Please Descend to FL8000

[rjord]

I have being away from FSX for 6 months due to hardware issues but came back again and took an ILS flight.

Had everything on course and going well on autopiliot and leveled out when suddenly the plane 's nose went up after 10 minutes flying, I stalled and had to drop out of auto pilot. Not sure what that was about as it used to work for me and I had altitude on auto pilot too.... and plenty of throttle.

My problem was from there on I was getting requests from traffic control telling me to ascend to FL120........ my problem was that I was at FL150 but kept on getting the message saying to ascend.

Then when I was in the outer range of the airport I was going to land at, traffic control told me to descend to FL8000.... at this stage I was at FL4000 because I kept being told to expedite my descent to 12000 earlier.

Is this an issue with FSX SP2...... I can't remember there being an issue with flight levels from traffic control before.

I was flying the default FSX CRJ-700 and not sure if the issue is with the plane or not.






Cheers


Roy

[f16jockey_2]

at this stage I was at FL4000

Ouch !!! Contact Houston Space Center... sorry, couldn't resist. I'm sure someone else will be able to give a more serious answer :).

Wim

[tres2]

Hi Roy,

Try to ignore Wim, I think he just got back from Amsterdam (LOL!)

Nothing you have described suggests, to me anyway, that you are having any kind of Service Pack Two or other computer issues, but rather just a flight which got bollixed up once you stalled and air traffic control got confused as to the up's and downs of your ascending and descending, which they couldn't keep up with. Here are a few thoughts:

It is essential to be completely aware of your airspeed at all times. I have many times had the experience of dropping out of autotrottle without realizing it, and not paying attention while my airspeed decayed to the stall point. Wim was probably laughing his butt off. This kind of stuff has happened to everybody. None of this suggests anything wrong with your computer; just that the guy flying it needs a little more practice.

One small point; Flight Levels don't start until 18,000 feet. Below that, one just refers to the altitude.

Everything's fine, just keep flying but watch your airspeed! By the way, my crazy Belgian friend is actually one of the most knowledgeable guys around here.

Tres Pierson

[mallcott]

Sounds like a classic case of confusion. Flight Levels only start in the sim at 18,000 ft, as explained.

Flight Levels are measured in hundreds of feet. So FL4000 would be a nominal 400,000 ft. I doubt your airliner can fly that high. And explains Wims' pun.

If you actually mean 4,000ft then at ALL altitudes below the FL Transition Altitude (18,000ft) you need to ensure you maintain parity with the outside pressure = regular use of the `B` key.

[tres2]

I had altitude on auto pilot too.... and plenty of throttle.



Sorry, I wasn't focusing on the fact that you said that.

That into account, I guess I am as stumped as Wim. But I'm standing by everything else I said; I still can't see how anything you are describing would seriously suggest anything is wrong with your computer setup, but I am the last guy around here you want to get advice from about computers.

Be your throttle settings whatever they may have been; the important question is what was your airspeed at the time? The only reason an airplanes stalls is because it's not flying fast enough.

I guess I'll just have to fall back on what Wim said, namely, to see if somebody else has a better thought.

Tres

PS Mr. Malcott chimed in while I was dictating this message. I agree with everything he said.

[cm19]

Could it be that your barometric pressure wasn't properly set on your altimeter? If not a quick press of B on your keyboard will set it properly.