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Just search clicking noise in the forum, you will find lots of posts. Its not the battery that you are hearing. Its the sound of the vibrator on the backup HSI. I guess without this annoying noise (as it exists in the real bird) it would possible stick.

The NG's controls aren't "smart". They may be hydraulically powered but the link to pilot control movement is direct and more or less linear, regardless of airspeed.

You are correct that the controls move the same. The 737 is one of the few jets remaining which have redundant cable controls. However,"feel" is a different story. Ailerons and elevators are augmented by the Aileron Feel, Elevator Control Computer, and Centering unit computers. These change the force needed to be applied to the control column based on the speed of the aircraft. Further, roll is not linear as you think it would be because of the, "Spoiler Mixer". The Spoilerons are controlled hydralically and dependant on control wheel movement in ratio with the ailerons based on speed.

The "Feel" of the jet is very much based on flight peramiters. This is built in for safety. Without such assists you could apply full control surface diflection without much effort at cruise and cause damage resulting in a crash.

The J41 will get stiffer as it accelerates as well. However, this is caused by aerodynamic forces at speed.

Yes, you can add airports to the database. You have to edit the navigation file in the PMDG folder.

Are you using AS2012? If so, I know that the Beta that I am using has a strange issue. Out of nowhere during cruise, the outside temp will spike from -50 to -60 up to 35. Its like hitting a brick wall. There is a new beta thats supposed to fix it, but I haven't downloaded it yet.

Wow Bob, and a chick too. Don't expect help for your pirated product.

Check out the Coolsky DC9. They have an EPR that works properly. If you don't monitor the EPR as you climb, it will cook the engines.

In theory it should be. in real life, J41 has cable operated control surfaces. Therefore, regardless of speed, the control surfaces always move in direct relation to the movement of the yoke. Plus as it is smaller, it is naturally more nimble. Meanwhile, the NG operate with hydralic control surfaces. These surfaces are smart and have different degrees of movement based on flight speed. At low speed, the NG is much more responsive than at cruise speed in order to prevent damage to the airframe or control surfaces.

If on final, and you get a Go Around condition, your proceedure varries some depending on how much automation you are using. First lets assume full auto approach.

Step 1 is to hit the TO/GA button. This will tell the navigation and the auto-pilot system to abort approach and go missed. Throttles will automatically advance to max N1/EPR for TOGA mode.

Step 2: Set up AC to follow missed approach proceedures (easier with two pilots then one) raise flaps one notch, tune MCP to missed approach altitude (should already be there on approach anyway). Declare, "Going Around" to ATC.

Step 1 and 2 should be done in about 5 seconds or less in real life.

Step 3 Set MCP to Missed Approach speed as called for by each airports policies (this is why pilots brief before desent) and retract flaps at normal speed intervals.

Step 4: Most missed approaches involve several waypoints and then a hold around a VOR or waypoint. Once enroute or in the hold prepare the aircraft for subsequent approach and await ATC direction.

Now the steps are the same regardless of automation level, however, you may just have to do more work yourself such as tuning radios, advancing throttles, and obviously navigating. I love practicing missed approaches in bad weather at difficult airports. Hop in the NGX and go missed with zero visibility at Tagucigalpa (MHTG) and it will literally give you white knuckles. As in real life, the most important step, I didn't list. FLY THE PLANE FIRST!

I have the Captain Sim installed in the VC. The captain sim guage comes in two parts, the screen and the bezel. This is good because PMDG was kind enough to punch a hole on the VC to allow for a guage to go there. You can put the CS screen where the existing weather radar screen is. You will also have to have a popup window guage that has both the screen and bezel, which CS will install for you, in order to control the radar.

I think I remember replying to this once before and the topic was deleted. :wacko: It may be because you didn't use your full name in your signature.

Is FSX installed in the "Program Files x86" folder? If so, install it elsewhere.

Hmmm, I haven't ever adjusted the sensitivity of my yoke in between ACs. The feel of the J41 is unfortunately very dependant on your stick and what you like. If you have FSUIPC, I would program the axis' through that instead of FS. That way you can set up AC specific settings.

Try using the Direct To button. It is on the left side of the FMC and looks like an upper case "D" with an arrow through it.

This sounds like a registry issue to me. The MD-11 installer should by default search for the install location of the MD-11. Also it shouldn't ever be deleting a texture folder. Livery installation should only install a new folder in the MD-11 folder in the /simobjects/airplanes and also modify the aircraft.cfg to add the new paint.

There are a couple of things that commonly cause random errors:

1. Hacked un-licensed product (may not be you, but others read this forum also)

2. You do not have administrative rights to the FSX install folder or Windows, thus some of the installers instructions are getting blocked.

3. You have a damaged FSX installation or config files.

The best way to fix problem 2 & 3 and ensure that you don't run into these issues later is to uninstall FSX, ensure you have administrative rights, re-install FSX in a location that IS NOT in the "Program Files" folder. Windows puts a lot more protection on the Program Files folder that can cause problems.

The problem that you are running into is that you are now flying a three engine craft. Default FSX only knows how to slave all engines to throttle 1 or each engine to its own throttle. There is a solution however. A registered version of FSUIPC will allow you to slave engines 1 and 2 to throttle 1 and engine three to throttle 2.

Try updating your display driver. You can also try minimizing FSX when using the load manager.

Does that mean you fixed it?

When you select the MD-11, is it loading the Nav database? This should happen immediately after selecting the aircrafting and clicking OK.

This is FSPass. Its the copilot trying to help you. Fore example, if you pressed B and then 2992 it would set the barometer to 29.92. You can change what key FSPassengers uses for this or simply disable FSPassengers hotkeys.

Make sure your DPI settings in windows is set to 100% and not any larger. Right click on the desktop, select personalize. On the lower left there will be a clickable text saying display. You should see three radio buttons. Make sure the one that says 100% is selected.

Use FSUIPC and let it control your AXIS.

There are few items which are greyed out in the FMC unless specific flight perameters prohibit them. I would also be interested to know if this is possible.

Well, we will probably need some more info. Is this just an animation issue or does it affect flight. When looking at the control surface state in the VC, does it show the left spoilers deployed?

There is not state of hydraullic settings that I can think of which would allow for this configuration.

Are you running aftermarket sceneries? My experience is that these days with modern systems FSX chokes on scenery more than it does on ACs

From the resolution of your screen shot it is hard to tell what lateral mode your plane is using. If you could post a picture in map mode it might help. Then we could see if your user defined waypoint is even showing up as an active leg.

They need to be deleted from the PMDG flight plan folder. There is no way to do it from inside the aircraft.