Hello, a quick question, when flying at altitude level flight, a wind shift happens (slowly due to fsucip, sorry about the spelling) and sometimes the aircraft will not speed up until it drops to the red on the speed strip but then it starts to speed up again back to .85 mach. I find this a wierd behavior and don't know why it does it or how to prevent it. Any help would be great, thanksRyan Gann

Hello, a quick question, when flying at altitude level flight, a wind shift happens (slowly due to fsucip, sorry about the spelling) and sometimes the aircraft will not speed up until it drops to the red on the speed strip but then it starts to speed up again back to .85 mach. I find this a wierd behavior and don't know why it does it or how to prevent it. Any help would be great, thanksRyan Gann

This is a problem related to FS in general...This beheavior is common when you use IVAO or VATSIM client for winds...I experienced this with every aircraft in my hangars...the only way to smooth the wind changes is a licensed version of FSUIPC...Cheers,

Thanks for the reply, Yea I went out and purchased that as well a while ago and have been using it. That solved the drastic quick changeing wind shift, but this is a much slower speed reduction. I can sit here and watch my speed slow down from .84 all the way to something like .76, not sure of the exact second number, just shy of the red line, over a :30 - 1:00 span of time. I keep telling my throttles to increase power (like I have a voice controlled computer) and nothing happens until I get into the red. Not sure if anybody else is seeing this or not, or if there is even a solution.

Thanks for the reply, Yea I went out and purchased that as well a while ago and have been using it. That solved the drastic quick changeing wind shift, but this is a much slower speed reduction. I can sit here and watch my speed slow down from .84 all the way to something like .76, not sure of the exact second number, just shy of the red line, over a :30 - 1:00 span of time. I keep telling my throttles to increase power (like I have a voice controlled computer) and nothing happens until I get into the red. Not sure if anybody else is seeing this or not, or if there is even a solution.

I experience it everytime i fliy with real weather and winds aloft in cruise...it's an FS related problem, you can smooth it using FSUIPC, but i think there isn't a real solution...Cheers,

Hi Texas Hood,I had the same problem, which i found to be caused by flying with "real world weather" enabled. What caused the problem was when the weather in FSX updated after the usual 15minutes. This would cause a sudden change of wind direction, sometimes as much as 180 degrees and huge changes in wind speed. The MD11 autopilot would try to compensate, but real weather doesn't change as suddenly as FSX weather and the autopilot would end up overspeeding, resulting in the effects you mentioned. I cured this by flying with "static real world weather" selected when i set up the flight. Problem solved.hope this helps some.Dave Phillips