>Actually in RC you can hand comms over to the virtual copilot>with a confugured keystroke. That way you will not get nagged>for a response.>>>How's that done Ron?

>And thatis just it. Sitting there watching the planes KNOWING>they arent real is about as fun as watching paint dry.It works both ways. ;)Flying from KATL during "rush hour", and having two other planes and no controllers, is, "about as much fun as watching paint dry".

>I am a RW pilot too and am not "defending" RC because I don't>use it due to the much debated "computer voice issue." Others>seem to "get used to it" but I don't WANT to get used to it.>But when the voices are improved to suit my own personal>tastes, I would be an RC user in a hearbeat.>>Regards,>JimI put off getting RC for a while for the same reason, but they greatly improved the "robotic" sound of the voices. I've been using it for about a year, now. I quickly forgot about the robotic thing when presented with much more realistic ATC. In fact, it's quite smooth. To me, the quality of the voices are comparable to the default ATC. The real world procedures make it much more realistic vs. default ATC and having controllers everywhere, anytime, make it the only ATC solution, AFAIC. If you heard the samples posted on the website when it first came out, like I did, I can understand being put off. The changes they made helped greatly. Some people's voices work better than others, but you can use only the ones you like. RC has a menu where you can listen to voices as you pick them. They also have different accents and you can download additional voices. I don't regret going to RC, at all.I could never go back to the emptiness of Vatsim or the fly heading 150, 170, 150, 170, 150... I prefer the deviating for WX, PD to 19000, cross 40 miles from ATL at 11000, 250 knots. Reduce speed to 210 knots. And my favorite, a reasonably realistic ILS approach, rather than the famous FS 55 mile final.:-roll ~EwingKATLMSI K8N Neo2 PlatinumAMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0 GHz2GB Corsair PC-3200 512x4 Dual Channel CL2.5 DDR DIMM eVGA nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT 256MB DDR3Sound Blaster Audigy LSOCZ Powerstream 420WWinXPPro (SP1)

Dave,Try CTR-SHFT-K.

Thanks Dean:-)

I must admit, after using RC for a while now I couldn't fly without it. I too was very, very sceptical/reluctant at first but now find it great. Especially the radio chatter, which is also positionally aware depending on which centre you are tuned to, and stage of flight you are in.