Ah, so it's definitely not appearing in Quick Missions, or in the list in the Loadouts screen? Could you post the contents of your user.ini in CODE tags?

My section for the Spit IIa looks like this:

EDIT: BTW, user.ini is in My Documents/1C SoftClub/il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover

[Aircraft.SpitfireMkIIa]
conv _Gun03 Gun.Browning303MkII 338.3281 338.3281
conv _Gun06 Gun.Browning303MkII 338.3281 338.3281
conv _Gun00 Gun.Browning303MkII 100 100
conv _Gun01 Gun.Browning303MkII 338.3281 338.3281
conv _Gun07 Gun.Browning303MkII 100 100
conv _Gun02 Gun.Browning303MkII 338.3281 338.3281
conv _Gun05 Gun.Browning303MkII 338.3281 338.3281
conv _Gun04 Gun.Browning303MkII 338.3281 338.3281
belt _Gun03 Gun.Browning303MkII MainBelt 11 Residual 25 ResidueBelt 10 10 10 10 10 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
belt _Gun06 Gun.Browning303MkII MainBelt 10
belt _Gun00 Gun.Browning303MkII MainBelt 5
belt _Gun01 Gun.Browning303MkII MainBelt 10
belt _Gun07 Gun.Browning303MkII MainBelt 5
belt _Gun02 Gun.Browning303MkII MainBelt 9
beltPreset Loadout1 _Gun01 Gun.Browning303MkII MainBelt 2
beltPreset Loadout1 _Gun07 Gun.Browning303MkII MainBelt 5
beltPreset Custom _Gun03 Gun.Browning303MkII MainBelt 11 Residual 25 ResidueBelt 10 10 10 10 10 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
beltPreset Custom _Gun06 Gun.Browning303MkII MainBelt 10
beltPreset Custom _Gun00 Gun.Browning303MkII MainBelt 5
beltPreset Custom _Gun01 Gun.Browning303MkII MainBelt 10
beltPreset Custom _Gun07 Gun.Browning303MkII MainBelt 5
beltPreset Custom _Gun02 Gun.Browning303MkII MainBelt 9
weapons 1
[Aircraft.BeaufighterMkIF]
weapons 1
[Aircraft.AnsonMkI]
weapons 1
[Aircraft.Do-215B-1]
weapons 1
[Aircraft.Bf-109E-3]
weapons 1

Hmm...see your loadout is there, it just hasn't been saved by any particular name, not sure why that is. You did type a name in, right? If you did on both screens, must be a bug.

BTW Doc, how's the Corsair H70 working out for you? Is it as loud as people say?

yea me 2...
strange thing is, the name i type in weapons set, appears in the quick mission plane tab, but the weapons are still default

Yes its very loud :(
thanks for all your help TheGrunch
regards
Doc

No problem, sorry I couldn't find a way to fix it. :( Are you sure they're not working, tried putting some really wacky loadouts like all red tracers just to make sure? Observer rounds aren't tracers unlike what the manual says, they just make a puff of smoke where you hit. Only other thing I can think of is that maybe you used a character the game doesn't like in the name for the loadout? Pity about the H70, might have to have a look at the Antec Kuhler H20 620, since apparently it's much quieter if not quite as good at cooling.

While i definitely see great value for non-arcade online servers in making beltings a mission choice (liberal belting would lead to ridiculous fireworks or to widespread use of "stealth beltings" like in the stock spitfire), forcing fixed convergencies upon the unsuspecting player could be a huge deal-breaker.

I predict that the best server operators will soon start offering a more or less standardized choice between typical convergence settings for all planes in their missions if this does not change. Quite an additional burden for the mission makers.