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Thanks guys. I've been using flight sim for many years, but it has always bothered me when flying out of Manchester on one of the Listo departures. It holds you at 5000 ft until crossing Listo, and the trans alt is also 5000, so I finally decided to ask this question. I have always stayed at local pressure until I am above 5000ft,, so will continue to do that. Thank you ALL for the help. All the best.

Thank you for the reply fppilot. Since no one else has replied, let's just simplify it. You are on route from KESN to KBOS. The local pressure is 30.34. After takeoff, ATC instruct you to climb and maintain 18000 ft. When you level off at 18000 ft, would you set standard pressure , which would then read 17600 ft, or would you wait until cleared above 18000 ft Same thing descending into Boston, if ATC told you to descend and maintain 18000 ft would you set local pressure then, or wait until you are cleared below 18000 ft? Thanks for the response.

Hi All. I frequently fly out of EGCC (Manchester) using the Listo SID. The Listo departure(s) holds you at 5000 ft until reaching the waypoint "Listo". The transition alt for EGCC is also 5000ft. When would I be expected to set to standard pressure? Should I wait until above 5000ft ...or at reaching 5000ft? If there is a great difference in pressure, if I select standard at 5000, it could alter my altitude by a few hundred feet.. I have been doing this in the sim for many years, but never sure what is the correct procedure. Thanks if you could clear this up for me.

Godwisper. If you are using XP Realistic, try turning off CAT (clear air turbulence) and Surface turbulence. In the older version, this caused the weather to go to clear. Re start the sim. If that works for you, update it to the latest version, and it should be fine with that one. Dennis

Bill Thanks for the reply. Ihave always used X-Camera and that box remains unchecked at all times with X-Cam in use,so I would never have thought of that. Good to know though. Glad you got it sorted. Dennis

Only thing that comes to mind is make sure you do not have a P3D "PROFILE" active when using X-Plane. I haven't used FSX in a while,but if I remember correctly,you have to disable any profiles to get X-Plane to recognize the controls.. Dennis

Try "Cross Tie on" Cross Tie off"

Have you set the path for x-plane? Start Active sky xp / top left icon (OPTIONS) / General settings / Simulator instalation folder / in the dark part of the screen it should say the path to your xp install (ie E:\X-Plane 11) or where ever yours is located.

In the ZIBO main menu on the EFB go to the EFB main menu (Home) and after you have all your settings done,move your mouse to the right of the EFB screen, (just before the bezel) and your cursor will change to an arrow. Left click and you will go to page 2. There you can save all your settings (Save And Load configuration) Dennis

Dougal. Pilot 2 ATC has a very nice flight plan feature. I too have FSC but haven't used it much since installing Pilot 2 Atc. And it is a really good ATC program. It gives you a 10 day free trial to check it out so nothing to loose. Dennis

Ryan. Try right clicking on the latest full version and select ' make a copy.' After a few seconds it will show at the bottom of the screen and Show File Location. Go there and download it in the normal way. It will be called 'Copy of B 738X ............

Thank you Ray. Just what I wanted to know. Thank you all for taking time to respond. Dennis

Hi all. Could someone set me straight on this. I have never been sure of when to set standard pressure. Here is an example of my confusion. I depart Manchester (EGCC) using the LISTO 2 R Departure. This SID holds you at 5000 ft until you reach Listo. Now the transition altitude in that area is also 5000 ft. I flew this departure a few days ago with a very large pressure difference,I think it was 29.47 or something like that,so I climb to 5000 ft like I am supposed to, but my ATC program gives me a "reminder" to be at 5000 ft which I am actually at using local pressure, so should I have changed to standard pressure when reaching 5000 ft,or wait until I am above that? Thanks. Dennis

I know you said you have checked the settings,but just check that "Expert mode" is not checked in the advanced settings,as this will disable the F O. Dennis

I just did the same thing. Dis you unzip the file first? Inside the unzipped folder you should see _MACOSX and OpenMeAndRead. Inside OpenMe is the 330_JARDesign for Windows. Just put that in your airplane folder. Activate with your original code. Dennis