piston engines lack of power

[Mike500]

Hi everyone,

I use the fs2002 not pro, suddenly all the piston engine planes have a lack of power. This doesn't allow them to reach even 10k feet. I don't know what is to blame, the last windows update or the S43 addon for FS2004 that I tried to run on fs2002.

Does anybody know what could be the problem?

[ozzy72]

A silly thought but have you turned auto-mixture off? If you have and you're not doing it manually this could cause problems...

[Mike500]

Not silly at all, simple answers are the best, thanks ozzy72.

greetings,
Mike500

[727 driver]

Hi everyone,

I use the fs2002 not pro, suddenly all the piston engine planes have a lack of power. This doesn't allow them to reach even 10k feet. I don't know what is to blame, the last windows update or the S43 addon for FS2004 that I tried to run on fs2002.

Does anybody know what could be the problem?

as a real world pilot cessna 172 piper arrow archer etc. i can tell you the mixture is key here.if you dont lean out as you get higher your engine will drown in a rich fuel mixture as ozzy indicated ..also the service ceiling for most small piston aircraft is 14000 feet.and after that there just isent enough air for the pistons to keep going..so your simulator is simulateing this correctly..