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Hello all: I downloaded 4.3c from SimMarket where I originally purchased the aircraft. I uninstalled the earlier version of the Lear, then proceeded to install 4.3c. I right clicked the installer and chose install as administrator after copying the key onto the clipboard. After hitting "Next" on the first dialogue another dialogue pops up telling me among other things to uninstall previous, which I did. I hit OK, then another box pops up with my key, I hit Next, and a small box pops up telling me "this may take a moment", I then hit OK and yet another box pops up and says "Could Not Open Request", so I hit OK again and the Serial Number box remains, grayed out, and everything seemingly goes dead. Could someone please explain what is happening? I am running FSX Gold, Win7 64 Pro, and have successfully installed and flown a number of versions previously with no problems, but not in about 1 year. Thanks Rick

Alan, I believe that is wise counsel for any flight sim add on with the complexity of a modern transport aircraft. Best regards, Rick

So here is an interesting thought. Does anyone have an idea how many customers these developers have for their offerings? How many licenses or units, however one wishes to think of it, does an aircraft developer sell for their latest aircraft? These license sales are how the developers pay their employees salaries and overhead. So imagine developer XYZ Inc sells 10,000 licenses at $80 per, that is $800,000 US. If they have 8 employees, that is $100,000 per employee for salary and overhead on an annual basis. Not a lot of money in today's world for salary and overhead. So how do these developers stay in business? Are they all part timers?

I am very happy flying FSX on high end hardware with great aircraft and scenery add ons. Why would I ever go to P3D and such expensive aircraft, not to even mention the costs expected for Flight Simulator?

I purchased the earlier FSX CS757 and I would give it an "ok" rating. One huge deficiency for FSX was there was no Terrain feature, which is absolutely required. I was told by CS to go pound sand and that they were moving on to P3D and forget FSX. Well, I went out and picked up the QW787, which is an immensely superior product.

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A friend of mine put 9000 hrs in fling wings (he refers to helos in general as "..the f---ers..") off aircraft carriers. He says that every possible catastrophic failure that could happen while he was flying, happened. He also likes to talk about how many times he got wet.....

Hi Fr. Bill: I like that idea!!! Since I will be buying a joystick, why not install as you suggest!! Thanks Rick

Hi Richard Thank you for your response. I did pick up on the notion of fixing an eyepoint off ahead to help maintain directional stability. Biggest problem I have been having in level flight is just maintaining a chosen altitude, like 2000 ft. The helo wanders endlessly as I can't find where there is a trim function. It just seems unstable, which also causes airspeed to vary more than I like. And as I said earlier, the artificial horizon instrument is of marginal usefulness as the aircraft flies nose down by a disturbing amount.....! Rick

Hi Allan: Thank you for such a comprehensive response. I'm about to purchase the Dodosim 206. Perusing their web page and various reviews, it looks like that is the one for me right now. The aircraft I have been experimenting with is a Nemeth Sikorsky. Nice textures and lots of well documented buttons and switches. It seems to exhibit heli type weird behavior in pitch and yaw, but I really need the best one I can find to enrich the experience. Your automobile analogy is indeed excellent. After I reviewed all the required control inputs to keep my 4 speed manual auto shiny side up, it occurred to me that I should be able to learn the heli paradigm. Of course there is the 3rd dimension mostly absent from auto travel. On the controls I have Saitek yoke, pedals, and quadrant. I am using the yoke temporarily as the cyclic, pedals as same, and throttles on the quadrant for the collective. The throttle movement does cause the collective animation to move up and down, but I am unsure as to whether the flight model receives and applies both rotor pitch and throttle input to the engines from the quadrant. Watching from the outside view, the rotor plane does seem to pitch down slightly with throttle input, but the individual pitch of the blades is impossible to discern. Come to think of it though one would think that so long as the hydraulics are up, collective input with the engines off might move the rotor blades...hmmm. I was under the impression that the cyclic input changes the orientation of the rotor blade plane to fly the aircraft up and down and in banks? Regards, Rick

Actually, that accident is what piqued my interest in helicopters. It was so tragic but yet so improbable to a guy like me who knew nothing about the type, I was motivated to research the entire subject of helos. Now after much reading, watching videos of RW flying, and my initial experimenting with FSX (VMC only), I do begin to understand how even an experienced pilot flying alone in those conditions with that terrain, could get behind the aircraft, which seems to be what indeed happened.

Hi Mark: Thank you for chiming in. I love your comment "...the helicopter may only achieve a "zen" moment of a couple of seconds before needing to be persuaded what to do again.." . That is perfectly descriptive of the situation I've encountered. And the normal instrument I scan, the artificial horizon, is not helpful because the airframe is nose down in normal flight, so I end up scanning the analog altimeter to maintain stability. So I can check wings level on the AH but not pitch stability. and she requires continuous control input to maintain heading and altitude. And yes I really do need a proper cyclic, a joystick, as you say. I have pedals so I can use the tail rotor for rotation, but I am using my yoke as the cyclic and my normal throttles for the collective. I have watched a number of youtubes on helis and the pilots do everything very smoothly until, I guess, they don't. Well, I was looking for a challenge. Any more tips appreciated. Thanks Rick

Hi All: Well, it's been a long winter and, as usual, I begin getting bored with simming as Spring approaches. I've been at this since around 1997, BTW. So this year I decided I would learn how to fly a helicopter, in FSX of course. So I went out and bought a book on helicopters, then purchased an add on bird from a developed who has a good reputation, so I assume this is a good representative model. I read all the docs, then installed the aircraft and worked myself up to the point where I could go through the checklist, start her up, and off I go. I found that getting in the air wasn't too hard but keeping her in the air was a different story entirely!! The aircraft seems incredibly unstable. We all know how fixed wing aircraft, even large passenger aircraft, will be stable and smooth once they are trimmed and power set appropriately. Well, to me helicopters are the antithesis of that behavior. She will not trim, will not maintain altitude or attitude, and seems incredibly unstable. I cannot take my eyes off the instruments for a second (VMC mind you), or the aircraft banks or descends on its own. And no autopilot. So after a few flights I can fly the thing now reasonably well so I can get where I am going, but forget landing. I cannot master landing the thing. I basically slow down, set the torque, and try to set her down gently. It just doesn't work. The bird is incredibly wind sensitive, then when I try to flare, I end up going backwards!! Do you guys think my add on is faulty, or are they all this hard to fly? Thanks Rick

Wow! What a great thread. Sometimes I feel down about my age, 74 in May, then I read a thread like this and it picks me right up. It is so wonderful to pursue a great challenge as is FS and meet folks like you all who share the pursuit. I have been flight simming since 1997 when I walked into one of my student's offices and looked over his shoulder at FS98. I have no RL aviation experience, other than many hours paxing, but a lifetime in mechanical engineering. I "fly" daily and never grow bored. There are so many dimensions to FS beyond aviation to enjoy. Cheers. Rick

The other thing I have learned is not to obfuscate on the FMS when ATC is changing runways or approaches. Usually you will receive vectors in that situation. Fly the airplane and do the minimum FMS to find the waypoints if given. And maintain situational awareness, but fly the airplane first.

Never said there was.......

Good to remember that most private pilots fly for, well, enjoyment and entertainment. Rick

+167. A "real simmer" understands the difference between a game, and a simulation.

Hello all: I am a new 777 pilot and really enjoying the aircraft. I have a question on saving panel states. I have developed a process by which I can avoid VAS shutdowns. The procedure is that as soon as I hear the FSUIPC chime I exit the sim and reload. Success with this procedure requires the aircraft flying to "wake up" with everything loaded when shut down. Based on my understanding, it seems that the 777 should reload with the same panel state as when shut down, i.e, flight plan in the FMS and complete panel state. Is that a correct understanding, or am I missing something here. By the way, I have the panel state selected Previous Flight, so that when I complete a flight and exit the sim, and subsequently restart, the panel state loads perfectly. Thanks in advance

I use doorstops under the casters. Works fine.

What throttle hardware do you use? With some aircraft I have seen the autothrottle affected by the position of the physical throttles. I have worked around that by maxing the physical throttles, or leaving them at idle and allowing the A/T to perform unaffected.

My pleasure. I wish I could be of more help.

Yes I or someone else discovered that this is caused by difficulty in accessing the folder I believe is called "Navigraph", or Carenado Navigraph, something like that. I seem to recall that if you install the GTN and just forget Carenado's nav system, the problem goes away. I also seem to recall that there is a discussion of this on their web page. Incidentally, this is not unique to the Falcon and I have seen it on other Carenado offerings which use the same nav. It's been awhile, but that is the gist of what I recall.

Precisely right.

Ha! I didn't know that. I discarded my mobile to retro back to my old flip phone.