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Kabronicus, that is what I thought, too. But thank you, onebob, I see it now, though it is quite small and hard to see. JCH

Does anyone else have an RMI? Mine has been changed to an ADF needle only, no VOR needle for #2. :mad: JCH

These are the issues I have found so far: I find the ADF very difficult to use. I have to keep right and left clicking to change which part of the frequency to change. I also find the #2 NAV does not appear to drive the VOR needle in the RMI. I do get NAV 2 DME. Otherwise a great looking aircraft and flies very nicely, a good effort by Carenado. JCH

These are the ones I have found. FLC does not capture the current speed. For me, it seems to settle about 8-10 knots above the speed at which it was selected, and then does not respond to the VS/SPEED wheel. The bug should appear at the speed at which it was selected, and then respond to speed changes made with the VS/SPEED wheel. If I select TERRAIN on the MFD, then de-select TERRAIN on the MFD, TERRAIN remains. Then the MFD will have momentary switches between TERRAIN and no TERRAIN, and always returns to TERRAIN. The landing lights do not illuminate unless the gear is down. They should illuminate regardless. They do alternate, if selected, once illuminated. I finally discovered through trial and error the right click/left click trick for selecting 1,000 and 100 foot selections on the altitude select wheel. Not very intuitive and completely different than the last version. I will report on any others I find. JCH

Thanks for the kind words, Scott! At 85 MPH best glide, (1968 model, airspeed in MPH) we actually got much further than I thought we would, but the whole event from start to finish was about 2-2 1/2 minutes at best.(Though it SEEMED much longer!)The prop conitinued to windmill until impact, so it was scored and bent. I believe the practice, and having read a couple thousand accident reports over the years, made the difference in being able to keep calm. Thanks again, Chris

We still have our 182, but it doesn't carry nearly the weight of a 206. The jumpers who left the aircraft were all solo fun jumpers. The two who stayed were a tandem. The tandem master decided it was safer to stay than to jump so low with a passenger. This is also recommended in the BSR's (Basic Safety Recommendations) of the USPA. They strongly recommend not jumping a tandem below 2,000 AGL. Much to his credit, the yooung man who was the passenger decided if he could survive a crash landing, he could survive anything, and rescheduled his jump. As did five other 'civilians' who witnessed all this from the airtport. One told my manager, 'You guys obviously have your emergency procedures down, so we will be back.'

Thank you, CoolP. At 1,000 AGL shortly after takeoff, the #4 push rod end cap failed, punching a hole in the top of the engine. It was vibrating badly and I also worried about fire, so I shut it down and flew best glide to the ground. Here is a shot of the engine. JCH

Gemtlemen, On 1 April, I suffered an engine failure in a U206B owned by the parachute club I fly for, and had to land the aircraft in a farmer's field. All 6 jumpers and I escaped with no or only minor injuries. (Four jumped, 2 had to ride it in with me). I got a little banged up, but just bruises. Unfortunately I was uanble to prevent damage to the aircraft, and after inspecting it, the A&P for the club has deemed the aircraft a writeoff. Sadly, I will never fly her again in real life, so I would like to have it in flight sim. I am writing to ask if any of you talented painters would be willing to do a repaint of this aircraft (FS9 and FSX) for me? I have many good pictures of it from all angles. It would be much appreciated. Thnk you, JCH

Well,gents, I followed the directions in the link above, and it didn't work. Not only that, it corrupted my TM installation-the landing gear on the 'mouse disappeared! No matter what I did I couldn't find the problem and ending up deleting it from FSX. So I guess I wait for CS to release a cockpit.JC

Has anyone tried this? Just curious, they look like terrific models.JC

Thank you for the reply, Bert. I will check the settings in mine. JCH

Gentlemen,How do I get the RXP 430W installed and make it drive either the HSI or the VOR 2 head/needles? I haven't had any luck with that. I'd like to know how to make this work in the V35 (FSX)and the Saratoga and Seneca (FS9) as well.Thank you for any help.JCH

On Boeing aircraft, spoilers are used to augment roll control in flight. I'm not sure if it is the same arrangement for all Boeings, but from the 727 manual:'During the first ten degrees of control wheel movement, roll control is provided by ailerons only. After ten degrees, the flight spoilers on the down-wing side will rise an amount proportional to aileron movement.'Many types of aircarft have this feature, and if memory serves, the Mitsubishi MU-2 turboprop uses ONLY spoilers for roll control, as it employs full-length trailing edge flaps.JCH

Since I DID pay for it and can PROVE it, and FFS has left us holding the bag, I don't think it would be unethical for someone who has the FFS SAAB340 to send me the installer and their code so I could have it back, do you? Anyone help me out here? I'll pay for the CD and the shipping.My computer blew it's harddrive. We copied it EXACTLY onto a new HD, but my SAAB won't work. I unfortunately never noticed my receipt doesn't have the reg code on it, and somehow I missed backing up the installer. So I am SOL unless someone can help me out.JCH

Mr. Conklin:Thank you so much for your quick reply. I made some changes to my sensitivity settings, and all is well. I appreciate the help.Chris