C 130 from Simshed, no autopilot

[timothy]

I have downloaded over the internet the C 130 Hercules aircraft from Simshed Freeware.  It is fantastic.  However I do have a problem and would appreciate any of you knowledgeable ones help.  Everything on the aircraft panel works on start-up, all the dials doing what they should and I have contact with ATC.  However, after exactly five minutes usage, no matter where I am in the air or on the ground I lose the Autopilot, Aircraft direction dial and ATC.  I get a Dialogue box come up with the words : your Aircraft Direction dial has not been set. To correct press D.  But it won

[C]

I have contacted the authors incidentally but cannot get a reply.

Thanks for any help on this great hobby, which has a way of getting dealy serious !!!

Not sure about the problem, but which email address did you use for Simshed?

[Ecko]

This fix should do it..

http://www.simviation.com/fs2004military57.htm

[timothy]

Thank you for that Echo. Will give it a try.

The email address I used was the one on the site. Don't really like to bandy it over the airwaves as he has done me  a favour by letting me have the aircraft in the first place.

Thanks to both of you

Timothy.

[timothy]

Hello Echo,

I went to the site you suggested and downloaded the missing Gauge icon 44kbs then went into my F.S and the file is already there. It is in the gauges folder which I guess is correct.

This sounds correct to me, is there any way I can kick start it if it didn't download properly ?

Or just kick it ?

[Ecko]

Hey Timothy

I'm not really sure what you mean, but just put the file Nimrod AP.gau, into your Flight Simulator 9\Gauges folder.

If it's already there, then overwrite it, if it doesnt work, then I'm clueless.