Troubleshooting
- The engines won't start:
- If you use the Start gauge to start the the engines, you must turn on
the boost pumps first, and you must either have ground power or sufficient
battery voltage supplied to the electrical bus.
- The magneto knobs are moving incorrectly or won't move:
- You should still be able to use the mags as usual, even though they are
in the wrong positions.
- The entire panel appears distorted, or the sub-panels are small squares in the upper left corner, or they are not in their proper locations:
- You have probably used this panel in a flight that originally used a different
panel. Just select a plane that uses a different panel (like the Cessna),
and then select your original plane again. If you want to, you can then
resave the flight and the panel will appear correctly after loading that
flight.
- I can't change the radio frequencies:
- The numbers on the radio gauges are changed by clicking the mouse on the
little knobs below the digits; decrease the decimal digits by clicking to
the left of the inner knob, right of the inner knob for increase. To control
the major digits, use the outer knob instead.
- I can't get the ground power to start up:
- You must have your engines stopped, parking brake on, and the Batt &
Gnd switch ON. You must also have the Overhead 2 panel visible.
- How do I adjust the propeller RPM (ie. pitch) - there are no blue knobs:
- They have been replaced by the electric prop controls, as used on the real
thing. Please read that section to learn how to use them.
- When I use Prop Reverse the red BRAKES
message appears on the screen:
- You need to edit the fs9.cfg file. Read the Prop Reverse section above
to learn how to eliminate that message.
- When I increase the throttle for takeoff (or decrease it for landing) I hear a buzzing sound:
- You are hearing the configuration alarm - you do not have the flaps or landing
gear set correctly.
- When I try to start FSX with the panel, the sim crashes:
- On some machines it may be necessary to start with a default aircraft, then switch to the Douglas panel.
If you have problems that cannot be corrected by the steps
above, feel free to email me. However, I will expect that if you have one
of the problems listed above that you will tell me that you tried the fix
and it didn't work - otherwise I will just guide you to this section!! If
you don't have any of the problems above, make sure that you READ EACH STEP
in the instructions again and double check that it was performed correctly.
I will expect you in your email to tell me you have done this. Here
is my email
address.
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