Tony C

Apologies if I didn't respond to this. I thought I had! I had already ensured the USB hubs were constantly powered before even posting here along with several known remedies for this problem. In actual fact after much testing and collaboration with Logitech all "fixes" were exhausted and I had to accept that the 20+ year old yoke and throttles were dying of old age. I am awaiting my new set to be delivered over the next few days. Thanks anyway all for the help as always. Tony

Rick My apologies I see now that there is a TCA yoke and throttle. Blimey what a price!!!! Tony

Hi Rick Thanks for the reply. I actually have the Thrustmaster Airbus side stick and throttle quadrant but only use it for flying the Airbus for reality sake. Is this the one you refer to using yourself? Tony

Hi all I have a very old set of Saitek (now Logitech) yoke, throttle and pedal system which has always worked well over the 20 years or so I have had it. I had a complete PC refurb this year to use MSFS and now my yoke system keeps switching off mid flight. It works for a short while then suddenly I have no yoke. I have read numerous threads about this and almost all speak of the need to have a powered USB hub feeding the yoke system. I have never needed one before for all those years. Just to test the problem out I tried unplugging the throttle quadrant from the yoke usb internal hub (my yoke system is a very original Saitek one with a circular multi pin throttle quadrant going into the rear of the yoke so no usb I can plug into the pc separately) and plugging the pedals direct into the PC. The result was the same - just having the yoke alone into the PC it still cuts out continuously. Of course the first thing I thought of was "time for a new yoke and throttle system" but having read about the powered hubs, even though this wasn't needed before, I am wondering if that is now the problem. I have naturally tried changing to all the different usb outlets on my PC and done the usual driver updates, etc, Even if I have to buy a new yoke and throttle system are they now saying this needs a powered usb hub to operate properly? Any advice gratefully received as always. Tony

Since the introduction of FTX Central 2 I have had fairly consistent problems with blocks (or tiles) of land turning to water and vice versa. They the turn back again as you pass over them. This happens mostly when on approach to all the Norwegian airports. I can remember a similar problem that used to happen when you had forgotten to change regions but I thought since the appearance of FTX Central 2 this was no longer necessary. Now it is entirely possible this something I have forgotten to do but I don't see it. Any advice is gratefully received! Sorry just seen that my recent migration to Windows 10 (and back!!!) has wiped out all the products and order numbers from my profile which I will fix!

Thanks so much guys that is all really helpful. I have only just returned to the J41 so the relearning curve has been acute. Many thanks again to you all, a happy Xmas and healthy New Year to you all. Tony

I had a problem today in that my NAV button on the panel didn't work. The HDG button operated fine and I had to "manually" fly the plan using the HDG knob. It was the first time I tried to use the FMC on the J41 so maybe it had something to do with that? Also if you use the FMC is there a map option that works on this aircraft? The only screens I got were standard Arc or VOR/ILS screens. To make matters worse my autopilot decided to switch off and would not allow itself to be reconnected as I was in the final descent to intercept the ILS so I had to hand fly the interception and approach. Not sure what I did wrong but does anyone have some advice? All replies greatly appreciated!

Thank you very much firehawk44 I will give that a try! Your time is appreciated!

I have a strange problem. I have FSX on Windows 7. I have an almost new rebuilt PC with a Asus GForce GTX660ti new graphics card but I can't seem to overcome a problem I have had for some time. When I run high graphics aircraft like recently the Airbus X Extended with some extreme scenery I have no problem with frame rates but after a period of time (this varies) I start to lose parts of the grahics. This is often parts of the model of the aircraft like today the first thing I noticed in a long flight was after 3 hours I lost the fin of the aircraft. Sometimes this then develops into losing "layers" of the panel. Its not like a normal CTD but basically just loss of graphics as if my graphics card can't hold any more memory but it is easily big enough! I am also running Active Sky along with one of the online ATC interfaces such as Squawbox or Ivap and of course my VA Pirep tool. I am at a loss to know how to solve this one and would be grateful for some help.

Tried Shift+H for the probe heat but nothing indicates in the overhead or on the panel display so no idea if that works! Thanks for the tip though!

All the same for me! I just did a Scandinavia - UK flight made almost impossible with no probe heat and therefore no IAS because of of ice! The overspeed coming in at less than 200 knots in the cruise is ridiculous. C'mon guys I know this is a cheap product but these are fundamental for payware.

Isn't FSX the strangest of programmes? I started her up today, flew across the same coastline and all is perfectly normal. I tried introducing other software - no problems! Even started through Active Sky - still perfectly normal! I guess it was a glitch that happened yesterday and I will never know why! Thanks anyway Crewecut I really appreciate you taking time to help!

Yes Ultimate Terrain 2

I recently reinstalled my FSX and now I have strange "block" coastlines like this - any thoughts?

Sorry guys I should have said this is specifically made for FSX and it is "jersey.zip" which can be found in the Avsim library under FSX Scenery. As I suspected their is no real fix for this and Tim Clayton, the builder, canr be reached on the hotmail address in his "read me" file. I understand from the chaps in our VA that Earth Simulations are working on a Payware version. Thanks anyway.