Hello i recently purchsed the Flight1 ATR it all works except the pfd mfd and autopilot screens are just black what could be wrong?

Are you loading a default FS aircraft first?Al

yes the ultralight in the beginning.

What version of FSX, SP1, SP2, Acceleration? Also note that on Vista and Win 7 you need to be admin to get it to install properly.Al

I am admin and i am using windows 7 and i have both sp1 adn sp2 but i have not changed the default start point or aircraft.

hmm, I guess you'll have to check the Flight 1 forums, I have the ATR, but not on Windows 7Al

Hello i recently purchsed the Flight1 ATR it all works except the pfd mfd and autopilot screens are just black what could be wrong?

You have to adjust the brightness of them. When starting from cold & dark, they are dimmed all the way down. You will find the controls for this on the same panel as the NAV & V/L buttons. (Sorry not in front of my FSX PC).

Reading the manual for this aircraft is a good start. It's not one you can just jump in and fly.Make sure you have set the aircraft to your liking using the Configuration Manager for the ATR available in your Windows start menu.

I was wondering, what do people think overall of the F1 ATR in FSX? I do have it, but I'm reluctant to install FS9 ports because they tend to give me really bad FPS. The Leonardo Maddog is a good example of that. I only reinstalled it because I love that aircraft to bits, but otherwise I wouldn't have bothered. So how are your FPS with the F1 ATR, compared to, say, the LDS767, Maddog 2008 or PMDG 747?

I love it, but they never updated the virtual cockpit with proper night and day lighting.

I find it runs okay in FSX these days, at the time it was released it struggled a bit in FSX because it was a port, but the fact that computers have improved a lot since then kind of drags it along kicking and screaming toward a decent frame rate. It does a bit better than the Level D 767 on my system as far as frame rates go. Note that you'll need the rain fix for the windows.I can forgive it a lot (i.e.the dodgy props against clouds) because it is rather faithful to the real aircraft and I really like the real ATR-72, much prettier than all those ugly Dash Eight things, although I do wish Flight 1 would consider updating it or maybe doing an ATR-42. But it's a great plane for zipping over to not too distant destinations in Europe from the UK.Al

Hey guys has anyone heard anything about flight1 updating there atr like a v2?

Now that would be interesting. :(

Thanks for the prompt replies, guys, I'll install it and see what happens.

Hey guys has anyone heard anything about flight1 updating there atr like a v2?

Seems very unlikely since Hans Hartman is essentially out of FS...DJ