I'm coming back into fsx after a break. The Config Manager seems to be stuck on 8i and 8f and will not reflect any changes after saving and re-opening. Animation is being investigated but so far no joy. No animations. Is this sounding like a total re-install?Jon

Seems to me the aircraft if working fine if you're able to fly it. The problem seems to be with the way its interacting with flight simulator. Have you tried Flight 1 Registry tool ? It should sort out any corrupt files trying to spoil the simulator. Check to see if advanced animations are enabled in FSX settings. Cheers,Karan