jsmcwilliam

I have just upgraded to a Windows 11 computer and reinstalled PFPX there. After registration I find the program disappears from my screen shortly after startup. Is this a compatibility problem? John McWilliam

Is there anyone out there who has a remote setup of p2atc and runs FS2Crew. I would be interested to know how this is done. FS2Crew requires the mic to be plugged into the sim pc whereas P2Atc requires the mic to be plugged into the remote. John

I run FSX-acceleration on a Windows 7 (64-bit) PC and am learning the Q400 together with FS2Crew. I have an irritating reply on one of the checklists which wants to confirm that the APU is OFF. I do this by pressing the PWR button on the APU which I understand is the correct method, however, FS2Crew always comes back at me with "Are you sure?" Why, what have I omitted.? /JSMcWilliam/

I fly NGX 800/900 WL frequently and I have never had this problem before and have been using it successfully together with FS2Crew and FSiPanel. After Installing the Majestic Q400 and its FS2Crew as well assoc. Navgraph data it has ceased to give guidance information. Should I reinstall or is there another explanation? jsmcwilliam

Copied some data onto the spreadsheet for you to check out before I continue. There did not seem to be a way of saving the changes so I don't know if you will get them. Sent a mail at the same time but uncertain if it goes to the right person and for that reason am write you again here. Questions: 1. In order to get my gross weight down to 15000 lbs I had to remove all passengers and bagage and could not carry enough fuel to get to FL260 (200l). I topped up after reaching FL230 with 60l and had 47l still in the tank at FL260. Is this the right procedure? 2. Unsure whether ASN installed the right ISA profile. The cabin indicated a TAT of -37C at FL260 and according to my manual profile in ASN I should have had -42.5 at FL240 and -54.4 at FL300 i.e. approx --45C. however, this may be a misunderstanding on my part. How can I check this and should FSX weather be set up for "User defined weather"? JSMcWilliam (SAS1629)

Thanks again. I think I can start now and plan to begin with 15000 lbs@98%. It will take me a few runs to finetune the procedure so don't expect any results to be posted for a day or two. JSMcWilliam (SAS1629)

JSMcWilliam: Thanks - I seem to have the weather setup under control now and have found the other pages in the spreadsheet. Next question concerns weight: 1. Do I adjust this in the weight and balance calculator by changing no. of passengers, bagage amount until I get the right figure for ZFW or, as seems more likely, in the FMC planning section by adjusting the Basic OP Wt. so that the Gross Wt matches the weight I want. 2. Do you start recording of fuel burn and time when the throttles are increased or at lift off. 3. For 98% recordings I assume you have 100% until flaps up (about 1500 ft) and then adjust the condition levels to 98% and establish clb speed. This means that the plane is not properly configured until 2000 ft at the earliest. This may sound finicky but it's the details that matter. JSMcWilliam (SAS1629)

I would like to help but have several questions concerning the weather setup using ASN. 1. Could you check out my manual ASN settings below and let me know if they are correct for ISA +10. (tried to include an image but this was not possible. Station: EKYT Precipitation: none Visability: 9999 Thunderstorms: none Pressure: 0998 (should this be 1013) Bypass synthesis: unchecked All winds set to 000/0 Temps from ISA Calculator for all altitudes METAR: EKYT 201846Z 00000KT 9999 NOSIG 25/00 Q0998 RMK EDITED WEATHER 2. The other questions I have concern weight. The published speadsheet does not tell me which weight is linked to the data set there. I suspect the it is 15,000 lbs@100%. It would therefore seem reasonable for me to start collecting data for 15,000 lbs@98% or jump to 17,000 lbs. Please give me your preference. I am a keen pilot of the J41 and understand the need to establish it among the PFPX profiles. I fly with the Scandinavian VA and look forward to hearing from you. JSMcWilliam,

Thanks for all the input. "Just press B", you say, however, my problem is that ATC is giving me another reference from that which matches my runway elevation. So you mean I should ignore that. Its OK when starting but more difficult when landing due to the fact that going from standard QNH to ground QNH which requires the true value to get the right altitude and the right readouts from the FO on final. I've never had this problem before and have openned a ticket with HIFI suspecting that my problem may be due to AS2012 SP2 which I recently installed. JSMcW

We have received your request and will get back to you with further details shortly. You can login to the support center or check your mailbox for further updates. General Information Ticket ID #TFO-653-20437 Full Name John McWilliam Email Email address edited out by moderator. Subject: QNH conflict with VATSIM I have a problem the QNH downloaded from AS2012 and that given me by VATSIM when flying online. I put my aircraft at ESSA. Then I checked the QNH reading from NOAA (used I believe by VATSIM as reference). It was 1009. I started AS2012 and found their reading was 1016. This value was automatically downloaded to my aircraft and could be seen on the altimeter after pressing B. In other words, the value given me by ATC is not going to match my reference when flying under AS2012. This could cause serious problems on an approach under IFR conditions since ATC and my aircraft are going to have different interpretations of the runway elevation. In any case there should not be such a difference between the NOAA(VATSIM) and AS2012 values for QNH. I have checked this several times and at different airports, always with the same result. I have started AS2012 first, checked the weather option to download weather from VATSIM, imported a flightplan and finally started FSX from AS2012. The result is always the same, FSX is started with the correct AS2012 value for QNH, however this does not match the NOAA value used by VATSIM. Explanitory help much appreciated. JSMcWilliam