OK, I'm obviously doing something wrong, I start on approach, everything is fine but i have virtually no control over the Shuttle. My joystick is plugged in and i can control things like the speedbrakes, but not the actual flying of the Shuttle (i.e. it just ploughs into the ground every time). I'm not sure if it's a joystick problem (which i've calibrated and seems OK) or i'm just missing something like a button to press to give me control. Any help here would be appreciated as i was looking forward to this release, thanks again,

 Andy.

I had a similar problem which I just figured out (after trial and error).....After starting the scenario I have to bring up the menu toolbar (press the alt key), then go into flights pulldown and select reset. The scenario will start over but this time things seem to work. You also have to turn-off the autopilot for full manual control. Hope this helps....It did for me.

The ship at that point is controlled by the slew keys, and it is on autopilot. You do however have control of the vertical axis but still only by the slew commands, remember your out where there is no air for the surfaces to act upon. So RCS is the only way to control the ship, and the way this sim emulates the RCS is using the slew mode. BTW in case you wonder, RCS is "Reaction Control System"
Read your manuals, this is all covered. ;)

Oh, and I cant help this one..............."Flyin through space aint like dustin crops kid"   :D

tjblank wrote on Jan 1^st, 2007 at 6:28pm:

I had a similar problem which I just figured out (after trial and error).....After starting the scenario I have to bring up the menu toolbar (press the alt key), then go into flights pulldown and select reset. The scenario will start over but this time things seem to work. You also have to turn-off the autopilot for full manual control. Hope this helps....It did for me.

Ah, that worked, thanks, actually managed to land it now, thanks again.

Please read Manual part III section 4.3.2