RipaJet

Thanks for the heads-up regarding DLYS! It apparently solves the issue however for the life of me I can't control the thrust with my Saitek Cyborg Evo. It goes straight into reverse then pops up to full power, then reverse again... I checked and removed the axis from FSUIPC as well as disabled the joystick from within FSX, every axis works apart from the erratic throttle behaviour. BTW I chose "THROTTLE_SET" as its assignment. Also I swapped the values in "Set low/center/high" to no avail. Any ideas?

Same here, now all of a sudden I have partial recognition by either FSuipc or FSX... Also DINPUT8.DLL didn't help one bit in my case, when using it the controls were dead right from the start. I have come across numerous issues with Win8 and at the same time haven't seen activity on MS's side to adress any of those, it's really disappointing, I had big hopes for W8...

Come on people enough with this usb power setting thing, it has been made pretty clear that this is not a usb power saving issue. It only comes back (most of the times) with random clicking between other windows etc.

Although I do not use a second monitor as Leclercq A. above, I have noticed that by changing the focus between open programs (minimizing, maximizing, clicking here and there) I usually manage to restore the joystick's functionality without doing anything in FS except checking now and then whether the sticks is responding or not. If not, I continue going through my open programs until I succeed. Not being able to restore it is a very rare occurence however if it doesn't work when I first start FS it never will. I am still trying to identify what of all this that I'm doing actually does the trick but no luck so far. For example yesterday after starting descending with the joystick dead I opened up windows explorer, went to the recycle bin and -what to do?- I emptied it! Back to FS and guess what, jostick active again. After turnaround during push-back I tried the recycle bin trick again, no luck whatsoever! Maybe it's random, who knows!

I've tried all of the solutions above but to no avail... Today my joystick disappeared within 1-2 from starting the sim. A power setting is out of the question I guess since I've even disabled the "selective suspend" setting. Compatibility mode and "run as administrator" options haven't helped either. Thanks to everyone for their suggesations though... I've seen other reports of this as well so I don't think my joystick is defective.

Unfortunately compatibility mode did not do the trick. I'm currently in cruise on my second leg of the day and my joystick is once again lost but only in FSX. Considering diverting to an ILS equipped airport for an autoland... :huh:

Same here! Flew Kos-Heraklion-Mykonos-Trondheim-Svalbard with the NGX in a single session (without closing the sim that is-not on the same day!) and during ILS approach at Svalbard I disconnected the A/P only to see that my joystick (Saitek Cyborg Evo) was not responding at all except for the hat switch to look around. Tried the key combination to activate/disactivate joystick in FSX, tried a different usb port, reinstalled drivers, changed all usb properties to not turn off the power... still nothnig. The PC sees the stick as usual, in the sim however it is not listed in the "controllers" menu. I saved the flight mid-air, quit the flight, checked the "Controls" menu again from the main (preflight) FSX menu and it was listed again. Loaded back my saved flight, guess what! Joystick missing again!! I am running WIN8 as well... Never saw that before in WIN7 btw...

Actually there is no need for special monitors, if you train your eyes you can see the 3d picture even on a screen as small as a smartphone. The trick is to relax your eyes let the pictures become blurred and let the two pictures come on top of the other until alligned. Once the do try to focus again but on the "new picture" created and you 'll be amazed! Come on guys hasn't anyone of you ever tried those 3D books with the hidden picture?!

It is a requirement that the seatbelts are unfastened, however few people really pay close attention to the announcements and most of them end up fastening them. Refuelling with pax on board is far more complex though, some airports do not even allow it, in others you may be required to have the fire brigade right next to the aircraft on stand by. I 've seen this at italian airports for instance. You may also spot italian airlines do that abroad. If steps or airbridge are in place the respective door(s) should be open, if no steps are in place at the aft doors at least one of them should be armed. The area outside all doors should be clear in case of a slide deployment. At least one pilot should be in the cockpit, cabin crew should be alert and ready to initiate an evacuation, if a stretcher is on board there must be a designated exit to be used in case of an evacuation and so on... Of course there could be some differences between each airline's, airport's and/or country's procedures but you get the picture...

Yes, they can be a threat to aviation safety sometimes but what can you do...

Is your cab/util switch on?

Arrived yesterday to Madeira LPMA from Keflavik BIKF but due to real world flight obligations today it will spend the day there. Tomorrow it's been scheduled for a return flight to Ponta Delgada LPPD in the Azores via Port Santo LPPS, chocks off @0800Z...

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It actually depends on what exactly it is that you want to do with it. For instance if what you are looking for is a way to check the progress of your flight and perform basic actions while away you can use a remote desktop app like LogMeIn. I used it the other day from the gym while my 738 was enroute to Bodo, Norway from Kos, Greece on a 5+ hour flight. Logged in from my iphone, I switched off the center fuel pumps, made a step climb to 40000ft and enabled the "pause at top of decent" option which I had forgotten to enable before leaving home just in case I wouldn't be there on time... While it can't provide you with a cdu interface it can be useful if you don't generally spend every minute of a long flight in front of the pc -or even at home! ;)

The question is would you take off with the packs on? It's common practice if not procedure to take off with the packs off and turn them back on when climb thrust kicks in.