Hi James.

I was sure that I had not added anything to the panel.cfg in any of the CS 727's with regards to the CS Weather Radar. And that I had used it nearly every time I flew in one of them. So....I uninstalled the 727 v2.4 and removed everything with regards to the 727 v2.4. Like  the Captain_Sim\727 folder AND ALL of the SimObjects\Airplanes\CS_B727-XXX folders. I then installed the 727 Base Pack v2.3  and this is a screen shot of the WXR panel in it:

As you can see, the button is set to TST (TEST Mode) and the coloured bars show the test working. So this means it (to me) was included in the 727 Base Pack v2.3.

Mark

EDIT: Here is why I could see the weather radar in v2.3

Yep. I read you posts and saw the problems you had.

The changes aren't very much. For the 727 SP2.4 Full List, click here.

Seeing as I had no issues with v2.3, going up to v2.4 is not a problem for me. V2.4 works as well for me as v2.3 did. I still find that the "trick" to catching the ILS and G/S are still there, but no other issues have shown up. So except for that, the 727 v2.4 works perfectly for me.

Unfortunately. I can't say the same for you. You could try v2.4, but if you get the same issues as before, you will have to go through all you went through before. Not a pretty picture.

Mark

Hi Bernardo.

I have just done some more flights in the 727 SP2.4 and I have to take back this from my previous reply:
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I don't need to do it anymore. I realized I was "rushing" my flights and was trying to catch on to the ILS and G/S when "not the best of positions". It catches them quite easily and it DOES disengage HDG HOLD and ALT HOLD once has caught them.

I make one change in the panel.cfg by adding the NAV/GPS switch to the 2D Autopilot panel. And I make a few changes to the aircraft.cfg. I add the electric_always_available=1 and I add the following lines into the VC CameraDefinisions [CameraDefinition.001] to [CameraDefinition.008]. From this :

PitchPanRate=20
HeadingPanRate=60

To this :

PitchPanRate=30
HeadingPanRate=75

AND I add this line as well :

PanAcceleratorTime=0

The last change I make is this following one to the sound.ini file in FSX\Captain_Sim\727 folder:

SoundOffWhenSimIsSlew=0

They are the only changes I need to make and the 727 works perfectly for me.

Hi Bernardo.

Catching the G/S is fairly easy. It is better to catch it from below, but you can do it from above. I have caught it from both above and below and it always works better from below.

Sink rate is still a case of trial and error for me. I tend to just ignore it. Once the Autopilot has got a good hold on the G/S it doesn't happen very much, if at all.

With the Pitch/Heading Pan Rates, the higher the number the faster it moves. Pitch = UP/DOWN and Heading = LEFT/RIGHT. PanAcceleratorTime=n is how long before the Pitch and Heading pan rates reach the speed entered. Zero (0) means it is instant. These all have an enormous effect on the POV Hat switch on most joysticks/yokes but also work with the view movement keys NP4, NP6, NP8, NP2 etc. They have nothing to do with the frame rates you get in FSX. That, I believe, is CPU driven.

Your computer seems to give you a pretty good run, but I'd bet the sliders a low.

I always uninstall the previous version before installing the latest version. That way nothing gets messed up.

I hope this helps.

Mark