FrankG2625

I might add that just googling "Arjen FSX" gives me 2 or 3 (full) names which could be yours, including several which can be linked to social networking sites quite easily. Removing your digital footprint is going to be very difficult, but I would suggest you start by googling yourself and looking through all the results, contacting website administrators if you find something you don't like.

As an interesting side note, I just googled myself and found this little gem: http://pilots-airmen.findthedata.org/q/811048/42/What-FAA-ratings-does-the-pilot-Frank-Grivel-have Talk about creepy...

Did not know that. Boy big brother is always watching and recording everything these days. Altstiff posted the Tu-204 crash caught on car video and one poster said, "what is it with Russian drivers and video recording". I'd be very curious to know how many people are now recording while driving. With the price and size of camera's these days, why not. I know some wanted cameras in cockpits, but that gets into moral values when a crash occurs.

 

RJ

http://www.cracked.c...e-problems.html See entry 3 (language warning). For all the hyperbole they usually get their facts right.

Ever since I learned to drive, I always gasp whenever I see a crash in a movie on on tv or something. I really hope that driver survived, but I have my doubts...

I've always wondered about this rule. Is it strictly enforced? I mean, renting an airplane almost daily with different people showing up each day would raise a few eyebrows I suppose, but the incidental flight where you take some friends with you, and they cover all the costs for the privilege or you take your family along and they reimburse you for the costs since it was their idea... It's technically not allowed, but I don't think the $30 more or less will really cause consternation, right?

Isn't it interesting that you are only allowed to invoke the name of God (whoever your God is) after a tragedy such as this occurs on public school property.

 

Evil exists. Evil has always existed. Evil will always exist. The number of these types of tragedies is actually decreasing per capita. The only difference now is we have hundreds of 24 hour news channels who must fill the airways with the topic du jour. And if you'll notice, the news media got everything wrong in the beginning. Incompetence on parade. Yet these organizations shape the thoughts and beliefs of way to many Americans.

Fully agree...

Gun control is an issue generated by the communist left in this country. It's our Constitutional right to own and lawfully use them. The Second Amendment was installed by the founders to protect the people from its government, which may be usurped by the communist left. My 7th grade algebra teacher had a pistol locked in his desk drawer. He showed it to me. I'm sure he wasn't the only one. Any goth-like, mental misfit would not have gotten very far in that school. Isn't it interesting that the shooter in this tragedy only stopped shooting and killed himself when he had a gun pointed back at him?

 

Lord, take these innocent souls into Thine hand. Grant strength to the family and know that, in the end, evil will be vanquished by Thy judgement. Thy Will be done. Amen

There are situations where guns are called for, a school classroom is not one of them. If you need to hunt to survive, by all means, demonstrate to a competent organisation that you're responsible enough to own and handle a gun and go hunt away! If you live in an urban area with all the pleasantries of daily life, what exactly do you need a AR-15 for? Fine, it can be a hobby, but wouldn't it make more sense to leave the gun at a shooting range, since that's the only place you're allowed to use it anyway? You have no need for semi-automatic rifles if you live in a suburban/urban area, and a need for a gun like an AR-15 in a rural area is quite debatable. British farmers seem to do fine with their shotguns limited to three rounds. In a built-up area, you don't need a gun: not for protection, not for hunting, not for anything. I've been to a shooting range, it was a fun experience, really, but there's no way in hell I'd purchase a gun. There is absolutely no reason for me to have one, and if I ever get an itchy trigger finger, I can just drive to a range.

I do not see where Chase said this.

Our youth are seriously troubled and handicapped before they even begin life because they lack moral education.

Ok given that... it sure sounds as if you were taught these things by someone "religious" or having some sort of religious ethos.

No. My parents are both Atheist I don't understand why religion has a monopoly on raising a child to be a decent person! If I had a religious upbringing, I might be just as likely to kill people, seeing as that's what half of the Bible talks about anyway (yes, an exaggeration, but you get my point... it's not really a happy book, the Bible). My morals are not based on religion, they're based on respect for others and a sense of honour and fairness.

As Cain so aptly demonstrated with his brother Abel.

QED

This is veering wildly off-topic, so I'll end here. If you'd like to discuss this further, don't hesitate to shoot me a PM.

I urge anyone with 15 minutes to spare to read this: http://gawker.com/5968818/i-am-adam-lanzas-mother

Fully agree. Instead of blaming guns, how about we blame morals? God has been taken out of everything and it's shunned to even bring religion up anymore, no matter what religion it is. I am one of those folks that is extremely open minded and accepting to all, but I dare not change myself to appease other people. That being said, yes, I will tell people Merry Christmas. What ever happened to teaching kids good and evil and faith (no matter what it is)? Our youth are seriously troubled and handicapped before they even begin life because they lack moral education. But forgive me, this post will offend people because I'm wrong to think anything other than guns was to blame here.

 

No matter which side of the fence you are on with religion, you have to admit, it does bind us together. The kind of unity I talk about is this, remember after 9/11 how nobody in this country was "German, Italian, Greek, African, etc" but was an American. It didn't last long and now we are divided again as a country. It's a shame.

I take issue with your statement in that you say that because I was raised without faith, I am an immoral person. I like to think I adhere to the same morals as the rest -- I don't cheat, steal, kill etc. I would never even remotely entertain the idea of killing somebody, and I don't have a religious backing for my convicitions. I should be subjected to religious indoctrination just to be sure I don't go off and shoot people? It's common sense and basic human empathy, not a belief in God.

I'm not offended, by the way, I just don't agree with your solution. I understand that you have a right to express your thoughts, I just don't think I should be subjected to rules based on something I don't believe in.

I do, however, believe that this tragedy could have been avoided with a more developed mental healthcare system. I think that in the end, that's what failed him. Jew, Christian, Muslim, Athiest, if he had mental problems, his upbringing is not to blame. There are plenty of Christians who have killed senselessly, as are there plenty of Muslims, Athiests, and Jews. To say that he lacked morals is avoiding responsibility as a country for his mental wellbeing and psychological care.

Hey guys! It's been a while! How are you guys doing? Awesome shots as ever!

Regards,

Frank

I feel compelled to post that this isn't so much a free speech issue as an issue with a specific staff member. I understand there is no free speech on these forums, and since they're privately owned and operated, the staff may do as they wish. However, the rules should apply equally to everyone, and be applied equally to everyone. The base of trust in the staff and the website as a whole is eroded bit by bit if the staff apply the rules willy-nilly and go on power trips, which eventually ends badly for everyone involved.

For the update-whiners: go find something else to do. I only posted once in an update thread that I recall, and it was a(n) (obviously) satirical post. There are plenty of things to do on the net, and if you want to complain and moan there are forums for that, too. Elsewhere.

"PMDG aircraft are never late, Mr. Bell. Nor are they early. PMDG aircraft arrive precisely when they mean to."

Nope. http://images10.newegg.com/BizIntell/tool/psucalc/index.html says you'll be at 490W... So that's 160W left over.

Good luck!

Thanks all for your replies. Unfortunately time is tight today, so I'll get around to testing your suggestions tomorrow. I'll keep you updated! Thanks again!

Hello all,

I have a problem. I just upgraded my RAM from 8GB Kingston HyperX Genesis DDR3-1600 to 8GB Mushkin Black DDR3-2133, but I'm having a bit of an issue with overall system stability. My motherboard is a MSI P67A-GD55 (B3), and my processor an Intel i5-2500K.

With the DDR3-1600 RAM, I had no problem running the board with RAM at 1600MHz and the CPU at 4.5GHz. Stability was fine, and I only had one or two BSoDs in the year I've owned the system, most likely from fidgeting with things I had no real knowledge over. In any case, the system ran fine, the temps were fine, and I was a happy camper. Yesterday, in a bid to slowly make my computer more-or-less bleeding edge, I got the DDR3-2133 RAM. Now, I read on MSI's website that 2133 is supported, but as overclocked. Fine, I was going to overclock anyway, so that wasn't a huge deal. I put the RAM in, and after resetting all the various voltages and such (the 1600 needed 1.65V, the 2133 apparently 1.5V), the system booted fine and FSX loaded fine. Anyway, about 10 minutes into using FSX, I get a BSoD. I figure it's a one-off thing, so I go to reset the system, and then the problems started.

My system booted for all of two seconds, then rebooted (the fans spooled up then cut off). This happened a few times, before I got the message that the overclock failed and I needed to check out the settings. My overclock settings save the RAM part were the same as the 1600 RAM, so I cut the CPU overclock out (back to x33 multiplier) and rebooted. All worked well. I had set the memory via XMP to 2133, and all appeared to work again. However, I got another BSoD after playing FSX for about 10 minutes. Then I did the same except I didn't use XMP and used the other option to put my RAM at 2133. Same story, BSoD after a few minutes (only when playing FSX). My system is now running the ram at 1333 (almost half!), and haven't had an issue yet, so I'm 100% sure the problem is with the RAM at 2133MHz.

My question is, what did I do wrong? How can I fix it? I would love to keep this RAM, but it almost looks like I'm going to need another motherboard if I want to keep the RAM, since my MSI won't accept the 2133MHz (overclock). Are there settings I'm missing? I'm attaching my CPU-Z specs if that helps.

Thanks in advance,

Frank

... if I only had the patience to do something like that...

Aaaaaaaand another one after going on their page a few seconds ago (not PMDG-y but still funny):

Maybe this can shed some light on overclocking Ivy Bridge:

I don't know how much FSX benefits from all the other features of an Ivy Bridge processor, and I think FSX is more-or-less purely responsive to the clock itself, but this video claims that an Ivy Bridge running at around 4.5GHz will provide the same benefits in performance as a Sandy Bridge at a much lower clock.

Unfortunately, no. Its afaik hardcoded. Theres only a bubble around you with the current weather. The rest of the planet has 15°C, 29.92 inches, no clouds, no precipitation and i don't know for the wind exactly but it seems some kind of ISA model for regions instead of worldwide. Hence the abrupt 180° changes in upperwinds which are very funny when you want to collect some penalty points for overspeeding in FSPax or even stalling your aircraft (for example: headwind 90+kt into tailwind 90+kt at FL410). That wouldn't be a problem since you are always inside your weather bubble but FSX slowly but continously tries to change your bubble to standard-wx. Solution so far: Make a square (or better a cuboid) of weather, tell FSX to keep the fingers outside it. BTW, i had your mentioned rate at 0 the whole time. I don't even know if this has any effect since the external wx-engines turn your setting to "user defined".

 

Regards

Hirschi

I'd hazard a guess that the ISA model for winds would be approximately: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Earth_Global_Circulation.jpg

Hi,

Alright, so upgrading. Let's see. I think the very first step would be to upgrade your case to at least a (normal)-ATX case. If you're planning on upgrading the components one by one, you first need to have the room in your case for it. Make no mistake: things like graphics cards are huge nowadays; my 560Ti is right around the 23cm (9in) mark in length, and in height above the motherboard you're looking at about 11cm (4.5in) in height. You want enough room in your case so that everything can "breathe" as it were.

Once you've gotten yourself a new case, I'd start looking for a new motherboard. Most ATX cases that I've come across also support micro-ATX (don't quote me on that, you'll have to do some digging I think), so at least you can still use your computer while you upgrade. The most widely-used new CPU socket is the 1155 socket. Your Gigabyte P55 has an 1156 socket (two or three years old, I think). As for chipset: a *68 chipset (or *77 now) is fine. You can get the Z77 chipset if you want onboard graphics, but why bother? But when you upgrade your motherboard, you'll probably find that your RAM no longer fits, nor does your CPU (of course). I have no idea what type of RAM your using now (DDR2, DD3, how many pin?) but the latest boards all support DDR3 RAM. If you have DDR2 RAM, it's probably not going to fit, even if the pin count is the same, since the notches won't line up.

But before I get ahead of myself, let's tackle the CPU. You're probably going to want the i5-2500K. That's what a lot of simmers have (me included) and can be overclocked into the stratosphere with a decent air cooler on top. When you're looking be sure to get the K version and not the regular version. The K version has the unlocked multiplier allowing huge overclocking, the regular version does not. You can also spring for the i7-2600K (I think it's i7 at least), but I've heard that it doesn't overclock as well and the difference in FSX with the 2500K is negligible.

Going hand in hand with the CPU is then of course the cooler, but if you're just doing the upgrade one part at a time, it might be wise to stick with the supplied stock cooler until your budget allows an upgrade. There's nothing wrong with that cooler, but just don't overclock your system with it. A new cooler also requires thermal paste (about €3 or 4 ($4 or 5) per little tube which will hold you over for a few years) to apply to the bottom of the heatsink or on your CPU. It's essential that you get the paste!

Getting back to the RAM now: you're going to want DDR3 RAM of between 4 to 8GB with a clockspeed of at least 1333MHz. The timings aren't that important for FSX, but suffice to say lower timing values are better. Make sure the motherboard supports the RAM's clockspeed, otherwise you'll have to underclock it, and that's a waste of money. There's not too much to say about RAM. It's pretty much the same all across the board, especially where FSX is concerned (it's a 32 bit application so it doesn't really matter how many GB RAM you put in there, as long as it's at least 4).

Your videocard. I personally am fine with my 560Ti. To be honest, I haven't followed the development progression of videocards much since I bought mine, but I think nVidia is up to 680 or 780 for top of the range? In any case, get an nVidia card, since ATI doesn't play well with FSX. It'll work, but it's a lot easier to get a nVidia card. Along those same lines, you don't need a beast of a card costing €500. FSX relies on the CPU a lot more than a GPU, so a mid-range card is fine (like I said, my 560Ti does the trick). If all else fails, the PCI-e 2.0 slots on today's motherboards are where all videocards go anyway, so swapping them out isn't a huge issue.

All in all, you can scavenge your hard drive, optical drive, peripherals, and (temporarily) GPU and (possibly) RAM, but you're looking at a full system upgrade. I think you'll need to budget around €500+ ($650+ or so) for your build, so keep that in mind.

Lastly, remember that FSX is a terrible piece of coding, efficiency wise. You may have shelled out big bucks for your system, but don't be surprised if you STILL have lagging around a major addon airport in terrible weather with AI planes or when flying online. It's part of the FSX-experience, I suppose.

Good luck!

Frank

I heard that with 1209 some European destinations have major changes (ESSA), and that alphanumeric routes can now be used (such as in Africa, B23F, instead of B23)?

From a real-world 747-400F FCOM about fuel imbalance:

Excessive fuel imbalance adversely affects CG, aerodynamic drag, and therefore, fuel economy. To maintain CG and reduce drag, operate the airplane within limits of FUEL IMBALANCE EICAS advisories.

 

Fuel may be balanced:

• between main tanks 1 and 4 by opening crossfeed valves 1 and 4, closing crossfeed valves 2 and 3, turning off the fuel pumps in the low tank, and turning off the override pumps in main tanks 2 and 3

• between main tanks 2 and 3 by turning off the fuel pumps in the low tank

• longitudinally by opening all crossfeed valves and turning off the fuel pumps in the low tanks.

 

Avoid conditions which require fuel suction feed, unless directed by published non-normal procedure. The fuel system should be returned to normal operating condition when the imbalance condition has been corrected.

From a real-world 747-400 FCOM about FUEL TANK/ENG:

The electrical Center Wing Tank (CWT) scavenge pump is automatically activated to pump CWT fuel into main tank 2. The pump is deactivated after 120 minutes, or no pressure, whichever occurs first.

 

The EICAS message FUEL TANK/ENG displays when main tank 2 quantity is equal to or less than main tank 1 quantity, or when main tank 3 quantity is equal or less than main tank 4 quantity. In the tank-to-engine configuration, the main pumps provide fuel to their related until engine shutdown.

But we knew that. The question is of course, what happens if you ignore the FUEL TANK/ENG caution on the EICAS? A UK CAA report on British Airways G-BNLG which lost an engine in the initial stages of the flight but continued to London (from LAX in 2005) on three engines may shed some light:

The control of fuel usage is largely automatic, once the system has been set before takeoff by selecting all pumps ON and all crossfeed valves OPEN. The system causes the horizontal stabiliser tank, the centre tank and the reserve tanks to empty in turn, and then for fuel to be fed from the inboard main tanks, using the override/jettison pumps to overpower the main pumps in the outboard main tanks. When the fuel quantity in an inboard main tank becomes approximately equal to that in the adjacent outboard main tank, the crew is provided with an EICAS message ‘FUEL TANK/ENG’; this occurs at a total fuel load of around 55 tonnes (13.75 tonnes/tank). At this point the crew is required to select manually Crossfeed Valves 1 and 4 Closed and Tank 2 and 3 override/jettison pumps Off, effectively causing each engine to be supplied from its respective tank.

 

The design intention is that no further crew action is required except in response to EICAS messages indicating the abnormal conditions of fuel tank imbalance or low fuel quantity. Imbalance is not subject to Flight Manual limitations but should generate EICAS messages to alert the crew, as follows:

 

The design intention is that no further crew action is required except in response to EICAS messages indicating the abnormal conditions of fuel tank imbalance or low fuel quantity. Imbalance is not subject to Flight Manual limitations but should generate EICAS messages to alert the crew, as follows:

 

1. ‘FUEL IMBALANCE i-4’: There is a fuel imbalance of 1,360 kg between main tanks 1 and 4.

2. ‘FUEL IMBALANCE 2-3’: There is a fuel imbalance of 2,700 kg between main tanks 2 and 3.

3. ‘FUEL IMBALANCE’: This message is effective only after the ‘FUEL TANK/ENG’ condition and indicates that there is an imbalance of 2,700 kg between inboard main tanks (2 and 3) and outboard main tanks (1 and 4).

 

Some differences were noted between the Operations Manual issued by the manufacturer and that issued by the operator, relatng to fuel balancng. The operator’s manual expanded on the information in the manufacturer’s manual providing practical advice on fuel balancing. However, the operator’s manual required the use of the override/jettison pumps to correct any imbalance between main tanks; if this was not possible, the main pumps in the low quantity tank should be switched off. The manufacturer made no reference to the override/jettison pumps and required that the main pumps in the low tank be switched off in the event of an imbalance between main tanks. The rationale behind the manufacturer’s procedures was that the balancing procedure was the same, regardless of whether the fuel quantities had decreased below the override/jettison pump standpipe level or not.

I think to sum it up, what would happen if you ignored FUEL TANK/ENG? Depending on the length of the cruise you could suffer a flame-out, but most likely you'd just end up with a FUEL IMBALANCE scenario. This in and of itself has little bearing on maneuverability, but does affect stresses on the airframe and landing gear. So since PMDG didn't model stress accumulation, the shortest answer would be: NOTHING!

Phew, that was my research done for the day. ;)

If you want to read more about NLG: http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/Boeing%20747-436,%20G-BNLG%2006-06.pdf

I just wanted to take a moment and thank PMDG for their wonderful support last week. I was very pleased with how quickly and courteously Ryan and Paul handled my activation issue! I can honestly say that PMDG customer service is the best I've ever worked with, in FS or not.

A quick question: my father's account has been closed now, but if he ever wanted to gift me another PMDG product, would he and I need to request a merge of his new account and my account again? And how much is the reason for the transfer of the account details an issue with regards to the EULA?

Regards,

Guys-there is no need to rant.

 

There will be Manuals( FCOM, QRH, and a tutorial) in pdf format, that come with the product. ... its simply something that PMDG offers its customers. take it or leave it.

 

The cost for purchasing the maunals is justifed. PMDG has to buy a license to print them since they are copyrighted and owned by Boeing. Second, they have to pay a publisher to print and bind. Third, Pmdg has every right to make a profit from them.

PMDG of course has the right to sell them at a price point they see fit, but I have a right not to buy them if they're too expensive. Not slamming PMDG at all, but I find that they're out of my price range too... If I was rolling in money I'd buy them without a second thought, but I don't have €250 to spare for a set of manuals. Now, if somebody wants to buy them for me, I'm all ears :lol:

Hello all,

So here I am flying a long haul with the Queen, and all of a sudden, I got an idea. I know that the winds aloft data for the 747 as modelled isn't a true simulation of the real thing (at least, that's what the manual says), but nonetheless I usually enter the data for a long-haul leg, and the FMC's fuel prediction generally improves considerably. However, it's a time-consuming task to go down the list of waypoints inputting every change of wind direction or speed, so I was toying with the idea of writing an application or extension or some sort of program to take the data from a source (online, a flightplan, Activesky, etc.) and automatically input it into the FMC. This is the basis for my question.

After using CheatEngine to read memory addresses, I've discovered that (on my machine), the addresses for winds aloft are:

1R - 0BD3F53C

2R - 0BD3F60C

3R - 0BD3F6DC

4R - 0BD3F7AC

5R - 0BD3F87C

(in other words, address 0BD3F53C(base16) + (208(base10) * index#(base10)) for each index)

So, my question is, before I go attempting the impossible, would it be possible to create an external program to input winds aloft values from an external list into the FMC? Or is this just wishful thinking and a waste of time?

Kind regards,

Frank Grivel

Doesn't it beg the question as to why the aircraft use the raw data? Must be something navdata does that's pretty good for the aircraft makers. Never seen any raw data or what the navdata output looks like so I can't say.

I know this is a bit late, but I just wanted to clarify: I believe the "raw data" is already parsed to ARINC-424 standard, and this standard is used by every aircraft manufacturer. Thus no need to parse it for specific aircraft. Company procedures may need to be implemented, but that all still falls under the ARINC-424 specification for communication with the flight computers. Hope that answers that.

Definitely my all-time favourite.

Hello Mitch,

I would guess that the smaller aircraft would generally be asked to stay in front of the larger aircraft, mainly for wake separation. I would hazard a guess that, because the 757 has such a low Vapp when lightly loaded, they would be coming in much slower than say, a trans-con 737-800. The 737 would either have to hold to avoid the 757 or be cleared to pass the 757... Just my $0.02.

http://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-302132.html

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/united-mileage-plus-pre-merger/98068-weird-happening-parallel-approach-sfo-paging-mark-rogers.html

Regards,

Frank