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Thanks Onur, I'll do that.Thanks for your efforts.Tim

Thanks Onur,Yes the other TF livery I have in the PMDG section is the 737-800 and I've had no problems with that one.Tim

I wonder if anyone can help me here. It isn't a problem I usually have with re-paints but I'm sure I must be doing something wrong. I've downloaded the Thomsonfly 737-700 repaint but am having no luck at all in getting it to appear in FS2004 I am guessing it has something to do with the cfg. file (though I've changed the number to '6' in the readme add to cfg file). I've put the main repaint folder in the PMDG 737-700 a/c folder, so if anyone can suggest what I might have done wrong I'd be really grateful!ThanksTim

Thanks, but got the new key and it had no effect.I'm not running Vista, just an nVidia Geforce 6200. Don't know why it won't respond. It has worked on this PC before, just after the re-install it doesn't want to know!Tim

Hi, I wonder if anyone can help?I've had RC for a while now but not been able to use it for some time. I had a computer crash and had to reinstall everything, but when I receive my key and paste it in nothing happens. RC just disappears, and when I start FS I have adv disp but no text there at all. Am I ding something wrong or is there something else I need to do?ThanksTim

Same here. Is there a problem with PMDG?

Hah!If I ever found myself in that situation then for obvious reasons I and everyone else on the 'plane would probably be going to die anyway, so what the #### ... I'd give it a go 'cos there'd be nothing to lose ...

Hi Phil,You don't have to program the FMC, but I think Pat's point is that flying it with the FMC is how it is meant to be flown and is flown in the real world. For example if you program the FMC with all the right input, e.g weights etc. the a/p should fly it no problem. But with no input then it will try to fly it according to its directed (dialled) inputs, but if its too heavy etc. it can't over-ride the laws of physics!Tim

Hi Phil,Didn't realise this had been moved. What are you flying this on? Is it a laptop or a PC. Are you using the keyboard for all these commands? I use the mouse for everything apart from TOGA, & A/P and A/T disconnects on landing.The 6,000 thing doesn't really matter. It's just a transition altitude insert. Tim

Right Phil;1. select aircraft, fuel, make note of fuel and zero fuel wieight.2. At gate, engines on.3 FMC pos ident. scratch EGKK click LSK 2L.4 click route.5. LSK 1L EGKK LSK 1R EGCC click on route request. click activate click 'exec' button click perf init6. scratch 99.0 click zfw. 3.0 click reserve 30 click cost index 200 click LSK 1R 6000 click LSK 6R click 'exec' button click N1 Limit7 N1 Limit (leave and just click Take-off)8 Take-off - Enter Vspeeds (for gw of 118.9) v1 137 vr 139 v2 1499.Click CLB button click max rate click 'exec' button10. Click CRZ button click 'econ' click 'exec' button.11. Check altitude dialled to initial clearance level and speed at v2 + 10 (160 'cos I rounded it up!)12. Check F/D and A/T on.13 Trundle to runway. Set flaps to 5 and autobrake to RTO14. Line-up.15. Push TOGA - hurtle down runway take off as normal.16 At 'positive' retract gear At 1000' clean up.17 when ready click 'CMD' check all lights on.I've not bothered with the lights or SIDS and STARS- this was a test flight!!! Good LuckTim

Phil,I'm going to do EGKK-EGCC at CRZ 20000.- It's nice and short!I'll let you know the steps as soon as I've done it.Tim

Now this is interesting. I've just done a quick nip around Seattle to 5000'then 7000' with just the a/p engaged, no lights. But as Martin said the alt hold was working even though I hadn't manually engaged it.Wonder why it dived the first time? However the rapid climb still occurs if you are at your required speed then need to climb to a higher level.I know this program still has bugs e.g sometimes, very occasionally, N1 drop off on finals - I wonder if this could be another?I'm nipping over to the feelthere forums to take a look!Tim

Phil, great! So 2 questions.1) Did the a/p get you to and keep you at your set altitude?2) How steep is steep?The reason I ask is that if the plane is at its dialled speed and needs to climb it will seek to maintain the best rate/angle of climb. So for example if you've dialled in 250kts, when it gets to that speed it might start to climb at a rate as high as 4k feet per minute - but not for long because what would then happen as its angle of climb increased is that its IAS would decrease. It would then pitch down to increase IAS and go up again when it reached target speed. It's a safety thing ... low IAS = slow down = stall = BUMP! It is actually re-trimming itself to climb as quickly as possible within the limitations of thrust, speed and the lift that is being generated, continually balancing speed and climb angle.So quite possibly it behaved exactly as it should have done.We're getting there!Tim

Ahaa!! I can feel success looming!! If you can change heading with the heading dial and the A/T is working fine, then it sounds like the problem is solely with the altitude control and not the A/P per seWhen you've finished 'screenshotting' try it agin focussing on the 'CMD - ALT' sequence - in that order!CheersTim

Phil & MartinJust tried it on mine. It happened (the dive!!) as on Phil's plane, BUT only when the altitude hold button wasn't clicked AFTER CMD mode was clicked.I had the speed light on, heading light on, but the altitude light had to be 'manually' clicked.If you're still struggling Phil, try it again making sure after engaging A/P that you count 4 green lights - CMD, ALT, HDG, & A/T and if one of them's missing, click it to bring it on.As a matter of interest can you change heading with the heading dial?Tim