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Kyle - I have good news to report. Both instruments are working. I am ashamed to say that I do not know why they are now working as I feel I have followed the same procedure as I have done for the past few days. I will keep testing to see if I can repeat this situation at all and I will report back if that is the case. For now, thank you very much for your help and I apologies for any time wasted on your part.

Hi Kyle - From memory, the Battery is on 'Plane Battery' and the Bat/GPU is 'Off'. I am just home from work just now and so will do some further testing this evening and keep you appraised as to how I get on. I will also go through various AFE scenarios and see what they produce. Again, I appreciate your help with this and hopefully my incompetence can be resolved soon!!!

Many thanks Kyle - I greatly appreciate your help with this. I truly believe that I am doing something wrong as the ready for taxi situation correctly shows that the instruments are working. The perfectionist in my is just niggling away trying to find out what I am doing wrong. I did read tutorial two but didn't find anything to help. I think the issue may be because the AFE is perhaps doing something that when replicated in cold and dark is not producing the same results. The compare and contrast I did as well makes it even more frustrating because all the switches in the OHP are in the same position with all inverters up and the gens on. A final point to confirm, there are no failures active at that time. I will test again tonight and see what the results produce. Again, I greatly appreciate your help.

Hi Kyle - Many thanks for your reply. As stated in my post, unfortunately this situation occurs with both the generators and invertors all on. In addition, I have used the AFE to help do a compare and contrast and there is no change in the positioning of these switches. From memory, as I am not at my PC just now, when starting with the cold and dark situation and using the AFE, the Gyro Compass and VOR Indicator still do not rotate as expected. To confirm, the only situation where the Gyro Compass and VOR Indicator do rotate is if I select Ready For Taxi. The AFE does not result in these instruments working when you commence from cold and dark. In addition, I have compared the Ready For Taxi situation to the one I end up with after following the POH and there is no difference. In both scenarios the three inverters are up (ON) and the four generators are ON. Tarakanbg - Yes. I have tried this but with no success. I have tried all three inverters up and then a combination of up and on standby. Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide. @CloudSurfer - You are specifically looking to see whether the numerical dial on the Gyro Compass (the one with the plane symbol in the bottom right) rotates when you do and whether the numerical dial on the VOR Indicator (bottom row in the middle with the two VOR needles) also rotates when you do. It would be interesting to see if you can replicate this in the cold and dark state without using AFE, with using AFE and then by just selecting ready for taxi. From my testing, only the ready for taxi situation works. Even using the AFE and different positions for the inverters. Let me know your results and I'll test again tonight. Thanks

Hi I wonder if someone will be kind enough to help me identify the error of my ways when I attempt to do a startup from the cold and dark situation that is available in the Ramp Manager. To summarise, after positioning the DC-6 at any airport, I select cold and dark to reset everything and then follow the procedures set out in the POH as part of the Recommended Operating Procedures. After successful startup, the engines are running, the generators are on and the three inverters on the overhead panel are in the up position, however the Gyro Compass and VOR Indicator (instrument numbers 268 and 270 in the POH) do not appear to be working as expected. When I move away from the gate or rotate the DC-6 in any direction, the VOR needles will move towards the VOR however the numerical dial on both the Gryo Compass and the VOR Indicator will not rotate. All circuit breakers are in the up position. Resetting the situation to cold and dark and repeating the above process produces the same results. The only situation where I can get both instruments to come on is if I select the saved state mode, 'Ready for Taxi' and therefore I believe there is something I must be doing wrong or forgetting to do as the instruments clearly work when the above mode is selected. Any help to resolve this from the cold and dark situation would be greatly appreciated. I have read the POH a number of times and understand the circuit diagrams that show how these instruments operate but for some reason the Inverter just isn't turning on the instruments as expected. I have to compliment PMDG on what is a tremendous product! Thanks in advance

From Orbx (John Venema) - http://orbxsystems.c...?topic=30725.30"I think you guys read too much between the lines LOL!It will just be a joint marketing initiative whereby PMDG use Next Generation scenery and airports as a setting for their Next Generation aircraft, if you get my meaning We'll leave the development of complex airliners to the best in the business, that's not our game, LOL!"Not such a big deal after all.

Use this:http://rfinder.asalink.net/free/Just enter the departure and arrival airports ICAO and it will tell you all you need to know about your route. (Or you can just use the built in flight planner in FSX)Neil

Really!! That would be incredible if that was the case - that is the true essence of simulation in my opinion.

Hey guys - have a look at this: Looks like X-plane may be starting to catch up in terms of visual models.I was wondering what the guys at PMDG and the PMDG supporters (myself included) think about the features on this plane. My favourites have to be: 1) The dimming lights and the quality of the lighting in general2) The quality of the displays and monitors and the way they interact with the light3) The quality of the 3d objects - everything looks so crisp and sharp in that cockpitThe co-pilot is a nice feature as well!!Would be interesting to hear what you think and PMDG's opinion on how they think this will compare to the forthcoming 737NGCheersNeil Riddell

Sounds interesting - where can i get a hold Manual to have a look through?ThanksNeil Riddell

Hey GuysAs far as I am aware the combination of DX10 and full window mode causes Tooltips to not work. I think this is a FSX issue with Tooltips not working within the default aircraft either when in full screen with DX10.Hope this helps!

Hey guys - this has actually already been done on the Lotus Simulations L-39 Albatros: See from 1:18 onwardsEDIT: I recommend watching from 3:55 onwards as wellThis is another tremendous aircraft if, like the JS41, you want FSX and your realism experience to go that little bit further!!!Enjoy!Neil Riddell

Hey guys just some advice - I use Simroutes for the majority of my flight planning and it usually stips out a good plan. Trying to generate a route from London Heathrow (EGLL) to to JFK (KJFK) and it is suggesting that I take 6000 nm trip to get there!!!Here is the route it suggestsEGLL SID SAM UN621 MARUK UM195 LORKU UN866 BRICK UN728 TFN UH200 GDV UN873 IPERA UW43 SVT UW46 KENOX UN741 DIGUN UL435 BUTUX L435 FIVZE L375 ILOGA L435 ARUVO L375 MEGGG L456 NOSID L457 OKONU L454 WEBBB B24 SIE STAR KJFKAny idea why this is the case and if anybody could give me an alternate route that would be fantastic!ThanksNeil Riddell

Same problem - no FSUIPC, pedals do not move when using rudder control on joystick and rudder only twitches ocassionallyNeil Riddell

Oooooo - exciting times. The link to the J41 has been removed from the Products > FSX menu - must be updating the pages to add the download to the website!!