Ok, i reinstall complete FSX and all addons, default trike in air over Friday harbour and now is ok with HUD and UFC, only APU ACC still here.
Pat, how to start with cold and dark in this plane, what proccedure you recommend?
Kind regards.
Easiest way would be to set up the Hornet in a cold-n-dark configuration.
Load it like normal, on the end of the runway, engines running from the Free Flight page. Once again, leave the default flight the trike over Friday Harbour.
Either slew or taxi to where you want the plane to be when it loads in, and shut it down. Easiest way is to set the Parking Brake, then hit CTRL+SHFT+F1. After the engine's RPMs indicate 0 on the Engine Monitor page of an MFD, turn the battery OFF. The two generators will turn off by themselves as the engines spool down below about 62%, but you have to turn the battery off manually.
Once it's all done, hit CTRL+SHFT+F4 to ensure the Fuel Valves are back on so you can start the plane normally.
Once all this is done, save the flight off. Do NOT make it the default! Give it an easy name to remember, like Hornet1 or whatever.
Next time you want to fly the Hornet from the cold-n-dark set-up, load the sim normally. It should load with the trike over Friday Harbour. Once it does, go to the Free Flight menu, select the flight you saved off before. Hornet1, for example. The Hornet, parked, in the cold-n-dark configuration. Remember, the batteries in the sim don't last long, so as soon as you turn the battery switch ON, start the APU right away. Once it's running at 100%, set the Start Switch to Right. Watch the Engine Monitor page on an MFD, and once the right engine reaches 65%, roughly, the Start Switch should recenter it's self. Turn the Right Generator ON. Same procedure for the left engine. Once you get both engines running and stable, hit the FCS Reset button. The APU will shut off automatically.
Set up a flight plan, if you want, and taxi out to the runway. Wipe the controls, press the Take-Off Trim button on top of the Rudder Trim Knob. Advance the throttles to 100%, and start the take-off roll. Don't use afterburners unless the plane is heavy enough to warrant them.
Please note, you can not start on a boat in cold-n-dark, if you load the boat in with AICarriers. In other words, if you save the plane on the carrier deck, when you load the saved off flight the next time, there won't be a boat there. You'll take a bath in sea water. Very uncomfortable!
The best thing to do in that case is to load the plane as above, then slew out over the ocean before you start the plane. Set a boat with AICarriers, and slew out to the boat. Set the plane down on the boat in the parking spot you desire, and take it out of slew mode. Set the boat in motion, start the plane normally, and away you go.
Alternatively, you can save the cold-n-dark plane on the boat's deck, but before you save it off, place it in SLEW mode. Once you do that, the next time you load the plane in, it will be above the ocean where the boat was, and in slew mode, when you saved it. Load the boat you want with AICarriers, and set the plane down on the deck. Remember to slew the plane up above the deck a ways, say 50-100', then set it down on the deck. This makes sure the gear is ON the deck, not IN the deck. Take the plane OUT of slew mode, and then set the boat in motion, and start the plane up, and go flying.
Remember, that if you slew out to a boat already in motion, you will have to keep the plane right above the boat, moving, as you set it on the deck. It really adds to the difficulty of placing the plane in the right place aboard the boat. Easiest to set the plane where you want it on the deck on a motionless boat, take it out of slew mode, then set the boat in motion.
Ok,I've rambled on long enough. Does this help at all?
Pat☺
