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Its probably time for a new joystick id say- Older/simple joysticks get a lot of dust etc in the pots which makes the inputs very erratic. My old Thrustmaster (sounds like an adult film actor) used to be almost impossible to caliberate...move it a fraction to the left and the input would jerk over to full left, move it full left and it would only go half way on the left axis. Id highly recommend a MS SideWinder Precision pro 2- You can get them off trademe second hand for $30-40

While this is probably an old thread and the OP just listed software as options for the cash. I'd spend money on a decent yoke and pedals, followed with Track IR. Then software. Which ones you want would depend on where you fly and whether heavies or civil, but most you have listed 767 so I guess it heavies. So I wonder whether you'd benefit from visual scenery if flying heavies. These are better with yokes I think, (Airbus could get away with joysticks I suppose) Like one of the other posters I have bought Wilco 737 PIC. Ether

I was going but the roster at work has changed so I'm working night shifts. Ether.

QUOTE (ronindanbo @ Mar 17 2008, 01:29 PM) yes that is what my research has found as well, I am assuming SeanG is only using FSX Nope, still using FS9. And, although I have FSUIPC I setup the throttles directly in FS9's axis assignment menu. For reverse thrust I used the Saitek software to map the "switch" when you pull the levers back beyond the detent to F2 (and repeat). I can take some screenshots of how it is setup if that helps? SeanG

Well i brought my copy of AccelerationX today ,didnt even take the 20% doco from the net in and they still gave me the discount ,"Awesome only $40" now just the reinstall etc ... DSE aint that bad at all , :thumbup:

QUOTE (captainherc @ Mar 9 2008, 08:58 PM) I have been thinking about getting a throttle quadrant and yoke for the past few months. Is the CH Products brand any good. Have seen some for sale on Trade Me in the $300 to $500 range. What does the forum say about the product and the prices offered. Thanks. CH Products top of the line , 2002 this , my FS yoke , was clamped to the table , next month makes it 6 yrs- it is good and still working , only the hat switch has got tired looking to the left a little issue sometimes , DON'T THINK JUST BUY IT ...and not 2nd hand :blink:

I guess its going to one brilliant combat sim , one heck off a MALVINAS TURKEY SHOOT ! ..... :rolleyes:

Those service packs are for the LevelD 767... they are not for FSX itself. Also, as far as FSX is concerned, I think you may need to have SP1 installed to install SP2... (but that might only be for the SDKs)...

QUOTE (Kelburn @ Feb 28 2008, 07:53 PM) In Auckland 2005, that EMB-110 is annoying me thus I want it gone but since it is in .*af format I don't know how to edit it and make it transparent. I can't figure out how to do that with bmp2000. Does anyone have solution. Its been many years since I played around with *.af files - I thought you could change the extension to *.bmp and edit them, then change back. Deane

Looking good mate!

It says they are 'Coffeeware- offer him a coffee for a panel'.

keyboard shortcuts are also declared in your fs9.cfg in the section. (don't know about FSX). your sim may have started in safe mode, or a new cfg file was created so any customised shortcuts will not be available. I use a heavily customised CFG file so I keep it in a known directroy (rather than in my profile) and reference it when launching FS by changing the shortcut to run 'fs9.exe /cfg:<cfg file>'. Ran

No worries CN, hope to see you there!

QUOTE (NZ255 @ Feb 23 2008, 08:01 PM) Thankee kindly, Nick.

Hmm random, I loaded up my sim for the first time in a few days and my sun was back to default how I like- problem sorted although I don't know how! Thanks to all those who helped me out.

QUOTE (Kahu Project @ Feb 22 2008, 07:55 PM) Yeah thanks Deane, its guys like you that make our flight sims much more enjoyable with the freeware products you release. :clap: :hesaid: Thanks so much for your excellent freeware planes!!! :clap: :plane: Thanks Nick

A lot of helo bits will be very hard to get hold of, for two reasons. Firstly because they are so expensive, most operators will want to salvage as many useable parts as possible. Secondly, to avoid the risk of them being re-sold as bogus parts, life expired or damaged parts are often destroyed, by cutting up etc. This may be less prevalent with commercial stuff versus military, but I'm sure the risk is still there. The work around, if you can get onto parts, is to have them rendered un-usable for real applications, by drilling holes, grinding nicks in them etc, in such a way that they...

QUOTE (Fauville @ Feb 19 2008, 07:56 PM) Silly me, I had it all along, ... Charl, where did you get 1053 and 1057 from?? SIlly me too - it's sitting on my HDD, I just didn't make the ZK- connection with USM :blink: As to the others, I think I painted them, also on AVSIM somewhere, search "Charl" They are perhaps a little hastily done, but it got some Kiwi Harvards in the air at the time...