Scorpio47

The Hot Start Challenger 650 without any hesitation 😀

Yep, that is important in those big planes, they tend to get overheated quickly and collect some damage.... I´ll most certainly keep a watchful eye on those radials and keep them in good condition.... :smile: Best wishes, Juergen Vollmer

Hello Kyle... and again, you were very helpful. I have only done some cursory reading so far, and of course I missed the gust lock bit :wink: Found it now and all seems fine. Thanks again and always three green... Juergen Vollmer

Hello Kyle: you nailed it! I had an error in the log.txt as to the plugin activation and therefore I decided to deinstall the plane and re-install from scratch. This time it worked as advertized, I was prompted for the registration key and asked to restart the simulator. After that all llok normal.... However, I cannot use my joystick for now. the front wheel moves, but the ailerons, rudder and elevator stay blocked. Did I miss something? I hae calibrated the joystick but that did not help. Thank you for your quick help and have a great day. Regards Juergen Vollmer

I have purchased the new DC-6 yesterday and installed it correctly. However. there are two strange things i observed: 1) I never was asked for my registration key (but the plane seems to work ok) 2) there is an extra layer in the cockpit view after the aircraft shows up. In form of the regular cockpit there appears another structure, very similar to the cockpit view, but less sharp and it looks simply ugly. If I were able to upload a screenshot here, I can show what I see. I am a newbie in this forum and would appreciate some help. Thank you for your ideas and suggestions Juergen Edited: I have now deinstalled and reinstalled the plane again and this time I was asked for my serial... and the cockpit looks normal. Joystick seems deactivated though...

I really hope that this is true... I use X-Plane 10 under Linux and it works like a charm! Has there been any more news from PMDG since May which I might have missed?

Oh yeah, I could not agree more, as the Connie is still the most beautiful plane ever produced! It also was the first airliner I ever came close to when our school class visited Frankfurt/Main airport in 1957 or 58 and a Lufthansa Starliner was parked on the tarmac. we were allowed to climb in and since then I am in love with this plane.... The DC-6B and then DC-7 were strong competitors of the Constellations and they all deserve to live on in the simulated skies!!! For many it may just be too demanding to fly those old ladies and they prefer modern computerized aircraft to simply push buttons and let the AI do the rest. These older birds require airmanship and piloting skills, the full attention of the crew and so on. That is exactly what I like and I will always prefer them over any modern jet (with the exception of the Concorde, but again that is not really "modern"...). So, THANK YOU, PMDG, and please give us more of these planes for the X-Plane platform! I do not think you will regret the investment.... A great weekend to all. Juergen Vollmer

Thank you PMDG!!! For me this is like Easter and Christmas falling on the same day ;-) I like propliners and I like PMDG's quality and as a relatively new X-Plane user (10.32) I cannot wait to purchase that beautiful plane and take it for a circuit around my favorite airport..... You are on the right track, PMDG!!! Juergen

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

I have to apologize but my memory failed me.... I do not have FTX Global Vector installed here, BUT: after a HD failire and complete loss of data I reinstalled FSX a few weeks ago and to save time I then copied over the files from my backup. That backup contained a series of older files from an earlier installation of FTX and so I found this file ADE_FTX_PNW_KSEA_elevation_adjustment.BGL in my scenery directory. After I renamed it, the problem is GONE!! So, you were right nevertheless, this was the consequence of conflicting scenery files for Seattle and there might be other areas which I have not yet discovered. Thank you for your help and ideas, you made my day! Cheers Scorpio47

Thank you for your ideas, but I think this is not the problem here, as I do not have any AFCAD files installed (at least not that I know of) and no AI traffic. Also, I do not have FTX vector installed here. Here is another pic form closer up to illustrate the phenomenon:

BTW I checked the altitudes of the tarmac and runways and it is at 404 ft, however the elevated green areas are at 437 ft. Perhaps this will helpt to better identify the culprit.....

Hello friends: I have encountered a strange scenery display problem today and I would like to ask for your advice on now to fix this... As you can see there seems to be a mistake in the elevation of the green parts so that the reunways and taxiways only appear intermettantly... Any ideas what could be the cause for this phenomenon and how to get the airport back to "normal"? Thank you very much! Scorpio47