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  2. Posted

    When I originally started flying in FSX my primary interest was the default Boeing 737. I later decided to actually learn to fly and subsequently spent a lot of time flying the Realair Lancair Legacy and A2A's C172. 

     

    I'm now interested in getting into the virtual B738 cockpit once again. The default aircraft no longer interests me after the realism of the Legacy and the C172 but the PMDG offering is VERY intimidating. I've done a few searches for some basic "introductory" type offerings but really don't know what to opt for.

     

    I would appreciate some input from those in the know. My knowledge of FSX is quite good and have good IFR skills. What I don't want right now is a something that emulates every switch and nuance of the 737 as I fear the learning curve would put me off.

     

    Any tips????

  3. Posted

    I can't speak for the i5 but my Dell system with the i7-860@2.8 with Turbo Boost works fine combined with a GTX 550Ti. Nothing is overclocked. It's not stellar performance but I trade aircraft complexity ( I fly mostly GA) for scenery and weather ( OrbX etc ). ........and of course Track IR and EZCA.

     

     

    BTW,my system is now over 4 years old and still has a lot of Umph!!! when compared to current systems. The i7-860 is a great CPU imo.

     

     

    Click "My Simulator" for full details.

  4. Posted

    A simmer would have a better chance of being able to program the auto land function as he would know how to use the FMC and actually know what the systems were and would be better able to follow instructions then a person with no flight experience or even a private pilot as most PP's dont even know what a FMC is. But if it came to hand flying a plane a PP would do better.

    Having watched many excellent YouTube videos on the subject of final approach and landing in a commercial jet it's incredibly obvious that hand flying a plane to the ground (auto pilot off) is a finely tuned skill. I agree that us simmers MAY save the day using auto land but anything else is the stuff that only dreams are made of. But hey! I dream too. In fact I have every intention of having a go at a real B738 sim just to see if I could, somehow pull it off.

  5. Posted

    I remember my first RL flight was in a 68 Piper Cherokee and after 2+ years of simming, once I got airborne it was a letdown on how easy it was compared to the sim. The only downside was the heat and noise. My instructor wouldn't allow me to land, but I still believe I could have handled it.

    Well it took me about 20 attempts to flare correctly in the C172 after years of flying it in the Sim and that was on a 7,000 foot runway. I got there in the end though and was a thoroughly proud moment. 

     

    Slow Learner  :rolleyes:

  6. Posted

    At the end of the day Flight Sim is a thoroughly enjoyable complex game.  Whenever anybody asks me if I could land a jet after all the years (and money)  I have spent on FSX I reply with a definite "No". I fly in GA planes in the real world as a trainee and a passenger and (to me at least) doing it for real adds a sense of mortality to the situation which is very sobering. Now if I had to save my life I'm sure I'd do my level best but I'm still not certain it would be enough. 

  10. Posted

    Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? :)

    Many Internet news websites are motivated by the need for advertising revenue and can be as sensationalist as MSM. I particularly refer to the websites that allow comments from the public. I get so bored and annoyed with vindictive , denigrating, uninformed comments that I don't stay around for very long. If anyone can point me to a decent "Informative" site for realistic coverage I would be most grateful.

  11. Posted

    When I heard the Captain had a flight simulator I thought " OH NO! Here we go, the media will love this!"

     

    Look at this for example;

     

    http://goo.gl/X47Vy5

     

    Like many people I am watching developments in this story with a very keen eye. I have been monitoring aviation stories ( good and bad) for almost 30 yrs now. To me the least relevant aspect of this sorry tale is the fact that the captain has a flight simulator at home. I would be very surprised if a highly experienced pilot would need a simulator to execute any sort of "suspicious activity" with an aircraft. Having said that I believe the final outcome will detail a logical explanation (albeit tragic) for what happened to this flight and the souls on-board.

     

    Incidentally this is the first comment I have left on any forum with regards to MH370. But I feel sufficiently motivated to state that the flight sim story is irrelevant in my very limited, non-professional  opinion. 

  13. Posted

    UPDATE;

     

    I deleted all axes associations within FSX as well as "global disable" function ( which was disabled all along).

    Deleted FSUIPC.ini again.

    Restarted PC and FSX and reassigned all axes and buttons.

    I didn't assign anything to a profile as I find that complicates matters.

     

    So far so good, I'm flying again.

     

    I still don't understand what causes this random corruption but at least I'm sorted for now.

     

    Thanks to all for your input.

  15. Posted

     The cure for me was to disable controllers altogether in FSX (there's a single checkbox in the controller interface) and let FSUIPC handle everything.

     

     

    Yes, that's exactly the way my set-up has been since I purchased FSUIPC. Obviously some corruption is creeping in somewhere. For instance, my Saitek Trim wheel axis cannot be seen at all and one of the axes on my yoke is only recognized as a switch. I'll pay a visit to Pete's support pages at Simflight............. a dreaded re-install ( including O.S) maybe indeed be called for. It's been years and the W7 registry is probably a cesspit at this stage. The trouble is I cannot even remember how I installed my Reality XP GPS and many other similar tweaks, some of them were nightmarish to get going properly.

  19. Posted

    Having had constant problems with mapping the axes on Saitek's yoke,rudders and throttle quadrant through FSX I purchased FSUIPC (last year). I had stable controls for some time but recently for no apparent reason everything has gone corrupt again.

     

    I deleted the FSUIPC.ini file and tried a complete re-configuration but I'm having mixed results at best. For example; I map the aileron axis on the yoke, the raw data appears perfectly okay yet when I go back to my aircraft either nothing happens or some other wild action such as the throttle reacts to the elevator inputs. Then, going back to FSUIPC the recently configured aileron axis is assigned to something completely different. This is driving me nuts all over again as I am virtually grounded for the umpteenth time over this.

     

    Can I delete the FSUIPC .log file or will that remove my "registered" status? At this stage I'm tempted to do a complete reinstallation of FSX but if  my hardware is the problem ( and I can't rule that out) I will be kicking myself for weeks for going through a long winded process for nothing.

     

    My add-ons will take an age to re-install and reconfigure as I have years of tweaks made to almost everything.

     

     

    Any advice PLEASE!

  21. Posted

    I have been using FSX for years but recently developed a frustrating problem. During a flight FSX pauses and minimizes to the task bar at seemingly random intervals. I can restart the flight again with no corruption to any settings etc.  I've disabled any software that may access the internet routinely such as Gmail downloader etc. Such items never caused a problem before but for research I've disabled them anyway. Unfortunately, this hasn't solved my problem. I've also ran apps in the background to monitor CPU and GPU temps..........again nothing that would indicate a reason for minimizing randomly. 

     

    Is it possible to search in the event viewer (W7) or anywhere else to see who the culprit is????

     

    Thanks in advance. 

  23. Posted

    I have the paid version of FSUIPC but my configuration and profiles are completely messed up. I recently installed A2A's new Cessna 172 and it's giving me problems I never before experienced in FSX. Although these are issues are specifically for A2A support I would like to completely delete my FSUIPC profiles but am finding it a bit of a challenge. 

     

    Can anyone please help me with this??? 

  24. Posted

    First, I have not flown this airplane...hence my questions in another thread.  However, I can say in the airplane that I fly, if you set the trim to the T/O mark it flies all by itself on takeoff and requires considerable forward pressure on the yoke to keep the nose down.

     

    I'm flying this weekend....I'll try and get a video.

    I agree , on the real world C172 I fly (flight school) I find myself trimming down quickly on climb out for 70kFlaps stage 1. I often wondered if the mark on trim wheel was "off" but never thought to ask an instructor. Maybe I will next day.

  25. Posted

    Are you using Windows 8?

     

    Nope, Windows 7 64bit. BUT, my FSX installation is incredibly bloated now after two yrs of add-ons etc. I'm considering complete re-installation but "only" with the add-ons I use on a regular basis. I dread the thoughts of actually doing it though. 

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