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A few fsx bits from me:-

http://facetracknoir.sourceforge.net/home/default.htm

I got the 'alternative' face tracker working using an MS HD WebCam. I've used it with the Cessna 172 and it's good for free, but I'm not quite used to using FSX like that yet.. Well worth a look if Track IRx is on your Xmas list.

I have an MS Office Keyboard and thought it would be nice to use the rollerball as the trim wheel. I could not get it to work in Windows 7. Apparently not supported? Anyone done this? The new Cessna trim wheel addon looks good.

I've been using FS2Crew for my ATR 72 a bit more and think it is really, really good. The procedures really make you think what you're doing and in a 'cold n' dark' cockpit, it will take you 30 mins to get your aircraft ready for push and start. I love the boarding music. My only minor gripe is that you can kill a few procedural birds with one stone with 'hot spots'... which if I had to take command of a real ATR 72 as the pilots had food poisoning, pressing the centre of a dial to turn the landing lights off at 10,000 ft, isn't going to win me any bravery awards.

I've only been on one pathetic test flight in the iFly 737NG and am continuing to read around the subject to get the most out of it. Eg Autopilot may disconnect due to any slight movement on the joystick.

I had my first virual flight lesson in a 172 from the CIX VFR Club. We used Gamespy and shared a cockpit. It was interesting and very good of him to give up his time for me. His tuition differed from the Flying School 2011 tutor for circuits though. My next lesson is this week.

They have virtual air display team and Tuesday nights is a weekly VFR flight of which the two I've attended have been really enjoyable. To participate, you need to join the forum, download a certain version of TeamSpeak and be online when they are.

I purchased Av-soft FSX EFB and have used it well with VATSIM. The current trick is to file a flight plan online BEFORE using the flight planner in EFB, otherwise it will submit a new flight plan when the route is changed, eg adding a SID.

I'm still preparing myself for the VATSIM open skies event.

That's about it for now.
 
What's the ATR 72 like to fly? I've been looking for a nice 'prop based short haul for city to city flights, and this one caught my eye... Does it have a functioning FMC?

Cheers,

Rich
 
RichBowman said:
Probably a silly question, but does anyone think there'll be much difference detail wise between running a 1680x1050 and 1920x1280 monitor.

I've got FSX looking a lot better than it did when I first changed from the 5850 to the 570 - but still have some jaggies (especially in text in the engine management displays/HSI etc...)

And maybe I'm just looking for justification for a nice new screen...

Cheers,

Rich
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Have you followed this post?

http://forum.avsim.net/topic/324786...vers-version-20-explanations-of-all-settings/
 
Ooooh yes - religiously! :-)

I've pretty much tried all various iterations of that - I think I've found a decent balance.

It seems that the AA is working (and to various levels), its just the quality of the text in the MFDs. I'm sure I was able to read any messages when zoomed out fully (with the 5850), now I have to zoom in a fair bit to read them clearly. Thus why I was thinking more pixels might help.

Thanks,

Rich
 
David_VI said:
Oh man, I just bought Guernsey and Treescapes 2, now theres a discount code? I have to use it to make it worth it... or i'll regret it in future :rolleyes:

What would you recommend out of Scilly, Shawbury Fields and others ?

I think I may go Scilly, as it has a lighthouse or two that work? I believe this makes the downloaded free lighthouses work also.. I havea lighthouse obsession going on.
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I own pretty much all of ES's produced products, Guernsey (easily their best so far), Alderney, Isle of Scilly, Shawbury Fields and all the Treescapes plus Horizon's VFR UK all volumes apart from Scotland (waiting for the 3 volumes to be in sale). If I had to choose between IoS & Shawbury fields, I would go with IoS, although both are worth having especially if you own Horizon's VFR for the UK.

RichBowman said:
Probably a silly question, but does anyone think there'll be much difference detail wise between running a 1680x1050 and 1920x1280 monitor.

I've got FSX looking a lot better than it did when I first changed from the 5850 to the 570 - but still have some jaggies (especially in text in the engine management displays/HSI etc...)

And maybe I'm just looking for justification for a nice new screen...

Cheers,

Rich
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IMO, if you hardware can handle it (CPU & GFX card) then upping the res in FSX is deffo a must. The higher the res, the more pixels thus the more detail you get. I couldn't believe the difference earlier this year when I moved from 1920x1080 to 2560x1600, the amount of detail is simply amazing, as you can see from most of my screen shots.

So yes, upgrade to the highest res you can get.
 
Urgh, Citation X making me rage. Is all fine apart from the throttles, seems to be some kind of glitch with dual throttle joysticks. I had the engines responding fine once, but the animation of the throttles was not happening, now it will not respond at all :(. Still not had my confirmation email from Eaglesoft to join their support forum, I guess I'll just have to wait...
 
RichBowman said:
What's the ATR 72 like to fly? I've been looking for a nice 'prop based short haul for city to city flights, and this one caught my eye... Does it have a functioning FMC?

Cheers,

Rich
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The ATR is a joy to fly. Essentially a big Cessna. The attention to detail is fantastic. Just the concept of simulating 'Hotel Mode', running one engine with the prop brake engaged as there's no APU amazes me.

There were a few 'gotchas' when I first started using it. The brightness of the PFD was one. The 'gust lock' button release was another. (I should have read the manual more)

Using their utility, you can start the ATR in various modes from cold and dark to ready to taxi. You can also set the fuel, liveries and passenger numbers.

As there's no 'autothrottle', you have a power management switch. Take off, Climb, Cruise. I'm still not 100% sure on settings, but you choose a setting, place the power levers in 'notch' and the computer does most of the rest?

The cruise levels and speed aren't high, so keep that in mind.

It's great fun to engage reverse in the air to do a steep decent to an airport.

As I said in an earlier post, when used with FS2Crew, this plane is brought to life.

The FMC here was my first FMC used with FSX. When used with A-Soft's EFB, you can set up a flight plan, and then click 'import flight plan' to save you time on programming. The FMC will crash if you go to the 'VNAV' page and click 'next' without first having navigated away from that screen. It's not as 'detailed' as the iFLY 737 NG, but works well with the plane. You can save routes.

This is my weapon of choice at the moment and I would recommend it for your city hops.

Have a read here from a real world ATR pilot..
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-articles/read.main?id=17
 
!bluetonic! said:
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-articles/read.main?id=17
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A good read. Seems like I'm in a similar situation as you, only with a small jet. The FMS on the Citation is the first one I've used in FSX too, can't believe how many great features I've been missing out on in the past! Does the ATR have the FADEC system? Thats that I'm getting to grips with at the moment, the notches on the throttles do hold speed well, but you will still have to adjust manually for different climb rates etc from what I gather.
 
Does anyone have an idea how to get rid of this? The white stuff appears all over the ground unless it's a completely clear day. It moves about, it vibrates and it's annoying as hell. It's obviously something to do with the clouds, but I've tried every graphical option I can find and can't fix it. I usually run FSX on pretty high detail, it looks great apart from this. Does anyone have any ideas?

 
deko said:
Yep, it happens whether I use real life weather, a theme or custom weather. Only way it doesn't happen is when there isn't a cloud in the sky.
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How about deleting or renaming the fsx.cfg file to see if that fixes it.
Do you have any weather/cloud addons running like REX.
 
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