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Hi Al, Thanks for this as well - let :e poke around... Regards, Scott

Hi Al, Thanks for all your valuable insights - yeah - the scenery while nice to have - is the lowest priority on my totempole. I need to get another HOTAS as the one I had was getting flakey - part of the reason for my absence. Regards, Scott

Hi Martin/Al, Thanks gents - yeah - poking around on what's new as I haven't kept up. From what I've read - it seems there is no real rush to leave P3D which I enjoy immensely... Regards, Scott

Hi Folks, Been MIA for a while - I know... Here's an interesting tidbit I recently came across. Nearly 2.8 million views of our beloved Lear on Youtube: Regards, Scott

Hi Folks, Been MIA for a while - think I'll give P3D an update to v5 - vs - starting with an entirely new sim. P3D has kept me pretty darn happy. Regards, Scott

Hi Mark, Had a tour of a Trafalgar in Groton CT once - great group of guys - - - thanks. Yeah - only major fire I can think of for a US submarine underway - since we adopted teardrop hulls is the USS Bonefish (diesel boat). (3) Dead - including the Captain. Regards, Scott

Hi Mark, No kidding - as a submariner - this story hit close to home. Regards, Scott

Hi Folks, Another shipyard worker that wanted to go home early ? https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/15/nuclear-submarine-fire/1990663/ Regards, Scott

Hi Folks, Jet A is probably the most combustible product onboard. Shipboard fires are no joke. Be safe shipmates. Regards, Scott

Hi John, It depends how you fly - on Carenado in general - they usually look and fly well enough - but if you can't put an RXP unit in it - you can't fly realistically. Anything with Glass Panel or FMC is based off the default FSX/P3D GPS and all the limitations that entails. If you just fly from Point A to Point B without deviation you can usually get by OK. If you add realistic ATC services that require changes to your flight plan during the flight - you'll be disappointed. For me - I just steer clear of their products with an FMC or Glass Panel and I'm much happier for it. Regards, Scott

Hi Folks, Traveled all over the Pacific in the 80's/90's - - - Guam was probably my favorite stop - learned SCUBA while there - diving was incredible - looking forward to see what DCS does with it... Regards, Scott

Hi Julian, I did buy the box and I did get the encoders to work - kind of... Using FSUIPC they are just different repetitive button presses dependent on the direction of rotation. So I do use them for setting things like AP (ALT VS HDG) - the problem is that you need both a [Fine] and [Course] adjustment to work well - so I needed to dedicate two separate rotary encoders for each function... I also broached the subject with Peter's son regarding FSUIPC - as all that we would need is for FSUIPC to have a [Shift] function able to be assigned to a button - allowing each button, switch, encoder to have two states - [Normal] and [Shifted]… That way I could use (1) encoder per function and use the [Shift] button to toggle between [Course] and [Fine] adjustments... The [Shift] button could prove very useful by effectively doubling the number of functions we could assign in general... Peter's son stated he would look into it - but I haven't heard anything further and that was a while back... I'm unfamiliar with both SPAD and LINDA - so I'm not very helpful with that... It seems this should be able to be handled in some fashion - it's not rocket science... My CH Joysticks had proprietary software that allowed for a [Normal] and [Shifted] button press... The button box itself [posted above] is of very high quality... Best of luck... Regards, Scott

Hi, Yeah - LOL - New York is the epitome of a well managed virus response - for some reason we thought it wise to order nursing homes to take in infected COVID patients - propelling us to the number one hotspot in the country - causing countless unnecessary deaths and untold suffering. You have far more faith in government than I and the number manipulation accusations happens on BOTH sides. Regards, Scott

Hi, I live and work in downtown Manhattan - arguably the hardest hit spot in the US - our hospitals are not overwhelmed - we sent the Navy Hospital Ship away - we dismantled temporary hospitals setup in convention centers and Central Park - we have all the medical equipment we need - we have all the beds we need - nobody is going without ventilators - nobody is going without care. Laugh if you will - a successfully flattened curve spreads health care needs over time and the peak of hospitalizations under the given health care capacity available - a measure we've successfully met. Regards, Scott

Hi Folks, Been MIA for a bit not really using the sim much - nice to see some familiar faces around here - might as well jump in the deep end. Camus: "The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants". Here's a video that best describes my opinion on the matter: Regards, Scott