airindia16

The view from T5C is amazing!! 9L and R were both in use and very interesting to watch. Sadly, LHR wasn't that busy because it was a Sunday morning, but it was still very entertaining! Thanks for the response and feel free to check out my channel on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/airindia16?feature=mhee

Oh wow that's rather depressing. I only have just over 2 hours so I think going to different terminals is a waste of time, energy, and also a huge danger if I miss my flight... So what can I see just from the gate? Normal parking and pushback? Is there any point which looks out toward the runway(s)? I apologize for my lack of info, I usually do not go to LHR and am therefore unfamiliar with it.Essentially, what I'm asking is whether or not Heathrow has place like the one circled in the attached picture (its of Newark Airport EWR).Thanks again!

Hey Guys,So I will be stopping over at London Heathrow for two hours while waiting for a connecting flight. So I was wondering what I could possibly do there, and if you could suggest some location (within the airport, I'm not leaving LHR at any point) from which I could watch airplanes. It would be cool if I could watch them landing and taking off; get like a nice high overview of the airport activities, but I'm not really picky. How easy is transport between terminals? Is it free?So I appreciate all suggestions about where I could planespot from at London Heathrow.Thanks!airindia16

When you have a noise cancelling headhphone (you can get one for just about 30 dollars from logitech), you can still hear the engine noise, its just that it is not very audible from the headsets, right? So I would hear it from within the headset?"Logitech ClearChat™ Comfort USB" http://www.logitech.com/en-au/notebook-products/pc-headsets/devices/3621Thanks!

This is what my app data fsx folder looks like, it doesnt have the fsx.cfg...

so if I do have noise reduction, what will I hear from my headphones? Can I hear only the radio of airplanes talking back and forth, or is it just like what I hear right now with my speakers? The thing is that I will only use the headphones for multiplayer, and I do not need it for normal flying because you are never talking, just pressing some key to talk to atc

So for a newbie like me a 30 dollars one is fine? I mean, I am really just interested in being able to communicate with other players in multiplayer... Other than that all other details are welcome, but not needed, really. And what does noise reduction do? Reduces engine noise?Thanks a lot. It's great to get such quick help from Avsim.

I'm sorry, what is speech recognition? And I take it that in order to transmit in FSX, you have to hold down a particular key. I think it was shift+control, something like that.... There is no other way to transmit, right?Thanks!

Hi everyone,I was just wondering if anyone could suggest a decent quality, but not too expensive microphone/headset or whatever is needed to communicate with online flyers in FSX multiplayer. In case it makes a difference, I have Windows XP and an Intellistation Pro Z computer.Thanks for the suggestions!Airindia16

You may have solved your problem but just in case, there is a similar thread going on in flyawaysim forums in case anyone is interested.Good Luck!http://flyawaysimulation.com/postt21781.html

Originally it was hidden, but then I had it display everything; I moved the cfg to the desktop, ran fsx again, but could not find a new fsx.cfg in the same place where it was just a while before. Actually, wouldn't deleting the saved loopy larry mission file resolve this problem also?I really appreciate the help and this case is essentially solved.

I'm sorry, I said that wrong; I found the FSX.cfg file without a problem. I moved it to the desktop, shut off and restarted FSX, and paused the sim. I then looked back at the same location from where I removed the file and I can not find the FSX.cfg which was supposed to have been rebuit.

So does that mean I would have to fly from that location to retain those settings? I can't save it as default from that location, and then say, do a free flight in a completly different place, aircraft, conditions, etc. and still retain those settings (such as parking brake on and throttles at 0%)?

Alright, it's solved! My only question is that when I do a free flight with a 747 at the gate, it still seems to have the throttle set higher than 0% because it would crash into the building if I did not apply the parking brakes. In my default flight, the parking brakes are on, so I do not know why that is still happening. As far as loopy larry goes, he is again confined to that mission. When I moved the fsx.cfg file, the new one was never reconstructed. There is no fsx.cfg file in the fsx app data folder after I removed it...Thanks a lot! I owe you all one.Regards,airindia16

Ah that makes sense. So just get the 172, and set it like I would like to start up any other plane, save it as default and then any other aircraft flown in free flight will retain those settings?Thank you very much!!airindia16

Yes! I do remember saving it as default flight, but what does that really mean? In previous versions of FS, when you would save it as default, then I think that the game would start up with that flight. How does it work in FSX? Okay thanks though. I will try moving the cfg to the desktop and let you know how it goes.

Hey guys,I've got another problem. The "loopy larry" mission, is always playing. That means that when I am in free flight, I hear the loopy larry audio and the box telling the bus when I am ready to go. That basically renders all of my critical tools for flying (like map, realism settings, and atc) useless. Take the attached picture for example. First off, for some random reason, my plane starts out on full throttle in the beginning of a free flight; you can see that I am being hurled into the terminal at Midway, near Chicago when the game finished loading mere seconds previously. And I am not really a suicidal type of flyer ;). I have also checked, my throttles (G940 joystick), is at 0%. That is another problem http://forum.avsim.n...e-flight-speed/Next, because of the Loopy Larry issue, my atc menu fails to properly function. Furthermore, I can not change any setting because FSX thinks that I am in a mission! I would really like some help on this because it seems like my game is just rigged with bugs and getting them all fixed would be a miracle.Thanks for your time!airindia16 P.S. the other picture shows what happens seconds after I unpause the game; after that picture comes the "you failed your mission" screen... frustrating, I know

Wow sorry about the 5 month delayed response, I guess I didn't get your message. This problem appears to have vanished; I think I may have to do with pitot or because I mistakenly kept the autothrottle dangerously close to stall speed, went through turbulence and stalled... Do you know what the spedometer (wrong term) on aircraft read units in? Is it knots?

Hi guys,I have noticed that often times when I begin a free flight in FSX, it seems like the aircraft has the throttles set to a particular level. In other words, the first thing I usually have to do is quickly pause the game and reduce the throttle all the way and place the parking brakes on. So my question is whether or not anyone else experiences this unsual "problem" and if there is a solution or explanation why this is the case. Could there be any link between it and maybe the autothrottle being left on from some previous flight? And just fyi, I start my flights at a gate, so it is preferable to not begin by crashing into the terminals. I know that you can start the game with the ATC window open, but can you begin with the parking brake on?Thanks a lot!airindia16

It is a 737, with plenty of fuel, fully operational engines, and good weather with partly cloudy skies but no real wind issue (I assume that is what you mean by "What are the winds aloft".

Hey Guys, So now I have encountered yet another problem! This time, my flight will be going normal and all of a sudden, without warning, the aircraft simply stalls. The weather is fine and this occurs sometimes while climbing and at others when I'm at cruise level.Thanks!

can anyone post a picture of what it looks like with this? Thanks!

very nice! thanks for sharing.

a Boeing 737 okay, I had a feeling it was something like that so I would try both and occasionally one of them would work....Thanks for the suggestion!

Hello,I have parked at gates recently and noticed that they simply are not extending towards the aircraft door when I press shift + J (or is it ctrl + j? I always get them mixed up) and they seem static. Two questions; one, can I have advice to ensure that whenever I park the gate will move (advice regarding how and where to stop the aircraft...); and two, what settings are necessary to get the gate moving?Thanks in advance for the help!airindia16