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DVA3556
First Officer, MD-88
Joined on September 17 2006
"I would rather be flying"
Northeastern United States
15 legs, 23.3 hours
13 legs,
20.2 hours online
5 legs,
6.2 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 20 2006 18:42 ET by Justin Martin
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Please help me!!!! I would like to not fly my MD-88 anymore. The autopilot doesn't work, it doesn't slow down, and the nose points vertical, even when I am descending!!!!
Justin MartinFirst Officer, MD-88
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DVA1760
Senior Captain, A320
Joined on July 02 2004
B757 100 Club
Online Millennium Club
Everett Millennium Club
Flying Colonel
Two Million Mile Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Southeastern United States
1,922 legs, 5,533.2 hours
1,420 legs,
3,661.5 hours online
1,357 legs,
4,541.1 hours ACARS
7 legs,
31.7 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 20 2006 19:04 ET by Stephen Faison
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You can always fly the other aircraft you're rated for.
In your case -- ATR-72, B1900, CRJ-200, CRJ-700, Caravelle, DC-9-14, DC-9-32, DC-9-50, DHC-8, DO-328, EMB-120, ERJ-135, ERJ-145, ERJ-170, F100, F70, L-100, MD-88, MD-90, S340
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DVA3556
First Officer, MD-88
Joined on September 17 2006
"I would rather be flying"
Northeastern United States
15 legs, 23.3 hours
13 legs,
20.2 hours online
5 legs,
6.2 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 20 2006 19:37 ET by Justin Martin
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Ok, your right. However, all the other planes are for short flights and the MD-90 doesn't work eiter. Sorry if it sounds like I'm complaining, I'm just frustrated.
Justin MartinFirst Officer, MD-88
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DVA3556
First Officer, MD-88
Joined on September 17 2006
"I would rather be flying"
Northeastern United States
15 legs, 23.3 hours
13 legs,
20.2 hours online
5 legs,
6.2 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 20 2006 19:38 ET by Justin Martin
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Justin MartinFirst Officer, MD-88
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DVA3556
First Officer, MD-88
Joined on September 17 2006
"I would rather be flying"
Northeastern United States
15 legs, 23.3 hours
13 legs,
20.2 hours online
5 legs,
6.2 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 20 2006 19:39 ET by Justin Martin
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If anyone has any idea what to do or even have the authoritie to give me a new plane, please.
Justin MartinFirst Officer, MD-88
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DVA2253
Senior Captain, DC-8-61
COMM
Joined on April 01 2005
Everett 250 Club
Online Century Club
Eight Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"I'd rather be flying!"
Church Hill, TN USA
862 legs, 1,344.5 hours
108 legs,
165.2 hours online
299 legs,
485.1 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 20 2006 19:55 ET by George Lewis
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Justin, not sure what is wrong with your airplane, but have you tried uninstalling it, downloading a fresh copy from the website and reinstalling it?
On a side note, you can come to the flight academy and learn how to fly without the autopilot...
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DVA2192
Senior Captain, A320
OLP
Joined on March 14 2005
50 State Club
Million Mile Club
Flying Colonel
Online Fifteen Century
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Long Beach 500 Club
Attleboro, MA USA
1,703 legs, 3,149.7 hours
1,635 legs,
2,989.8 hours online
1,667 legs,
3,076.4 hours ACARS
3 legs,
5.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 21 2006 18:16 ET by Richard Walsh
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Yeah I would uninstall and reinstall them. I love the MD90. It flys so nice.
Richard WalshSenior Captain, A320
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DVA1008
Senior Captain, B757-200
Joined on December 14 2002
B757 100 Club
Everett 250 Club
50 State Club
Six Century Club
Online Six Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"Fly 'till the map turns blue"
Kokomo, IN
633 legs, 1,731.3 hours
613 legs,
1,689.9 hours online
212 legs,
792.3 hours ACARS
35 legs,
77.7 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
September 21 2006 18:19 ET by Matt Young
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Check your calibrations while you're at it.
Matt YoungSenior Captain, B757-200
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DVA2541
Captain, B737-800
E-MAIL
Joined on August 17 2005
Century Club
"What's that button for? OOPs"
Erwin, TN USA
122 legs, 206.7 hours
1 legs,
1.1 hours online
1 legs,
1.2 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 21 2006 20:42 ET by John Swisher
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Sounds like a joystick calibration problem.
John SwisherCaptain, B737-800
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DVA2214
Captain, A330-300
OLP
E-MAIL
Joined on March 25 2005
50 State Club
Everett 500 Club
Globetrotter
White Knuckles Club
Million Mile Club
Millennium Club
US Capital Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"One takeoff and landing at a time"
Tampa, FL
1,124 legs, 2,777.2 hours
35 legs,
61.3 hours online
1,005 legs,
2,492.2 hours ACARS
1,153 legs, 2,869.7 hours total
111 legs dispatched, 90.7
hours
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Posted onPost created on
September 24 2006 12:47 ET by Anthony Katosh
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make sure your trim settings are were there supposed to be. and check joy stick calibration also
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DVA3556
First Officer, MD-88
Joined on September 17 2006
"I would rather be flying"
Northeastern United States
15 legs, 23.3 hours
13 legs,
20.2 hours online
5 legs,
6.2 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
September 24 2006 13:12 ET by Justin Martin
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Thank you guys for all your help. My main problem with all the Delta aircraft I have tried is the Auto Pilot. The ILS via AP hasn't been working. Can someone explain how to use the ILS on DELTA PLANES OR THESE IN PARTCULAR?
Justin MartinFirst Officer, MD-88
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DVA3448
Captain, B767-300
Joined on August 16 2006
Century Club
Online Century Club
"Git 'er done!"
Eastern Canada
102 legs, 313.5 hours
100 legs,
310.1 hours online
90 legs,
259.2 hours ACARS
1 legs,
13.0 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
October 02 2006 09:45 ET by Ian Hunter
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the autopilot on freeware airplanes is not advanced enough to model full ils. if you want to fly ils approaches and stuff like that you have to enter the frequencies into your nav radios, and the runway CRS heading, but then its pretty much flight by hand, it doesnt autoland for you. the loc button doesnt work either.
PS if you want to fly different airplanes you can take a test once you have 10 flight legs for the equipment you want to switch to, for example the 737. if you pass the written exam, then you have to request a checkride and fly it. once the checkride is marked and if you passed you can fly the airplane and log pireps with it. this can all be done in the pilot center at the bottom of the page.
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DVA1679
Senior Captain, A320
Joined on May 16 2004
Triple Century Club
Online Triple Century Club
"flightdeckproductions.com"
Utica, MI USA
322 legs, 620.4 hours
300 legs,
591.4 hours online
115 legs,
194.0 hours ACARS
5 legs,
11.3 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
October 02 2006 09:53 ET by Larry Foltran
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Justin - Send me a note and briefly describe how you are using the autopilot. As Ian mentioned, the systems on the freeware panels may vary. Let me know what you're doing and we can sort it out from there.
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DVA2020
Captain, L-1011-100
Joined on November 24 2004
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Piston Prop Professional
Piranha Club
Century Club
Newport News, VA USA
109 legs, 248.1 hours
20 legs,
36.7 hours online
63 legs,
136.8 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
October 02 2006 18:10 ET by Robert Cline
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I can assure you that the DVA Mad Dogs are capable of autolanding I know because I've done it you still have to control the speed either through the ap or by hand
Try defragging your HD also check to see if your stick is calibrated and do a virus scan if none of that helps then you need to uninstall the plane and reinstall it.
BTW is that happening with other planes or just the DVA plane
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DVA2169
Captain, MD-88
Joined on February 28 2005
50 State Club
Double Century Club
Online Double Century Club
US Capital Club
Stage 1 Jet Century Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
""What goes up, must come down!""
Loganville, GA
228 legs, 352.0 hours
219 legs,
341.1 hours online
191 legs,
304.7 hours ACARS
1 legs,
1.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
October 03 2006 13:13 ET by Cleon Williams
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Justin... Don't give up... I love the MD88 program. It has some of the largest number of small, medium and long flights which should fit into anyone's schedule; it is a great plane to learn to fly on, it is very forgiving, believe me I know (smile). So here is my two cents.
When I started with DVA, I had the same problems. I do not know if it was a conflict with my machine and the DVA MD-88 panel, or whether I needed to simply reinstall FS9. I am assuming that you are running FS9. What I have come to realize is that my machine has problems with any panel that has the Concorde gauges. (I still wonder why Microsoft did not include the Concorde in FS9 - is this a hint?). So, I usually use other panels if I find that the panels in the fleet library uses these gauges (I just do not have a lot of time not to fly; if you know what I mean).
I use a panel which was updated by Marco Spada. It pretty much looks like the panel in the DVA library (actually, it is a clone), so, the learning curve should not be that steep. It is lacking some features that the DVA panel has, like windshield wipers, but, the main gauges are all there and I like the overhead panel because it looks similar to panel in the real aircraft. I have been using it for over a year now with no problems and I love it.
Go to www.arch-spada.com/panels/ . It will have a picture of the panel and you can download the zip file. The panel you are interested in is the McDonnel (sp?) Douglas MD80 EFIS panel. The only thing I do differently than the fleet installer is to place all my gauges in the panel directory of the aircraft it is to be used for. I do this because if I do not like the panel, it is easier to delete/clean-up. The downside is that you can have duplicate gauges on your machine because of different panels using the same gauges. A lot of panels use the same gauges; this is not uncommon. Not to worry though.
This panel also does not include the RunwayInfo or ServInfo gauges, but, they are very easy to add to the panel. As a matter of fact, I do not use either. For me, the Squawkbox 3 functions basically replaced the Servinfo icon functions (I do not look at the ServInfo map when I fly), and I do not like switching windows for RunwayInfo (it has not been upgraded for FS9 - would be excellent if it could be placed in a window/gauge).
Anyway, take a look at the panel and let me know what you think. If you have any questions, feel free to email me or post here and I will be glad to help. Like I said, I have been where you are now.. We will make sure that you get much enjoyment out of flying the MADDOG. There is no substitute. And if you need me to email you a panel config with RunwayInfo and ServInfo included after you have tested tha panel, just let me know. Good luck....
Cleon - MD-88 - DVA2169
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DVA3501
Captain, B767-300
Joined on August 30 2006
Century Club
Online Century Club
"Stop Looking at me Swan!!!"
Finleyville, PA USA
182 legs, 641.8 hours
169 legs,
611.6 hours online
176 legs,
628.8 hours ACARS
1 legs,
5.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
October 04 2006 00:20 ET by Scott Windham
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flip the switch from "gps" to "Nav"...the ILS works great. If you leave the switch on "gps" you will line up with the localizer...but you will not decend properly. Go offline and fly a series of about 15 touch and go's with no traffic...you'll learn. Hang in there I was frustrated at first...but now love this aircraft...feel free to email me if you like scwindham@gmail.com
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DVA3517
First Officer, B767-300
Joined on September 05 2006
"Fly ZHU!"
Western United States
27 legs, 38.2 hours
26 legs,
36.3 hours online
24 legs,
34.2 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
October 16 2006 21:54 ET by Brian Perlman
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Quote from George:
On a side note, you can come to the flight academy and learn how to fly without the autopilot...
HAHA. Do you mean learn to fly w/o the AP on cruise?? It's probably not that hard. All you gotta do is trim it out. That would be unrealistic anyway because I can pretty much assure you that no airline would want their pilots flying valuable aircraft, with hundreds of people aboard that the airline is responsible for, on a 3 hour flight without using the AP. LOL Anyway, I don't think that's what you meant.  Did you mean teaching him hand flying approaches and take-offs and climb-outs? Because I usually will hand fly the aircraft on those three phases, and during cruise, it's AP and A/T all the way.
Thanks,
Brian
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DVA1892
Senior Captain, MD-11
Joined on September 13 2004
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Eurocap Club
Online Triple Century Club
White Pearl Accomplishment
Quatercentenary Club
Everett Century Club
"Fly Douglas Jets!"
Buenos Aires AR
460 legs, 1,384.1 hours
336 legs,
1,086.5 hours online
271 legs,
726.6 hours ACARS
12 legs,
24.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
October 17 2006 07:26 ET by Gaston Doval
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You can use a nice blue pill by Pfizer...
Cheers!
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DVA3517
First Officer, B767-300
Joined on September 05 2006
"Fly ZHU!"
Western United States
27 legs, 38.2 hours
26 legs,
36.3 hours online
24 legs,
34.2 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
October 17 2006 11:14 ET by Brian Perlman
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DVA3501
Captain, B767-300
Joined on August 30 2006
Century Club
Online Century Club
"Stop Looking at me Swan!!!"
Finleyville, PA USA
182 legs, 641.8 hours
169 legs,
611.6 hours online
176 legs,
628.8 hours ACARS
1 legs,
5.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
October 17 2006 19:20 ET by Scott Windham
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I'm not touching that one.
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DVA3052
Captain, B767-300
Joined on April 11 2006
Honolulu, HI USA
85 legs, 278.6 hours
35 legs,
119.8 hours online
19 legs,
57.2 hours ACARS
1 legs,
1.2 hours event
87 legs, 294.2 hours total
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Posted onPost created on
December 13 2006 10:18 ET by Vanaro Thorn
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just try about 2 more flights and take your captain exam and then get additional ratings.
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DVA3584
First Officer, MD-88
Joined on October 02 2006
Southeastern United States
27 legs, 32.6 hours
15 legs,
21.6 hours online
26 legs,
31.6 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
December 13 2006 22:51 ET by Tyler Hammac
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I think the Button on the autpilot called "NAV" is what you are looking for (if I am correct). Its actually called "VOR" on the MD-88/90 cockpit. "VOR" is your NAV button for the autopilot. I wondered the same thing when I started..then I finally figured it out, and I love the MD-90 :). I just took a checkride yesterday, and it flew soooooo nice :).
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DVA938
Senior Captain, MD-88
Joined on November 03 2002
Million Mile Club
Online Seven Century Club
50 State Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Dunwoody, GA USA
2,132 legs, 4,949.7 hours
1,197 legs,
2,739.0 hours online
1,301 legs,
3,486.7 hours ACARS
16 legs,
39.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
December 14 2006 15:22 ET by Jared Angstadt
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I'll add in that there are two buttons on the Maddog's MCP, Nav and LOC/VOR, Nav is like LNAV in the Boeings and LOC/VOR are for locs and Vors only.
Jared AngstadtSenior Captain, MD-88
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DVA3451
First Officer, CRJ-200
Joined on August 16 2006
"Shorthops "R" Us"
Northeastern United States
9 legs, 7.9 hours
2 legs,
1.9 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
December 15 2006 16:28 ET by Chris Colon
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I have MD-88s that don't have that problem. If you're looking for unfaulty MD-88s, turn to Flightsim.com (they only have 1997 and old colors).
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DVA3787
Senior Captain, CRJ-200
OLP
Joined on December 01 2006
Double Century Club
50 State Club
Online Double Century Club
"Small planes don't make small brains"
Western Europe
277 legs, 515.9 hours
204 legs,
397.0 hours online
244 legs,
456.2 hours ACARS
39 legs,
80.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
December 16 2006 23:49 ET by Mark Salter
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Perhaps when you downloaded the aircraft you forgot to check some of the correct boxes, probably under modules. That's where all the gauges and panels are.
It sounds to me more like your own hardware than the plane ie/joystick, mouse
Mark SalterSenior Captain, CRJ-200
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