Yep, I had those terms swapped. Sorry about the mistake in wording but it has been many years since I've been to real world ground schools and flown real world aircraft.At some airports and FS airports I've found the compass MV and heading calibration circles on the pavement for avionics alignment.I forgot about the compass placard. It all comes back.Thanks.

One should also be aware that if you use a different database for the waypoints in the plane than in the flight planner, then there can be situations where the ATC will start screaming at you even if the in plane equipment claims you are right on target. This e.g. happened for me yesterday flying the PMDG B747-400 with RC4, but I have also seen it with the default ATC flying the Flight1 Piper Meridian./ Jesper

I experienced this the other night when I discovered my IRU on my '67 was not aligned. I really was off the airway :)

I had the same problem. but with altitude. I had to fly a FL170 . I did a barocheck so all seemed fine but I got punished four times for not flying FL170 but I was flying 17000 ft, so what am I doing wrong. If you trying to fly properly but being yelled at (also in the flight critique) it's painfull, even you know it's just a flipping computerprogram :)Rob "Holland&Holland" de Vries http://www.emotipad.com/emoticons/Flying.gif"To go up, pull the stick back. To go down, pull the stick back harder"

Hi Rob,Where were you flying? This could indeed be an altimeter issue.When you say you checked the altimeter do you mean you made sure it was set to the standard value (29.92in/1013.2.Hpa) which is what it should always be set at when assigned to a Flight Level.Pressing the B key in this situation will set local pressure which would be wrong here.All the best,John

>I had the same problem. but with altitude. I had to fly a>FL170 . I did a barocheck so all seemed fine but I got>punished four times for not flying FL170 but I was flying>17000 ft, so what am I doing wrong. If you trying to fly>properly but being yelled at (also in the flight critique)>it's painfull, even you know it's just a flipping>computerprogram :)Rob, You seem a little confused about whether you should have been at FL170 or altitude 17,000ft. Read this post: http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...id=16233&page=3It may answer your question about what you're doing wrong.BestPetehttp://www.jdtllc.com/images/rcv4bannerbeta.jpg

aahhh that explains, wel thank you sir (both of you) I'm ashamed, but hey we learn everyday. Thank you again!RobRob "Holland&Holland" de Vries http://www.emotipad.com/emoticons/Flying.gif"To go up, pull the stick back. To go down, pull the stick back harder"

You're welcome, Rob - that's what we're here for.:)BestPetehttp://www.jdtllc.com/images/rcv4bannerbeta.jpg