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Post by robau707 on May 16, 2017 18:10:32 GMT -5
Sounds a nice little tour David, may fly it myself when I get time.
Rob
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Post by robau707 on May 17, 2017 8:59:20 GMT -5
Swiss would be a challenge in a small plane.
Currently I am clunking around Canada in a C-47, draughting up the flight plans for our September rally, using P3D v3.4, Orbx Gobal Base and Vector along with REX soft clouds, the scenery is quite spectacular.
Rob
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Post by robau707 on Jun 15, 2017 18:33:58 GMT -5
Good on you David, us more experienced people need to keep our brains active so keep writing your little stories and flying your sim.
Myself, for brain training as you know I do the flight plans for our rallies, outside of that I love to fly the more complex aircraft such as the PMDG 737 as realistically as possible, hand fly Manfred Jahn's C-47, never use the autopilot or my PBY Catalina using VFR maps.
I am really hanging out for Flight Replicas C-54 being released as I started my aviation career on DC-4's.
My other hobby is making scale model aircraft and ships and taking them to model competitions, so I never have a day where I wake up and say I wonder what I can do today.
Cheers
Rob
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Post by granitesquare on Jun 28, 2017 23:23:13 GMT -5
Whenever I use real weather in southern Alaska more often than not it is rainy with fog which obscures the spectacular scenery. You have a long flight planned, good luck with it. I prefer shorter flights such as my latest in the Beech 18S from CYDL to PAFE only 152nm and 1.25hr off the blocks to on the blocks. I also keep track of my revenue and expenses in a spreadsheet and determine the P&L of each flight. Some planes are very costly to fly and make little economic sense while other planes are good money makers. I have gone through the whole gambit from cub to jumbo but after ten years of simming have discovered that I really enjoy single and twin piston engine planes. I have also pared down my hangar to a few good models and keep only one or two liveries. It is much easier now to select a suitable plane for a particular flight. It is a great hobby you can devote a lot of time to even without flying.
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Post by robau707 on Jun 29, 2017 18:40:11 GMT -5
Like many, when I had FSX to many planes in the hangar, like a kid in a candy shop, one of those, two of these etc.
Now I have P3D v3, I only keep a few planes in my hangar, Manfred Jahns C-47, cannot live without that, Aerosoft PBY Catalina, PMDG B737, TFDI B717.
The upcoming Flight Replicas C-54 will be must have for me.
With scenery I stick with Orbx. I do not go for the fancy eye candy airports, I have Global Base and Vector along with the OLC downloads.
For the upstairs blue bit I just run REX Soft Clouds. I have thought about adding Active Sky many times, does it make a big difference to your flying experience ?
Cheers
Rob
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Post by Allen Peterson on Aug 6, 2017 20:28:32 GMT -5
Hi David,
I was looking for a plane for the upcoming Canadian Rally, thinking maybe the Goose. Then I saw your post and remembered that some time ago I had downloaded the SuperBee. I moved it over to FSX Steam and did a couple of fixes on the panel. Now to some test flights to get the hang of flying it. Thanks for your reminder.
Allen
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Post by robau707 on Aug 9, 2017 17:00:59 GMT -5
If you download Little Nav Map (freeware) it has all the sea ports displayed on the map world wide.
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Post by robau707 on Aug 13, 2017 18:51:15 GMT -5
Love those old American cars David.
Over the years I had many of them myself, mainly Ford Victoria's , we called them Customlines here in Australia and Ford Fairlanes, wish I still had them.
These days I drive a Nissan Patrol with a V8 engine, big cars and V8's forever, can't stand these little buzz boxes that you need a shoe horn to get into.
I have a close friend that has a 63 Tbird that I occassionly get to drive, love it.
With Little Nav Map make sure that your navaid symbols along the top are switched on, right click and set departure and arrival airports. Follow the yellow track line along and right click the Navaids you wish to use and add to your flight, you can then print out your flight plan using the print symbol then you have all the flight plan info in hard copy. I used it extensively to plan next months rally.
Rob
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Post by robau707 on Aug 14, 2017 18:00:22 GMT -5
Yes David, I have supplied Allan with a new time trial route.
Rob
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Post by louross on Nov 10, 2017 13:51:30 GMT -5
I hope you don't mind my saying, but I think "branching out " is a really good idea. It can open up a whole new world. However, I'd like to make a few suggestions, or points, and I hope I'm not out of line here. This is assuming that you aren't aware of this info. In order to fly the DC6, which is the most heavily programmed aircraft in the "calclassic fleet", IMHO, you need to know how. For that, I'd suggest you do a lot of reading- studying- before hand.
The website is run by Tom Gibson. I have no idea where he got all his info, but it is phenomenal. There is a lot of infor by a "group" call FSAviator. Which, basically is Tom. Anyhow, there is a section that explains ATC procedures in the 50s the basics of how to fly a heavy piston aircraft. It is completely different from the 60s and from flying the little stuff. It will take time a lot of it, but it is a learning experience. It'll make you think. Then read and know the procedures real well for the DC6 for takeoff and climb. It is different, but the rewards are there.
As far as flying the earlier jets goes, I don't know what to say. The jets today are much easier to fly- they have much more powerful engines, and the computers take out the flying factor required by a pilot. I mean a real pilot. You don't even have to know how to navigate. Of course, if are are a today's pilot, they don't necessarily know how to fly. That is, as long as the computers work. If they don't, well... Anyhow. If you have any questions, ask here and or at the calclassic forum.
Anyhow,
Lou.
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Post by robau707 on Nov 11, 2017 2:28:58 GMT -5
David,
There is a two part tutorial on U- tube on how to fly a DC-6.
It is on frooglesim and for the the PMDG payware DC-6, but it might be useful to watch and learning to fly your DC-6.
Rob
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Post by louross on Nov 12, 2017 5:58:39 GMT -5
Took a quick look at frooglesim- looks interesting and I'll check it out- but my internet cancels every 5-10 minutes for 1-10 minutes!
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Post by granitesquare on Nov 12, 2017 16:52:42 GMT -5
Frooglesim! Seems I have run across that before. Thanks for mentioning it. I'll check it out again.
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Post by robau707 on Nov 14, 2017 17:54:46 GMT -5
There has been no updates or activity on this VA for some time now.
Not sure if Allan is away, unwell or the workload involved is not worth the work for the few that fly.
If the last is true than this VA has had an exceptional long run over many years.
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Post by Allen Peterson on Nov 14, 2017 23:21:45 GMT -5
I agree David. I've been busy helping my wife get through her shoulder replacement, now I have a bunch of PIREPS to file.
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