Simviation Forum - Radios and Autopilot suddenly go dead

May 10^th, 2010 at 2:46pm

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This seems strange. Recently, while flying, the radios suddenly went dead (couldn't communicate with the controllers, either to or from) and the autopilot unit went blank and turned off. Some minutes later, they came back on without my help! This first happened while flying a Lancaster over England. But the phenomenum is now happening more often and with more aircraft and in other areas of the world. I have no idea what's causing this. Does anyone have any idea?

But it did bring another question to mind. If this was being caused by some malfunction in the FS9 programming and required either a partial or entire reinstallation of FS9, to what extent would I have to backup the add-ons I've downloaded since forever? Appreciate any guidance to either or both my queations.

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Jim

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Reply #1 - May 10^th, 2010 at 3:10pm

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I found the answer to the second question in the forum archives which is where I should have looked in the first place. But still looking for some answers to the radio/AP problem.

Jim

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Reply #2 - May 10^th, 2010 at 3:32pm

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Double-check your control assignments... maybe you are turning this stuff on/off when you are think you are controlling something else.

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Reply #3 - May 10^th, 2010 at 4:08pm

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It's that pesky Ash Cloud again... Grin

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Reply #4 - May 10^th, 2010 at 4:25pm

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Tyler012 wrote on May 10^th, 2010 at 4:08pm:

It's that pesky Ash Cloud again... Grin

lol If you find yourself suddenly gliding and all is silent in your cockpit, you know where the problem is Wink

Cheers,
RB

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Reply #5 - May 10^th, 2010 at 4:30pm

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Rocket_Bird wrote on May 10^th, 2010 at 4:25pm:

Tyler012 wrote on May 10^th, 2010 at 4:08pm:

It's that pesky Ash Cloud again... Grin

lol If you find yourself suddenly gliding and all is silent in your cockpit, you know where the problem is Wink

...you've run out of Gas!... Shocked

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(You only do that once....in an Aeroplane...)... Wink

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Paul.... Grin

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Reply #6 - May 10^th, 2010 at 4:56pm

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Thanks for all the helpful advice, but I wasn't turning anything else off and on, so its not control assignments, and the engines kept running so it wasn't a gas problem. I turned the program off, took Disc 1 out, rebooted my computer, reinserted Disc 1 and restarted FS9. That seems to have solved the problem for the moment.
Grin

Jim

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Reply #7 - May 10^th, 2010 at 5:30pm

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Tyler012 wrote on May 10^th, 2010 at 4:08pm:

It's that pesky Ash Cloud again... Grin

Wonder if anyone is working on an add-on for that yet? Wink

And the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico? Roll Eyes

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Reply #8 - May 10^th, 2010 at 6:45pm

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Double check your Failures are not set above 5%. I was recently flying a 'Fire Fighting' Goose, and all of a sudden, both engines flamed out. I held CTRL+E to try and get them restarted, and they would for a few moments, then out again they went..... did this about 15 to 20 times until i could climb from 2,500 up to 7,000 ... 15nm out of my destination. Then I just "dead stick'ed" it in, dont need engines in a glider to land if you have enough altitude and forward speed, so why do I need them on a "Canadair CL215"????

this was the first time this ever happened to me in the 6 years I've had FS2004!!! Must have been the Failures.

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Reply #9 - May 11^th, 2010 at 8:02pm

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Capt.Propwash wrote on May 10^th, 2010 at 6:45pm:

both engines flamed out.

A jet age expression. In your case the more appropriate statement would be - "they both quit" Cheesy

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