DCAPilot

I'd like to add the Redwing L1049G for MSFS to the list of requests.

That is great news about X-Plane compatibility!!! Did the feature list and details for XPlane 10, etc get posted yet?

That is one impressive shot - all of these are.

That is an awesome sky. Here's one I took on my first flight with AS 2012. Can't wait to take more flight!

I will agree whole heartedly. I used AS, then ASX and ASE and now AS 2012 and the clouds (as well as the rest!) are great. I used AS 2012 for the first time yesterday and am very impressed. The shapes are very good and they even have the wisps of cloud as you enter one.

I agree - Some of the best money I ever spent! Welcome to the world of Radar Contact which gives FS a whole new dimension and life.

Is FS set up with the plane and a gate, runway, or somewhere and the simulator not paused?

Well, 5-10 seconds is a little short. I've flown Atlanta, Dallas, New York, Chicago and some others and was given a little more time than that. I do use Otto to do comms. However, this is a simulator so it doesn't always respond like the real thing and it would be nice to have the ability to get more time if we don't want to get that real <G>. It would be like the altitude deviation that we can adjust. Prerecorded is off and I fly at 1X also.

Well, I haven't found it yet <G>. While flying enroute I tried the other menus and never found it.

1. Would it be possible to add the ability to ask the controller for the altimeter. I know we can go off-channel for weather but A) that isn't always the same as the controller uses and :( it's a lot to listen to when all I want is the altimeter. I've had several cases where the altimter changes drastically and I show I'm OK on altitude but he's screaming I'm not. When he finally gives me the altimeter it's a change of 500 feet or more. This also happens when resuming a flight. For some reason the altimiter doesn't match his and he's upset. This function should be accessible from about any phase - departure, enroute, approach.2. Is there a way to change how long the controller waits until he comes back again telling me to change frequency. It seems like less than 10 seconds delay and he's complaining I haven't changed yet. Well, no - in some cases Michelle of IYP didn't do what I told her, in others I'm working on it <G>!Maybe we need the ability to tell the controller - I'm busy flying and will get to it and he backs off for a while <G>.Thanks.

Thanks. I'm letting the copilot handle the radios but this is good to know.

Probably a silly question but how do you know you have outstanding ACKs to ATC? Is it on the display?

ASE works fine here. I can't remember what option it is - maybe DWC - but I think I have that on and it's working so far.

Strange! FF (latest version de jour since it says no updates) still won't show a cursor in the reply box so I'm using IE8. Oh, well. Maybe it will work on the next update.

No, that is available only at certain phases of the flight but not enroute. From my readings of the manual I thought so to but closer reading showed it wasn't and when I went throught the menus while actually in flight during cruise phase with center it's not there. I don't like the B key either as it's specific to the US. I've been setting it manually or having Michelle in IYP do it now. My concern is that when I get a new controller I'm used to being given the altimeter and I can't ask for it. I've had some instances as I explained that it would have been nice to be able to check it.Someone suggested the Weather check option but what weather is used for that - a station close to my location or actual weather at my altitude and postiton? Would the altimeter be the same as the controller sees?A request for the next version - add the option to ask the controller for the altimeter at any time.Thanks - Love RC4!