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  1. Hi all, Thanks for all the replies! At least I now know it's possible, and worth further work. Happy flying, all!
  2. Hi, My questions may well have been asked before now, but there does not seem to be a 'search for topic' option available in the forum, so excuse me if I'm repeating an already asked and answered question! I've been using FSX for quite some time, and have a lot of add-on scenery etc for it, so have stayed with FSX rather than progress to a newer Sim. I have no experience of using more than one monitor on my Desktop PC. Is it possible to have multiple views on the separate screens? e.g. main screen with view forward, left screen with view forward/left, and right screen with view forward/right, all at the same time, to better simulate a cockpit view? Can FSX produce such multiple views? I see such an arrangement as I describe here as providing for better immersion in Sim Flight and would like to try to implement such a thing if it will work! Any advice/pointers would be most welcome!
  3. Thanks to all you guys for your help. Sure enough, the 'H' key cures the power loss!:) I'm so used to looking to the panel for the appropriate control, and I 'fly' the sim with full yoke, quadrants and pedals, I forget that sim flying has a whole host of commands by keyboard input that I very rarely actually use! At least now I can stop falling out of the sky in cold clouds! I've set a switch on quadrant for Engine de-ice as well:)
  4. I'll retry the Stornoway flight and give the 'H' key a try - there is no switch or lever for 'Carb Heat' on the panel in VC or 2D as far as I can tell!
  5. Well before I start to experience the power loss I get Pitot icing if I've not put the heat switch on for that. Since it doesn't really cause any immediate problem I usually leave it to give me a first indication of icing conditions, and start anti-icing as soon as it appears! The only thing I've been unable to find in the Real Air Duke with respect to anti-icing is any kind of control for Engine Air-intake heating! The Duke has a few pull levers on lower panel for control of various air controls but all seem to relate to cabin air. When my plane is dropping out of the sky with hardly any power available, I've had a go at pretty near any control I thought might have an effect. It just baffles me that I haven't found a cure yet! I have never flown a real-time Duke, (had a very nice trip in a Beech Duchess once), but surprised not to be able to find a control of some sort for anti-icing of air intakes.:confused:
  6. Flight out of Stornoway using AS16 weather (real-time) IFR instructed climb to 7000, pitot iced up as entered cloud, switched on all deicing, continued climb, power started decreasing steadily till could no longer maintain altitude, dropped like a stone to about 3000 before power came back! Castigated by ATC! Climb again, got to 7000 but started losing power again! abandoned flight! Guess the Prop Heat isn't curing my power loss in icing conditions after all!:(
  7. Had another flight in 'Duke' where icing appeared - tried 'Prop Heat' and did not get any power loss! Thanks for the tip pzl 104 - I'll remember that one!
  8. Must admit, not tried the Prop de-ice heat when I lost power - must have a go at that when I can re-create the 'nasty' flight :pilot:
  9. I have discovered one small problem, though. The thumbnail generator doesn't like my graphics card - cannot get the 'green background' over entire screen! I'll have to look out for an older Graphics card to try!
  10. Yeah, I found the various de-icing switches etc, and Pitot heat certainly works OK, as in icing conditions I soon lost Airspeed indication without Pitot Heat On! The 'Defrost Air' did not appear to be a cure for my loss of power, though! Still experimenting.:) Not yet tried the 'h' key - next time up!
  11. Hi, I have the RealAir Beech Duke piston twin, and It's about my favourite GA twin to fly in FSX. I have had one or two issues, though, in weather conditions that could be expected to produce icing. I have suffered progressive power loss, as though air intakes icing up, but have been unable to find any control for 'Hot Air to intakes'. Does the Duke have such a thing, or how else should I recover from the power-loss issue? ASUS main board with Quad-core CPU, 8Gb RAM, Geforce 7200 graphics, using Multicore next to define full CPU usage by FSX Gold SP2
  12. Yes, I've found it! Thanks so much for that!
  13. Quite some time ago I managed to use my 'Instant Scenery' add-on to FSX to automatically scan through all the scenery libraries and capture thumbnails for all the objects it found there. Only trouble is, I can't remember how I did it! Anyone know anything about this process? Geoff
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