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Yes I also use the 767 winglet also. The 2D panel is just great for me. Bob

Sorry to say, I never fly default planes too many good payware ones, which in my case is the LDS 767. Bob

You ask a very good question. Let me start by saying that Radar Contact is a ATC program. What do I mean by that, first you can set it up to follow all your own instructions (which I do), I use weather programs to predict which way the winds are going to be at my departure and destinations. Knowing that I pick my SID/rwy at my departure airport and again going to my weather program I know what the predicted winds will be at destination, there for I pick my STAR/rwy. Using this method I am right about 90% of the time. Now having said that, one let RC pick both the SID and STAR. This is based on what FSX AI are using based on the weather, this works pretty well until you get to variable and calm wind conditions. FSX can select some wild runways, example at KLAX one can get winds of 090/05 and you will get rwy selection of all the east bound runways, when you look in real world they are using the westbound runways. I guess I flew to many years in the USAF, where I did my own flight planning so I don't like leaving it to a program. So an old school guy like me does all the work before hand. Now back to you question, no you cannot change the STAR enroute if you pick it, but if you don't select it Radar Contact will do it for you. Off the subject that someone put into this thread, let me vary candid, JD did not delay development work based on financial considerations, please don't make those comments. He did it for his family PERIOD. Thanks Bob

The link works for me, tried all their menu items and they were all responsive even to let me order. Can't imagine why it's not working for you. BTW, I use Google Chrome as my browser. Bob

I have been watching this very interest thread since the OP first put it up. As many of you might know I have been on the beta team for Radar Contact for years. So what I have to say is biased toward Radar Contact. So much of the comment have been on voice sounds,. First we had many real world ATC controllers on the team from the onset. Real world ATC procedures are not the same from FAA and ICAO. We made those differences part of RC. Next as you are flying, take note that "controls" are not the same as "centers" in the US. Next when you are within either a center or a control there are sectors that switch you from on sector to another. Radar Contact does all those. Also its ATIS is directed by the ground weather at the destination. During this discussion, everyone is harping about how a voice sounds. Do you care about real world ATC procedures? My voice is one of the voices in RC and I DON'T sound robotic. In addition I use pre-recorded ATC sounds in addition to my RC sounds and its very realistic since I have thousands of hours of flying in the real world. Here is a point that many have missed, fly across the pond at night and see who is following you. FSX default ATC requires you to sit in front of you computer to monitor messages, RC does not. Before we stopped development of RC v5 we were working on SID/STAR incorporation. There were many issues that needed to be worked through. For example I put SID and STAR's in my flight plan, others don't. Another potential issue, there are thousands of names for SID/STARs around the world, the correct phrasing is expect "XXXX arrival at XXXX airport". Were you going to phrase that phonetically or record the names. We had almost solved the altitude and speed restriction issues with every SID/STAR. Its very complicated, and if we continue, we will have this done. My last comment to everyone, ATC is very complex in the FS world and I could go on and on about all the issues, but will not, if you question that, look at the FAA ATC rules online, and that just for the US, Europe is even more of a challenge. For now, I ONLY use Radar Contact, IMHO its still the most accurate program available and it covers the entire world. Bob

Hi Rick, Good question, I have most of Blueprint's airports and love them. No they are not at the same level as Fly Tampa, UK2000 or FSDT. But for the price they do the job and my airports are full of planes without a hit on frames. Its well known that KJFK can be a frame killer, but the Blueprint KJFK is not as detailed as the FSDT airport, I don't get a big hit flying into JFK. My home airport DTW is the only accurate scenery for DTW. Now I do have other airports by FSDT, FlyTampa, UK2000 and FlightBeam just to name a few and they do have a lot animation and are excellent. For the money, Blueprint is ok IMHO Bob

I would not say the models are pre FS2002. How ever if you had AI at the same external quality of PMDG, LDS or A2A you would have massive stutters even a slide show at airports like KATL, KLAX or KORD. Its a trade off, the only external model that I want extreme detail is the plane that I fly. IMHO MTX planes are OK and they don't cause stutters. Bob

I have CH yoke and pedals that I have had for some time and they work perfect. However they are calibrated via FSUIPC. Bob

For the OP, everything you keep asking for is in MTX and yes they are all native FSX. I am parked right now at the new international terminal at KATL and there are all kinds of 777's 767. Also they are light on frames. Bob

Foster, I know what I wrote, but how in hell did you come up with that assumption. Sometimes I am just amazed at what people assume. NOTHING I said supports such an outrageous statement by you. Please guys if you have something to say make it on the base of accuracy. Foster's statement is just plan &@($* fodder. Bob

Hi Frank, I certainly understand your frustrations and thanks for being a long standing user of RC. Many of us on the team go back almost to the very start of Radar Contact's development. Which is why I will always be a loyal user of Radar Contact. All of the members of the team have had discussions with JD and Doug about the future of Radar Contact. As I said in my previous post, its inappropriate for any of us to say anything except for JD. Radar Contact has been his baby from the very beginning. Its his call to let the community know his plans. I would simply ask everyone to respect JD's privacy.In the mean time, most of us on the team love Radar Contact and use it on each and every flight. The team does discuss all the other ATC programs both pros and cons and what we would like to change. At this point and time, other addons planes and scenery do not change ATC rules. Let me be very frank, we were working on SID/STAR procedures and one of my personal issues which is ground awareness. These are VERY complex issues to CODE. Let me give you two examples, SID?SRAR's are related to surface winds which are determined by a FSX weather engine ie. Active Sky,REX, Opus etc. At some airports around the world there are multiple runway selections based on wind conditions. FSX AI flows can be 180 degree's off from the prevailing wind and will instruct ATC SID/STAR's to be very incorrect, but the ATC program will use the FSX AI routing. Next issue, I as a user, who flew in the USAF, and know how to read METARs and weather conditions when I flight plan. I choose the runways and SID's and STAR's to use, I am correct about 90% of the time. The next version of RC has to be coded to allow both of these scenarios and provide an easy to use end user interface. We were well into this when development paused last year. Airport ground awareness of AI proved to be a whole bucket of worms, but solvable<br These two objectives SID/STAR and ground awareness mixed with the current code is a horrendous coding task for a single person. Were we well on our way yes, but just consider this for right now, when you fly in the US or Europe you are passed from one center/control and within those sectors. It took a member of the team and JD to work through countless trigonometry calculations to do that correctly, not to mention the code. If you access to high altitude charts, check how accurate RC is with center changes anywhere in the world. One last issue for any of you to understand, Dallas, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, LAX have hundreds of SID/STAR names, are those to be voiced or spoken phonetically. JD as a developer has had to address all of these challenges. Sorry for the long text, but these are just a few of the things that are on his plate. Now go fly Bob

JD will respond to all these questions when he is ready, Its inappropriate for me to say anything until JD responds. As many of you know I have worked with him for years and respect his professionalism and privacy. Jack your comments are totally incorrect and disingenuous. BTW, I am very satisfied with the way RC 4.3 works right now with the only issue I have is SID/STAR handling. I fly the LDS 767 and making trips across the pond I don't have do funny things with ATC making long flights RC does that perfect and I don't sit in front of the PC Bob

FSBuild was updated last year. When something works and does the job is not when you throw it out. I use it on every flight along with getting my RW route from Flight Aware. IMHO that combo can't be beat. Bob

When you get older you have tendency to get stuck in your ways. I have been with Active Sky since they started a long time ago. I LOVE AS2012 sp2, and am not going to change. Works for me when I fly all over the world. Bob

GSX does do this but not through ATC. GSX gives you all available gates at all terminals. From an ATC perspective Radar Contact give you the option to pick a gate and when you arrive it will tell you to taxi to what ever gate you picked in the menu. Bob

Hi Alex, I saw your post on the Level D forum and I saw what Daryll wrote you back. I have the Delta livery for the LDS 767 winglet installed and that is the only FSX plane I fly. I did do the Navigraph install for the LDS 767 version 1306, and I do have all the SID and STARS in my FMC. When you install Navigraph do you do a extract all or run? I do a run and make sure its the FSX file. The data must go into the base 767 folder NOT the winglet folder. Check your nav data folder for LDS to make sure it is being updated correctly. Its obvious to me that your nav data is not being installed. One more suggestion, watch the installation process, it is very LONG and if you stop it too soon data will be correupted. When I start the install process I walk away and go get a pint LOL. Even though Daryll told you to check with the Navigraph folks there is NOTHING wrong with their data. If this problem persist I would remove the nav data folder ONLY from your system and let then reinstall and let the installation process recreate you a fresh one. PM me if you still have a problem. Bob

Yes, try FSUIPC joystick calibration. I have so much better controls now than using FSX controls. Bob

Guys this is a wait and see. But remember, if we do V5 are you willing to put in hours and hours of recordings. That what it takes. Just to give a flavor of voices, in the US the word "altimeter" is pronouced "ALTIMERter" in the UK its ALTImeter. Its a long process, but worth it. Bob

Its so funny to hear people talk about voices. My voice is in RC, along with some of my good friends. Its a long pains taking process. With lots of SID/STAR names in the database it will soon require recording over 10,000 words or phrases. We have voices from the US, UK, Italy, NZ and Austrailia. But getting folks from Germany, France, Spain, Canada and Mexico to volenteer was almost impossible. Text to voice technology is the only way to make variable voices a reality. Microsoft owns some of that technology but its not accented. This voice issue is far more difficult than most folks are aware of. Bob

Just a simple comment. I have worked with the RC development team for years. RC has many real world ATC controllers on its team. So the procedures are correct. What RC lacks is SID/STAR interaction. We were working on that during the RCv5 development. Some of us, like me, put those in our flight plans. Others would like for the program to pick those when the runways are selected. If we start development again this summer that is the number one objective. But the statement above is so clear, RC WORKS. I think I am pretty good at what the real world ATC is all about and again I will say it loud, RC WORKS Bob

Radar Contact has been in the community for years. It was co-devloped by a real world FAA Controller. There are many aspects of ATC that most in the community don't even have the vagust understanding of the "tons" of rules. Yes there are things that we want the next version of Radar Contact to use such as STAR and SID reconition. But for the present, NO program comes as close to real world ATC than Radar Contact. I use it on EVERY flight. Yes we have promised that we are working on the next version and that has been a very long promise, but it is coming. This is one aspect of the flight sim community that I don't understand. When someing is working and is correct, why do people still look for somehting else. Bob

If you are only interested in graphics the LDS 767 is not for you. There is no 767 in the community that has the functionally of the LDS 767. When in 2D mode the overhead panel is far more accurate than any thing else. Even in VC mode the LDS 767 overhead can be selected to the 2D mode. When eye candy becomes more important than functions, I have to rest my case. I could have the most beautiful aircraft but the thing crashes into the ground, I would leave FSX. If graphics is the most important thing than don't use the LDS 767. I use to fly the real thing and believe me the LDS 767 is as close to real as you are going to ever get. Bob

I fly only the LDS 767 and I must admit there is none better from a systems standpoint. This thing is a joke about a new 767. Everything about this thing is so below acceptable quality. I hope this is just a joke, not even close to the quality of the LDS 767 Bob

My two cents, I have been using AS for years and the developers have been great adding functions. There has been no problems with the beta version of sp2 and now we are at the Release Candidate. Yesterday I flew from KSFO to KDTW with some really wicked weather at KDTW, low ceilings and AS was right on to the real weather since I live in Detroit. Broke out of thick overcast at 500 feet on approach. Really fantastic. As far as cloud layers if you go much above 5 layers IMHO you are going to get a frame hit. As I said AS is just great. Bob

I am a 5+ also. Flying the LDS 767 any other way would take all the immersion out of the flight Bob