I fly the PSS Aibus series in FS 2002. I have tried RC on a few flights and continue to run into some frustrations, I clearly seem to be in the minority. These are all IFR flights.1. I use Game Commander to pull up all the windows, FMC etc on the Airbus. Much more effective than trying to remember all those keyboard commands. I even used it with FS 2002 ATC with no problem.Worked very will with PF 2000. With RC 3 the wav files are so loud that they cause alot of spurious commands to occur with Game Cpommander, so I cannot use it. Even when I max out all the other sounds in FS2002 they are so faint compared to RC 3, that when I cut back on the volume to stop spurious commands with Game Commancer, I can barely hear the engines etc.2. Spurious vectors continues to be a problem. Recent flight I was given my final assigned altitude after some traffic vectors and told to resume own navigation. My FMC says I am right on the flight plan.A couple of minutes later, RC3 says you are dfifting off course and sends me almost the opposite direction to the course I should have been on. Had to terminate that flight due to one call right after the other. I don't think "listen up now," sounds very professional, especially over and over again so fast I could not respond to it.On another flight, I was told to fly 360 then literally seconds later 060 to intercept the ILS. The lattter was correct, but when I asked for repeat I was told 360 again.That course was way off. One flight gave me a 1 mile final on itnercept to ILS. I can complete very few flights without some issue coming up.3. RC3 takes a big hit on my computer a Pentium 2 with Geoforce 3 64. With RC on board, the plane in external view and on the ground moves in quantum leaps, and stutters with turns. When I have the same scene and terminate radar contact, everything moves fluidly. If I lower priority of RC to below normal, the fluidity returns, but speech is one word a minnute or so. This is with 512 K memory and clean boot in Win XP.4. I fly the Airbus with the VFR panel and there is nowhere to dock the box that does not interfere with the panel, or cover up some functional part of the panel. I finally just left it undocked up floating in the cockpit window.Not sure any of these issues can be solved.Greg

1) try turning the "master" volume control down, to where rc is tolerable. then adjust the other fs sounds to higher/lower volumes so they are more in line with what you expect. your other option is to use a set of headphones/microphone combination like i have. then the microphone can't "hear" what your ears are hearing.2) when rc tells you to resume own navigation after a traffic vector, it means to fly direct to your next checkpoint. you may be trying to rejoin the path you would have been flying if you hadn't been vectored for traffic. i don't use any fmc's, but can't you tell it to fly direct to the next checkpoint?you can also turn off traffic vectors if this continues to be a problem.i can't believe you got a 1 mile final. but of course i believe you. did you happen to ask for a short final? if you ask for a short final TOO soon, you can get into some pretty tight turns.3) a pentium 2 is probably pretty maxed out with fs2002. adding rc processing requirements on top of it, i can see where there might be problems.4) if you have another old computer laying around, you might be a good candidate for running rc and fs200x using widefs and a lan. you could have rc and the display menu running on one computer, and fs200x on your current pentium 2. i don't think you will see any performance problems with widefs, the speech will be snappy, the display will be on your second computer.

Do not dock the display in your main manel, do so in your pedestal view, still you'll be able to punch the commands. if you don't remember them just go to the pedestal view. That way you do not clutter you main view and still can enjoy RC 3.0.Rgds,

The airbus fmc has a direct to button. I believe it looks like a -> arrow. hit the button, then hit the LSK next to the waypoint to want to head direct to. Or you can type in your waypoint and then hit the DT button. I think that would also work. You just need to be careful when using it, since you loose all of your flightplan prior to where you say to head DT. So dont hit the wrong waypoint.

>1. I use Game Commander to pull up all the windows, ...Sorry, I don't use game commander so I can't help with this one.>2. Spurious vectors continues to be a problem. Recent flight >I was given my final assigned altitude after some traffic >vectors and told to resume own navigation. My FMC says I am >right on the flight plan.A couple of minutes later, RC3 >says you are dfifting off course and sends me almost the >opposite direction to the course I should have been on. Had >to terminate that flight due to one call right after the >other. I don't think "listen up now," sounds very >professional, especially over and over again so fast I could >not respond to it. Are you certain you are importing the same FS2002 flight plan into the MCDU as you are using for RC3? In my Airbus flights so far the MCDU has always put me in the right place and the right direction. I generate the flight plan in FSNavigator, export it in FS2002 format and use that plan for both the MCDU and RC3. Of course I have to re-insert the first waypoint into the MCDU due to a bug in the Airbus flight plan import function, but after that all is OK.To answer jd's question about a direct-to function - yes the PSS does have direct to. Press the DIR button followed by the left LSK next to the waypoint you wish to fly to. This will usually be LSK 2 after a vector for traffic, to fly direct to the waypoint you were heading for originally.>On another flight, I was told to fly 360 then literally >seconds later 060 to intercept the ILS. The lattter was >correct, but when I asked for repeat I was told 360 >again.That course was way off. One flight gave me a 1 mile >final on itnercept to ILS. I can complete very few flights >without some issue coming up. Sorry, can't help here.>3. RC3 takes a big hit on my computer a Pentium 2 with >Geoforce 3 64. With RC on board, the plane in external view >and on the ground moves in quantum leaps, and stutters with >turns. When I have the same scene and terminate radar >contact, everything moves fluidly. If I lower priority of RC >to below normal, the fluidity returns, but speech is one >word a minnute or so. This is with 512 K memory and clean >boot in Win XP. I have a P3 800 MHz with Geforce2. I haven't noticed RC impacting FS performance, although I did have the slow sound before increasing RC3's priority. I think a P2 may be struggling here.>4. I fly the Airbus with the VFR panel and there is nowhere >to dock the box that does not interfere with the panel, or >cover up some functional part of the panel. I finally just >left it undocked up floating in the cockpit window. Short of using a second monitor as I do, I think you have the best solution here.Ian

>2) when rc tells you to resume own navigation after a >traffic vector, it means to fly direct to your next >checkpoint. you may be trying to rejoin the path you would >have been flying if you hadn't been vectored for traffic. i >don't use any fmc's, but can't you tell it to fly direct to >the next checkpoint? >According to the tutorials - "When told to resume own navigation, you can proceed direct to your next checkpoint, OR RETURN TO YOUR ORIGINAL TRACK" (my emphasis).There appears to be an inconsistency between what is in the tutorials and your post here. Can you let us know which is correct?David Wickes

Thanks for the tips guys, and I will try them out. I miswrote on the computer; I have a Pentium 4 2.0 GHZ. If you look at the PSSD forum stutters have been a problem, but mine went away when I increased the memory to 512 KHZ and upgraded to 40. series drivers, but as mentioned they are back again under certain circumstances.I can certainly try the headphone, that is a great idea.One thing about this forum is that one gets genuine help and support!Greg

Greg,>A couple of minutes later, RC3 >says you are dfifting off course and sends me almost the >opposite direction to the course I should have been on.Being given a opposite heading like this is almost always an indication that you did not hit your last checkpoint, or for some reason you hit it but RC did not recognize it. Sometimes you get vectored for traffic as you're about to cross a checkpoint, but RC should take this into account and not send you back to the checkpoint. Could have been a glitch.Sidney Schwartz [KPDX]Horizon Flights--flight plans and scenery for FS2002http://sidneyschwartz.homestead.com/index.html

Hi David,>According to the tutorials - "When told to resume own >navigation, you can proceed direct to your next checkpoint, >OR RETURN TO YOUR ORIGINAL TRACK" (my emphasis). >>There appears to be an inconsistency between what is in the >tutorials and your post here. Can you let us know which is >correct? The tutorial is correct and JD is wrong. :) After being vectored for traffic you may rejoin your original route as long as you follow the "rule of thumb": "Double the vector for on course. If you wereturned 15

rc does not vector for traffic when you are 25 miles or less from the next checkpoint.probably missed the checkpoint.

>rc does not vector for traffic when you are 25 miles or less >from the next checkpoint. >>probably missed the checkpoint. OK. It used to, though, didn't it?Sidney Schwartz [KPDX]Horizon Flights--flight plans and scenery for FS2002http://sidneyschwartz.homestead.com/index.html

nope. or you might never progress your next checkpoint :-)

One other note- if you miss a checkpoint for whatever reason you can use the menu to "request dir checkpoint" and pick the next checkpoint in your plan (or any one of them for that matter). When granted you keep flying your flt pln from where you are without having to go back 180.Best,Rob

Then this remains a puzzle to me because I was just following vectors faithfully from the moment of takeoff until I was asked to resume own navigation. Indeed I must have missed a checkpoint but it appears I was vectored around it.Greg

Sidney,Not as long as I can remember. I've always been told to return to course brfore the next WP.