bobmorr wrote on Jan 24^th, 2013 at 6:39am:


did u uninstall the old version before installing the new version?

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Instruction number 3 is important!

I took mine a step further though. I rebooted my computer after I uninstalled v0.9 and rebooted it again after I had installed v1.0. I have found that this works best for me.

Hi guys - thanks for all of the great ideas.  I have been onboard from the exterior release so have done all of the step upgrades so I am pretty familiar with doing the upgrades but I did from scratch.
1) turn off antivirus
2) Download the new 1.0
3) Remove Captain Sim 777 from the start menu and went to the actual 777 folder in the Captain Sim directory and erased it
4) Restarted (liked that idea Markoz)
5) Installed the 1.0 software
When I launch I went to free flight and set up a flight from San Diega (KSAN) to Miami (KMIA).  Dropped fuel to about 30%.  I have tried it with and without real world weather but it makes no difference
Hit Fly
The airport loads, engine sound spin up  I hit the brakes.  Crash.

I have no idea what this could be.  I haven't had an issue during the previos 6 or 7 releases like this one.  Any other ideas?

Thank You!

Brief test flight last night after downloading 1.0 and very much improved over 0.9.   One thing I noticed and maybe it was me but seems super slippery as far as acceleration.   Before I knew it was 300 knots and when coming in for landing, full spoilers, full flaps, gear down and throttles idle still seemed hard to slow down.  Was decending at 800fps through most of approach.

I typically fly manual approaches for the realism of flying rather than let the computer do a autoland.   

Not upset with this one at all so far.   Still learning the systems but good overall.  

Don-P1126 wrote on Jan 24^th, 2013 at 3:07pm:

There is definitely a problem with drag being too low in 1.0. Possibly engine thrust is too high as well, but CS should check drag first. Takeoff roll seems normal, but plane accelerates too rapidly after liftoff and is very difficult to slow down on approach even at max landing weight, spoilers, flaps, gear and idle throttle. I would guess the drag is set wrong in the FDE.

Ben

Please do not forget http://captainsim.org/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1338922410

Don-P1126 wrote on Jan 24^th, 2013 at 3:07pm:

Though I think it is a slick aircraft, once I get the flaps and gear down, it start to create a lot of drag. Add the spoilers to that, and I find it slows rapidly as long as your VS isn't too high 1000+ fpm.

Since I started using the spoiler to keep it from getting to fast when descending (STAR and Approach), my ILS landings have been much better.

Another trick I use to help prevent it getting too fast is to use the F1 key, sometimes holding it for a few seconds to help bleed off speed.