Hi. I've seen this mentioned elsewhere so some people are obviously having problems with the Maule in this mission. I assume you have FSX Standard edition. This includes two unflyable AI Only versions of the Maule Orion. These aircraft do not have panel folders so the special Maule gauges are only supplied with FSX DeLuxe. It's possible to convert AI Only aircraft to flyable by adding a Panel folder but they will only have basic visual models with no VC. The easiest method would be to alias the Panel.cfg to another default aircraft with a similar 2D panel. You could obviously install a 3rd party panel if you can find one.
From what I can make out, Acceleration does not include a Maule aircraft so I can only assume that they have converted the AI Only Maule in the FSX Standard version by adding a 2D panel to it. Again, I'm assuming but it seems likely that they forgot to include the missing gauge(s). It's annoying but not being able to fly one mission is not the end of the world.
The important thing about this is that you're not missing a new aircraft. The AI Only Maule is already included with FSX Standard. You could easily convert it to a flyable aircraft yourself by adding a suitable panel. If you want a flyable Maule it might be better to look round for a 3rd party version that should be much better in every way compared with the default AI Only version. I found a comprehensive Maule M-7-260 package here.
http://www.simviation.com/fs2004props54.htm It includes a very nice 2D panel & full VC. I can't guarantee it will be fully compatible with Acceleration/SP2 but it works fine in the FSX Demo. This should mean that there is no compatibility issue with the gauges. If the aircraft is incompatible in any way you could still use the panel for the default aircraft.
Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 8:37 pm