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There is a mistake in my original post- There are 25 knot gusts reported in Opus weather but no gusts in flight or reported in atis in sim.

In Prepar3d 1.4 the surface wind setting shows 10 gusting 25 after opus weather download but on awos in sim there are no gusts mentioned and no gusts felt in flight, nor are there any gusts mentioned in Opus weather reports. Does anyone have similar problem or solution. Thanks, Eric

I have not had time to fly any but maybe I can get in some time tonight. Also, if you Google "windows 7 core parking" there is a ton of info on what turns out to be an old topic. I never heard of core parking until a few days ago. I was sleepy last night searching this stuff and gave up but noticed one post that said Microsoft supposedly issued a fix also. Eric

i seem to have attracted some copyright warnings from avsim but I was trying to help by sharing something that I thought helped with the sim. If I stepped on any toes I apologize. I won't post anymore about this topic. i didn't realize sharing information could be such a problem eric

After the very complete storeytrain explanation of why the tweak doesn't work I will have to to do some more testing and report back. Whatever was happening after the tweak p3d ran better than it ever has through several flights. I'll try some more. Eric.

Thought I should post this in general forum also. I came across this fix for windows 7 microstutters because of parking of cores. prepar 3d 1.4 is now running so smooth that 30 fps looks as good as 60. It's amazing. I''ve lived with microstutters for years and now they're gone. This is a quick and easy fix. I'm running p3d in windowed mode because I hate atc in fullscreen, opusfsx cameras, nvidia inspector- triple buffering, vsync tear control-adaptive, vsync-3d app control. Also using the ForceWindowedVSync=1. This regedit seems to solve microstutters and increase stability and fps in general. definitely worth a try! i7 2600k @ 4.5 ghz, gtx 480 2gb http://ultimatecompu....php?f=7&t=3644 eric

I came across this fix for windows 7 microstutters because of parking of cores. prepar 3d 1.4 is now running so smooth that 30 fps looks as good as 60. It's amazing. I''ve lived with microstutters for years and now they're gone. This is a quick and easy fix. I'm running p3d in windowed mode because I hate atc in fullscreen, opusfsx cameras, nvidia inspector- triple buffering, vsync tear control-adaptive, vsync-3d app control. Also using the ForceWindowedVSync=1. This regedit seems to solve microstutters and increase stability and fps in general. definitely worth a try! http://ultimatecomputers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3644 eric

Thanks for quick reply. I'll try all suggestions and let you no how it works Site effects sound interesting. It will take me few days to figure out and get the feel of new settings. Eric

My questions: Is there a way of getting more variable turbulence with dhm and bump aircraft. I am getting either all or nothing in flight. And is there a way to get more dramatic up and down movement of aircraft. I fly RW cherokee 140 east of blue ridge mountains. On northwest wind days it can be throttle wide open to maintain altitude and then throttle all the way back trying to stay down and below maneuvering speed. The Opus turbulence as I have setup now already is the most challenging I've seen for prepar3d/fsx, I like it! With more dramatic thermals/air wave turbulence it would be RW challenging and spot on. I recently bought opusfsx and have the most recent upgrade. I'm still working on getting everything set up properly, but so far I'm loving the more real simulation of weather especially low overcast for IFR practice. I also got the live camera working and dhm and using prpepar3d v1.4 in windowed mode. It's great but takes some time to get settings right for your computer/sim. In a nutshell, I can set the view, eyepoint the way I want and keep it that way throughout the flight, fly IFR all the way without ducking behind panel for blind view because low overcast effect keeps me in the clouds. Amazing! Eric

Thanks for the info. It was the usb port. Switched to usb 2 and works perfectly with ch. I guess I will keep on using ch control manager. I am used to it and has served me well over the years. I believe the throttle quad is going to be a much appreciated piece of hardware. Eric

I've used ch yoke and pedals for years. Now have windows 7 and they still are going strong. I calibrate with ch control manager. Now I have ch throttle quad. It is recognized in windows and works there. When I re-install ch control manager the quad shows on the cm list but doesn't function at all in cm test calibrate, in windows, or fsx. I've tried ch cm rescan many times. If anybody knows how to make this work I am really anxious to try this thing out.Eric

I do have both service packs for the sartoga.

I do have sp1 adn sp2 for FSX. All other add-ons work: Carenado, Realair, A2A all control surfaces work viewed from inside VC,

I have advance animations checked. I realized yesterday that the stabilator moves when viewed externally, but when in VC it does not. Looking out at it from VC during take-off checklist is the only time I look at it. I have not modified the aircraft. The airplane flies well, everything else works great. I have several Carenado planes and this is the only one with a control surface problem. Thanks for replies so far.

I deleted the Saratoga from FSX, downloaded the file again from Carenado, and reinstalled in FSX. The problem still exists, the stabilator does not move. I guess it's a minor anoyance anyway, but the advertising says it moves, it really ought to move.Thanks for any solutions.