Capt Richardo

For me its the B-17 with my added (freeware) Voice Control Checklists http://youtu.be/iOmvMruvWHg

Not really interested in doing, GA. My aim was to cover aircraft I use that are not covered by FS2Crew. I have two projects in mind but no start dates yet. The Avsim download is the latest ver with all the crew included. Rich

The soundtracks were freeware download, took ages to find the right ones, from memory I searched for suspense and inspirational freeware intros. Whole project took 9mths to complete with help from voice artists from the USA. I wanted to create a feeling of a living crew. The Co-pilot (John Turner) did a wonderful job getting the tone right for all the recordings, over 400 from memory. The vid doesn't show the crew interaction as its want complete when I created the demo video. Its available for download via the Avsim library. Ive got other projects lines up ... just need the time!! I also have a Voice Controlled Checklists facebook page ... www.facebook.com/VoiceControlChecklists

I have created an A2A Simulations B-17 package with full crew interaction using this, check out my demo video http:/youtu.be/iOmvMruvWHg

1. DCS A-10C (just getting into DCS) 2. A2A B-17 3. PMDG NGX Rich

Pre SSD my loading times were around 3mins, after installing a SSD its now around 25 seconds ... so worth it, who said you can't buy time!!

I have one for emergency use and use it at work when needed. Its a good basic stick. By-the-by just bought a Thrustmaster Warthog, now thats serious class and quality. If you ever get in the position to get one go for it as its a serious bit of kit

IMHO JF deffo did a good job on this one, please let them continue with level of product

Abt a year ago i bought several mesh's and had no problems, infact i had very good support to get a free world mesh that was on offer wen i bought. At the time i did find the website a bit old fassioned and not the easyest to get around but no probs buying stuff. I wouldnt think twice about using again.

I have FSX & my OS on one SSD (i also use a 1tb hdd for none esential FSX items/storage and a 2nd 2tb HDD for backups). Using a single SSD works ok, i still get the added benifit of a SSD ... but ... i will at some point add a 2nd SSD for my OS, when i originally upgraded to a SSD i wish i added a second for the OS cuz i think it would have helped my system even more.

A F-Lite version, low effort version to maximise income. I dont think people really want this style of product, well the serious simmers dont i guess. What a shame ... I have their PR9 and its very nice, i thought it was the start of JF upping their game obviously not (I know there is a Tornado brewing). Saw a vid from Froogle were he states there is a masive drop in FS software sales affecting everyone. I guess this is part down to the likes of PMDG & A2A producing high end ultra realistic products and customers now want quality not somthing knocked out quickly. Guess this fills a gap in the short term until someone builds a 'NGX/777 level' 787 allowing them to cash in on a small gap in the market. Pocket money product for kids and casual simmers IMHO. Developers please give us feature rich, ultra realistic products that operate the same as the real thing, thats where the money is now and developers who are taking that route are reaping the rewards.

Get a SSD and as large as you can afford. Your FSX loading times will be seconds and although on the surface you probably wont notice a huge diffrence a SSD is probably the best hardware upgrade you can invest in. Keep ur HDD for non essential programs, storage or backups, good combo IMO.

Very well done, nicely put together.

What ver of VOXATC are you using? Have you run the indexer? Is the Level D nav data installed and its location set up in the VOXATC config? Are you loading a flight with a saved FSX flight plan? Is the flight plan IFR or VFR? Have you opened the 2nd window to see whats been said ... just incase you missed an instruction its looking for a readback. Have you pressed '0' to see if any options are avialabe? If you are in a flight opened with a flight plan (or with 6.46 loaded a flight plan) and everythings loaded on when you start VOXATC you shouldnt have too many issues. Rich

Just a thought ... did you install the Level-D Nav Data and is its location set in the VOXATC config? (cant rem exactly which config box its selected from but should be easy to find it as there arnt many). Rich

SSD every time, you could use a HDD to store items your not using to keep the storage down on the SSD or to install progs your not worried about access speed. Rich

You say you have exported your flight plan to the NGX, have you loaded the flight plan into FSX? VOXATC needs to read the flight plan from FSX and not the NGX's flight plan data/format. I have ad this before when I have forgotten to load a flight plan in FSX. Rich

Good job

I use cotton ear pants on them, they are real nice

Saitek Pro Headset (with Dave Clark gell ear pads) & ButKicker

I converted from Opus to ASN and I wont be going back. I was/am frustrated by the constant updates, wile its good to get updates it feels like your being drip fed updates for a product that isn't really up to it. I personally don't like the camera part or the multi view functions in Opus. I tried ASN and IMO its the best by far, its a polished product with tons of capability and produces really nice 'life like' weather. Rich

To remove stock aircraft from FSX but not delete. If you change the name of the Panel folder of the aircraft you want to remove to something like PanelX it then will not show up. If you want to bring it back simply change the name back. ... I think i got that right, if that doesnt work change the name of the panel cfg (panelX.cfg) or something simular. WARNING ... If you delete the microlite panel wont see any aircraft in the Free Flight window when you load the sim. This does not matter or does it stop you loading another aircraft, as soon as you select one it shows up in the viewing window. Ive removed most of my default aircraft this way. Gauges shouldnt be a prob as there in the Gauges folder. This process will work on any aircraft as long as there is a panel accociated with it. Hope this helps Rich

Here is a short vid i made a wile ago of the NGX version of Virtual CDU, its short and basic but you'll get the idea

Not quite 4, there is TileProxy, I'm not suggesting its the best but its an option at a very good price! Enjoy what ever you go for Rich

Good for you, your first flight and in a B-17, it dont get any better than that, what a memory.