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Thank you all. One more question before downloading demo: What is the quality of the planes, both default and payware? On the scale 1-10 if you give a 10 to top fsx planes (PMDG, Majestic), how would you rate best x-planes? Somewhere around 5-6 or even more? I would be satisfied with one decent GA and one Heavy. I'am not one of those having 30 birds in hangar and hardly ever flying most of them. I like to go deeper into the systems and flying techniques (if I bite into this I have a feeling I will sorely miss NGX and similar quality planes - or am I wrong?).

Hi I am one of long-time FSX users who is close to become a convert. Five months ago I installed Win 8 on a new SSD and reinstalled all my software except – FSX. I simply can't find time and energy for one-week adventure of installing, tweaking, testing etc. I have been away for enough time that I can't even figure out how to use search on this forum so I will take the liberty to ask few simple questions even if they have been answered before: Are Saitek Pro Flight yoke/pedals supported? Does it suffer from the dreadful disappearing joystick bug in Win8 like FSX? Please open Specs of my PC on the left. :blush2: Yes, I know, it sucks, it's 4 years old. Do you think however the performance and scenery details would show at least on the level of default FSX? Demo: is it always current or do I have to upgrade after installing? Thank you. I’ll soon dive deeper in this forum and avoid recurring questions. Daniel S.

For taxiing i use the combination of charts (printed, or on the laptop or tablet if you can afford it) and top-down view (some combination of S and A keys, I'm sure you know it). Sometimes I stick my nose in the screen trying to see the taxiway names :-) For planning: Besides popular FSBuild there is Real-World Flightplan Database (http://www.edi-gla.co.uk/fpl/login.php?go=/fpl/index.php) but I use mostly Vroute. The free version gives you route, waypoints, METAR, and the payware adds winds, fuel, export to FMC etc. DS

Not that I'm complaining, Avsim is a free service after all, but as a DB professional, may I suggest you revise your backup policy. For whatever reason the forum system becomes unusable, loosing four days of many interesting messages/threads is disappointing to many users. Thank you for you efforts...

I have been trying hard to get used to it, but still fly mostly without it. I don't mind wearing a hat, and have no technical problem. What annoys me is the angle of vision. I can't move my head to see the whole overhead panel and then move it to see the whole pedestal (in heavies). So I jump on my seat, tilting my head in all directions, probably looking very funny, but no luck. I could increase the angle in the driver, but then it is way too sensitive. I agree it's much better suited for g/a.

I also got ransomware recently. After fighting with Kaspersky Rescue, Spyhunter, MS Defender for couple of hours, I suddenly got revelation and did a System Restore to a day before. Hope it can help you too.

And here's one more vote for vroute premium. Bought it last week, got 20% off (18 Euros). Huge database of flight plans, decent fuel calculator, METAR, winds enroute predictions, fuel burn, export to most add-ons, map, info about real-world flights on a selected route, automatic Vatsim booking, info about charts, sceneries and ATC bookings etc. Very useful if one does not predominantly fly in the areas covered with Flightaware. As most here, I am too in a row for pfpx to be out in some 2-3 months. Let's see... Daniel

Make sure that there is a tick in the Reverse box for both brake axes.

Thanks Jerry, that will hopefully be just what I am looking for.Probably before Christmas 2011, they say. Great.

HiAlmost every other day there is a post about flight planning, so I'll take my turn to complain a bit. There are many sources of more or less accurate plans on the Web, but what I would like to see is good flight preparation software. I am talking here about airliners, not VFR.First I visit edi-gla.co.uk for a plan. Vroute is also a great source and can also export and print nice log.Then I copy/paste the plan in simroutes.com. It also generates a log, but what I love is the map at the bottom. I can zoom it and see every town and village I will be flying over, and I just love to have this „spatial awareness“, knowing exactly where I fly at any moment.Next I make a fuel plan at fuel.aerotexas.com, unfortunately lacking the option to adjust the weight, pax+cgo.Finally it's time for the excellent TopCat, to determine runways with headwind, check the fuel, and calculate speeds (though FMS onboard does this anyway.)Each program has some excellent feature not seen in other ones. Wouldn’t it be nice to have just one good software for flight planning and preparation? It does not have to include charts; it would be too complicated and chart resources are all over the web. The only input would maybe be reading the aircraft.cfg data (one-time), and output the FMC file for a few popular birds.Vroute premium comes somewhat close, and Fsbuild can do some nice job though it's somewhat oldish. FS Commander is nice, the map reminds me of the forgotten FSNav, but lacks many features.Now I read in a forum there is something in development. There was even a web-page. I forgot what it was but hopefully some clever boy will come up with something that would save us some time and make flight preparation simpler.Am i complicating things too much? Anyone has a better solution or advice?Daniel

Mine was PMDG 737NG in 2005. Before I was a hard core GA fan. I thought airliners simulations were unrealistic and meant for kids to play captains.Then one day, on a FS newsgroup I was following, a regular contributor, real world 737 captain, did not make a post for two weeks and everybody asked him where he went. He said he did not have time to post because he was immersed in flying this new 737NG. So I thought, well if rw pilot is so enthusiastic about it then it must be something, and I did my first purchase and my fs world changed.Now I rarely go out of my MD and NGX any more.Daniel

I am probably the only one left that did not say a big thank you to PMDG (shame on me), so I am saying it now. I got it on Aug-17 I think it has Hotfix 3 built in, and I load it with everything I have, airports, ASE, FSRecorder, TrackIR, switched in- and out-views, went to FS menu repeatedly, and no CTD, no freezes, simply rock solid on my very modest system. To be honest I am afraid of SP1 :) Daniel

>> "what programs etc; I require to fly on-line with Vatsim." SquakBox or FSInn (but you probably know that already?) >> "I meant reactivating my membership " Open a ticket at http://membership.vatsim.net/user/ Hope it helps

I calibrated it in FSX only - no Saitek drivers, no fsuipc - and I don't notice any tendency to roll left or right. The review does not mention any of the problems reported on various forums: too stiff yoke springs, many problems, even CTDs with drivers, cheap potentiometers that wear off too soon etc. I have ProFlight for 5 months now and basically I am happy with it, but also somewhat worried that, according to other users experiences, it won't last very long. I also do not like those plastic screws that hold the yoke/quadrant to the table. I already kicked them hard with my knees and if (when) they break, how am I gonna replace them? I wish they were metal.

Thanks Paul, anything that helps us learn more is appreciated. Daniel

So, you think this RouteFinder program is sufficient? I know that for flying it's the same - the actual or invented route: doesn't really matter if one waypoint is 10 miles east or west. But It's the immersion factor ("I fly exactly the route a real world airline does"). For me it's the same with liveries: you don't really need them to enjoy flying & learning, but the child in us likes to have the "real" feeling. Anyway I wish to thank you all for flight plans and suggested links. Now I have some food for FMC. Daniel

For U.S. it's easy: go to FlightAware. But I would like to fly over Europe and since here are some RW pilots on the forum, I would be obliged if someone posts a few plans. (The FP forum down bellow seems not very active). I am interested in some recent Ryanair flights, since their routes are great to practice flying NGX: not longer than 3 to 3.5 hrs, cover all Europe, the only thing is if you fly on AVSIM you can't hope for much ATC on Ryanair's small obscure airports (with exception EGSS and a few others). AirBerlin and TuiFly plans are also very much welcome. Thanks Daniel S.

I would also like to know about that Algerian scenery. Tamanrasset was a test airfield for ngx and funny coincidence is that I have flown there (with Air Algerie of course) back in the eighties. It was a former Foreign Legion outpost. I spent almost two years there.Daniel

Sorry for jumping in but you just reminded me to dust off my old Tim Metzinger's B737 tutorial from the old FS9 days. The best tutorial I ever used. Too bad the sequel was never published. I remember there was some problem with copyrights or something?Daniel

It's "only" $1399 :-)Really, Mike's setup is beautiful if you have that kind of money. I'm just a poor guy with my poor saitek, but since you mentioned that all you want is fly the 747, let me tell you this. I found out that on my normal, usual flight I pull the yoke for few seconds until reaching AP-on altitude. On final app I turn off AP at say 500 feet and use the yoke again for few seconds. The point is: no matter how long the flight takes, I use the yoke less than one minute. Is it worth spending a fortune on it for heavy-iron flying?I find yoke&pedals perfect for GA, bush flying etc. but for heavies? (Of course, pedals considerably improve taxiing.)Daniel

I remember reading in an old post that PMDG employed some more people about two years ago and that they formed multiple teams (2? or 3?)that work in parallel. So I thought not all 9 of you are on the same project (ngx) and was guessing there is another thing, maybe that long forgotten Dash, silently moving on on the backstage :( Daniel

On the navigation display I can see only navaids and it is not easy to identify towns, rivers, lakes I see outside. I sometimes fly with my highschool geography charts on my knees, trying to recognize terrain down below. Is there some way to enter my flightplan and see my route in Google Maps for example? I don't need moving map in my cockpit, just a chart during preflight preparation with enough zoom to recognize main landmarks. There are some solutions with Google Earth, special layers etc but sounds complicated. Is there something simple and possibly freeware?ThanksDaniel.

Now, this really doesn't belong here, but try this advice from Vatsim forum:(Trouble Shooting FSInn):Error when Exiting Flight SimulatorTurn off Sky Blue Radio Tuner.(Addons -> FSCopilot -> Settings -> Tuner -> [click to toggle] Enabled/Disabled)Daniel

Bought Saitek two days ago. No panels, just yoke, throttles, and pedals. I programmed TQ buttons as follows:Left button: up = TOGA; down = AP offMiddle button: up/down = flaps up / flaps downRight button: down = gear up/downHopped into MD11 and tested it: everything worked perfectly, even reversers. Seems problems come with additional panels.So, I hope you won't change those basic functions in the future products (ngx)?Daniel S.

Dan,seems hard to believe that. I can afford such screen for home use. Look at the IPhone: brilliant TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, multi-touch input method, 8-16 G mem (bit more than Honeywell's 8M Paul mentioned above). Of course I am not naive to think CDU would cost the price of IPhone, but it shouldn't add another million $ to the aircraft price? Well, knowing your expertise I must assume you're right. Paolo,nice, I didn't know that. Now I'm tempted to post: "PDMG please make one of those" but I would probably get banned ha, ha. Paul,twisting knobs? Ugh. Middle Age. Aircraft are among the most complex moving man-made creations. I think that "keep it simple" don't apply.Anyway, thanks for replies guys.Daniel