June 20, 201213 yr Hey all, Was wondering if I could please get some advice on the following: 1. Water, Water Everywhere; (N18° 32 16.97" W155° 45 5.57") was able to read posts on ho to find it. I found it thanks to those who replied., but with this caviat... I did a save on the free flight and did not collect it because I wanted a bigger challenge to use the airplaines instruments to find it. However, what I would like to know is that even though I did use Google Earth as a cheat (?) by copying and pasting the coordinates in its search bar, I did find the spot located exactly in the same direction I needed to go a. What are the steps I need to take to try to find the Aerocaches that use coordinates with the planes instruments? 2. When trying fog landings... how can I get the instruments to "line up" properly? I remember using other flight games in the past and I know that the white cross needles move as you move the plane...but what would be a good step by step to be able to rad them properly or how to use them correctly. Trying not to cling to my dad's flying advice advice (God redst his soul) of I.F.R. (Instrument Flight Rules) = I follow roads, (lol) fryerlawrence
June 20, 201213 yr 1. Afaik coordinates have no use in Flight. There are no instruments that can make use of them. 2. Simply put (very VERY simply put): when the needle (CDI) on the VOR guage goes left, you have to go left and when it goes right, you have to go right. Do not turn left and left and left so that you make a circle but make small corrections left to move your plane left. When the CDI is centered you are on course. The closer you get to the runway, the more sensitive the movement of the CDI will be. There also is a glideslope indicator that goes up and down (when you go down and up): try to keep it in the middle.
June 20, 201213 yr 1. Afaik coordinates have no use in Flight. There are no instruments that can make use of them. The Stearman's radio includes a simple GPS and gives you LAT/LONG coordinates for your current position. I used them to plot the location of the small "cropduster" airstrips in Flight when adding them to my paper sectional, as they are not charted by request of the real-world owners.
June 20, 201213 yr The Stearman's radio includes a simple GPS and gives you LAT/LONG coordinates for your current position. I used them to plot the location of the small "cropduster" airstrips in Flight when adding them to my paper sectional, as they are not charted by request of the real-world owners. You mean the Icon? I never noticed those coordinates, but then I hardly ever used the Icon (or Stearman). ;)
June 20, 201213 yr You mean the Icon? I never noticed those coordinates, but then I hardly ever used the Icon (or Stearman). ;) Nope, the Stearman. It's a hand-held VHF radio with a basic (non-mapping) GPS, mounted in the cockpit. It's really only useful if you have a sectional chart or WAC to find your position.
June 20, 201213 yr As to using the given aerocache coordinates to find it, I'd say the best method would be to simply look at a map to find out where those coordinates are, then simply fly to that location the same way you'd fly to any other location.
June 20, 201213 yr You mean the Icon? I never noticed those coordinates, but then I hardly ever used the Icon (or Stearman). ;) I used the Lat/Lon on the Stearman's radio to develop flight plans for all-Stearman group flights for off-airport locations. It's a bit tedious working out the course/distance for each location ahead of time, but it's still a decent way to navigate between locations when you don't have VOR/ILS/GPS equipment. As an added benefit, watching 16 Stearmans land on an "almost flat" field can be pretty entertaining. :LMAO: One of Kaloyanic's screen shots: There's no place like this place, so this must be the place.
June 20, 201213 yr Do you have the movie link? Flying gliders since 1980 Flightsimming since 1992 AMD Ryzen 5600x, 32GB RAM, GPU Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB, 1 TB and 500 GB nvme2 SSD drives, HP 27" 60Hz LED monitor @ 1920x1080, T16000, Hotas from old X52 Pro, Saitek Combat Rudder Pro (2010 model)
June 20, 201213 yr Nope, the Stearman. It's a hand-held VHF radio with a basic (non-mapping) GPS, mounted in the cockpit. It's really only useful if you have a sectional chart or WAC to find your position. Ah! LOL! Never really noticed that one!
June 21, 201213 yr Author Thanks all for helping me out... it's greatly appreciated. Mean that. By the way... I do not agree with all of the whiners about why Microsoft this and MS that. I happen to like the game just because it is simple enough with the laptop and mouse I have (well at least 70% of the time...lol) I will take your suggestions and if I have any more questions I will ask. Tanks! fryerlawrence
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