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Major Glitch, I can't deal with it!

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Please tell me there is a way to fix what happens to me EVERY flight with the Comanche: See the youtube link for a video of what happens.
I have tried all weather conditions, they don't change it! It flips up during taxi as well not. During a run-up too!
I need help, this is pretty significant!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEYjxvgELsQ

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This is not a weather glitch. Do not load the Comanche as your stored default flight. Just use a default A/C for your default flight and THEN change the A/C in the GUI and as a further remedy remove all "previous flight*.*" files in C:\Users\"your name"\Documents\Flight Simulator X Files. I haven't found the real cause for that (I had this happen also a few times) but using the advice I gave you should remove it.
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Holy cow, that is hilarious to watch! I hope that lonewulf47's advice works for you.
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Re: Major Glitch, I can't deal with it!

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Lonewolf, Um, Yeh, happens every time I fly, I never load it as a flight scenario, and it is not my default flight, but thanks anyway.

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FlightPassion wrote:Lonewolf, Um, Yeh, happens every time I fly, I never load it as a flight scenario, and it is not my default flight, but thanks anyway.
I see. Nevertheless I recommend to:

- do a complete reinstall of the Comanche and run the updater
- delete ALL stored flights with *.A2A in: "C:\Users\<your name>\Documents\Flight Simulator X Files"
- delete all files except the axisConfig.cfg in "C:\Users\<yourname>\Documents\A2A\FSX\Comanche250".

In fact I wouldn't actually delete the files but move them into a safe location. It's no too much work as it can be done in a few minutes. But it assures that no unwanted remainders of any kind are present. Of course the Comanche will be reset to zero hours thereafter but I would consider this a minor problem regarding the whole issue. Would be great if you could just give it a try and report.
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I would recommend Oskars advice, this is normally caused to an issue with the default flight. I would always advice to never ever change the default flight for trouble free simming.

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Interested to read this discussion as I experienced the same phenomenon as the OP a few times recently. In my case, this happened soon after first installing a paid version of FSUIPC4 so I suspected there was a connection. :? However, I haven't been able to systematically reproduce the issue and I'm away from home with work for a bit, so not able to experiment at present.

One thing I will add though, is that in all the years that I've used FSX, I've never kept that original flight which starts in the air at Friday Harbor with the Air Creation Trike as my default. Instead, I've always saved a few flights with the default MS C172SP (generally cold and dark) parked at various airports of my choosing and made one of these the default. No ill-effects whatsoever to report, so though I don't usually tend to contradict Lewis's advice, I can't really agree with the "never ever change the default flight" thing. (Though of course we shouldn't save a default flight using a complex aircraft add-on such as the A2A products. :) )

Having said that, saved flights can get corrupted it seems, so if you delete a suspect saved default flight, the old Friday Harbor flight should still be loaded and may iron out any issues. I still wonder if FSUIPC could be related to the 'levitating' aircraft issue though: curious if the OP (or Oskar) use it?

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Nick M wrote:Interested to read this discussion as I experienced the same phenomenon as the OP a few times recently. In my case, this happened soon after first installing a paid version of FSUIPC4 so I suspected there was a connection. :? However, I haven't been able to systematically reproduce the issue and I'm away from home with work for a bit, so not able to experiment at present.

One thing I will add though, is that in all the years that I've used FSX, I've never kept that original flight which starts in the air at Friday Harbor with the Air Creation Trike as my default. Instead, I've always saved a few flights with the default MS C172SP (generally cold and dark) parked at various airports of my choosing and made one of these the default. No ill-effects whatsoever to report, so though I don't usually tend to contradict Lewis's advice, I can't really agree with the "never ever change the default flight" thing. (Though of course we shouldn't save a default flight using a complex aircraft add-on such as the A2A products. :) )

Having said that, saved flights can get corrupted it seems, so if you delete a suspect saved default flight, the old Friday Harbor flight should still be loaded and may iron out any issues. I still wonder if FSUIPC could be related to the 'levitating' aircraft issue though: curious if the OP (or Oskar) use it?

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Nick M wrote:Having said that, saved flights can get corrupted it seems, so if you delete a suspect saved default flight, the old Friday Harbor flight should still be loaded and may iron out any issues. I still wonder if FSUIPC could be related to the 'levitating' aircraft issue though: curious if the OP (or Oskar) use it?
Yes, I do use FSUIPC and I do NOT use the original default saved flight with airstart at Friday Harbor. I use a self-defined startup flight on a certain airport with a default A/C (MS C172). That's all. When I experienced this issue first time I was almost sure that it was induced by using the A2A Cherokee in the startp flight. However I could not really trace it down to be the real culprit (sorry, too long ago...). However I never suspected FSUIPC to be the cause and never made any checks to verify this. In my case I could get rid of it by reinstating another default flight with a default A/C again (MS C172 with engine running) and deleting all saved flights. But I must also admit that I did not go any further into the isssue with some serious troubleshooting. Maybe next time it happens I will... 8) What I remember though is that it never happened on a default airport but always on relatively complex add-on scenery. However again this is only an assumption without any proof so far.
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lonewulf47 wrote:Yes, I do use FSUIPC and I do NOT use the original default saved flight with airstart at Friday Harbor.
Thanks Oskar,

I'll keep an eye out for this phenomenon happening again. It only happened sporadically and one thing I suspected could be a culprit was the FSUIPC wind smoothing options as I'd been experimenting with them. I only suspect FSUIPC is involved because I'd never seen this phenomenon before installing it. (I've run without it for several years, but finally decided to give it a try.) However, chances are this is a coincidence rather than a cause/effect. :)

Hope the OP manages to resolve the issue following your suggestions. FlightPassion - if the problem does persist and you do use FSUIPC, maybe you could try 'disabling' it temporarily by moving the DLL into a different folder for a bit.

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Re: Major Glitch, I can't deal with it!

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Thanks for all the suggestions guys, I deleted all of the saved flights I had (Never really used them), including the default one, So that is all reset. Deleted all previous autosaves etc...

Problem still persists.
FSUIPC does not seem to effect it.
I am almost considering getting rid of it, if it keeps happening. It is a fantastic aircraft, but it's no good if I can't fly it!

Many Thanks,
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Hi Oli,

Don't give up! The Comanche is well worth the effort of getting to the bottom of this. :) I take it you disabled FSUIPC then, and that it didn't help?

Best thing would probably be if you could give us a little bit more info about your sim. For instance, what sim platform and OS are you running and what other add-ons do you have installed? Also, any specialised hardware/drivers which may be relevant?

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P.S. Did you also try as Oskar suggested: deleting all files except the axisConfig.cfg in "C:\Users\<yourname>\Documents\A2A\FSX\Comanche250" ?
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Re: Major Glitch, I can't deal with it!

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Windows 7 Home Premium
Intel Core i7-4790 CPU @ 3.60 GHz
RAM: 8GB
64 - bit OS
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 GPU

FSX Legacy
A2A Piper Comanche
FSUIPC4
PMDG MD-11
Quality Wings Avro RJ / BAe 146 Collection
Aerosoft Airbus A318/19
Carenado C172
Freeware Sky textures
Active Sky Next
Various Addon Scenery including Orbx FTX England
FSDT GSX

No special drivers of any sort.

I guess that is enough info?

Many thanks,
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Re: Major Glitch, I can't deal with it!

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Oli,

not sure now: did you ever do a complete vanilla install e.g. getting rid of EVERY file related to the Comance before?

i.e.
use normal Windows Uninstaller, then
-> C:\Users\--\Documents\A2A\FSX\Comanche250-> delete whole directory
-> C:\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\A2A\Comanche250 -> delete whole directory
-> C:\Microsoft Flight Simulator X\SimObjects\Airplanes\A2A_Piper_PA24_250_Comanche (in case there are still some remaining files there)

Reboot your computer

after reinstalling run the latest updater (only that one) and before running FSX: reboot again. Just a proposal though as in very special cases it's the scheme I use for dealing with stiff-necked software... :-)

Other than that I must honestly confess that I'm out of ideas if even uninstalling/deactivating FSUIPC does not help. One last resort could possibly be a reinstall of SimConnect, as this can in rare cases also be a source of misbehaviour of any kind.
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Re: Major Glitch, I can't deal with it!

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It looks like somethings interfering with the simulation what other add on's are you using and have you tried disabling them, including FSUIPC.

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