Hawseyair

I sent the friend requests this am. Nobody joined. Session will be up tomorrow throughout day as it is my day off. By the way I work second shift and am off thurs/fri. Just look for me from time to time. Hawseyair

Well, an early turn out so far. That's a good sign. So, I'm planning the first session tomorrow morning at 10:00 am Ohio time. That's 15z. I will add you guys, and anyone who posts by then, as friends prior to the session. Should be a good time. I'm thinking dawn with fair weather to start our first session. Kinda a meet and greet. After that, we'll work with some different stuff, take suggestions, etc. Hawseyairrtodepart, I assume you're in?Also,guys I only have the main Hawaiian Island so far. I do have the Maule though. Of course, work where you want, but I'll be running there. Kinda holding out for Alaska! Hawseyair

HOLGUINERITO, I like your idea about the unicom thing. However, like LH4371 just showed us, not everyone knows how that works yet. So to be fair, we will be on regular voice, at least until we have at least the max 16 players and we can instruct everyone how to do that. Hawseyair

Hi everybody, Well, I was hosting publicly a few days ago and on 2 occasions other simmers crashed into me, ruinning my cargo flights. They were just new simmers goofing around. Well, I have no problem with that and am glad to see the new interest in simming. So, I thought, how do I work around this? I am a newly licensed real world private pilot who has been flying sims for years. I like to fly commercial type GA jobs on the sim. So I'd like to host sessions for like minded simmers, old and new, who wanna do it up as realistic as possible. Therefore, when I'm on I'm going to host "friends only". Here's how I wanna do it: 1. If you want to fly in these sessions for realistic flying you should reply to this topic on this forum with your Gamertag 2. I will add you as a friend the next time I am on so that you can join my sessions 3. We will all communicate as VFR (Visual Flight Rules) pilots as follows (Had to modify a little for the sim): a. Report on approach eg: "Hawseyair (gamertag) on final approach for Kona Internationl (airport)" b. Report entering runway for take off eg: "Hawseyair (gamertag) taking off Hilo (airport)" c. Report after landing when off of runway eg: "Hawseyair (gamertag) clear of runway Bradshaw (airport)" This will ensure that we give each other the courtesy of communicating when the runways are clear for use and prevent any collisions after a long cargo flight etc. 4. We will not loiter on the runways, run up can be done before entering the runway and announcing take off.....Don't spawn on the runways 5. Only send me your gamertag if/when you have voice, texting is no go for these sessions I think this will provide a fun commercial General Aviation atmosphere where us older guys feel at home and the SERIOUS new guys can learn. By the way talking and laughter are welcome. Let's have fun! But if it is a high traffic day on the session, pause frequently to ensure pilots can adequately report operations as stated above. I hope that these sessions will in time become full of serious simmers and very fun yet proffessional and educational. But please if you are just wanting to mess around in the air and not respect others, then don't reply. I'll boot for discourteous actions. Hawseyair

Works good for me but I understand everyone is different. Well, hopefully track ir will pop up soon. I'm sure they're working on it. Glad you agree the flight dynamics are better.

Hi all, I am a real world private pilot. I also have been simming for many years. I too love track ir and the way it revolutionized fs9/fsx. That being said, we will obviously have to wait. And, mostly due to that, I resisted MS Flight. Also because I used FSE. And yes, I did say "used"!! But as I eased into MS Flight, I realized that I was having fun. Is it smoother? Yes! Does it crash? No! Are the graphics better? Yes! Are the job boards just like a built in FSE? Yes! Do the job boards on MS Flight go down for "server maintenance" (won't name names)? No! Are the flight dynamics more realistic? Any real world GA pilot that tells you they aren't is lying. Oh and by the way, stop tweaking the trim and stuff folks. I gotta tell ya.....in real small GA aircraft can you trim perfect with just the trim wheel? No! You trim close as possible, then use throttle adjustments to fine tune. And as winds change, you adjust throttle as necessary. And are real small GA aircraft controls touchy? Yes! You will learn to make soft baby fine control inputs with experience. Ah the fun of learning to fly. So, in a nut shell I have found that the only thing daunting was the lack of track ir. Yes, I said "was". Let me pose a question that I asked myself when looking for a workaround. In what manner do I look around when I fly (and in the real thing as well)? Answer, I primarily look side to side both when cruising (site seeing) and naturally when turning (around a point or lining up on approach pattern etc.). And then, while studying the MS Flight possible control settings, I noticed a possible work around was built in. Here is what I did...... 1. Set your rudder control to your pedals (if you don't have any, then set them to buttons or something else, any thing but the joystick twist) 2. Set your look left/right (axis) (Yes it's there in MS Flight's control settings) to joystick twist 3. Set your look up/down (axis) (Yes it's there too) to the little rotary knob on my saitek near my thumb on the throttle(I think it is called y rotation) - btw you will only use this to do checklists or make initial adjustments, so if you don't have this rotation axis on your stick, use buttons 4. Fly and try for at least 15 minutes to get used to it. It is very natural to twist your wrist ever so slightly as you put in aileron input (turn). As you do this your "head" (view) will turn into the roll. And when you cruise, just twist left and right to site see. When you wanna look up//down to do checklists, etc.... simply use your assigned rotation axis or buttons. Now I can enjoy the improved graphics, flight dynamics, and wide array of things to do/accomplish without any complaints. Oh and btw I don't have to wear a hat when I fly. Try this and I think you'll be hooked. Oh and did I mention what a bonus it is to be able to hear your passenger talk to you or your animal cargo squawking in the hold? So....this is a flight simulator, WITH built in FSE, WITH built in "Accusim", and WITH built in "FSPassenger". Hmmmnnnnnn............seems kinda cheap now!!!!!!!!!!!!