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[robau707]

Apparently from what I gather from a a quick read it is possible to add gauges in P3 although 99.9 % of what was written flew straight across the top of my head...DUCK.

Think I will just keep squinting when flying the DC-8.

Rob

[davidrevans]

Only have had luck with 2D panels from FS10 back.. have has very little success with the Virtual Cockpits, I'd say 1 out of 10 with default aircraft the worse,I thought they would be the easy ones. IF the panel config. is like FS10 you might be able to cut it out of the panel folder ,paste in my documents , and try to enlarge by increasing the last digits 350,555,xxx,xxx--350,555,xx5,xx5) then copy to panel folder be sure to write down original numbers so you can change back if it does not work. good luck , I've got to move more snow...

[granitesquare]

I have not had a problem replacing gauges in the vc as long as the existing openings in the panel template are used. You must use the same coordinates and size as the existing gauges otherwise the new gauges will end up behind the panel and you wont see them. Enjoy the snow. I happily left my shovel behind and moved to a warmer climate.

[robau707]

Just a quick Merry Crhrismas to all at Bluegrass.

Hope you all have a great time with family and friends, and that 2018 brings many happy hours of blue skies

Rob

[Allen Peterson]

Hi Rob,
More on the Aeroworx C-47. I FINALLY figured out how the Dynon auto pilot works vs the Sperry. Now I can navigate by heading, VOR or NDB with the Dynon. Haven't tried the Garmin yet.
Some of the instruments along the bottom of the panel - NAV, COM, DME - are fuzzy, can't read the numbers. The panel definately needs some more work.
I'm getting ~23 fps with the sliders set to minimum, enough to let the sim run in real time. Not a lot of ground objects around KCOE anyway, just mountains, lakes and rivers.
So I'm learning more about X-Plane, but not sure when I'll update my mother board. I will probably fly the nexrt GAAR in FSX.
Happy New Year to all.
Allen

[robau707]

Hi Allen,

That's good news.

The Nav/ Com numbers have always been a little difficult to read, even in the FSX and P3 version.
You can get a slightly better view of the radios if you remove the yoke by clicking on the small red placard just to the left of the instruments, if you did not know that.

Have fun with the C-47 and it definitely sounds that a computer upgrade down the track will greatly enhance your flying experience.

Have a great new year and see you flying in the GAAR 2018

Cheers
Rob

[robau707]

What happened to the Christmas Forum ??

I just wanted all to know that today I successfully delivered my 146 passengers from Brisbane YBBN to Mackay YBMK after my small mishap yesterday.

The passengers spent a free overnight at the Brisbane Hyatt with food and grog provided whilst the 737 was repaired, and the Brisbane lower floor terminal rebuilt.

It now has the latest computer controlled baggage pick up area, long overdue, McDonalds are now selling their new burger, the Boeing Burger, which is proving a great success, double pattie, double cheese, bouble gherkin with sorce of your choice mixed with just a hint of jet fuel.

Not to be out done, KFC now cooks all their chicken treats at the exhaust end of a CF-56 engine, warming the potato and gravy through the number two by-pass valve and the coleslaw mixed by the N1 turbo fan.

So all worked out well, and we fly into 2018.

Have a good new year
Rob

[davidrevans]

Now that I am trying to fly large flame shooting , fast an heavy things , I realize I need a plan! Does not work well to just to ram into an airspace take 15 miles to turn an line up with any runway that shows up. Is there a place to find free SIDS an STAR plates?

[robau707]

There sure is David.

It is a different world flying the Big Tin

Firstly if you go to Flightaware and click on the little box near the top, then sellect route you can get a list of real flight routes between two points, with all waypoints and airways used by a flight.
E.G. Say you wish to fly a flight from New York to Los Angelies, on the route page enter your departure KJFK and destination KLAX and hit the go button, it will bring up a list of all airline flights that flew that route over the past several hours.
Click on the flight number you wish to fly. Let's say UA1234 and it will bring up all the waypoints and airways that the flight took.
If your aircraft is FMC equipped you can program this information into the FMC and your route is taken care off with VNAV and LNAV.

Now none of us want to sit back and watch the aircraft fly itself and real world pilots vary greatly in operating the aircraft.
Some like to go auto as soon as leaving the ground while others will elect to hand fly to 10,000 ft. None will hand fly in cruise at 500 mph and 40,000 ft, unless something dramatic goes wrong.

I myself do the majority of my flights using the PMDG Boeing 737-800 and even though after programming the FMC the aircraft could fly itself, I will hand fly the aircraft to 10,000 ft then switch to VNAV LNAV and auto throttle.
For landing I will hand fly the later part of the approach once the aircraft picks up the Localizer and follow the glide slope indicators to touch down. This is pretty close to real world operations.

Back to Flightaware, if your aircraft is not FMC equipped my suggestion is to note the waypoints for your route, bring up Littlenavmap which displays waypoints and airways along with NDB's and VOR's and use the NDB / VOR that is closest to the actual route.

Now for SID's and STAR's, Skyvector is a good source for this, just put in the airport code.
Another way is just google the airport code and chats, EG "KLAX Charts", this will bring up many choices including Jeppesen charts.
You can also Google a countries AIP, many of them have a free list of all chats for all their airports.

Flight planning is a huge part of flying a jet from go to stop, I usually spend around 30 minutes doing so, and your mind needs to be far in front of where your aircraft is situated so on the shorter one to two hour flights there is always plenty to do even when on auto in cruise. Keeps the old brain very active.

Hope this helps some David with your jet career :-)

Rob

[davidrevans]

Thanks Rob , it will be a challange . Just all the extra bells going off ,stick shakers, slats,and spoilers ,fuel managment,and this is just practicing take offs an landings.

[robau707]

David,

I would be able to help you a lot more if I new what you are flying, freeware or payware aircraft, active FMC or do you intend to navigate by NDB / VOR , auto throttle or not as the earlier generation jets do not have auto throttle ,B707, DC-8 etc. TOGA or manual throttle etc.

From around 30,000 ft you need to commence your descent around 100 nm from the runway, this is just a rounded out figure and don't forget that once reaching 10,000 ft your maximum speed is 250 knots or less if indicated by chart.

Other freeware charts that will help you plan your descent are approach plates, ILS and RNAV charts, all free from the same sources as I listed earlier.

Even though you may not be making an ILS landing the chart will give you the height that you should be at for a DME distance to the runway, look along the bottom of the chart for that information, it should help you a lot.

Cheers
Rob

[davidrevans]

I am flying the default FSX 747-400 - .A321 - and a downloaded BAE146-100 which is a STOL compared to the other two. 100 miles out, flying FSX IFR the fsx controller do not start turning till 75 miles or less and decent from 20 miles out or less from 20,000Ft. it is like trying to slow down a falling brick. so I better start requesting lower altitudes earlier and use the auto throttle more. I am still trying to get used to the panels ,everything up to now has been the old dials ,this glass stuff is a diffrent beast.

[robau707]

Forget the FSX controllers, they are a load of rubbish.

Concentrate on learning one aircraft at a time, not three.

Naturally a 146 will not need to commence descent as far out as the 747 or 321 but commence your descent far enough out to allow yourself plenty of time to config the aircraft and prepare for landing.

You will learn a lot through practice and if you have the time watch flight sim videos on U- tube.

Have fun

[davidrevans]

First I went to Simviation web site and found panels for the 737 and A321 with the FMC installed and start learning how to use it. Downloaded newest version of a 767. lot to do , but cross country flights in hours instead of days(Ford TRI-MOTOR) may be in the future. next SKY VECTOR and Flightaware. Have the little NavMap.

[robau707]

Good on you David, one step at a time.

You are going to have a great learning curve flying the jets.

Lots of videos on U-tube on how to program the FMC. All Boeings are the same, Airbus and McD are a little different .

I can see you putting a dollar or two away and eventually buying a PMDG product and Navigraph subscription, then your getting near real world flying.

If you get stuck on something, let me know by email rather than take up a lot of space on hear.
Allan will give you my email address if you wish.

Cheers
Rob