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Hello,I was reading the review of fs9 here and was thrilled to see that the Extra and Jenny can spin! I have been trying to get these aircraft to spin by every possible means i can think of or find online or in books. Every means of spin entry I have tried results in one of two things: either the aircraft flops over like a dead fish or it goes into a set of really extreme gyrations in every direction except down. (I have all my realsism sliders on full and have autorudder off) I would really appreciate any feedback about how to spin these aircraft from someone who has done it in the sim.Thanks,David Swindle

Is there anyone know where can we download a plane with ZIP logoZIP in Vancouver.

I'm planning on building my own computer and am on a limited budget.So far these are my plans:Pentium IV 2.4GHz768MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM80GB 7200RPM ATA-13316x/48x DVD-ROM52x24x52 CD-RWRadeon 9600 ProSoundBlaster Audigy XGamerI may change some things, if I can find a 9700 or 9800 at a good price then I might upgrade to that.Remember, I'm on a budget.Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.Regards

Blank 2D panels? Invisible gauges? Black taxiway signs?I have just installed beta drivers version 4520, downloadable from Guru3D and resolved these issues for my GeForce FX 5200 Ultra.I hope that will help some others to resolve this issue.Not happy about having to install unofficial drivers, but they seem safe and stable enough so far.FS9 is looking very good :)Cheers everyone.Simon.

Hi Guys, Since FSUIPC is now payware, do you know if It can be purchased using one computer, but then taken off of that computer and used on another on? I am not sure about this.Thanks, Ron

I've contacted Marc on this by email, now my replies to him are bouncing for some reason seemingly connected with his ISP, so...Does anyone else have problems with attempting to set up destination wx? If I select this, it attempts to contact the FSMeteo server and then promptly falls over and FSMeteo terminates. I had one response from Marc to the effect that he'd made a change to the server, but it had no effect on the problem.If Marc sees this, or anyone else can contact him, perhaps it might be possible to let him know that the problem is still there.Cheers,

Anyone else getting error messages in French from FS Meteo ver 6 when trying to use it with FS2002?E-mailed Marc the author with no reply as of yet.

In 2004, above 30,000ft I find not too far around my aircraft the ground textures are almost not there, kinda like 2000's ground? I remeber I had this in 2002, but I've tryed all the tweeks mentioned but I still cannot get the textures to show to the horizon, the attachment will show you what I mean..Thank you to anyone that can help.

Hello,I've seen a couple of posts from other folks that are experiencing the same problem I'm having. My Chris Buff Gmax Electra, and the FFX 757, and the Convair 580 all do the same thing....periodic electrical failures that knock out radios, autopilot, etc.I've tried editing and eliminating the electrical systems descriptions in the AIR cfg file, and many other things...such as flying on "easy" settings, but the problem continues to happen.This appears to be a bug...but what is causing it? Others out there with this problem?? Is it happening to default aircraft??Bill SchulzKBDL

A few days before FS9 came out, I posted about how I wish the FS team had worked on implementing Fly! style panels instead of clickable VC's - now I'm eating my words. Going through the startup/shutdown checklists in the VC mode is a blast! It really helps immerse me in the game.So that begs a question, is there a way to have all the aircraft load cold & dark? Does the FS2K2 trick still work (saving a default situation)? There was also a freeware gauge that could shutdown aircraft when they loaded. Does that still work in this version?- Thanks, Kenny B

Hello,I know there is probably a message on this subject already, however I find that when I was looking for it, I couldn't find it. So I'm sorry for asking this again.I know that with a low end syestem and a Geforce 2 card, I have to expect lower than average performance. However, everything is running great icluding framerates...My problem is the stutters! It as if the worl is cold and it's sivering(forgive my spelling). Anyway.....Anyone find a solution to that problem yet?Thank you!Paul

Just wondering if it's my end or theirs. Is anybody else having problems with FSMeteo today?

Other than price, would someone please tell me the difference between these two cards and whether the Pro is any better for FS2004.128MB DDR ATI RADEON

Ground EffectThe "ground effect", i.e. the additional lift that occurs when the aircraft is close to the ground (on the 747 up to 200 ft AGL) is accurately modelled in Precision Simulator( see www.aerowinx.com ), but how is it modelled in MS FS 2004? Can anyone try it out for me please?

I have been reading many posts concerning FS2004 and thought I'd share my 2 cents. One has to factor in that when you start the default FS2004 and compare it to FS2002 with 2+ years of 3rd party addons, it is hardly a fair comparison. A truer comparison would be to compare a default FS2002 installation and default FS2004. And with the exception of missing bridges and a few other ATI driver issues, I think the sim is an overall improvement over FS2002, but it does need lots of 3rd party help, which no doubt will soon come. I especially like the new sky (color etc), however, the weather, thus far, has been overall dissapointment/letdown to me. One still gets the rapid chan…

Hi All,Well just got FS2004 and it looks pretty good.Unfortunatly I cannot see any 2D cockpit views on ANY A/C, the VC's are ok just no 2D standard cockpit views.Anyone any ideas???.Running XP home: NVidia 5800 Ultra card: 500Mg RAM: 2.4 GiG PENTSteve UK

While doing a little low level flying still trying to tweek my setting I found this little jewel. I was stoked to that MS had made them more real looking (at least from my parts.Fla) but to include the name!!! Nice job guys.KilstormBTW I also found factories have chimney smoke but it seems that they dont always produce smoke witch is nice becaus you will sometimes get it and sometimes not.

Has any one seen this problem yet? While on approach to ABQ Rwy 03, the clouds that the Jepp METAR loaded into the program was calling at 11 thousand feet were on the ground. Actually it looked like the wild fires we had here about a month ago.Terry

OK I just got FS 2004 and I got less than stellar results. My system specs are at the bottom (signature). ATI has some explaining to do, as the simulator has SERIOUS issues with ATI videocards at this time.First, there's a problem with the menus and loading screen. You can work around the problem with the menus either by running the sim windowed, or setting the desktop res. To another resolution than you're running FS in. Very annoying.Next, autogen trees are not mipmapped. They flicker and sparkle like mad. No card mipmapped trees in FS2002, but from what I've heard, Nvidia cards do mipmap trees in FS2004. Can anyone confirm that?-Starting at Tacoma Narrows with these se…

I'm running a fresh installation of Windows 2000 on an XP2700+ with 512Mb DDR RAM and an ATI 9700 Pro.Windows is patched to the latest, SP4 and all security fixes.FS2004 runs well, the graphics flicker a bit when I go in and out of menus but I can live with that. The problem is that I've not been able to keep the sim running for longer than about 15 minutes.The screen suddenly flickers to black, and after a few seconds the 'phone home' box appears and FS closes.Looking in the error log I see the following every time:The description for Event ID ( 1000 ) in Source ( Microsoft Flight Simulator 9.0 ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry in…

Why when u use addon gmax aircraft such as the dash 7 or the bell 222 helicopter do the electrical systems periodically fail? The engines stay on but all electrical systems go off. I have 2 press ctrl+e 2 get them ack on again and it seems 2 happen every 2 minutes.Other than that everything is fine other than sum flashing ground textures once and a while. Can anyone explain this? O and the real weather is great just that its really late. The activesky 1.9 has very accurate current weather. The fs2k4 weather is accurate but just late. When i use activesky and I fly in nassau, bahamas, I look around at the weather and the lighting of the day. I pause the sim and when I step…

We've all been beaten over the head with how wonderful the new weather engine is and how great the GPS is and how the ATC is so improved - and that's all true - but here are some little things I've noticed that I haven't seen mentioned before.No "steath tarmac":Remember how so many airports in 2k2 had taxiways and aprons that disappeared as you taxied over them? I haven't seen this happen yet. Sorry Page, looks like you're out of a job :)The mixture control is much improved:In 2k2 you leaned by pulling the mixture until the engine quit then pushing it back up until it restarted. Now the engine won't die the instant you pass the optimum point, it simply loses power (as it …

What's your wish list for add-ons/enhancements for FS2004 (other than planes, panels, etc.)?A few things I'd like (so far):* Replacement textures for the water. The current water makes me feel like I need one of those fruity drinks with the umbrellas in it.* A weather "theme builder" that allows everyone to build new themes for the dynamic weather system and share them with others.* A simple utility that supports mouse panning and zooming in the VC.* Replacement textures for the 2d clouds that do a better job of meshing/mimicking the 3d clouds (i.e. no dark halo) for people who don't have 100% 3d.* A weather utility with an option to simplify real-time downloaded weather …

Does anyone have the the Intel D865PERL 800fsb mobo with the hyper threaded Intel 3.0 P4 CPU? If so how is it working with FS2004? I have this system with 1G ram and the ATI 9800 Pro 128M video card and am only getting frame rates around 10.Have been working with Intel, ATI and MS and so far no one can figure out what might be the problem. All drivers are the latest, have reinstalled FS2004 a couple of times. The fps stay the same whether sliders are to the left or right. The video card has 3Dmark scores of 5500. Is anyone doing any better?Thanks in advance.Tom

I've never been one content with being grouped amoung the "hold-outs", but in reading the excellent review of FS2k4 here at avsim, it appears I've been allocated as such by bear, because of my preference for 2D cockpits (I've always liked the photoreal views...). With my copy of 2k4 enroute from amazon (hope you get your $2 PAI), and with an opinion I value so polarized towards the VC camp, I've decided I might be ignorant regarding virtual cockpits. I've always disliked them in 2k2 because of the slow panning and difficulty recentering the view (with head position etc.) while in flight, on approach in particular. So I've decided to solicit your input. Short of buying…