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tater_salad posted:Looking for android tools for flight planning and navigation information such as vor, ils and adf frequencies. Fltplan.com FltPlan GO app. Clunky, but free. quote:Also is there a recommend pdf or online site that gives a good tutorial on ifr because I suck at it.. reading the maps too. http://pilotcerts.laartcc.org/page/Home
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There's almost going to be enough new people to throw together another newbie night to teach them the wonders of VATSIM, https://www.skyvector.com and the magic of navigating with VORs.
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Dec 21, 2014 07:25
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A newbie night would be fun -- I probably won't be home if we do it before the 30th so don't count on me but if it's after then I'll try to be around
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Dec 21, 2014 08:06
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I would be interested in a vatsim night, maybe practice by flying 737s from JFK to DC or something?
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Dec 21, 2014 10:45
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It can be hard to find when both centers will be online for the duration, whereas GA aircraft can just putter around Waco where ferret can log on as approach. Also 737s can be hard when people don't know the systems. ATC can be difficult enough without people wondering about the aircrafts automation behavior.
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Dec 21, 2014 10:58
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If we fly jubmos I want it to be a big enough airport I can fly my MD-11. I've gotten it down that I can unplug my joystick after I hit 1,000 feet  edit: Oh I fully would prefer Waco if we can. 
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Dec 21, 2014 11:02
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tater_salad posted:Looking for android tools for flight planning and navigation information such as vor, ils and adf frequencies. http://www.navfltsm.addr.com/ifrcharts.htm That whole site is worth spending a few hours reading through
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Dec 21, 2014 15:12
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Screw jets, 420(0 feet AGL) smash bugs every day.
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Dec 21, 2014 15:52
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 Fly so low you accidentally land right next to the Japanese troops you're strafing
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Dec 21, 2014 15:57
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If I help host a VATSIM newbie night, I'll staff one approach area, usually over Waco Regional Airport where I used to work IRL. Usually this draws some pattern workers and maybe a few short VFR hops. IFR operations are absolutely welcome also, but the area I would personally be covering isn't big enough for very interesting jumbo jet flights, unless you were going to practice instrument approaches. Anyway, I can do it all, surface to 12,000ft. After that you'd be on your own or at the mercy of another controller who may or may not be logged on. Me logging on to approach establishes a nice, newbie friendly bubble where you guys don't have to worry about being reported to supervisors for being disruptive, or stupid, or bad, or whatever. But, it'll need to be after the holidays. I'm going to be all over the drat place until after the beginning of January.
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Dec 21, 2014 19:29
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In the old days (2010-2012) of goon flightsimming we had what ended up being called by one of the VATSIM controllers "The Waco Motorcycle Club" (due to the fact we flew out of Waco (KACT) a lot) I'd like to restart that.
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Dec 21, 2014 19:50
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If its in January count me in!
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Dec 21, 2014 20:38
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LordPants posted:If we fly jubmos I want it to be a big enough airport I can fly my MD-11. Yeah, for FSX I have the PMDG MD-11 and 747-400, Aerosoft Airbus A318/19/20/21, QualityWings BAe 146/Avro RJ and Captain Sim L1011, C-130, 707 and 767. I need more smaller stuff  Also, MD-11 MCDU and Airbus MCDU are really similar, the biggest deference being the MD-11 unit is monochrome while the Airbus is color (iirc the actual MCDU Airbus uses is a newer version of the Honeywell unit MD used for the MD-11 and MD-90) Kilonum fucked around with this message at 20:48 on Dec 21, 2014 |
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Dec 21, 2014 20:44
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I really need to start doing VATSIM ATC. How do I get in to it? I have a decent (decent enough for VATSIM I'd assume) understanding of the .65
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Dec 21, 2014 20:51
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e.pilot posted:I really need to start doing VATSIM ATC. Just go to the website, start an account, and follow the resources under their ATC page. It'll walk you through. It's not a super quick process but it can be fun.
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e.pilot posted:I really need to start doing VATSIM ATC. Moar controllers. Enjoy! It's a blast. I spent a few years doing ATC instruction on VATSIM and really miss working with students and controlling in general. I still talk to a few of my students, 10+ years later.
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Dec 21, 2014 22:58
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I am attending classes trying to complete my Bachelors degree from an accredited but online university. Am I eligible to purchase the academic license for Prepr3d?
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Furry Hunter posted:I am attending classes trying to complete my Bachelors degree from an accredited but online university. Am I eligible to purchase the academic license for Prepr3d? Having $50 makes you eligible for the academic license.
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Dec 22, 2014 02:11
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MrYenko posted:Having $50 makes you eligible for the academic license. Thanks!
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MrYenko posted:Having $50 makes you eligible for the academic license. As long as you PROMISE not to use it for entertainment you sick freak.
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tater_salad posted:As long as you PROMISE not to use it for entertainment you sick freak. Yeah don't even think about it, nerd.
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that's why the thread title is so great. If you don't know what it's about it's good, if you do it's good on a completely different level. best kind of in joke.
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If anyone asks you bought it to study the intricacies of operating aircraft. 
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this may be strictly out of the question but..... What if perchance one was to do a study of the amount of entertainment value one gets out of simulated flying instead of being a tryhard who strictly is using it for instructional purposes? Also if I were to perform said study.. would there be a way for me to be allowed to purchase all of the goodies amazon is currently showing my banner.. These things include but are not limited to.. Saitek Pro flight Yolk, Pro flight switch panel, Pro flight Multi panel, Pro flight instrument Panel. This is quite outside my entertainment budget but if I were to be doing research they would be needed to ensure that the fun quotient ($40 flight stick) vs full sim quotient (1k in flight panels and switches) is fully represented. Also a "No fun allowed" poster will be purchased.. or at least redtext on the something awful dot com web forums.
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Dec 22, 2014 04:02
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This is clearly what research grants are designed for. Get those proposals written and get funded!
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Dec 22, 2014 04:26
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I loaded up FSX and flew a Cessna a bit. It wasn't very fun. Glad I can tow the line.
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Prepar3d + ORBx Global +Vector + PNW + No Cali = beautiful! Keep getting an error about area.142 missing, but it still runs just fine except for Sea-tac airport is jacked up. This error is making sure I don't have fun.
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Does anyone have a spare copy of the $4.99  edition of FSX they can sell me?hadlock/hadlock11 on steam, also probably part of the BMS goon steam group Also, yeah first week of January is when my life goes back to normal, VATSIM shenanigans would work better then. Hadlock fucked around with this message at 08:34 on Dec 22, 2014 |
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Speaking of not having fun, my order of Sky Odyssey and a bunch of other PS2 games got stuck in the mail for the holidays. I looked through the manual at replacementdocs anyway, and... does the game really have places when you need to bounce your landing gear of vertical canyon walls to turn shaper?
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e.pilot posted:God I wish x-plane would take off (pun intended) Only way it ever takes off is if it gets bought out by Aerosoft and the nut job running it gets removed. The again, Aerosoft also seems to be run by a nut job, so  .
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Alright so just picked up FSX the other day (god bless steam sales) and did my first take off and land today in the Cessna 172 Skyhawk. Went great except for one thing, the radio and autopilot (or whatever it's called) panel got all glitched and didn't load properly. https://imgur.com/0rltsFP As you can see the buttons are there but they are hollow, also that fuel diagram thingy is on there for some reason. Made my first flight tricky not being able to use autopilot. Tried reloading the game but no luck. Is this a common problem?
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Hadlock posted:Does anyone have a spare copy of the $4.99 I dont.. but keep an eye out for it to come back on the laat day.. daily deals and flssh sales often do.
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krampster2 posted:Alright so just picked up FSX the other day (god bless steam sales) and did my first take off and land today in the Cessna 172 Skyhawk. Went great except for one thing, the radio and autopilot (or whatever it's called) panel got all glitched and didn't load properly. Try ALT ENTER to switch between full screen and windowed, then back. Sometimes that gets weird glitches to go away.
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Gah now x plane is 50% off but that's still over 30 bux and I'm thinking I should just sign on the ' I promise not to have fun' line and get P3D.
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IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad is up on the community choice vote.
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Anyone play war thunder? Not the most realistic flying game but it's a lot of fun to play.
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There's a dedicated WT thread if you haven't found it yet. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3638861
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EvilJoven posted:Gah now x plane is 50% off but that's still over 30 bux and I'm thinking I should just sign on the ' I promise not to have fun' line and get P3D. I too have been eyeballing X-Plane but it looks like the default aircraft are kind of poo poo and I am not looking to spend another 50 bucks a plane for something modeled decently.
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Mokotow posted:Only way it ever takes off is if it gets bought out by Aerosoft and the nut job running it gets removed. The again, Aerosoft also seems to be run by a nut job, so 
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The Ferret King posted:Try ALT ENTER to switch between full screen and windowed, then back. Sometimes that gets weird glitches to go away. Loaded it up today and miraculously it's working. If it happens again though I'll try this, thanks.
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