bholzer

I have multiple monitors and I normally fly the NGX with both the CDU and the radio stack opened in separate windows, and I have them open not on the primary monitor where I have the VC. To do this, I believe the sim needs to be in Windowed mode (not Full Screen). And when you open the sections of the panel that you want to view on the second monitor, right-click those windows and select "Undock Window", and then you will be able to move those windows anywhere on the desktop. Ben

The speeds noted on the charts are always IAS - Indicated Air Speed. Make sure your sim is set to display Indicated Air Speed, not True Air Speed, and you'll be good. You could fly this several ways. You could engage VNAV and engage the SPD INTV at 250KTS through 10,000ft. Passing 10,000ft, increase speed to 280KTS. Once ATC clears the speed restriction, then release the SPD INTV. Or you could fly it with ALT, VS and SPD settings in the MCP - set ALTITUDE to whatever you've been cleared to; VS to +3000 (or whatever you need to use to achieve the climbout) and SPD to 250KTS max. Maintain that through 10,000ft. Passing 10K, increase SPD to 280KTS. Once ATC releases the speed restriction, engage VNAV. That being said, bear in mind that there's more than one way to skin a cat Get used to flying the airplane and then executing the procedures will become much easier. And welcome to VATSIM!

Why not use a STAR with a pre-defined descent profile? KEPEC3 is an RNAV arrival into Vegas that you can take from LA via DAG. Fly it correctly and you'll be lined up and established for an approach to either runway 25R or 25L in Vegas.

Make sure PFPX is set up to export the rte files to the same folder where the NGX's flight plans are stored - otherwise you won't be able to load the flight plans into the CDU. I'm browsing on my iPad so I'm not exactly certain what the default path is, but this sounds like your error.

I see a lot of replies related to visuals and FPS in P3D, but what about VAS and OOMs? Anybody using the NGX in P3D with ORBX Global and Vector? My FSX:SE setup is OOM-ing, even with the DX-10 Fixer... I basically have to turn off all the features in Vector in order to get from A to B without crashing the sim on approach. Thanks, Ben Holzer

Hi Bryan, I'm also interested in this - how does a company like Southwest Airlines do 20-minute turnarounds with all these pre-flight tasks? My current process is to press the PF button and wind the timer down to zero, but it's a bit unrealistic. "I'm out for the walk-around.. I'm back from the walk-around and everything looks good," all in the same breath. Same with passenger boarding - the process starts and ends in a matter of seconds. No way! Would you be able to add something like a through-flight phase with abbreviated pre-flight flows? Best regards, Ben