what needs smoothened out?

Just like I proposed earlier:Pilot wants to descend before ATC clears - "Request descent" instead of asking for a specific lower levelATC clears for own discretion descent - "when ready descend xxx" instead of the pilot having to separately ask for own discretion descent as a reply to a descent clearance, which as mentioned, is not very elegant

Hi JohnI don't know if this request have been raised, but anyhow I fire from the hip.I have one soundcard in my PC and a USB headset as well. I have no problem getting the ATC voice from FSX on my headset, but when it comes to the RC4 sounds I have no option directing them to the headset. An option to direct RC waves to different sound devices would have been nice.Best regardsFred Solli

I bought v4.3 but rarely use it because of ground (and air) conflicts with AI. I hope this can be improved in v.5.Thanks.

I bought v4.3 but rarely use it because of ground (and air) conflicts with AI. I hope this can be improved in v.5.

Try running AIsmooth as well. http://www.flightsimworld.com/downloads/viewfile/557.htmlDoes the job in the air for me. You shouldn't be seeing many if any ground conflicts providing you keep a wary eye out -- unfortunately the taxiway systems is not one-way! ;-)RegardsPete

Try running AIsmooth as well. Pete

Thanks for the tip, Pete. I will try it. And whilst you're around, thanks so much for FSUIPC, WideFS etc. These programs have transformed flight simulation - yep, I'm registered :(

Support for STARS would be very nice, even if it means I have to input them manually in the setup screen with the crossing restrictions. It would be also nice to implement maybe the same procedure as RC handles SIDs. I just did a flight where I used someone elses flight plan, and added the STAR mid flight to my FMC. The STAR took me far from the near straight line approach that the original flight plan, and thus what RC was going by, and so I had to put up with RC yelling at me for being off course for the last hour of the flight. It would be nice to ask for STAR clearence or something, and then have RC no longer care about how far off course you are and just wait until you get a certain distance from the airport to switch you over to approach freq.

Support for STARS would be very nice, even if it means I have to input them manually in the setup screen with the crossing restrictions. It would be also nice to implement maybe the same procedure as RC handles SIDs. I just did a flight where I used someone elses flight plan, and added the STAR mid flight to my FMC. The STAR took me far from the near straight line approach that the original flight plan, and thus what RC was going by, and so I had to put up with RC yelling at me for being off course for the last hour of the flight. It would be nice to ask for STAR clearence or something, and then have RC no longer care about how far off course you are and just wait until you get a certain distance from the airport to switch you over to approach freq.

The following was taken directly from the RC4 Manual page 58:

IAP Approaches allow you to execute a full approach per your plates, whether the airport’s served by an Approach controller or not.Watch for the IAP Approach menu item, available as early as 60 miles from the arrival airport (if that airport is not served by an Approach controller), or as early as initial contact to Approach (40-25 miles) if it is. Choose IAP Approach. You’ll be prompted to provide the type of approach you are going to fly: ILS, GPS, and NDB, etc. (all clearly listed on sub-menus). After your approach clearance, you won’t hear from the controller again, unless you stray out of the Approach area (40 miles away from the airport), or naturally, traffic calls. You can fly the approach by the numbers on your charts and get established on final.An IAP Approach clearance will be (for example): “Baron 5231C, maintain (MVA) until the initial. Cleared the full NDB runway 23 approach”. Don’t forget to acknowledge.If you’re well into an IAP Approach and suddenly you see the airport, you have the option to ask for a Visual Approach. If you’re well into an IAP Approach (an NDB for example), and decide you’d prefer the Localizer Back-Course, make that request.

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The following was taken directly from the RC4 Manual page 58:.

I'm sorry, but it just isn't that simple. You method doesn't work as often as you think, especially if your aircraft is hard to slow down. A flight from PDX to SLC using the BEARR4 STAR will force you off the STAR to intercept OGD and initiate an ILS to 16R IAP. You won't get the ability to ask for the IAP soon enough to remain on a charted tranistion from BEARR4 to OGD. You will be forced to turn back in the opposite direction, mainly because you are left too high. I tried it a dozen times using various methods (NOTAMs, MSA, PD) and it just won't work. You are unable to slow down and configure for approach in something like the PMDG 737NG, and using flaps or gear to aid in this slowing process is unrealistic. If RC allowed for proper descent, then the vectors off the STAR would be fine and perfectly in the norm of realism based on real world ops, but since you are too high you simply can't make the G/S.What others have suggested, adding your own STAR(s) or modifiying the FP to input crossing altitudes is perfectly acceptable IMO. A method to read Navigraph data such as the FMCs do in third party aircraft would be even more realistic. No one is asking RC to build and edit navdata. Navigraph already does it, so why not incorporate that feature?

I'm sorry, but it just isn't that simple. You method doesn't work as often as you think, especially if your aircraft is hard to slow down.

It is not my method! RC may not always work for STARs but it often does. In reality, ATC vectors most approach traffic at busy airfields, thank goodness!

A method to read Navigraph data such as the FMCs do in third party aircraft would be even more realistic. No one is asking RC to build and edit navdata. Navigraph already does it, so why not incorporate that feature?

I agree, that would really be something.

Hi everyone, Would it be possible in V5 to have an option for the "Full IAP Approach" to be the default, for example in the controller page where you select your frequencies, cruise altitude, altitude restrictions, etc.? That way you wouldn't have to, each flight, request the full approach when they give you vectors, which is useful when you fly the same route regularly and always use charts and STARS.Thanks,Al