dougal wrote on Mar 9^th, 2009 at 9:19pm:

signmanbob wrote on Mar 6th, 2009 at 5:39am: If you are using FSUIPC, you may have to start it using Ctrl+E.   WOW! I was about to purchase this aircraft until I saw that.  Doesn't that strike anyone as a bit odd for an addon of this cost?? Also, is it correct that 'Alt Hold' doesn't work?  It's what I heard Thanks

The problem is not with Captain Sim's 727, the problem is that it is not very compatible with FSUIPC.  Dispite this, I like to use FSUIPC registered version to set up all of my controllers.
This is causing the fuel cutoff switches on the pedestal not to work.  It may also be what is causing my ALT HOLD switch not to work.
I have found a way to do the startup procedure without using the cutoff switches on the pedestal.  I leave those switches on all the time and use the fuel cutoff switches on the engineer's panel.  They still work good and I can do a normal startup procedure using them instead.
I can see a developer building a sim that doesn't use FSUIPC or need it.  But I can't see why a developer would release a sim that is not compatible with such a popular utility.
I can't fault Captain Sim for that though.  He has built a beautiful 727 with the intentions of it using the default FSX program.
He did build the 757 to use FSUIPC so it does seem strange though.