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Hi Jim, Thank you for your post. I am able to see both the "XMLTools64" and the "CMeteoXmix64" files in my main Prepar3Dv4 folder however I do not know where to go to check to see if these files are properly referenced. I am having trouble with the v4 compatible versions of both the Phenom 100 and the TBM 850 and I can't seem to find the proper locations in either of these installations to check to see if the above files are properly referenced. BTW, I don't seem to have 32bit versions of either the XMLTools or the CMeteoXmix files resident in my main Prepar3D v4 folder or at least they are not listed as such in that folder. Thanks for helping those of us who may not have the knowledge to properly navigate to the areas you mention. John

Thanks, Simbol. I appreciate the guidance. I de-activated "reflections" using the Carenado panel (shift+5) to no avail. Still can not get the alphanumeric keys to work. John

I can't seem to get the alphanumeric keys on the FMS keyboard to function. The other keys (FFP, Direct-to, etc.) and knobs all function and bring up the appropriate windows in the MFD but none of the alphanumeric keys function and so I am unable to enter data using the keyboard. I am using the TBM 850 version 2 in P3dv4. Any suggestions? BTW, I have "reflections" turned off in P3dv4 as I read somewhere that the reflections could cause problems with certain click spots. Thanks! John

Thanks, Martin. I appreciate the information. John

Would someone please explain to me how the Altitude Selector works in the 609B? Not being able to find any definitive directions issued by Carenado, I thought it might be a United Instruments 5506L Altitude Selector and would function like the altitude selector which is coupled to the Collins AP-106 in the Twin Otter.: 1. Dial in a altitude using the knob provided on the selector 2. Turn on the Collins AP-106 leaving it in "manual mode" and establish a ascend/descend pitch using the controls located on the center console 3. Push the "Alt Alert" button beside the altitude selector The altitude selector will alert you twice prior to reaching the selected altitude and will level the aircraft upon reaching that altitude whereupon the "Alt" button will light on the autopilot I an not able to accomplish the above in the 609B and so I must be incorrect. Any help and/or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! John

Thank you very much, Bert. Those additions fixed the problem. As always, those of us who've been around here for a while have come to value your input and advice. John

I have encountered something that I thought I would pass along in case someone else has run into the same thing and can't seem to work around it. First, let me set this story up: You've purchased and installed the Flight1 "complete" package and have used the configuration software found in the Carenado 690B aircraft subfolder to place the GTN 750 in the cockpit panel of the 690B. Everything appears OK and you've successfully completed several flights utilizing GPS flight plans and approaches. You now attempt to approach an airport and land the 690B, hand-flying it and using the locally provided ILS and GS for assistance only to find out the GTN 750 refuses to communicate with your HSI even though you've entered the proper frequency and activated it in your NAV 1 radio and have changed your CDI to VLOC. Maybe your attempting to complete a combo approach involving both an activated GPS approach which you will terminate and switch to the local ILS and GS on final only to find out the GTN 750 refuses to successfully make the transition even though you've entered and activated the correct ILS frequency and switched the CDI appropriately. I managed to find a "work around" for the above. It involves not only using the Carenado GTN 750 configuration tool but also the Flight1 GTN 750 configuration tool. Make sure that even if your GTN 750 is embedded in the 690B's cockpit you can also bring it up as a 2D pop-up window. Once you've entered the necessary ILS frequency and have switched the CDI from GPS to VLOC, cycle that 2D pop-up window. That action apparently caused the GTN 750 to connect to the proper avionic instruments and my course needle deviated properly and my GS came alive. Hope this helps John

Have the Kodiak installed and running in FSX-SE but can't seem to get it started in P3d v4. I installed "F1_Quest Kodiak_2.6.exe" in P3d v4 successfully (pointing to the root P3dv4 folder) and can bring up the vc complete with working avionics and cockpit sounds but can't successfully light up the turbine. Neither the normal "cold & dark" start-up procedure nor the "ctrl-E" method seems to get the job done. Any suggestions to point me in the right direction? Thanks! John

Thanks, Alex. I firmly believe Little Navmap deserves all the praise being directed its way! I have found a way to populate the little Navmap's maps with RTMM (Return to Misty Moorings) features and it was always available via the menu selections. 1. Go to the RTMM site and select the "Here to There" page and download the Google Earth KMZ file. 2. Once the KMZ file is loaded in Google Earth, right-click on it (in the left hand column in Google Earth) and save it to a location on your computer as a "KML" file. 3. In Navmap, select the "load KML files" selection from the "file" menu selection and browse to your saved KML file. That's it. You have all of the RTMM sites superimposed on your Little Navmap map. Thanks again, Alex. John

Does anyone know of a way to allow the user to place "points of interest" on any of the Little Navmap maps? For example, those of us who enjoy using the "Return to Misty Moorings" scenery packages would love to place location markers to identify the various cabins and other points of interest. Little NavMap is a remarkable program! Thank you very much, Sir! John

Although I realize you asked for "normal" GA aircraft and you specifically excluded the turbine upgrade to the Duke, I would still ask you to look at RealAir's Lancair Legacy V2. In my opinion they've taken the normally aspirated Legacy and stepped it up by adding a turbo-charged power plant (400 hp) which now enables the Legacy to reach speeds of approx 300 kt (TAS) and an altitude of 35,000 ft. Pretty impressive for that class of GA aircraft.

For me? Lancair Legasy.

I guess I take a view opposite from olli4740. I'm expressing the view of a singe, long-time GA pilot now. Since you're using the default calibration, I would start with a modest amount of null and sensitivity. See how that feels to you. The more sensitivity and the less null values you inject the less you will be able to physically move your controls. I would suggest, if you are a pilot interested in GA flight, view some RW videos and pay particular attention to the amount of ambient movement pilots make to their controls, especially the flight stick or yoke. I realize it varies considerably but you should witness a certain amount of constant movement and some significant movement during maneuvers and turbulence. For me, the best calibration of my flight controls (CH Yoke and Pedals) is derived by allowing them to be controlled by FSUIPC. I like the ability to utilize the built-in "slope" feature. This feature allows me to better control the amount of sensitivity throughout the "travel distance" or "play" of both the yoke and pedals. I suggest you start by using the default FSX calibration feature and, when you believe you are ready to try something that allows for a little more control and realism, try FSUIPC.

Thanks, Bert. The problem I was running into was a typographical error on the initial install page of the RxP integration pgms found in the location you describe above. In fact, the four pgms present there allow the user to install/re-install the original Carenado gauges and either or both the Realty RxP gauges. The user should go by the title of each pgm which appears in bold print when you open each pgm, not the accompanying description of what the pgm does. On my system the pgm that permits the user to install the Realty 530 and the Carenado 430 as a stack in the C210T states it will install the "Realty 430" instead of the "Realty 530". That confused me. I finally resolved the issue by simply trying the pgms one at a time and going back and looking at the newly configured cockpit. Thanks very much, Bert. Your support and assistance has been invaluable - to say nothing of your patience! John

Hey fellas, I'm reporting back. If you navigate to the "SimObjects/Aircraft/Carenado Centurion T210" folder you will find a sub-folder entitled, "Realty XP Integration". Opening that file, you will find four files designed to both install and un-install the Realty gauges. Unfortunately there is not a file that installs the RxP 530 alone. I used the next best thing, the file that will install both the RxP 530 & 430. As a result, my VC cockpit, at the moment, shows a newly installed RxP 530 in place of the Carenado 530 and an overlay that represents the un-installed ( I did not purchase the RxP 430) RxP 430. I will work around that but I did want y'all to know that these files exist in the above location. Thanks again for your help! John

Thanks again, fellas! I'll go over to the respective forums and do my due diligence. In the meantime, let me tell y'all once again how much I appreciate your patience and your guidance. I will certainly report back, Bert. Your guidance is valuable to all of us here! Thank you!

Thank you all very much! I really appreciate the quick responses and guidance. The mouse-wheel click doesn't work for me but moving the cursor off to the left and right does work. Hey Barry, Thanks for the insight. I tried to install the RxP 530 into the Carenado Cessna 210T after reading your response above. Unfortunately, I was unsuccessful. Here's what I did: After calling up the Reality Config pgm and selecting the "Carenado Cessna 210T" line, I receive the "Failed to load [Window00] bitmap" error. I clicked through the error msg and then clicked on the "configure" button. I loaded the aircraft and found the original 530 still in the a/c cockpit panel so I opened the applicable panel.cgf file and discovered the Reality configuration pgm had placed an entry at the very bottom of the panel.cfg file under a new title of "[window 04]". In an attempt to insert the new RxP 530, I then moved that entry to various other locations within the panel.cfg file with no success. I have removed the panel.cfg file that the Reality Config pgm created and replaced it with the original panel.cfg file. I suspect there is a simple answer here and I'm sorry to be bothering y'all with my ignorance. Once someone can help me to understand this process, I should be able to place this gauge in most of my other aircraft. I really do appreciate your patience with me! Thanks! John

Hey fellas - I just purchased and installed the RxP 530 in my Lancair using RealAir's config pgm. All went well until I tried to click on the lower right small knob to select the cursor. No go. When I mouse-click on that knob all I can get it to do is turn. I've made sure I'm far enough back to see the tip of the knob so I believe my view point is not too close. I've tried to activate the cursor with the unit on the cockpit panel and also bringing up the pop-up window, neither works. I've gone into the RealAir Lancair config panel and changed the mouse-click method - left/right click or click-and-drag I know this gauge has been successfully integrated into this Lancair many times and so I hope I can get some help from someone more knowledgeable than I am. Maybe someone has run into this issue and resolved it? Thanks! BTW - I also am having an issue trying to use the Reality gauge configuration pgm. Specifically, when I click on some of the aircraft entries in the config pgm to attempt to install the RxP 530, I receive an error message saying, "The application failed to load the [Window00] bitmap." This doesn't happen with all of my installed aircraft. just some of them. Any suggestions and/or guidance? Again, thanks! John EDIT: Thought I better give you some addn info. Here's what I'm running: Windows7 64 bit 3 monitors, Nvidia surround (5760X1080) - I tried moving FSX to one monitor (1920X1080) but that didn't work either. TrackIR5 through OpusFSX

Orbx has "Bob". Take a look on their site.

Thanks, Danny! I will look into purchasing a joystick at some point in time. I also will check out the hovercontrol.com site. I appreciate your passing that info on! John

Thanks for your comments and the information, Danny. This will be my first venture into Rotary aircraft operation and I'm excited about it. I have used the default Bell 206 just to determine if I really wanted to try a helicopter and I did enjoy it however the cruising speed as too slow. I really appreciate your taking the time to answer! Regards, John

I am interested in purchasing a helicopter that offers both a relatively high cruising speed and great maneuverability. I am looking at three choices: NemethDesign MD 902, Milviz AW 109 and Cera's 412. I fly with a CH yoke and pedals. I value the views and opinions of my fellow simmers on AVSIM and so I would really appreciate any suggestions, opinions, and recommendations. Finally, since I use FSX and have installed Orbx's scenery packages and airports covering the PNW/BC/Alaska area, that is where I will use this aircraft the most. Thanks very much for your input!

I just do not have the stomach for this. Pure and simple.

One thing that did throw me a bit when I went to configure the Extended-Tundra (TIR5 & OpusFSX camera settings) was I simply could not find the master switch for the avionics. I was used to finding that switch in the overhead panel (under the windshield wiper control) and when I looked - no switch. I'll bet I looked for the better part of an hour all over the cockpit. I was determined not to admit I couldn't find that switch! Finally having to admit defeat and in desperation, I asked for guidance over on the FTX forum. Finn came to my rescue and told me that model does not have a avionics master switch! All units must be activated individually. :blush: :blush:

Hey Steve, I believe the new Twin Otter Extended will prove to be the ideal mid-sized GA aircraft for the folks who like to get to know their a/c well and operate it according to the manual. The Twin Otter has always possessed a large flight envelope making it capable of operating in a wide variety of environments and so this model will be very much at home in a bush environment or hauling passengers and freight to and from more civilized facilities. Those of us who enjoy the A2A and RealAir GA products have come to appreciate the detail, "feel", and overall quality of those offerings. I do believe this a/c will soon carve out its own nitch and develop a following of simmers who will put it to good use in a variety of environments.