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Gateway DX4831
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 40 NVIDIA compatible
CH Eclipse Yoke

Flying the basic cessna piston my engines are shutting down in midflight.
This used to work fine. I laid off for about a year and now the engines are shutting down.
Any ideas?

Thanks.

Fuel "on" and sufficient in tank?

Is your Alternator switch in the on position?????

1) Try a different aircraft.
2) Check FSX hasn't defaulted to "demo" mode.

Nighthawk117 wrote:Is your Alternator switch in the on position?????

Since the magnetos (ignition system) are independent of the aircraft's electrical system, whether the alternator is on or off will have no effect on the engine. If it's off, the battery will run down and the electronics will die, but the engine will keep going.

Thanks for all your consideration.
Turns out that the fuel mixture control on my Eclipse yoke was reversed.
Sorry to bother.

Thanks again for your time.

PhillyJoe wrote:Thanks for all your consideration.
Turns out that the fuel mixture control on my Eclipse yoke was reversed.
Sorry to bother.

Thanks again for your time.

Thats great, you can now plan longer flights! Enjoy.