Bimmerpilot

Thanks everyone!

Back in 2011 I built a PC to be primarily used for FSX acceleration (and flying on VATSIM), and it's still serving me pretty well today as my all around desktop. The specs are: ASUS F1A75-M MB. AMD A8 3870K Black 3.0 Ghz processor. 8GB (3.48 usable) of RAM memory (on 2-boards). A friend gave me a VISIONTEK 77701GHK Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card a few years ago. I have a WD 2TB HD installed. Is this system worth upgrading or should I build a new one? FSX always ran pretty good on it, though I'm thinking that I might be better served upgrading/replacing to be able able to run P3D in 64-bit? Thank you for your input/suggestions, if you need any additional system info please ask me. BP

I sent you a PM Blaze, I had a HD fail about a year or two ago and lost all of my custom liveries and a very nice Riley Turbine Eagle (Cessna 421C with P&W PT6A engines) that I spent literally years creating with XP Plane Maker (that was painful loss). Thanks again for interest in helping me! Chad PS With this C19 thing going around BE SAFE!

Thanks Blaze! I'm sorry, for some reason I'm not getting AVSIM alerts to my email. I'll find the tail/registration tomorrow and send it to you. Thank you so much for your interest in helping me. Chad

You would think so.. How many RW pilots these days got their start w/ flight simulator.. I did. At this point I would be happy with having a decent "generic" GA/Corporate ramp area at the larger airports. Though it's been several years since I dabbled in FSX airport design; The challenges will be the accuracy in RW vs FSX positioning and a quality design/build of the actual building itself.

Howdy all! I'm curious as to the feasibility of creating stand-alone FBO's for GA/Corporate Aircraft for "specific" airports in FSX/P3D. Having flown MSFS since the Sub-logic days on a Commodore 64 and just about every version since; I doubt that I've spent more than 1-hr flying aircraft over over 15,000lbs MTOW. 'cutting to the chase; It seems that GA/Corporate ramp (Fixed Base Operators (Signature Flight, Atlantic, and so on) areas are often overlooked by the commercial/payware developers in their offerings, 'take KLAS for example; one of the most flown to FSX destinations in the U.S.(I fly on VATSIM too) and the flight support/FBO scenery for anything considered GA/Corporate Aircraft is non-existent, even in high-quality payware. My rudimentary knowledge of FSX scenery/airport design; Any location is based on geographical lat/lon coordinates (Please correct me if I'm wrong). So I create an airport/scenery (a FBO) and call it "AVSIM Aviation" about the size of say an acre or two, and position it where the real world FBO would be on the airport, and give it priority over ALL other scenery, When I load say FlyTampa KLAS would the AVSIM Aviation FBO be visible when taxing at KLAS? How nice would it be to taxi to a GA FBO and have a carpet laid out for as you taxi up and shut down, and maybe a crew lounge too. 'just a thought

Any help please..

Mu-2 quirks..

Thanks for ALL of the responses! (I didn't have Notify me of replies checked therefore I missed them. Thank you everyone! We rolled into San Antonio on July 1st and signed our 1-year lease for a nice home.. Having been stationed in Connecticut while in the USN; I'm MORE than familiar with "wind chill", "heat index" was a new one on me!!! One of the things that I find interesting and disappointing about SA is a lack of GA traffic in the air at any given time. I see a fair amount of military aircraft C something, T-6 II's, and Talons, and on occasission an F-16 or F-15 "goofing off" with their afterburner.. 5-months to go on our lease, and our company has already cleared us to relocate to Las Vegas.. VIVA KLAS! 😉

I was going to attempt to do a repaint myself and unfortunately I've lost (forgotten) the limited knowledge that I once had repainting with Gimp. I'm hoping that someone will do a repaint of my Learjet24B by Lionheart Creations. Photos of what I'm after: I would like to have reg/tail number N2RK on the vertical stabilizer and a U.S. flag above it. In appreciation for your work I'm more than happy to make a $25.00 donation to AVSIM on your behalf. The paint kit can found at http://www.lionheartcreations.com/LJ24B.html Thank you for your consideration, and CAVU (Clear Air Visibility Unlimited) to You! Chad

Decided to try my luck using GIMP.. Mods please delete.

I purchased a Carenado product a few weeks ago and paid via Paypal, The Serial# key returned a 404 error. After spending several hours of doing the "Carenado 404 error dance" I contacted Carenado customer support.. that was last week.. As of today no response. I paid $49.95 for the aircraft and the Navigraph expansion package. They appear to be great products, though Carenados customer support is 3rd world at best. I filed a dispute with Paypal.

Having owned Flight1's Cessna 421C Golden Eagle and their 441 Conquest II for at least 10-years; What's the deal on the Alabeo version of these planes? Aside from the great textures on the Alabeo's; Is there any compelling reason to purchase them to replace the Flight1 versions? After watching a couple of YT videos I noticed that the Alabeo's seem to have the same inaccurate idiosyncrasies as the Flight1's. TIA

Thanks Frank! SXAirportDesign's KSAT appears to be just the ticket I'm looking for, now I get to wait for the release (I'm still waiting MILVIZ's MU-2 😉 ). Thanks again!

Hello Everyone, I'm currently in the process of relocating from San Diego, CA to San Antonio, TX, and have for the most part had always based my FSX aircraft out of Palomar (KCRQ) located in San Diego County. Does anyone know of, or have good quality scenery for KSAT? As I typically flew corporate class turbo-props and business jets (LJ23 and a new Phenom 100) on VATSIM; I'm specifically looking for freeware or payware KSAT scenery with a nicely detailed GA FBO (Signature Flight, Millionaire, etc.) ramp. King Sceneries KSAT seems to be the best thing going at this time; though the reviews on it are a bit "spotty". Thanks in Advance, BP Update: I purchased the King Sceneries KSAT and it's pretty nasty (what would one expect for $12.00).. I did install Ray Smith's KSAT and it is a step up from default FSX.

Thanks Tatfsn. The Ice gauge is one of those indispensable gauges for me. I have it installed in all of my regularly flown FSX aircraft. I tried adding it as a window and couldn't get it right.. I'll try again. Regards, Chad

Really nice work Cody!

sorry that it took so long to respond. I eliminated mine by editing a file in the MU-2 sound config file. Though I may have found a easier way. In your FSX Sound Folder there should be a folder titled "MT", open the folder and scroll to the "SND63" .wav file file. If you replace it with a silent .wav file that should eliminate the beacon sound. silent .wav's can be found on the net for free. Back-up your original SND63 .wav just in case. let me know if it works or you need more assistance. Cheers, Chad

I'm attempting to install a gauge into the MU-2 VC panel and for the life of me cannot figure it out. I have FSPS and have successfully changed gauges in other payware aircraft. Does Flysimware do something different than say Carenado or Flight1? I have read that some builders have the VC panel as a part of the .mdl and therefore add-on gauges can't be easily added. Thanks. PS; here's the gauge http://library.avsim.net/search.php?SearchTerm=icev10.zip&CatID=root&Go=Search I've been using it for several years in all of my FS aircraft.

A quick edit of the MU_2B_60 Cab file and the rotating beacon sound is now gone. I'm happy!

I re-installed the MU-2 and the GPU is now functioning. The rotating beacon sound is driving me nuts! With all volume control sliders in FSX set to 50% the rotating beacon is still audible. Others have brought this up and have been told that it's "realistic". As a rw pilot with time in everything from a C152 to a B200 I can assure you that once the engine/s are started you would not hear anything but the engine/s. If you were wearing a David Clark headset and you heard a constant "whir-whir" sound it would signify a short in the electrical system. Flysimware did a pretty good job with their MU-2. Most of us Moo2 fans have been waiting for the Milviz release (and I quit holding my breath about 2-years ago). Those of us that have XP10 have the X-Aviation's Mu-2. I bought my FSW Mu-2 on-sale for $18 at PCAviator. Had I paid close to $50.00 for it as many of you original (Ver. 1.4) owners I would be sorely disappointed. All I want for Christmas is a mod that gets rid of the rotating beacon sound. SC

Hello all! I've had the MU-2 for a couple of weeks and have been busy tuning it to my preferences. There are a few things that I'm having difficulty with. 1. Has anyone found a way to disable the really annoying rotating beacon sound? I've checked the sound folder and the sound .cfg file and I can find no reference to it. It's my only real squawk so far. The odd thing is that it continues to play even when FSX is paused (Is it taking a sound .wav from within Windows?). 2. What is the procedure for activating the GPU (Ground Power Unit)? I do have update 2.0 installed. From "Cold & Dark" when I go into Views->Instrument->Aircraft Options and click on the GPU nothing happens. 3. I want to add a few gauges to the VC panel. I have FS Panel Studio though I can't find the appropriate window to install and position add-on gauges. Thanks in advance!

Thanks for the response and really good tech info on cleaning the pots WK6KD!I also read a post regarding Saitek's use of "trim" pots in their TQ's.. Whether or not they actually are one time "set it and forget it" ("trim") pots I'm not sure, though I have researched the heck out of replacement pots (with a higher-cyclic life) that could "pot-entialy" (no pun intended) be used to "directly" replace the ones that Saitek uses. I did find a supplier in China that manufactures a pot that looks exactly like and has the same specs (size, resistance, linear taper, etc.) that "might" replace the ones used in the Saitek TQ, though in the end it would still be just another "cheap" pot with a very limited cyclic life that you would have to replace (which is NOT a fun job) every week, month, year or two depending on how many hours you fly (TBO on TQ?! ;) ).As much as I like my Saitek yoke and panels; I feel that the TQ "pot" issue will not be addressed (fixed) until Saitek decides to address it; and as long as the average "Joe-consumer" continues to buy the product and it works/lasts as long as the warranty is good for (or not) Saitek really has no motivation to improve (fix) it.BP

My thoughts on the "Saitek Repair Question"?I purchased my Saitek Pro Flight Yoke System in December of 2009 with a additional/add-on USB Pro Flight Throttle Quadrant (as I fly mostly piston twins, turbo-props, and occasionally a Lear 35) and used it less than a 100hrs. Last year I got back into flight-simming and added both a Saitek Pro Flight Radio Panel and a Pro Flight Multi-Panel to my set-up and have since logged about 300 more hours .For the most part the Yoke System has been a GREAT addition to my flight-sim immersion/experience, the only issue being that since new the yoke has always had a very slight tendency to roll ("spike") to the right (which I corrected by adjusting the null zone within FS and will fix by adjusting the yoke internally and implementing Ken Wier's rubber-band mod).Now the Pro Flight Throttle Quadrant/s are another story.3-months ago one the levers began spiking, as it was assigned as a "mixture" control; though annoying; I pretty much lived with it, that was until the lever next to it (assigned as a prop control began spiking as well). I went through "the dance" of calibrating the system, adding a powered USB hub in the event that my PC wasn't handling the demands of the additional hardware, and finally came to the conclusion that the pots in the quadrant needed cleaning or replacing.Here comes the "fun part".While researching the Saitek Pro Flight Throttle Quadrant potentiometer issue on-line (BTW: this IS a common issue) I was able to find quite a bit of information about disassembling a quadrant, cleaning the pots with alcohol, and re-assembling it (which I did and the spiking issue went away only to resurfaced a few weeks later). I also found that when the pots used in the quadrant do die; they are pretty much non-replaceable/unobtainable (Saitek proprietary(?)) which will facilitate either purchasing new Saitek quadrants at about $65.00 each (that will eventually succumb to the “pot issue” too), purchasing a CH Throttle Quadrant (which IMHO in fugly), or modding the dead Saitek unit to replace the original pots with more reliable components (which I am currently in the process of researching/engineering).This post is not meant to bash Saitek, as mentioned above the Saitek Pro Flight "yoke" is GREAT ('looks good, feels good, and all the buttons are in all the right places (‘has a built-in chrono too!)), and I'm VERY satisfied with the functionality and build quality of both the Radio Panel and Multi-Panel. As for the throttle quadrants: Saitek should have spent a few more cents/sense on the quality of the components (both the pots and the wiring/solder connections to the PCB) and charged a few dollars more for a product that not only looks great, but would perform equally as well.Bimmerpilot