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Don't know if this will help your investigation, Rick, but this was the "failed delivery" message I got (with my e-mail address edited out) when I tried.PPReporting-MTA: dns; me.freeserve.comX-SMTP-Server-Queue-ID: 1C4B13400088X-SMTP-Server-Sender: rfc822; .freeserve.co.ukArrival-Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 13:17:09 +0200 (CEST)Final-Recipient: rfc822; rick@jdtllc.comAction: failedStatus: 5.0.0Diagnostic-Code: X-SMTP-Server; host mailserver1.jdtllc.com[65.83.225.250] said: 550 5.7.1 This system is configured to reject mail from 193.252.22.157 (Host blacklisted in combined.swh.bellsouth.net) (in reply to MAIL FROM command)

I'm afraid I don't know of any easy way to cross check what's been recorded against what appears in the RC4 list of airlines which, I guess, is why the missing entries only come to light following queries like Bigmack's. Unless someone on the RC team has a master list, the only way I can think of to do it would be to identify all the call signs in the .txt files in the controller/pilotscripts folders and then check for a corresponding entry in the c4.csv file - not my idea of fun!:(

>>Thanks. It was a mis type. I was looking for Spanair.<<Okay - problem solved, then.Is there a list of missing call signs or a list of call signs included in some sort of regional order?<<There's no regional list. Probably the best way of finding what's been recorded is to look in your RC4script folder and if there's a txt file in the pilot or controller scripts for the call sign you want, then there will be a corresponding .wav file in the winwood folder.>>Also where did you get the entry for 'So wind"?<<No idea where it came from originally - usually these smaller regional airlines are added by a user request - but it is listed in ICAO Doc8585 so it's correct.Pete

Did you have any specific call signs in mind, Daniel?PP

Ah, sorry, I've just read your post again and I see you actually asked for "Spainair" not "Spanair"! Now if it was just a typo and you did mean Spanair (or they're the same company) then my original post stands. If you really are looking for the call sign of a company called Spainair then the answer is no, it's not in RC.Incidentally, I've never heard of Spainair or Spain Air - the nearest being the long defunct Air Spain - is it a new start-up airline?PP

A .wav file for Spanair does exist in the winwood folders but the corresponding entry in the c4 file is missing. It's a simple matter to add this yourself.Open the c4.csv file which you'll find in your RC4data folder. Make sure you open this file with Notepad or a similar text editor and NOT Excel or another spreadsheet!!! Scroll down until you find the entry for SOWIND and paste the following entry below it:spanair,spanair,Spanair - Spain,0, 0Save the file, restart RC and the Spanair call sign should appear in the list.

>>So, what does it mean in practical terms? ...it seems a pointless thing to say.<<It's far from pointless - in the simplest of terms, to expedite means to do something more quickly. When used by ATC, it means that the controller wants you to increase your rate of climb or descent to pass through the stated level as quickly as possible, usually for separation purposes.For example, an instruction to "Climb FL220, expedite through FL180." means that you should climb at your best available rate until you have passed FL180 and then you may resume your normal/preferred rate for the rest of the climb.Pete

>>To register a climb or decent, your vertical speed must be at least 400ft/min as a minimum.<<I think you're a little confused there, mate. If my memory serves me correctly, RC is programmed to accept a vertical speed of 95ft/min or greater as a climb or descent. jd wouldn't dare insist on >400ft/min or he'd have Ray jumping on him complaining that he couldn't fly his Concorde properly!x( PP

GerarDream,Make sure that you have the latest FSUIPC installed - 3.65 is the current version. Open FSUIPC from the "Modules" menu of Flight Simulator and select the "About and Register" tab. Here you will see a check box labelled "FSUIPC multiline display window". Check this box to make the window active and your display problem will disappear.Pete

jd,That FAQ is out of date - it refers to advdisp. It needs to be updated to explain the use of the FSUIPC display window.PP

I'm surprised that you can't find Air Europa, Esteban. It's in my RC4's list of airlines as "Air Europa" and gives the call sign "Europa". Have another look at the list which you'll find by clicking the "General" button in the "Radar Contact Options" section.A .wav file for Spanair does exist in the winwood folders but the corresponding entry in the c4 file is missing. It's a simple matter to add this yourself.Open the c4.csv file which you'll find in your RC4data folder. Make sure you open this file with Notepad or a similar text editor and NOT Excel or another spreadsheet!!! Scroll down until you find the entry for SOWIND and paste the following entry below it:spanair,spanair,Spanair - Spain,0, 0Save the file, restart RC and the Spanair call sign should appear in the list.To get Futura added for a future update, email the airline name and call sign to: doug@jdtllc.comPete

"Is it true that one should not have any waypoints after about 40nm from your destination airfield."No, it's not true, just the opposite, in fact. We recommend that wherever possible, the last waypoint should be a VOR on or within 5 nm of the destination airfield. The reason for this is that it allows RC to use descent phraseology based on that VOR - "...be level 40 miles before ABC", for example. If there is no such waypoint in your plan, RC is forced to use the alternative phraseology of "... I need you level in 30 miles or less"."Then on both flights, ATC vectored me away from the airport until I had to cancel the IFR plan as it was getting to be 50 and 60 miles away from the airfield in both cases. I was never asked to decend less than 13000 in both cases as well as never receiving vectors back to the airfields"The reason for this vectoring away from the field is nothing to do with your flight plan - it's simply that you missed your crossing restriction. You never reached the altitude you were cleared to so RC was vectoring you away from Approach's airspace until you did. The most likely reason you didn't get to your cleared altitude (even though your altimeter no doubt said you had) was that your altimeter was incorrectly set. It's likely that you were either still on 29.92 having forgotten to set the local pressure after descending through FL180 or you incorrectly set the wrong value for the local pressure.If you fly these 2 flights again paying special attention to setting your altimeter correctly for the phase of flight and achieving your crossing restriction, the problem of being vectored away from the field will disappear.Pete

hi when doing a flight using rc4 i set the qnh given by atc, im flying in the uk my transition level is 6000ft, after crossing 6000ft i put the standard qnh in as 29.92ins, is this the correct procedure... Yes, it is. Once you are above the Transition Altitude, you should have standard pressure on your altimeter sub-scale. You might like to note, though, that in the UK, we express this standard setting as 1013.2mB but 29.92in/Hg is the same value....i keep getting a message that my altitude setting is wrong press b to set correct altitude, which i usually ignore...You're absolutely right to ignore it. It's just FS showing its American origin. FS ATC is so amerigocentric that it treats the whole world as if it uses the US system of an 18,000ft Transition Altitude. When RC uses the correct Transition Altitude for your location, FS thinks it's an error and puts up the message about the B key. You should not use the B key to adjust your altimeter when flying outside the USA because it's set up to work with the US sysytem and will give incorrect results elsewhere. Just keep doing what you've been doing and ignore it.Also, it's a simple matter to turn of this FS message if you want. In FS, select the 'Aircraft' menu and then 'Realism Settings...' In the top right of the window that appears, you'll see a check box labelled 'Display Flying Tips'. Uncheck this box and you won't get the error message again.Pete

Selecting "Expressjet Airlines Inc d/b/a Continental Express - USA" as your company will give you the call sign "jet link".Pete

"As far as I am aware the word "airport" as used in RC clearances eg "Request clearance to xyz airport" is not used in Australian airspace"I don't think it's used anywhere outside the USA but I can reassure you that it's already been "flagged up" for correction by the non-US members of the beta team. There was also a very lively discussion about it on this forum when RC4 was first released and I know jd has this in hand for a future release. "Not sure of the exact local wording..."This general issue about "local wording" has come up several times before but it's worth repeating - outside the USA, with the exception of a couple of UK-specific phrases which I've included because they make things clearer, this version of Radar Contact does not simulate the procedures of any single region or specific country. In reality, outside the US, there are as many variations to procedures, phraseology and so on as there are countries. To cope with this, what I've tried to do is to provide a generic set of procedures and phrases based on ICAO SARPs which give a good general impression of ATC outside the USA.Have a look at this reply I posted to Neil Bradley on the same subject: http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...id=20168&page=2Pete

In the RC manual it states that this can be implemented by putting a space between the numbers.True, it does, Neil, but as far as I know, this only affects the way your call sign is spoken and not the way numbers are spoken generally by RC's controllers and pilots. This form of callsign ennunciation has been the norm in Australia now for about 7 or 8 years.Yes, we knew about the use of group form in Australia - the Australian AIP is available online - but because of the way RC4 works, it was not implemented. Just to make it clear, outside of the USA, Canada and a few adjacent territories which are known to use FAA procedures, RC does not simulate the procedures of any single country but uses a generic set based on ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices.If you're ex-ATC, you'll know that countries are free to file differences from ICAO SARPS and just about all of them do! So, as I'm sure you'll appreciate, it was impossible to include all these national and regional variations in this version of RC - the first one to really attempt to replicate non-US procedures - so some compromise was necessary. As with all compromises, it's not been possible to please all of the people all of the time but I think we've succeeded in providing a good general impression of what ATC is like outside the US. I can't speak for Doug or jd but I'd guess that future versions may well address individual country's procedures but not this one.Now, if group form really is the major "thing" for you, it is possible to change all the Australian FIRs to FAA instead of ICAO procedures but be aware that it's all or nothing - you'll get your group form numbers but everything else - procedures, phraseology etc. - will be American too. If you're happy with this, let me know and I'll explain the changes you'll need to make but don't forget, you'll lose things like the 10,000ft Australian Transition Altitude so think carefully before you do it.Pete

My mistake, Bill. Aeropostal is in the pilot and controller scripts and an aeropostal.wav exists in the winwood folders but for some reason, its required entry has been missed in c4.csv. It's a simple process to add it.1.Copy the data line, below:Aeropostal,Aeropostal,Linea Aeropostal Venezolana (LAV),0,02.Go to the RCv4data folder and open c4.csv using Notepad (or a similar text editor) NOT Excel (or another spreadsheet). 3. Scroll down to the LAN CHILE entry and paste the new data line below it.4. Save c4.csv and run RC4.Pete

is Aeropostal listed in the call signs?Yes.PP

Sounds like Flight Simulator wasn't running. RC can't link to FSUIPC if you try to start it before FS is up and running and you'll always get that error message. Try starting FS first.Pete

"... on non-FAA airports the descent TL varies as assigned by ATC according to the surface pressure altitude."That's absolutely correct, Ron, and this is already fully implemented in Radar Contact 4's non-FAA procedures. I'm puzzled by your next comment, though: "It might be a bit of complex coding but RC can see the surface pressure and should be able to maintain an internal altimeter based on PA as well as know the aircraft altitude based on standard PA during the descent transition to make the call when to switch to surface pressure."Are you suggesting that RC doesn't already do this? As the designer of RC's altimetry system for non-FAA areas, I can assure you it does. There's nothing complex about it (at least for a man of jd's programming ability!) and it has been coded so that RC calculates not only the correct flight level value for the Transition Level (based on 1013.2 hPa) but it also calculates the actual altitude of this flight level based on the local pressure setting (QNH). It is this latter value that is used to calculate the "altimeter check" call on descent.Pete

Which begins to make me think that Eytan has a good point - after all, what use is a weather report if you don't know where it's for?Weather forecasts can be for a general area but, as far as I know, actual weather reports are always for a specific location, i.e. the reporting station, which is always stated - along with the time of the observation - as part of the report. Maybe you do things differently in the US so what is this "in flight weather" that RC passes? An actual, an area or terminal forecast or what?PP

Frank,Look above. This question is answered in reply number 1 to Luigi's original post!PP

I'm glad you got it sorted - and well done Ian for spotting the problem.Pete

I'm no expert on RC's sound files - that's Ray's bailiwick - but Ian's suggestion as to the cause of the problem does sound a possibility. Did you save your new wav file as 11kHz, 8 bit, mono which is the standard format for RC's wav files?Pete

Kevin, This thread http://forums.avsim.net/dcboard.php?az=sho...id=18273&page=3 will give you some idea of what happens - or, rather, what often doesn't happen - when you ask for a deviation for weather. Pete