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OK, now I see the Voice Recorder test button there on the Overhead Panel! Sometime so hard to find certain switches. Thank you, Romain! I think maybe there is an error in the FS2Crew Tutorial SOP1 Voice document on page 8. I think it should say that the PF (Captain) performs a Flight Recorder Test and then puts the Flight (not Voice) Recorder Switch back to Normal (by closing the guard). That would agree with FCOMv1, I believe. Agreed? Thanks, JD

FS2Crew (and 737NGX FCOMv1 at SP.5.2 on page 208 of the pdf) call for PF to confirm that the Voice Recorder Switch is set to Normal as part of the Preliminary Pre-Flight Procedures and then to test the Voice Recorder. I can't for the life of me find the Voice Recorder Switch and the associated test switch. Can anybody help? Thanks, JD

Jan - Really enjoyed the video. Nicely done. Just a couple of basic questions: Your views around the cockpit seem so effortless. Are you using TrackIR or something similar? You seem to be able to control switches, dials, etc without first putting your mouse pointer on the devise and then clicking. Are you using a switch panel? If so, what are you using? Thanks, JD

Dan - Thanks. Finally got it resized and working! JD

Dan - That's a great shot. Do you mind if I use it as part of a forum signature banner? Thanks, John Dixon

Michael - Thanks for drawing my attention to the many posts re Track IR. Very helpful and informative. I was searching www.flightsimulationforums.com and couldn't find much of anything. But lots of good information right here on the Avsim Forums, as usual! I just wasn't looking in the right place.Tim - Thanks for your comments about using a joystick with two hatswitches, such as the Saitek X52. Are you using the X52 Flight Control System with separate joystick and throttle controllers? With this system, then you're saying you don't really need to go to the TrackIR system, and 3D operation become viable?I see Saitek also has a X52 Pro Flight Control System, which offers some additional interactive capability. Is that what you're using or just the X52 Flight Control System?Thanks,John

What is so great about this forum is the information that you can pick up from others. I have particularly enjoyed the dialogue re 2D versus 3D simulation. I'm a RW pilot with 3,000+ hours in GA aircraft. I have been flying the PMDG 747 with FSX (on Vista ... arrgghhh!) for about 6 months, almost entirely in the 2D mode, and lovin' it! I'm very comfortable with the FMS and really enjoy flying the 747 with VATSIM ATC controllers (If you haven't tried VATSIM, you're missing a lot and are really in for a treat!)While I've had a lot of fun with it, I have sensed that I'm missing some of the fun and realism by operating in 2D. Unfortunately every time I try 3D I get frustrated. For example, you want to check or switch something on the PMDG 747 overhead panel or FMS in 3D: Often you have to move the view point to the right (ctrl + shift + enter), then use the joystick hat to look up or down, then use the mouse roller (or + key) to zoom in, then (finally) check and/or click the switch. Once that's done, you have to do the all the same stuff in reverse to get back to the original view. At least that's what I've been doing. Imagine doing that on final approach, flying by hand. I have known there must be easier ways to get around the 3D panel, but they were unknown to me (the FSX keystroke definitions are almost useless). Chad's mention of using the spacebar and then the mouse to look around the cabin is very helpful! Thanks, Chad! :( What about moving the view point left or right, is there a quick and easy way to do that as well? Any other tips on how to fly in the 3D environment would be greatly appreciated. It can't be as difficult as I'm making it! I'd love to see a thread or video on just that topic, flying FSX in the 3D mode.Finally, I took an online look at the Track IR device that Chad mentioned (http://www.naturalpoint.com/trackir/). Very cool. Has anyone tried it, and what do you think?Thanks,John Dixon