Hey Doug, the cessna208 switch should be right where the other one was, It is ugly, and kinda hard to see. (it is colored green and brown, I think.) It should be just above the NAV/GPS switch, on the radio stack, or if you press shift+1, it's on that panel too. Also, shift+4 is your panel, and I think I changed that, in the zip file, to the cessna switch too. That one is on the lower left corner of the GPS.
I think the water rudders are up by default, so you need to press ctrl+w or use the switch to put them down right after loading your boat. You should have that switch if you have all your default planes installed.
Note to everyone reading this - Never uninstall default planes, as other planes may call for gauges from one of them. Once, I had to help someone whose autopilot unit wouldn't show up, it was just a brown square, and no gauge. Turns out that he had uninstalled the Maule some time earlier, and that's where the gauge was being called from. (The brown square was the background plate for the gauge.) He reinstalled the Maule and fixed the problem. I'm sure you have all the default planes installed, and if you copy/pasted the cfg files, then everything should be in place.
I have experienced the high idle situation, but I don't think it is a setting. It was like that even before I changed any engine settings. This is what I did. I have a "CH Eclipse flight yoke", which has rotary switches on it. I mapped one to do the function of the F2 and F3 keys. (incremental throttle adjustment) I can "dial" the throttle down to zero, and reverse. It works like a dream. No more embarrassing parking attempts. I set the throttle levers to idle, then roll the switch 2 clicks left, and it comes to a stop. One click forward brings the throttle levers to zero, and the boat sits there all day. (except for the wind pushing on me).
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I am hesitant to fire up my FSX, because I am finally uploading videos to YouTube. I've got one posted, and working on another now. I don't want anything to mess up the progress, or slow it down. It's already been an hour or more. And the video is only 10 minutes long. I just checked on it. It says it is 42% complete, and has 151 minutes to go. That's rediculous! Is there a better way to share videos?
Found a different "autopilot" thing that might be better ... testing it out later this evening.
Have you checked this "autopilot" thing out yet? Just wondering.