Has anyone taken the mechanicals from the CH Products Virtual Pilot yoke (gameport version) and rewired it with the electrics from the current USB yoke? I haven't opened either of my yokes (one USB, two gameport) - yet - but the new USB unit is useless for precision flying, especially...

Hi all, does anyone know where to get hydraulic cylinders and pumps to make my own simulator hardware? I thought of those parts they use for moving those lowrider showcars but these things are hard to find via the internet (wrong target audience I guess :-)). Can anyone help me out here? Best...

Because I want to fly on Venus !!!

Microprose released their last version of Gunship in 2000 just before Hasbro sold the company to Infogramme. The *first* version of Gunship was released in 1986 or so, and along with Silent Service II and other Microprose games, is still considered a classic, with many fans still playing...

I bought Rocky mountains, east and central USA, grand canyon, and west coast and used the automatic install. I really don't know if I have them or not. They are not in My Addon scenery folder. I don't know where to look. Any one else have this problem? Thanks

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I keep trying to take the check ride for my Private Pilot's Licence in FS2002 but, despite being told that I will have two chances at the steep turn, I'm told that I have to go back to Ground School before I'm half way through the turn. The lesson then terminates. Any ideas, anybody? John

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I haven't gotten the hang of using the GPS unit so far in FS9. My problem is I set up a flight plan and it gets loaded in the GPS unit and I take off and ATC directs me, etc and everything is fine. In route I find the active runway that I will be landing at. How do I get the localizer info then...

Recently got both of these games... they both have the same prob... they install fine, run fine, i can 'play' the game, right up until i try to load a mission, the display either tiles several times across my screen or it it squashes maybe 100 times and i end up with slithers of the screen, i can...

I've just installed CH Pro rudder and pedals, gameport version, and can't seem to get the rudder control to work correctly. In the calibration area the rudder and throttle are both assigned to the Z axis and I'm unable to change it. Shouldn't the rudder be assigned to the "R" axis? The...

I'm curious -- why don't flight simulators include an option to show real-time / real world traffic (now that these data are available)? The MSFS "AI traffic" just isn't good enough to capture my interest... It seems to me this would be a boon to flight simulation in terms of "realness" and to...

I notice in a number of flight simultors that the airports tend to be lit up far brighter than they are in real life. In FS2004 you can pick out the airport pretty easily by the spot green light or runway lights that kind of jump out of the scenary. In real life it is much more subtle, especially...

Recently I added an airport file (airport123.bgl) in theFS2004 /scenery directory. This airport bgl file was created for FS98. The airport now appears; all the runways, taxiways, airport buildings and tower are there and visible from a distance. The problem is that the airport contour is ALL...

I just downloaded & installed a Lancair Legacy 2000 for FS2004 today from flightsim.com. It is an incredible aircraft, and I highly recommend it for anyone who wants a high performance single engine homebuilt. It is fully compatible with FS2004, and I have been having a blast with it....

OK...I get most of how to fly...Except trim. I can never keep on top of it. Is there a way to automate trim?

Is there a way to switch control from VFR to IFR? An example would be I'm on a long cross country trip and suddenly run in instrument meteorological conditions and still wish to continue on to my destination but with IFR ATC control.

I'm running FS2004 and from the moment I start it up my cpu is running at 100% according to Task manager. My system is an Athlon 1.34 GHz cpu with 896meg RAM and a NVIDEA GeForce4MX440 with AGP8X.0 video card. I am running my monitor at 1280 X 1024 with 32 bit color selected. The result is...

Is Antarctica in FS2002? I can't find it. If it's not in 2002, did they include it in FS2004? Ben

David, Go to www.flypfc.com and take your checkbook! I gave up on the plastic stuff several years ago. You pay, but you ENJOY the hell out of it, and it's built to last forever (lifetime warranty)!! Or at least until technology leaves you in the dust, I recently had to go to a DB-15/USB converter...