b1m2d3 wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2011 at 6:54pm:
Mr CoolP will hang you for that (the GPS thingy shhhhh)! But I hear you on the "new things to learn".

I have often had the "overspeed" warning come up on my 727 for that same reason. But I have never needed to restart a flight, even with realism maxed? Why did you? Or is that just something you do as a part of the realism?

Mark

b1m2d3 wrote on Oct 23^rd, 2011 at 1:56am:
I could easily be confused between the 727 and 707 (ouch). So I'll check on the audio warning.
Do you have failures ON or something else that stops the sim and resets the flight? I never get the flight reset.

Not sure why yours crashes when you overspeed and mine doesn't. I started making realism changes, but nothing made it "crash", I did get the overspeed warning in the 727, it's a rapid continuous "click click click click click" sound. I even flew the 727 for quite some time with the ASI "off the clock" at FL190 without it breaking. Beats me.

I did get something strange happen. I didn't see the red overspeed message in FSX. I think it has something to do with a setting in Orbx FSX Go, so I'll need to get that one turned back on.

Some changes were made to to the way the Captain Sim Forums can be used by new members. This was to stop the spammers that were posting in the forums. You'll eventually get past that. Soon I hope.

One of the most compelling reasons for me to switch to FSX has been this 727 since I saw some really good screenshots of it posted a couple years back. I owned and enjoyed the Legendary 727 for FS9 in it's day, it's still one of my favorite sim aircraft. Well anyway, I've been running FSX for a couple months now and just recently I've finally purchased the 727-100 + -200 expansion.

I've been through the forums the past few nights and got all the good tweaks going, one problem I had was I'm running a non-accel version of FSX so I had to get the updated autopilot to get it working. Sound issue, reload aircraft; works for me. Got rid of the "don't sink" warning, and watched a couple videos on starting from C&D. Thanks you guys in the forums for having all this stuff figured out and making the info available and easy to find.

So, now after having her in my hangar for a few days, getting the bugs worked out, and learning to fly her, I finally loaded up the C&D @ KSEA flight last night and did the most wonderful, completely hand flown, by-the-numbers (sort of) flight to KGEG that's ever been done in the history of FS! This thing is awesome!

Since then I added a United 80s -200 livery I had for the FS9 version and did a nostalgic flight from KGEG to KDEN which is a flight I did often in the real world (as a passenger) back in the 80's. Well actually we landed at Stapleton back then and sadly Stapleton is a suburb now, but still pretty cool. (Oh how I wish someone would do a 9-Dragons style Stapleton for FSX)

Next I think I'll find a Western livery and hit Salt Lake City on the way to somewhere, maybe Portland. From there I think I'll work my way toward Ketchikan...

Jim

im still eating dust in Australia regional airports. B727-100 is pretty solid bird. flies like on rails, lands almost everywhere. But i gotta calculate really good how much cargo i can lift from short regional runways. and try not to get lost without GPS thats a real fun.

Also i modified some checklists. I added this lines. WORKS FOR ME
Receiving aircraft: stereo.....on
Before takeoff: stereo....off
After takeoff : stereo......on
Landing: stereo......off
After landing: stereo......on

)

Anywhere the NY GIANTS are playing:)