Mike Nowinski

One more please...the link to Andy1975's fix for the winglets (always on/off). Cant' seem to locate it.

The US flag on the starboard side of the vertical stabilizer is pointed incorrectly. The blue start field ALWAYS points toward the front of the any US aircraft..

An update to my previious post regarding issues with this aircraft. I just started flying the aircraft in cold weather areas (N. Japan) and while using realtime weather (OPUS) noticed that the speedometer would not register anything other than 000 kts. Lack of airspeed indication is usally an indication that the Pitot tubes are iced up. I double checked ALL of the Anti-Ice controls and verified that they are all "On" ("Off" lights are extinguished.) Has anyone else noticed this, or perhaps found a solution? Thanks, Mike

Thanks Mickey. Just confirming that I don't set the "Takeoff" option until all engines are up and running and all systems are online. I can't see any changes on any of the gauges, or any differences on the aircraft physically. Cheers,

I am having some issues with the latest release (Oct 2014) of this aircraft. Some of the issues are compared to the previous version that has been out for a number of years. 1. Takeoff speed callouts are no longer being announced. These were operational in the previous version. 2. "Gear-Up Positive Rate" announcement no longer works. They worked in the previous version. On both #1 and 2, the GWS (######ing Betty) was checked as On. 3. In both the previous version and the new one, the AP ILS Approach and Back Course tracking never seemed to work properly. The A/C had to almost be on a direct line with the Inbound Course Heading and "below" the active glideslope for the AP to intercept and track. Once you select the "APPR" or "BC" AP mode, the AP Altitude Hold mode was disengaged and would often fluctuate both up and down in altitude. In all other aircraft, the AP APPR mode would not cancel the Alt Hold mode and you could remain at the set altitude until intercepting the Glideslope when the APPR mode would take over. I've flown APPR/BC mode intercepts thousands of times and never had this issue with another aircraft. 4. On the earlier version, the "Altitude Callouts" worked well. On the new version, the "10 feet" callout and touchdown are simultaneous. 5. On both versions, I have been unable to locate the Nav Radio "Ident" buttons. 7. I cannot locate the "Glidesope" needle on any of the gauges when making an ILS Approach. 8. On the "Legs" page of the FMC/CRU, the Waypoint names are limited to 4 instead of the actual 5 characters of the name. 9. When using the HUD, very often it is impossible to use the mouse cursor to locate and change the current Altitude Hold setting on the AP. 10. When starting the engines from Cold and Dark, I use the following method: a. From the Upper OH Panel turn on DC Power mode b. From the CDU Panel States page, select the Power On - Engine option c. After engines are running normally, the Manual says to select the LSK5R - Takeoff button to "Configure the aircraft for Takeoff procedures after use of the Power On - Engine feature". Can anyone tell me what this actually configures on the aircraft. The manual says nothing else about it. Does it set flaps, trim...what? These are the issues I have found so far. If anyone else can confirm/not confirm they are having these same issues, it would be appreciated. I have posted a number of messages on the IRIS Forums back in October and so far have only had a couple of responses from a couple of users that didn't help. I've also PM'd David Love-Brice directly and haven't heard anything. Please remember that these issues are on the "newest" version released in October 2014. Thanks very much for your help.

Thank you very much for your comment. I will do as you ask and post a separate thread regarding the issues I am having with the IRIS Simulation Tactical Airlifter.. However, I have to disagree with your comments. First, my reply was not made to help me. You'll notice that I referenced the fact that this was a reply to a very old post, which I usually don't do. I also did not mention any of the problems that I was having with the aircraft. I think the post does help others with reference to the title of the original post and IRIS' lack of expected customer service. A developer has a duty to all of it's customers to provide a decent level of support and when this isn't done, then buyers should know about it before they purchase from them. Regardless of whether or not IRIS fixed the problems, buyers should not have to wait months, or even weeks for responses to their support qurestions. Respectfully, Mike Nowinski

I see these posts are dated way back in 2011, but here it is 2014 and I too am having problems with their Customer Service. I have posted a couple of notices on issues I'm having with their Alenia C27J Spartan Tactical Airlifter on their support forums (as have a few others) a few months ago and still have not received any replies. I've also posted to an IRIS forum on the Sim-Outhouse forums with no responses. They just released a totally revamped version of the Spartan a couple of months ago that has corrected a lot of things with the aircraft, but there are still a number remaining. I've also posted directly to David with an IRIS forum PM....no response. That said, I would just like to know what the problem is with their Customer Support. It's really sad because the airplane is great.

Thanks David.Will this provide the big, puffy flows of steam effects or just the smaller and narrower "smoke" effects?

I would like to add some steam effects to cooling towers in FS2004 scenery. Can someone tell me how to do this?I found some neat ones in some UK scenery, but the author does not respond to any emails.Thanks,Mike