I think I figured out what I was doing wrong with the electrical.  I had in
electric_always_available=1 it should be
electric_always_availalbe = 1

Those two spaces before and after the "=" sign may be the key.  Sure enough, the other entries in that section also have the spaces. I am going to try it out now.  

I think we need to be careful when referencinig this fix to other people as this went unnoticed by me for quite a while :-/

Fingers crossed.... ;D

Edit:  Still didn't work.  I lose power after 7 minutes every time after reloading a fight. >:(  I will try to do a complete restart. If this doesn't work I give up. What can you do in 7 minutes with power, start the engines and let them run while you do the rest of the preflight?.  I don't think so :-/