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thanks guys. Regards Roy

Hi I have Windows 7 on my C:/drive and my D drive is an SSD which has all my flight sim software. This is FSX, REX; ORBX Global; ORBX England, Scotland, Wales, & Ireland plus 10 airports. Add on aircraft are PMDG 737NGX + 600/700 expansion pack, A2A Cessna 172 & Carenado B58. Due to a system crash I have had to re-format the C:/ drive and re-install Windows 7. I know I have to re-install FSX, will I have to re-install ORBX and REX or could I copy them first to an external drive and then back into FSX ? Is it okay to format an SSD ? Regards Roy

Darren Would highly recommend the PMDG. It is as simple or as complex as you like. For example you can have it start with all engines running and ready for flight. Manually it flies really well, much better than default FS aircraft. The great thing with the PMDG 737NGX is that at the heart of the aircraft is an FMC which can be pre-programmed to fly to any 3D point in space - or you can switch the FMC off and it flies like a big Cessna 150. Keeping it simple, you would be in the air in 10 mins. If you learnt 2 new things each flight:- after 10 flights you would have a basic knowledge that would allow you to operate the aircraft anywhere in the world after 40 flights you would be competent after 100 flights you would be proficient but you never stop learning and that is why I like PMDG so much. Roy

Kyle Many thanks. I was using Google Chrome and should have remembered this issue on Chrome. Once I switched to IE it all worked perfectly. Thank you. Regards Roy Higgins :rolleyes:

Hi That makes sense. Thankyou. Regards Roy :rolleyes:

Hi I get the following error message whether trying to pay by credit card or email. Get the same message if I try to Login Roy Higgins RoyH This webpage is not available Hide details The webpage athttps://www.precisionmanuals.com/ProductCart/pc/onepagecheckout.asp might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address. Error code: ERR_CONNECTION_ABORTED

Hi I tried to purchase the 737NGX expansion pack but once the button is clicked to purchase, either via credit card or PayPal an error message occurs. Is the site temporarily down? RoyH

Hi I am using the HUD more and more for ngx flight. It works really well and makes accurate hand flying much easier. I have noticed that when flying in strong winds the FPV drifts left and right of centre. Does anyone know why this is? Is it because the aircraft is left or right of track? Any help would be much appreciated . Regards RoyH

Hi In the FMC front page select PMDG SETUP .... OPTIONS .....PERFORMANCE ... this allows you to disable first officer and enter fps you would like. Like all of FSX there are no hard and fast rules, you have to see what works for your set up. Reducing the fps to single figures makes little difference to flying but does increase system performance. I have mine set to 8 and it is smooth and allows instrument flying without limitations.Although many users prefer 12+ fps on the PFD. The 737NGX is hard on frame rates, much more so than their earlier 737 for FS2004. Reducing some of the data in the VC will help you get up to 30 fps.

I run an Intel i73770 over clocked to 4.6GHZ and had similar issues. Also run Win 7, REX and ORBX. 1. Try the following website to optimize config http://www.venetubo.com/fsx.html 2. You need to use something like Texture Max Load Editor from Frosty Software to keep FSX config settings. Otherwise they all change back to standard.!!! 3. I use Nvidia Inspector to set up the graphics. Key is vsync on and lock fps at 30. (with a 60Hz monitor this works well) 4. The FPS limiter does not work well in FSX - Set this to unlimited and use external program (i.e. Nvidia Inspector to lock frame rates 5. Turn off co-pilots instruments 6. Set refresh rate of instruments down to 8 -15 fps. Does not make much difference to flying. 7. Road traffic at 16% a per PMDG 8. Well worth reading the PMDG introduction again (setting up FSX). Need to stick to this. On my PC this pushed frame rates back up to 30 with only minor drops in heavy weather and busy airports.

Autopilot will only engage if the aircraft is in trim and flying more or less straight and level. Use PMDG options in FMC menu to disable realistic autopilot engagement..

Thanks for the tips. I will try next time it happens.

I have new PC with Windows 7 and have installed FSX; REX; ORBX; 737NGX. All works well with good fps. Last week I flew on VATSIM from EGKK to EGCC and return. Multiple air traffic controllers were online and all functioned correctly. Upon landing back at EGKK I switched from EGKK APP to EGKK GND as requested, but could not get voice contact with the ground controller. The radio was set to the correct frequency for ground control - but the voice channel stayed with EGKK APP. I operated the transfer button to switch the selected and standby frequencies several times - but the frequency did not switch. At the start of the flight I had selected EGKK GND and it had worked, Throughout the flight I changed the COMM frequency about 7 times. All worked okay. It was only returning to EGKK and selecting EGKK GND again that I had the problem. Any ideas much appreciated. RoyH

I have new PC with Windows 7 and have installed FSX; REX; ORBX; 737NGX. All works well with good fps. Last week I flew on VATSIM from EGKK to EGCC and return. Multiple air traffic controllers were online and all functioned correctly. Upon landing back at EGKK I switched from EGKK APP to EGKK GND as requested, but could not get voice contact with the ground controller. The radio was set to the correct frequency for ground control - but the voice channel stayed with EGKK APP. I operated the transfer button to switch the selected and standby frequencies several times - but the frequency did not switch. At the start of the flight I had selected EGKK GND and it had worked, Throughout the flight I changed the COMM frequency about 7 times. All worked okay. It was only returning to EGKK and selecting EGKK GND again that I had the problem. Any ideas much appreciated. RoyH

HiThe way around this is not to open the menu in full screen. Go into window mode, all drop downs work fine, and then back to full screen.I have the same problem using Vista 64RegardsRoy H