May 14, 20206 yr 30 minutes ago, Mace said: You mean things like cross-checking your position using VORs? While I think GPS is great, I grew up flying with VOR and NDB and enjoy that type of navigation. Seems like many NDB stations are decommissioning now, unfortunately. It was fun to track those with wind, correcting your course, etc. 👍 I learned to fly in the 90s and only learned VOR and ADF navigation back then. I know it isn't GA/VFR, but I like to pull the Coolsky DC-9 out of the hangar sometimes to fly only by these navaids - it doesn't have anything else! Following only non-RNAV SIDS, STARS and airways is good fun. It's getting harder to do outside the US, but there are still enough non-RNAV procedures in the US to fly normal routes the old-school way. 5800X3D | Radeon RX 6900XT
May 14, 20206 yr 2 hours ago, HighBypass said: In addition to what Chock says, I was told this when I was flying gliders: Have a brief look in the opposite direction to the turn first as you don't want to pitch that wing up into something which might have sneaked up on you - i.e. before turning left, take a quick look out to the right and up prior to looking in the direction of turn. Granted I guess this is more relevant when gliding on a busy slope, but still has it's merits. Gotta say, never heard this before. If you’re in airspace so congested that pitching a wing up might hit something, I would submit you’re doing something wrong.
May 14, 20206 yr 17 minutes ago, mtr75 said: Gotta say, never heard this before. If you’re in airspace so congested that pitching a wing up might hit something, I would submit you’re doing something wrong. Yeah, I think something would be pretty dangerously close if putting a wing up would risk a collision. Some gliders do have very long wingspans of course, but if something was above or below you so close that tilting a wing would risk a collision, then they're really too close already. Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
May 14, 20206 yr 35 minutes ago, Gandalf said: Thanks for the advice, I’m on 4.5, I do have track IR but unfortunately I don’t think my current rig is up to handling VR, it’s rather outdated by current standards but I’m holding out on upgrading until we see how things shake out with upcoming sims and hardware. The A2A Comanche looks good so I may go for that... Great plane, and exactly what i’ve been flying in the sim this week. Bomanza v-tail is newer, and also a great aircraft. You can’t go wrong with anything A2A. Oz Sim Rig: MSI RTX3090 Suprim, an old, partly-melted Intel 9900K @ 5GHz+, Honeycomb Alpha, Thrustmaster TPR Rudder, Warthog HOTAS, Reverb G2, Prosim 737 cockpit. Currently flying: MSFS: PMDG 737-700, Fenix A320, Leonardo MD-82, MIlviz C310, Flysimware C414AW, DC Concorde, Carenado C337. Prepar3d v5: PMDG 737/747/777. "There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
May 14, 20206 yr Author 13 minutes ago, OzWhitey said: Great plane, and exactly what i’ve been flying in the sim this week. Bomanza v-tail is newer, and also a great aircraft. You can’t go wrong with anything A2A. Thanks for that 👍 Plus your tag line always makes me smile...
May 15, 20206 yr 10 hours ago, Chock said: . but in airliners (although not exclusively so) it is often the opposite, with pitch controlling altitude and power controlling speed. But when I learn and switch to the proper way to fly （Stick for speed and throttle for G/S） I found it's much easiar to fly an approach on most airliners, except the retard one use C* control law.... It's especially ture when approaching at lower half of power curve, and only small adjustment needed, thus the "long term" effect comes much sooner. And I feel it's extreamly helpful when I fly Elevator Jam and Loss of Both Hydualics drill in 737 LvD sim. Edited May 15, 20206 yr by C2615
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