March 17Mar 17 I do so routinely. I have a template I use in Excel and have it sized for a 6" X 9" clear plexiglass clipboard. I scale to meet paper size and print to half-letter size paper (4.25" X 5.5"). I just cut 8.5 X 11 in half and adjust my paper tray. Once printed I laminate them with an inexpensive Xyron laminater. They hold up very well that way. Many are two-sided and with the plexiglass clipboard all I need to do for the second side is flip the clipboard over. For my most often flown aircraft, the FFX Hjet. I determined the files holding its G3000 checklists and modified them using Notepad++. They are json files and it takes extreme attention to detail to find success. One space or comma out of place can cause a great deal of frustration, but the end result has been rewarding. Frank Patton Corsair 5000D Airflow Case; MSI B650 Tomahawk MOB; Ryzen 7 7800 X3D CPU; ASUS RTX 4080 Super; NZXT 360mm liquid cooler; Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM; RMX850X Gold PSU;; ASUS VG289 4K 27" Display; Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Crosswind 3's w/dampener. Former USAF meteorologist & ground weather school instructor. AOPA Member #07379126 "I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me." - John Deere
March 17Mar 17 1 hour ago, RobJC said: I guess I am not as crazy as I think I am. Well, at least not with checklists. It's interesting how many of us do similar things, for the most part... ...like parallel evolution or something. Same environmental forces (need to learn aircraft! need guide!) make us do the same things (in-sim checklist is inadequate! must make checklist!) or yeah, we're all just crazy Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
March 17Mar 17 23 minutes ago, Mace said: or yeah, we're all just crazy Perhaps more of us are former pilots...... Frank Patton Corsair 5000D Airflow Case; MSI B650 Tomahawk MOB; Ryzen 7 7800 X3D CPU; ASUS RTX 4080 Super; NZXT 360mm liquid cooler; Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM; RMX850X Gold PSU;; ASUS VG289 4K 27" Display; Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Crosswind 3's w/dampener. Former USAF meteorologist & ground weather school instructor. AOPA Member #07379126 "I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me." - John Deere
March 17Mar 17 I will often download one or 2 or 3 from flightsim.to. and from there I make my own. One for every plane and all pretty much formatted the same way All in a separate envelope with the name of the plane on it. I buy so many planes, it just got to hard to remember every little different detail of the different planes. All saved in a pdf file but I use the paper version when flying. Ron MSFS 2024 -Too many airplanes to name. Too many airports to name.
March 18Mar 18 Author 12 hours ago, tttocs said: Nope you're not alone. I tried some of the stuff on flightsim.to. Yes, there are some very complete ones out there, but I was unhappy with some of the layouts and overall readability as I found I kept consistently missing items. Integrated checklists seemed to cause more problems than they solved, including a lot of unwanted "mousing around". Eventually I created a personalized template designed the way I want to see things presented. I print these and put them in plastic sleeves with loose rings. Sure it's a little bit of work when I get a new plane, but it's well worth it and works great for me! Scott I concluded exactly the same thing, Scott. 👍 7950X3D | RTX 4090 | 96GB DDR5 | 4K G-Sync | Win11 Pro
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