Problem running Phoenix demo

[scubacrazy123]

Hi all,
Just about to get into heli flying, and just found this great forum.
before I go out and buy any sort of model, I thought I would download the demo of Phoenix to try. (my brother has a DX7 which he is going to let me borrow until I buy a Tx of my own)

Problem is, I cannot get it to run on my laptop.
Laptop is an Acer Aspire 7720Z, running Vista Home premium, all updates and drivers up to date. I have 2Gb of RAM, and DirectX10

Seems to install OK, but as soon as I try to run the programme it loads the title splash screen, and then a black screen, with the menu options along the top. when I click on any of these items, it immediately goes into " not responding", and thats it. I dont have the transmitter plugged in yet, as I want to get it running first.
I cant buy the full version until I know it is going to work.
Can anyone shed any light please?

[Made2Fade]

have you got the latest phoenix update installed?
If you have then i suggest you give them a call or drop them a line.
Cheers
Lee

[waveydavey]

You might as well buy the full version. It certainly works and is arguably the best sim available. Are you sure it was the demo you downloaded and not one of the update files? As this happened to me! You've done the right thing getting into the hobby, frustrating, expensive but bloody good fun.

[addicted]

i couldn't get the demo to work either , phoenix assured me the updated sim would work on my laptop and it did !! running 2.0l now , what a brill programme worth every penny-
you'll love it

[cjcj1949]

It's not a real demo. You can't use it as a sim. All it does is show you roughly how the sim will look on your computer. If you have any doubts about it, look at all the comments on the sim in this forum. It really is very close to real life and is a good first step. If you think £80 is a lot to spend on helis then you are probably right but it soon pays for itself.