Farplane parameter seemingly limited

void CCubeView::Init()
{
	PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR pfd;
	int         n;
	HGLRC       hrc;
	GLfloat     fMaxObjSize, fAspect;
	GLfloat     fNearPlane, fFarPlane;

	m_pDC = new CClientDC(this);

	ASSERT(m_pDC != NULL);

	if (!bSetupPixelFormat())
		return;

	n = ::GetPixelFormat(m_pDC->GetSafeHdc());
	::DescribePixelFormat(m_pDC->GetSafeHdc(), n, sizeof(pfd), &pfd);

	CreateRGBPalette();

	hrc = wglCreateContext(m_pDC->GetSafeHdc());
	wglMakeCurrent(m_pDC->GetSafeHdc(), hrc);

	GetClientRect(&m_oldRect);
	glClearDepth(0.0f);
	glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);

	if (m_oldRect.bottom)
		fAspect = (GLfloat)m_oldRect.right/m_oldRect.bottom;
	else    // don't divide by zero, not that we should ever run into that...
		fAspect = 1.0f;

	//fNearPlane = 3.0f;
	//fFarPlane = -50.0f;
	fMaxObjSize = 3.0f;
	m_fRadius = fNearPlane + fMaxObjSize / 2.0f;

	glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
	glLoadIdentity();
	//gluPerspective(45.0f, fAspect, fNearPlane, fFarPlane);
	gluPerspective( 90,2.0,0.1,100 );  //Farplane set to 100 still invisible
	quadratic = gluNewQuadric();
}

......

GLvoid CCubeView::glDrawScene4(void) {
	glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);					// Clear The Screen And The Depth Buffer
	glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
	glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
	glLoadIdentity();													// Reset The View
	glTranslatef(-17.0f, 1.0f, -45.0f);											// Z sets initial viewpoint (works only with z > -35.0f)
												
	glRotatef(270.0f,1.0f,0.0f,0.0f);
	angle = rk4_step(t, yin, yout, 0.016, singlePendulum);
	
	float  *glInputs = new float[2];
	glInputs[0] = angle[0]*(3.0f);						//Breacketed values used to constrain lateral motion in view
	glInputs[1] = angle[1]*(3.0f);
		
	glTranslatef(5.0f,0.0f,0.0f); 
	glTranslatef(glInputs[0],0.0f,0.0f); 
	glColor3f(0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
	glTranslatef(0.0f,0.0f,-3.0f);					// Center The Cylinder
	DrawOblong(2.0f);
	
	glTranslatef(-10.0f, 0.0f, 3.0f);		
	glTranslatef(glInputs[1],0.0f,0.0f); 
	glTranslatef(0.0f,0.0f,-3.0f);					// Center The Cylinder
	glColor3f(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
	DrawOblong(2.0f);
	
	glTranslatef(0.0f, 0.0f, -1.0f);
	
	glFinish();
	SwapBuffers(wglGetCurrentDC());
	//return TRUE;										// Keep Going
}