a joystick button. So when not using the RC menu I click the "x" in the corner to hide the window and press "`" or the joystick button to bring it back up when it's needed. However, frequently the menu comes up by itself even if no dialog is going on. It seems that there is an in-built function to display the window periodically or refresh it, possibly when some of the information displayed on it (such as your distance to the next waypoint) is being updated. Is this the case and if so, is there a work-around?Second question deals with a possible feature of RC5 or future version.Often long lineups occur for take-off at busy airports. I know one fix is to use AISmooth (which I always use) but I was thinking a better fix may be incorporated into RC5. Since RC freezes AI after they request pushback in order to give them the pushback clearance, it could be designed to keep them at the gate by not unfreezing them until the lineup at the runway has diminished a bit. I think this is pretty close to the real procedure. The code for knowing how many aircraft are waiting takeoff exists already (RC tells you for example, you're #3 for takeoff) so it seems possible to check that before issuing pushback or taxi clearances.Thanks again for a great program.-Al

1) whenever the nav information changes (distance, bearing to the next checkpoint) it is redisplayed2) that would look pretty strange, i think.

Rather than clicking the mouse to close the RC menu window you can set a hot key in FSUIPC.INI. When editing be sure you make a backup first.AdvDisplayHotKey=88,10 added to the General section of FSUIPC will close and open the window with CTRL-x. This will not keep the window closed but should be more convenient possibly than the mouse. I use it to close the window for taxiing on smaller aircraft with a restricted view.WhiteMessages=Yes will change the menu window text color to white instead of red.