Hi Gang,I recently upgraded to version 3.01 and am really enjoying the program. I have a question about the altitude steps... ATC issues climbs to 12,000, 15,000, 230, 290, etc... (climb rate 1800 fpm). Most times I find the next step doesn't come until I've just about leveled off from the previous step. Is this normal? Or maybe it's how I'm setting up waypoints? (Anywhere from 30 to 100 miles) Maybe I just haven't noticed, but as a passenger on most of my RW flights I didn't sense the climb, level off, climb type of ascents.Thanks for your help.Jim

i can't recall the last time i levelled off. but yes it happens. the controller informs me.they try not to let it happen, but it is a dynamic environment, things happenjd

Hi,I have this all the time. I climb very fast in the beginning with mostly about 3200ft/min to 2000ft/min until I reach FL100, than I climb with 2200 to 1600 untill I am at the planned flightlevel. That's with B733 and B737-700 what I fly both most.All the time I have to call center by myself to get permission to climb higher. Whenever I forget to ask I get busted 'cause center is 90% never there to notice my fast climb and give me early enough the next level. Because of my virtual passengers I keep climbing and so get busted. Because I about never experienced in real live this step-climbing in short-haul flights. Decents back down is all the same! I mostly am too fast down or what? I have configured RC to about 70% chatters, so there are less overlaps of chatter and waypoint overflights, so ATC sees that I passed a checkpoint. But descenting with 2200ft/min. when RC calls me to descent is toooo fast? When I tried with less, lets say 1600ft/min, I get too close but too high in airport 40nm range and get panic to get down to 10000 and 250kt. Doesnt RC calculates Weather and wind up there??? I have pax and cargo done by ACLoader 4 and so my plane reacts more realistic. So it may be easier to descent fast or it is more diffecult and such.