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Hi Brian, I try to stay on track as it seems many threads aren't exactly hijacked but seem to go off on tangents. As I know very little about helicopters or how closely they're emulated in FSX I'm afraid I can't be of much help with that. I did check a bit and noticed that there seems to be some governor affecting the rpm. By changing what is normally my prop pitch I could get the rpm in the middle of the green. The manifold pressure was far from stable and jumped around what seemed to be an excessive amount. I don't have my fps displayed but this aircraft seems to take a real hit on a smooth display. I strongly suspect that there is a correlation between the visual performance hit and the gauge operation. I switched to the default Robinson and made no other system changes and everything was very smooth. I did refer to the Flying Club X Members Handbook which contains a tutorial for the 300 that seems to address some control issues. A magnifying glass will be helpful but it seems to reference some issues with the performance impact and the rpm control. Jim

Hi Brian, It occurred to me that the 300CBi is included in the Just Flight Flying Club Collection which I have. I recently re-installed FSX but not the Collection. I installed it and checked for problems with the 300CBi but all looks well. Upon beginning the install I saw a reference to "Macrovision" which most likely indicates some type of copy protection but I could try to zip up the aircraft and send it to you. I'm not 100% sure that just viewing the heli in spot view and seeing problems with the clouds was the problem you were having so if not let me know and I'll try to duplicate what you were seeing. Jim F.

Hi, Just out of curiosity I looked at the Just Flight website and came across this on the Flying Club Schweizer 300CBi page: Note: All the aircraft in the Flying Club range have now been fully updated to the latest Flight Simulator X SP2 and DX10 preview specifications. Existing ownsers can get details of how to update their aircraft from the Support section on this website. It seems likely that this will correct the problem.

Hi Brian, It's my understanding that the priority of entries in the scenery library is only used to determine which scenery takes precedence in any particular area. What the Propellers section is doing in there, with its references to Cessna 182s and Sopwiths, seems odd. The only thing that makes any sense to me is if there was an aircraft used as a scenery object you wouldn't want its prop to be displayed incorrectly with regard to the other scenery objects. I don't think it's very difficult for the developer to make the changes. Jim F.

Hi franko I suspect something left over from your previous install. I'm not familiar with Revo Pro so I'll just tell you what I do. I use the IObit Uninstaller. I have the freeware version of Advanced SystemCare and the Uninstaller is included with it. During all phases of uninstall, whether through Control Panel or using IObit it checks for leftover files and asks if you'd like to delete them. I'm always surprised at the amount of stuff that is generally found. Here's the cheatsheet I use: Uninstall Programs and Features - All FSX related until clean Delete - C:\FS\Microsoft Flight Simulator X - C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX - C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\FSX - C:\Users\username\My Documents\Flight Simulator X Files General Cleaning Check - C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\FSX - C:\Users\All Users\Microsoft\FSX - C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Pictures\Flight Simulator X Files - C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX - C:\Users\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\FSX - C:\Users\username\My Documents\Flight Simulator X Files - C:\FS\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\ Jim F.

Hi Chris, I completely forgot about that. Hope I didn't make any unnecessary work for anyone. I used it one time in trying to reset just my joystick commands and discovered that all commands were reset. Jim F.

Hi Brian, Your latest clarification seems in exact accordance with my understanding of your initial post. It sounds like a scenery priority problem. If the helo is an addon I suggest seeing if the problem is present with one of the default helicopters. Unfortunately, if the problem is with the default there's no easy fix. If the problem is unique to the addon I suggest contacting the developer. Some legal crap here; it seems that fixing the problem would require some reverse engineering and unless you did it yourself the info on how to correct it couldn't be shared. I am assuming you only have the default weather. I'm confused by the third sentence in your initial post. My guess is that it was a rhetorical question to which you neglected to add the question mark. Jim F.

Hi, I'm not sure but it may be possible to delete the active Standard.xml down there in the Appdata section and letting FSX rebuild it. There is a template Standard.xml in the main FSX folder which is likely used to restore the controls to the default. I do not know if this template was updated to reflect the default Acceleration controls but it seems likely. Jim F.

Hi Vic, I wasn't sure I understood his post but when he referred to his view from the spot plane I was assuming he meant spot view. I don't ever recall seeing clouds ever obscuring an aircraft in spot view. I tried to make it as clear as possible that this was just a consideration and provide help in identifying where the fault lay if this was the case. Jim F..

Hi BDL, I'm not certain that I understand your post but if a cloud that should appear behind the helo in the simulation appears in front of it that would indicate a priority problem. If the problem is with all of the default aircraft that would indicate a scenery problem; if only certain aircraft, a problem with the aircraft. Jim F.

Hi again, Glad to hear it's working now. As this topic is likely to arise again let me ask you when you refer to the "9.1 version" are you referring to the update? And, if so, was anything else required to get things to work? Jim

Hi again, I just Googled FS9 NoCD and the patch is readily available. Before installing it I found that the problem is related to a recent Windows update. There was some further info regarding the problem but I didn't bother looking into it further once I realized I wasn't alone in having the problem. Jim

Hi Bud, If I understand you correctly it seems that everything should be okay. I am assuming that the OS will be on yet another new drive, replacing the failed one. I recently installed FS9 and have Win 7 Pro 64 bit. I had to use the NoCD option to even get FS9 to start. Everything seems to be working properly now. Jim F

Hi Richard, I don't have anything definitive but I had a thought when I read this: "This has been running well for a long time with my FS9 but for some unknown reason now my scenery has lost all realistic detail appears a little to bright and most upsetting is the ad-on scenery just looks so unrealistic like a cartoon with buildings looking more like blocks totally different for what are quite expensive mega airports from aerosoft/Flytampa etc I had my system initialized and was told my drivers and graphic card were okay, but i'm really confused what I need to amend to restore the scenery textures to their initial downloaded state." Perhaps the monitor settings were somehow changed. I haven't thoroughly read the posts but didn't see this mentioned. Jim F.

Thank you,David. It's very nice of them and you. Jim F.