The following screenshot, is something, you'll actually find in an RV. These units are lighter than typical six-pac setups.

 

L.Adamson

 

Great post!

 

Let me make one thing clear: if I had been a real world pilot I wouldn't have to think a nano second about 'VOR or GPS'. I'd use GPS any day!!! However, I am not a real world pilot and in MSFS I have always used the GPS (from the one that comes with the game as well as addon GPS's). In FSX I wouldn't buy a plane if it didn't have a GPS. The last years I mainly flew in Orbx PNW and specially the mountains and that's why I said I hope Alaska comes with a GPS-equipped plane...! Still, when it comes to having fun in Flight... I like to use VOR! Also because it's quite new to me, of course...

 

I think the biggest problem will be the quality of the GPS if Flight ever has one (which I am sure will happen). It probably will be a lite version, as the one in previous MSFS versions and it won't come close to something like the RXP ones. Still it would be very nice to have to option to choose between using VOR or GPS.

Hi,

 

Regarding Antilag:

 

Due to the time difference Trevor may not have seen the requests.

Antilag is available here: http://www.kegetys.fi/

The file is a ways down the page and called "Direct 3D antilag v1.01"

I have a Radeon card and simply installing the two files, without any modification, into the Flight folder makes things much smoother.

 

Jim F.

Thanks, Jim.

Ditto Jim

Thanks from me too Jim. I was indeed fast asleep when the requests for the Antilag link were posted.

 

I am running WIN7 and not connected wireless.

 

Antilag got rid of all the stuttering and fluttering textures that I had been experiencing and made the whole thing much smoother.

 

If you have similar issues it is definitely worth a try.

 

Trevor B

That's why I think they'll include a GPS in ALSKA ;-)

 

 

Around here, it's all mountains, and they rise another 8-10,000' just a few minutes from the airport. VORs are line of sight. You either fly high enough to pick them up, or don't use them.

GPS has no problem with that. I also prefer more direct routing, and I have no intentions of flying high enough to triangulate VORs. My RV doesn't even have any VOR equipment, other than a hand held Nav/com. The GPS uses XM satellite weather. It constantly updates winds, and altimeter settings. Also shows real time TFRs, along with exact boundaries. Of course, all of the airspace boundaries, terrain, and obstacles are also displayed. The GPS is also tied to an onboard fuel computer, which is extremely accurate. The map is color, large, and easy to see.

Like the Maule but flaps deployment sinks the plane, that is not supossed to be in real life.

Every plane is going to "sink" when you pop out more than 20 degrees of flaps. There is a lot of drag and a lot more power will be needed to maintain altitude if it is possible to hold altitude in current conditions and configuration.

 

I would not recommend deploying full flaps on the Maule until on short final and everything looks good for landing. I don't deploy full most of the time unless the runway is short.

Regarding antilag, would it be recommended for computers that don't have the best graphics/CPU to even run Flight? That happens to be the case for me, I don't have the best specs to run this game but I couldn't wait to get a better computer to play it so I downloaded the game anyway.

Hi,

 

About antilag: I recommend that anyone with any system give it a try just to see what happens. The only installation is adding 2 files to the Flight folder. And they can just as easily be deleted.

For testing I created a folder called "Antilag temp" as storage for the files while evaluating the effect under different conditions. On my system I've found no down side to leaving the files in the main folder under any conditions. This is not to say there are not any. The more people who check it out the better.

 

Jim F.