Well, still haven't managed to take off the JS completely from Dark & Cold because the engines flame out either right at startup or at the moment I advance the throttle to begin taxi. Until there no joy.

 

If on the other hand I just start my simulation with engine running I have no flame out problems, just configure the rest and I can start taxiing and take off, go through cruise...

 

But then... either earlier in the simulation I get problems with random flickering of parts of the screen (only with the JS41) or sometime during flight the simulator crashes. Apparently FSX doesn't like if you go around zooming/panning/clicking, if you do then the dreadful "waiting" cursor appears and it is GAME OVER. quite frustrating when it happens.

 

Other than that I love the aircraft.

 

 

Well, still haven't managed to take off the JS completely from Dark & Cold because the engines flame out either right at startup or at the moment I advance the throttle to begin taxi. Until there no joy.

 

You're probably not on the locks.  There's a pinned thread at the top of this forum all about it.  That or the tutorial flight.

have tried both, my pilot's tutorial has been read several times, it is annotated and color coded.The pinned topic is VERY helpful also but that hasn't gotten me out of the apron without smoke. :(

Have you check some of  the u tubes out  there on the js4100 start up procedure,  there are a few good ones out already, if not  get fscrew2 for it  than you will have no  troubles in starting  :0

Well, still haven't managed to take off the JS completely from Dark & Cold because the engines flame out either right at startup or at the moment I advance the throttle to begin taxi. Until there no joy.

 

If on the other hand I just start my simulation with engine running I have no flame out problems, just configure the rest and I can start taxiing and take off, go through cruise...

 

But then... either earlier in the simulation I get problems with random flickering of parts of the screen (only with the JS41) or sometime during flight the simulator crashes. Apparently FSX doesn't like if you go around zooming/panning/clicking, if you do then the dreadful "waiting" cursor appears and it is GAME OVER. quite frustrating when it happens.

 

Other than that I love the aircraft.

 

What are your system specs? DX10 mode? Any error message beside just FSX has stopped working?

No additional message, just the "busy" animation and then it crashes. Happens to me only with the PMDG.

 

My system specs:

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64

CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.40 GHz

RAM: 4GB

Mobo: AsRock Z77 Extreme

Sim: FSX SP2

Video: nVidia GeForce GTX-285

But then... either earlier in the simulation I get problems with random flickering of parts of the screen (only with the JS41) or sometime during flight the simulator crashes

 

This issue is covered at

http://viaintercity.com/forums/topic/1-faq-frequently-asked-questions-and-tips-for-bae-js4100/ :

If you experience a flickering screen or other odd visual artifacts, this is caused by your graphics card not supporting the ice visualization technology utilized in the virtual cockpit.

• Open the PMDG Jetstream 41 Configuration Manager and select Virtual Cockpit Model Options to Medium or Low. Unfortunately, this fix disables visual icing effects from within the virtual cockpit; pilots will need to switch to external views to check for ice accumulation on the airframe.

My video card does support DX10 (which I have disabled BTW). I don't think my flickering is related to that as I was able to experience live windshield icing (impressive) during flight without flickering as well as deicing of the windshield without flickering.

 

Usually the flickering starts after some keystroke sequence (random I guess) or for example if the simulation restarted. It isn't really flickering of the whole screen but more like geometrical shapes that re drawn and that flicker, these shapes change but the shape flickers while the rest of the screen updates normally without flickering.