I saw this, too.  It looks like the 707 has some sort of alien anti-gravity technology that allows it to hover.  I believe it is a graphics overload issue.  I noticed it only at KJFK, which is addon, with another company's Manhattan nearbay.  I lowered some sliders a bit and have not seen a return of the issue.

model protection? Dont know what you mean by that, but I just sent a ticket out...Hope it can be resolved....

Thanks for all the effort in helping me out, but after trying the instructions on removing it from the registry after deleting, still didnt help me..I followed the instructions to a "T" and reinstalled it, and  fired up FSX and still no landing gears. I have already submitted a trouble ticket to Captain Sim and no reply, as of yet...the only direction im getting right now is from the community forum (from you)...I hope Captain Sim dont try and offer me a refund, because I would rather have this resolved..to me (IMO) this is the best bird I have ever purchased from them...this bird has NO impact on the frames whatsoever...Im praying that someone, or somebody is out there reading this and has a suggestion on how to maybe resolve this...and yes, all of my drivers are up to date... I have 12gb of memory, about 300gb ssd drives in raid 0, video card is nvidia gtx 290 1.8gb, operating system is: windows ultimate 7 64bit...I have purchased from Captain Sim with these specs in the past and no problems whatsoever, so im lost right now ....please help, Country4life

Hello Captain Sim Community,

� �Thanks to all of you who have tried so hard to fix my landing gear issue...Well, 2 days and 6hrs later I am glad to say," Its Fixed"!!! Captain Sim tech still hasnt replied back to my trouble ticket either....but im pretty sure someone from there will reply now after reading this and after seeing that it is fixed....the steps I took to get it working correctly are listed below (please note: this may or may not work for you)....

1). I uninstalled Captain Sim 707-300 from this path: Start/Control Panel/Programs and Features.
2). Went into the registry to completely remove any leftover entries.
3).Used Ccleaner to scan system for any old files or folders( Ccleaner is freeware, just google it).
4).IMPORTANT: I then redownloaded the 707.exe file from Captain Sim( think I may have had a bad download at first).
5). Restarted my computer.
6).Launched the .exe file I downloaded earlier, but this time before downloading, I right clicked the file and clicked,"Run as Administrator".
7). Installed it and what do you know..

Also, Im not sure if "Running as Administrator" was the key to it installing correctly or redownloading the ".exe" file again was the fix, but im just glad its all working now.....Also, if you plan on going into the registry like I did, PLEASE ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!!! Log into your profile with Captain Sim and type in this KB number for details on how to remove it from your registry: the KB number is 685

Special thanks to: Markoz, Jcmic,Tim Capps, and Captain Sim 2 for all their efforts......Happy flights

I couldnt sleep because I was up thinking about what could be causing me to have problems with the installation...lol..I guess im a flight addict, but im very thankful to have a community forum I can turn to for suggestions if im ever in need. I also like to give back as well, thats why I posted the instructions on how I resolved the problem and hopefully this may help someone in the future as well..have a happy flight.....Country4life

country4life wrote on Sep 2^nd, 2010 at 10:09pm:


We have replied to your ticket the next day after it was submitted, please check your junk mail folder. Anyway we are glad the problem is resolved.

This happened to me right after installation (with no restart), but after I restarted the computer it was fine. I also reinstalled FSUIPC (registered) just for the hell of it as I have the current version backed up in a safe place. I recommend that as it will automatically re register itself and all your previous FSUIPC settings should be there. Always restart your PC after installing an FS add on, it eliminates alot of problems that really wouldnt be an issue if you did.

Graphics corruption of this kind is often seen with highly complex addons.  The system simply can't cope.  There is a fix you can put in the fsx.cfg file.  Go to avisim and search for HIGHMEMFIX=1 .  There are many threads.  It solved all my problems of this nature.  There are numerous other associated mods, but the HIGHMEMFIX=1 line is all you need, plus deleting some files relating to the shader cache, whatever that is.  Here is one thread telling you how to do it:


http://forum.avsim.net/topic/280688-graphics-corruption-in-fsx-update-possible-s...

I uninstalled the plane several times, re downloaded it but it's still hovering above the runway...

ByBry wrote on Mar 8^th, 2011 at 1:54pm:

It seems like you installed the Expansion Models while you still had the 707-300 Base Pack v1.2 installed. Uninstall the 707-300 Base Pack v1.2 then download the 707-300 Base Pack v1.3, install it and then install the Expansion Models. Doing that should solve the problem.

Mark

Mark,

Thank you.  That absolutely corrected the problem.  That's the way a fix should be explained.

The 707C's now have landing gear and fly ever so sweet.

Now if iI can just get the 767 autopilot to work, but that's a different forum.

I just own the 707 base pack and re-installing it didn't solve the problem, any advice on what I have to do??

thanks markoz but when I searched for KB685 I found:"Please be careful and do it on your own risk!"
and to quote ByBry I don't want to "mess around with my registry" so I think the 707 will stay in the hangar...

thanks markoz I now have landing gears under my 707...yeah!!!!!!!
captain sim should add the sreenshot you posted on the clean the registery page.
It helped make the clean the registery thing less dramatic (for me!)
anyway thanks markoz!!!


Edit: the ADVs don't have landing gears... 707-300B and 707-300 are working fine.

Seeing as it is not happening all the time, is there something specific that you are doing that might be the cause.

Example #1: Sometimes after reloading a Captain Sim aircraft many times, I have this happen. I exit and restart FSX to get around it.
Example #2: Loading the Captain Sim aircraft into FSX after using a different developers aircraft. Again I exit and restart FSX to get around it.

So unless it is when you first start FSX and the CS707 is the first aircraft you load into FSX, it could be one of the above cases. You didn't specify whether this was the case, so I'm describing what has happened to me.