Hi John,

 

Just to be clear - from your other posting it seems as though the instructor blamed your focus on the gauges as a sim thing. That's what I was reacting to, as most early students have been prone to do that since long before PC sims were available. My personal feeling is that the sim CAN be a very effective training tool if properly used. It can also teach bad habits of course, but the focus on the instruments one seems to be there for most people either way.

 

Good luck, BTW, with your training!

 

Scott

Just to be clear - from your other posting it seems as though the instructor blamed your focus on the gauges as a sim thing. That's what I was reacting to, as most early students have been prone to do that since long before PC sims were available. My personal feeling is that the sim CAN be a very effective training tool if properly used. It can also teach bad habits of course, but the focus on the instruments one seems to be there for most people either way.

 

 

IMO, I think that new pilots (me included) tend to look at the instruments because they are looking for something to figure out in terms of doing it right. The outside looks to *mushy*...there's nothing that *seems* official enough to tell if you're doing it right. In here...in the cockpit....look at all this official looking stuff...woohoo. Instructor says "ahhh...no. Learn 'the picture'. Look out for other planes." The things that I learned to do well because of the sim are...

• Cross wind final and landing
  
• Power on stalls (I had a RW airplane that would flip upside-down if you did it wrong....not conducive to learning when you're scared).
  
• Navigation. Have learned faaaaar more in the sim.
  
• Instrument procedures...approaches...holding...missed approaches, etc. (I never finished my instruments but the instructor was fairly impressed with how well I was doing. I told him I practiced in my sim.)
  

 

Gregg

He was an MSFS enthusiast himself, and trusted my sim experience so much (based on our pre-flight discussion) that on my first lesson he let me take off by myself, fly to the practice area by myself, and fly back towards the airport by myself. He only took over on final and handled comms.

 

 

This was exactly the way my instructor did it too with me back in 1978. Before MSFS. Might just be the way some instructors teach and has nothing to do with how good you play a game.

My biggest problem is I already have more than enough Carenado GA, fine models all.

But how can you pass up one of these for 10 bucks?

Mmm I don't have a Piper, which one I wonder?

This One!

Absolutely beautiful, and a real pleasure to have in the sim.

 

 

Carenado is to be commended for continuing to support the FS9 platform.

This One!

Absolutely beautiful, and a real pleasure to have in the sim.

 

Carenado is to be commended for continuing to support the FS9 platform.

 

100 pct. agree! The Archer II is great and a fun aircraft to fly all the way around.

 

John

Mmmmm - was more than excited to see this sale as I've been kinda shifting back to FS9 recently and missing a few of my fav standbys. Picked up the C337 and the F33 for FS9. I actually meant to go back and spend a bit more money there, but with Christmas and whatnot I kinda forgot.

 

Someone mentioned that they sees the framerates kinda jumping around - I get great stable framerates (60+) as long as my mouse isn't active / visible over the cockpit. Then my frames jump downwards sort of randomly. I see this behavior in FSX as well. Not all planes I have do this, but some do. Might just be my system.

Someone mentioned that they sees the framerates kinda jumping around - I get great stable framerates (60+) as long as my mouse isn't active / visible over the cockpit. Then my frames jump downwards sort of randomly. I see this behavior in FSX as well. Not all planes I have do this, but some do. Might just be my system.

 

Maybe it was me. Yesterday Carenado requested me to do some tests with the eyepoint in the Caravan, which were inconclusive (sometimes I could get no FPS reduction). Maybe because of this? Tonight I'll be trying again, so that I can give an answer to Carenado.

 

I see you also have multiple monitors. Do you run on windowed mode or fullscreen?

I see you also have multiple monitors. Do you run on windowed mode or fullscreen?

 

Generally windowed mode with FS9 - for whatever reason, and perhaps this is a FS9 'thing', when I bring up the right mouse menu while in full screen mode the screen flashes once to black, very annoying. I also don't have a visible menu bar in full screen while in FS9, while in windowed mode I do. It might sound funny pointing out the obvious, but I was used to having it in FSX!

 

If I know I'm setup for a longer flight, then I'll alt enter to full screen. I've also been sitting in windowed mode more often in FS9 due to flying some more complex planes, which my inexperience usually requires a manual open on one of the other monitors.

 

However, I have yet to fly in FS9 with the display full screen across all three monitors.

Someone mentioned that they sees the framerates kinda jumping around - I get great stable framerates (60+) as long as my mouse isn't active / visible over the cockpit. Then my frames jump downwards sort of randomly. I see this behavior in FSX as well. Not all planes I have do this, but some do. Might just be my system.

 

I've also been sitting in windowed mode more often in FS9 due to flying some more complex planes, which my inexperience usually requires a manual open on one of the other monitors.

 

Just like I do: one monitor for FS9, the other one for PDFs (charts, manuals, etc). And yes, I'm also getting this issue with the mouse, no mather if the GNS430 is installed or not (I commented it out and won some FPS). Would other DX9 games present this problem?

Would other DX9 games present this problem?

 

If they do, I've never seen it. Then again, in most other games, one doesn't watch the fps counter (or even bother having a fps counter) as much. My system might be just comfortable with FS9 and have an uneasy relationship with FSX, but since pretty much all modern games actually utilize a gpu properly, it works better than fine for everything else.