Hello, this is my first post and I just got the CS 727, which is unbelievably awsome :)

So, I have no problems getting all the systems up and working just fine, and I was all ready for take-off clearance and I noticed that my GPS had turned off and ATC would not let me choose to ask for take-off clearance...

I am not sure if this is something I did in the 727 or FSX itself?

I cannot find any way to turn the GPS back on at all, but all my electrical systems and avionics work just fine.  It was on for a good 10 minutes before I noticed it had automatically shut off?

ATC was working and I saw ATC talking to other aircraft and it was showing up on the text log box, but when I was trying to ask for clearance it wouldnt work, and I no longer saw ATC communicating with other aircraft.  I checked my frequencies which were all fine, I'm just really confused    :'(

Not sure how to remedy these two problems?

Thank you in advance for your help!

There is a simple fix for this.

Open the aircraft.cfg, which can be found in the FSX\SimObjects\Airplanes\CS_B727-100 folder, with notepad and add electric_always_available=1 in the [electrical] section.

Like this:
[electrical]
electric_always_available=1
max_battery_voltage = 24.0
generator_alternator_voltage = 30.0
max_generator_alternator_amps = 400.0

This should prevent the avionics from switching off. My thoughts are that you are missing something in the procedures that is causing it to happen. I used to have to have that line in mine for the same reason. I don't need to now and I always have power in my avionics.

Hope this helps.

Mark

Hi Markoz!

Thank you for your reply, it is much appreciated :)

I will add that line and let you know how it goes.  I have watched a tutorial online and also have read through the APU and STARTUP procedures in the printable manuals that come with the aircraft.  Alot of it seems pretty straight forward, but I do get lost as well, I guess that I might be thinking I do the startup procedures correctly but I guess I am not....LOL!

Do you know a way or a place you can refer me to that helps teach these correct procedures to me for operation? Maybe how you learned them correctly?

I do best learning visually, and it gets kind of tough when you are trying to piece info together from a sheet of paper  :P

Thanks again for your help  8-)

Hi Brigs,There are a number of video tutorials on youtube regarding the CS727,including start up.You should probably view these in conjunction with the manuals.
Hope this helps :) :)
Ron

Brigs wrote on Dec 8^th, 2011 at 2:11pm:

I will add that line and let you know how it goes.  I have watched a tutorial online and also have read through the APU and STARTUP procedures in the printable manuals that come with the aircraft.  Alot of it seems pretty straight forward, but I do get lost as well, I guess that I might be thinking I do the startup procedures correctly but I guess I am not....LOL!

The difficulty, for me, is the names of the switches and knobs. They don't always match what the "Cockpit Tooltips" show them as. Nor do they tell you where to find them! This can lead me (and you) to searching all over the place for them. Sometimes they are not simulated so leaving them out doesn't matter. I did start to create my own Checklist for the 727, which included ONLY the ones that were simulated AND where to find them., but I never finished it. If I search my HDD's I might find my unfinished work. I did want to do that for all the Captain Sim aircraft I own. I guess once I learned how to get the 727 started without having all the avionics drop out, I couldn't be bothered finishing it. :(


Brigs wrote on Dec 8^th, 2011 at 2:11pm:

Do you know a way or a place you can refer me to that helps teach these correct procedures to me for operation? Maybe how you learned them correctly? I do best learning visually, and it gets kind of tough when you are trying to piece info together from a sheet of paper  :P

I only know of the ones that are provided in this forum. Sorry.

But Ron seems to know of YouTube videos. The only one I did, is for the B-52 because so many were having trouble getting it started.

Mark

I added the electric_always_available=1  and the avionics stay on just fine now, thanks Mark!

Now I just have to figure out the proper procedures to get it to stay on for real  ;)