jmiked

I guess it didn't properly uninstall tha previous version. I did as you suggested and this time it worked fine. Thanks.

I recently had to reinstall the LES DC3 V 1.4, and now I always get the X-Aviation logo in two places on the screen, and some of my gauges (airspeed, etc) don't work. In the plugins dropdown, I get a message that no activation is needed, so I guess it is activated. Any ideas on what went wrong? I'm with Windows 7, XP 10.25, 64-bit.

YES! This is very frustrating!

I've found that the AP will hold a steady heading (and altitude) if Plan G is running at the same time with a flight plan made up. If the Sync feature in Plan G is toggled on and the radio panel is visible, you can set a heading either in the DC-3 or in Plan G, and the AP of the DC-3 will keep to that heading. If you change the heading on the Sperry, the plane will change direction to follow the heading that you have just set. It will also hold an altitude if the ALT button on the Plan G radio panel is clicked at the altiutude you are at. You can also set the nav and com radios, ADF, and transponder frequencies from Plan G.

I think I read a reference in a developer's notes for a DC-3 in FS9/FSX that in FS9 they could set up the Sperry they modelled to only control heading by rudder movement, which was authentic. The rudder control was connected to the gyro, but airleron control was not. FSX was programmed so the autopilot was unchangeably linked to both rudder and aileron, so they had to live with it for that version. I don't recall which Sperry they were simulating (but I think it was the MKIII). It may have been the DC-3 sim from Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, which was designed to be just like a real-world DC-3 they restored and operate.