dhenriques

Flying is ok. Just driving me nuts (that's a short drive these days 🙂 trying to nail it down. Just hoping somebody else has noticed it. In the past with other add ons this noise was usually an over aggressive electric fuel pump loop stuck in by a developer to make sure you knew the pump was working, but this one has me stumped. I'm fairly sure someone will nail it down and I'll discover I missed something that should have been obvious. Thanks for the reply. DH

Hi; You might think after flying these planes for years in real life I could find an errant sound in the cockpit.................BUT !!!!!!! LOL I could use some help; Sitting cold on the ramp, if I hit the main battery switch I'm getting "something" running. I've checked everything I can think of. It's not an aux fuel pump, not a beacon running, I don't believe it's a gyro runup. I DO have a windshield light on the CWP showing but checking the switch panel I can't find anything that is ON. Turning the battery switch off the sound of course stops, so something on the plane is running..........but WHAT???????????? Anyone have ANY idea what this sound might be? DH

Thank you. I think I'll get the TDS 750.

On the 414, I've installed the free add on 750. Does the free 750, with a flight plan installed slave the HSI or do you need the payware 750 to get a coupled slaved HSI with horizontal navigation capability..........or am I missing a switch somewhere on the panel to slave the HSI? Thanks much, appreciate the help. DH

Thank you for the reply and data. I will try the workaround as suggested. This issue just might be related to another one that seems to be similar. Using the Garmin 750 set up for a VFR flight plan the aircraft icon only lies on the TC magenta line at a 5nm range. Anything further out either takes the icon off the line or the line away from the aircraft icon. As long as you leave the range set at 5nm or less you get mating between the icon and the course line. Like you I hope Microsoft gets it together on these things because the sim itself has tremendous potential. What you have done with the 414 proves that a superior dev team can work with the SDK and come up with a excellent flight model. I'm getting accurate depth of fidelity for example on takeoff as concerns lateral control that replicates closely the weight and inertia I'd be expecting from a 414 at normal GW and cg. VERY good job by your team on things like this. I'll look for the next update on the 414 as I know you're aware of the issues and doing the best you can. The rest is up to Microsoft. Dudley Henriques

Sound advice. I'll wait.

Yes. I have v2.9.0. Unbelievably good job by Flysimware. The I Pad issue seemed to be intermittent. I had flown for a while testing a Garmin issue which I solved and had brought up the pad several times and returned it to the pocket with no issues. Then all of a sudden it wouldn't close. It was interesting that the cursor showed a hand and not an arrow when this happened. I suspected it might be a local issue with the mouse. I use a Logitech wireless so I checked the batteries. They were ok. Also the arrow cursor showed elsewhere on the panel just not changing on the EFB camera clickspot. Then it sorted itself out and the arrow showed and the pad closed normally. I still think it might be a local issue with the mouse but there is of course the other poster here on the forum with the issue. It was that post that prompted me to post as I came here looking to see if anyone else had the issue and someone did. Hopefully a solution will come up somewhere. I'm monitoring this thread just in case. And thank you BTW, for the reply. DH Dudley Henriques

I had the same issue tonight. With the EFB open and on the mount I tried to close the EFB by clicking the click spot on the top as always but this time the cursor showed a hand and didn't change to an arrow and the EFB wouldn't close. I thought it might be a mouse issue but all was normal elsewhere on the panel click spots. Eventually it did work correctly and the cursor changed to an arrow, it clicked the spot and the EFB closed. Note this has not happened before and I've had the 414 for a while now. A wonderful job all around by the Flysimware team on this plane. Dudley Henriques Chief Pilot for A2A Simulations

Just got the plane tonight. Still learning where the menus and click spots are. Thank you.

When clicking on a preflight checklist location I am sent to that location with a full screen. But there doesn't seem to be a way to click and return to the checklist page on the pad? Am I just missing a clickspot? Thanks DH

My starts have all been as yours; from the end of the runway with the engines running. By "cycling the switch" if you mean the alternator switches (there are two) I have done that as well as the reset switch. Nothing seems to help. On each flight after the aircraft is in the air for at least 30 minutes I first get a discharge warning light then after a few more minutes I get a total failure and lose all avionics. Hope this data helps you. DH

Only with the 337. All others are normal. I believe the alternators are not charging properly but can't be sure. First I get the warning light then the failure. You need a fairly long flight with panel lights and avionics on to get the issue; preferably a night flight. Takes about 30 or more minutes for it to happen. If you want to replicate my flight it was starting at dusk from Pittsburg Intn'l to KILG in Delaware. It's about an hour flight. The issue happens about 45 minutes into the flight. DH

I am having the same identical issue that you are having. After a night flight of 30 to 45 minutes I am getting a warning light followed by total electrical failure........no radios etc. Both alternators are ON Battery Switch is ON Testing alternators to OFF, Ammeter shows correct discharge. Comes back as alternators are returned to ON Tried the reset switch for the alternators. No joy there. If you learn anything about this issue please let me know. I have a ticket in with Carenado. No answer as yet. I will advise you if they find something. Dudley Henriques Microsoft MVP 2006-2007 Flight Simulator

Thanks everybody who responded to this. DH

(Site in subject should read Saitek of course. Hate spell checkers ! :-))) Saitek Trim Wheel/ Windows 7/64 system/Driver is recognizing trim wheel on every boot. Background on this; Connected to USB 2.0 port directly into a Jetline dedicated FSX system with all updating working perfectly. Used latest Saitek driver from their website. Installed driver exactly as directed by Mad Katz. Wheel shows working perfectly both in Windows and in FSX. Not using FSUIPC. All FSX settings for the wheel show perfectly. All default axis and button assignments deleted. Only Trim axis for elevator assigned for wheel. No conflicts with other controllers. All checked and deleted where needed. Have reinstalled driver several times same result. USB port is on line and working properly. Problem is that the wheel works perfectly but has to be rotated each time a new boot is performed on the system. Takes only a few inches of wheel movement to get Windows to recognize it but that has to be done. Once done the wheel works perfectly in FSX. Tried every suggestion by Mad Katz support but same result. The Saitek driver simply will not make a permanent link with the trim wheel. Any suggestions? I'd really like to solve this if anyone has dealt with this exact issue and solved it. Much appreciated. Dudley Henriques