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  1. Perhaps this will help some of the folks here that struggle with reality. https://tailspinstales.blogspot.com/2009/11/taming-taildragger.html
  2. There are postings on Twitter from Wing42 that a MSFS (FS2020) version of the Vega is in the works. A float variant will be included.
  3. Reset profiles to default. No help. Used old Thurstmaster and Saitek profiles for pedals and yoke. No problem. Plug in Saitek panels and CTD.
  4. Store Version, latest NVIDIA driver. CTD after update. Disconnected peripherals. Loaded OK. Reconnected controllers while running. CTD. Restart, reset peripheral's setting to default. Reconnected while running, got message sees new peripherals, CTD Restart without unplugging. CTD. Unplug peripherals (I thought), restart. Surprise! I disconnected hub but forgot Thrustmaster HOTAS and throttle, Saitek yoke and rudder pedals, and TrackIR were direct connect to desktop USB ports. They work fine. Saitek panels connected to hub are causing crash. I am running g SPAD.next and without panels active MSFS works fine..
  5. Disconnected peripherals. Loaded OK. Reconnected while running. CTD. Now to figure out what settings need to be cleared...and where they are.
  6. Same problem here. Tried emptying Community Folder, turning off NVIDA custom settings. No help.
  7. You called it. The reason it loaded fast was because none of my bazillion ORBX scenery was in the load. Next time, of course it was. (I do have SSD) I've tried a loader that lets you create scenery areas. I fly mostly PNW, I'll try taking anythig else and all my airports up there out and see what happens. WA79 is favorite of mine too. Good news about 4.5. Is it safe to upgrade yet, do you think? Thank for the Java link. Looks better than what I've been using which is overkill.
  8. I've struggled with the 6% stall problem for years. Just deleted scenery.cfg in P3D4.4 and it blew right through 6% right to completion! Huzzah! BAH! On next start I'm back to horrendous (3 minutes or so) long delay at 6%.
  9. Wow! Been a pilot for over 50 years and didn't know that! Can you tell I've never been in the cockpit overseas?
  10. FL180 is the official change over point. Sounds like a problem with your ATC program.
  11. Generic GCA package is being tested. Will work in many, perhaps most, aircraft.
  12. You can sleep anytime! Which reminds me of a couple I knew, both pilots, who had a tiny apartment and two Pitts biplanes. Heard someone ask them why not sell one plane and get a bigger place to live. Her answer: "You can sleep in an airplane but you can't do aerobatics in a house!" BTW, it is possible, as Ray suggests, that you simply have a bad device. But I've thought that too and then discovered it worked fine once I got things sorted. Rays advice is certainly good, but sending back seems like a last resort to me.
  13. Sure does. I'll edit the post and mention that.
  14. Hmmm. Have you looked at your devices via the Windows control panel, the very lowest level test? Do the buttons work there? Have you tried removing the devices and restarting your system to force a reinstall of the drivers?
  15. Pete: Do I remember correctly that when the Saitek throttle is retarded it essential goes through a gate, which is actually just a button, and that button can be assigned to a reverse function you provide in FSUIPC that produces 40% reverse thrust? (Or something like that). Seems to me I used that effectively in the CaptainSim C-130.
  16. If you use SPADnext you must uninstall the Saitek drivers. I tried and tried to use Saitek and the newer Logitech drivers and FSX/P3D control management without success. Some people have used the old, free SPAD package (different from SPADnext) with success, by the way. I also tried LINDA, which is yet another alternative, but have had zero problems with SPADnext. Yes, SPADnext can help you configure reversers, but I found that easier to do in FSUIPC, too. To be clear, my preference for FSUIPC to configure axis, buttons, and switches may be simply because I've used it for years and I'm very familiar with it. If you start from scratch with SPADnext you may be perfectly happy to use that both for its drivers and to do the configuring. For what it's worth, I had exactly the same problem you describe in the initial post: some of the buttons worked and some of the axes, but not all of them. I spent days, literally, trying to solve the problem and the SPADnext and FSUIPC solution works and has given me zero problems. Not that I haven't had problems...I was slowly losing my mind because not only the Saitek products (I have yoke, pedals, and three panels) but also other USB devices were wonky and unpredictable. Turned out the power supply on a USB hub was going bad! I did learn from that, however, something that may be useful to you and others: Windows manages USB power usage, presumably to achieve some energy efficiency rating, and has the bad habit of simply turning off USB devices when it feels like it. You can prevent that by following the easy procedure described here . I bought a new yoke because the LCD with the clock quit working, but it turned out it was just a power issue! Here's my 'cockpit', FWIW
  17. Just posted in the FSX forum a short reaction to my first flight in the Golden Age Simulations Stearman. It works in P3D V2, 3, and 4 too. If you're interested in real flying, flying like it used to be, you won't find a better bird. I flew biplanes for 16 of the 50 years I've been flying in real life and was thrilled with how realistic and immersive this aircraft is. My comments here
  18. Had similar problems, drove me nuts for weeks and I tried all kinds of solutions. Finally settled on SPADnext and haven't had a problem since. You have to uninstall the Saitek/Logitech drivers and create or download a profile, but that's it. I still use FSUIPC (paid version) to assign axes, buttons, and switches--which some might find weird since that's exactly what SPADnext can do--but tht works best for me, YMMV.
  19. The aircraft works in FSX and P3D V2, 3, and 4. Looked for the duster at SOH without success. I'll try again. [Found it searching on keyword 'duster'. Thanks!]
  20. Just back from an hour and half flight wringing out Golden Age Simulations' new (Sept. '18 release) Stearman. What an hoot! It's been over ten years since I flew a real biplane, so I was really thrilled to be reunited with an old and willing love. After a stall series, some lazy eights, and a couple loops I decided to see if the old girl could do a snap roll. And boy can she! Slow to about 85, pull straight back on the stick and kick rudder, and--just like the real thing--around she went. And, just like the real thing, if you don't unload as you go inverted you will spin out of the maneuver, which I did. But the spin felt realistic, too, so I let her go three turns and then recovered. What fun! Back at the grass strip I'd taken off from, Walter Sutton's private strip (WA79) beautifully recreated by ORBX, I found, also just like the real thing, that you tend to come down final much too fast (it's hard to believe you really should go that slow) so I floated well down the strip and should have gone around, but it worked out OK. Short video here . With 8000 hours behind Continental and Lycoming radial engines, I can tell you the sound is just right, and that makes a big difference to me in terms of immersion. In fact, the whole experience was exceptionally immersive, and I found I hadn't forgotten many old habits that were still useful. If you haven't experienced the thrill of open cockpit flying in real life, but would like to give it a try in the sim, the Golden Age Stearman is a great way to do it. And no, this isn't an ad--the only relationship I have with the developers is I gave them $25 so I could download their product. And boy am I glad I did.
  21. We have it working in a couple other aircraft such as the new C-119, so with some fiddling it should work in MAAM C-47.
  22. A quick and dirty video that will give you a better idea how Manfred's GCA add-on works. Looking like mid-January now, because of holidays. The final controller, you'll note, wasn't giving heading calls when no change was required (he should have been, and will.) Still working on terminology. This is an approach in to 9100' Telluride Colorado with 300' and 1/2 . If you've ever flown in there you'll recognize the cliff.
  23. I’m old school, but I much prefer GCA to ILS. No special equipment required in aircraft, very little training or experience required if you’re precise. A successful zero/zero landing is quite an experience. IRL, of course, GCA required PAR installation and skilled controllers, but add-on will work at any airport—just watch your terrain clearance and obstacles by maintain MSA minimum safe altitude
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