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Totally forgot about pedals! They make flying and taxing so much more fun.

I think that Chris from AoA said that they sometimes get a beta version to test things out. IIRC Chris also mentioned, that at the moment, they do not have a beta version of the 777.

For that kind of thingy, I think we all have to be patient and watch closely at this: http://www.simairexperience.com/

Well... you are half way there Latitude uses SimConnect, not WideFS to talk to FSX. If you read the manual, you'll do just fine!

Latitude doesn't require the whole flight plan. It knows where you took off and where you landed. This can be used to calculate the great circle distance between the airports. Having said that, you should enter the planned distance, cruising altitude and expected head-/tailwind for the flight. This as used to score the flight (I just can't remember how). It's mentioned in the manual somewhere

In order of importance: FSUIPC and WideFS (config and networking) AirHauler (reason to fly) AS2012 (weather) (planning to test OpusFSX) VoxAtc or Radar Contact (ATC) Aivlasoft EFB (charts) FS2Crew or It's your plane (co-pilot) vRoute with RouteFinder full version (route planning. eurofpl simmmer subscription is also excellent, but a bit heavy on the wallet) FSBuild (fuel planning) LINDA (hardware config) REX Latitude or FS flight keeper (flight evaluation and logging) Others: AccuFeel (sounds and movement) Airports (FlyTampa, Aersoft megas and so on) Traffic360 (traffic) GEX + UTX (textures and object placement) Orbx/FTX sceneries REX Essentials (eye candy) FSCommander (flight planning) FSGenesis (elevation data) Hardware: Saitek x52 pro VrInsight MCP II (Boeing) I still might "need" TrackIR EZDok

I have crashed many times, but the most memorable was a night flight to LOWI with a C208. I was about to turn to final when I heard that a Boeing in front of me made a go-around. Continued my approach without a problem until ... I hit the wake turbulence of the of the Boeing! It flipped my almost sideways and I ended up in a ditch just short of the runway

You are right, sorry about that. The main point I tried to make was that TAT and SAT/OAT are two different things (even if it might not seem that way when you are on the ground). I for one, have made the mistake of talking about TAT, when I really was talking about OAT.

I can confirm this (having visited the support forum). There is a SP1 currently in testing. Release date yet unknown, but I'm glad there is a fix planned.

While this is one of the great features in TOPCAT, it's good to remember that the TOPCAT database/navdata is quite old and at the moment it can't be updated. Like you mentioned, I have seen many crews using products similar to TOPCAT on their laptops, when watching Just Planes videos. I can't remember what video it was, but during taxi, the crew were informed that the takeoff runway has been changed. After that, the first officer took out his laptop and started "crushing numbers". EDIT: Accidentally hit submit while still typing

If possible, can you give an example of this problem? Just to make sure we are all talking about the same thinks. I think that: OAT = Outside air temperature (self explanatory and the value in the weather reports) SAT = Static air temperature = OAT TAT = Total air temperature TAT temperature should (IIRC) increase when the friction between the air and aircraft increases. Roughly speaking, the faster you go, the bigger the difference is between OAT and TAT.

What you could do is browse through the manual (at least read page 10 and look at 18-24). Manual can be found here: http://www.rexlatitude.com/Home/REX%20Latitude%20User%20Guide.pdf I think that Latitude has couple of things that I haven't seen before. You need to do your route, weather fuel and weight planning right in order to score well. I personally like the way these things affect the skill, comfort and profit parts of the flight. Climb and descent scoring is quite strict. This has one benefit (at least for me). When using Latitude with ATC and you fly a plane without auto throttle and LNAV, your workload goes way up. You feel how the plane starts to get ahead of you Also the fact that the scores can be seen online (if you wish so), makes you try a bit harder To sum up. Latitude has it's quirks and you might not want to use on your every flight, but I like the way it complements other flght grading/monitoring producs out there. Based on your original post, it might be that REX SimAir should have more of the things you are looking for. At least when compared to Latitude. Just browse through he manual and see if Laitude would work for you.

I didn't understand the the upload widget allows you to post "illegal" sizes. I think you have more cleaning to do in my first screenshot post found here: http://forum.avsim.net/topic/396396-as2012-took-my-breath-away/ Sorry about that!

Thanks! If someone wants to compare, the last picture in this post has the vanilla LSGS approach: http://forum.avsim.n...my-breath-away/ EDIT: I take that back. I do have GEX and UTX Europe.

How does LSGS approach to runway 25 compare to this video? http://youtu.be/dNgDZO95Yhs Are the mountain tops sharp or round like the default FSX version?

Hello Joshua! This is good to know. In my case: I looked at the LOWW charts and I think I was somewhere between WW673 and WW672 when I pressed to approach button. This means that my heading might have been something between 120-150 (roughly). I just have to do another test and report back on the support forum if it happens again.

Thank you for the reply! You are absolutely correct and I should have given more info, so here we go: 0) The PMDG FAQ I was referring to, was this one http://support.preci...BSearchID=93256 1) I have never disabled any panels in FSX so I don't know how to do it (and what I it might break by doing so). 2) What files should I backup before attempting to edit anything? 3) Are there other MD-11 users who use more that one add-on that adds it's own panels to the aircraft? If so, have you noticed any problems? The reason I'm asking for help (and not just trying out things and see what happens) is that I have only a couple of hours a week to "fly". I would like to spend most of this time flying and not experimenting with something that is doomed to fail from the get-go

I think that Latitude requires you to set the intended flaps setting for takeoff and landing. This information is used to calculate the correct takeoff and landing speeds that you will be evaluated against. Good point about stopping at the runway! I made a flight to Charles De Gaulle. I landed on a concrete runway and then turned off to an (high speed) asphalt taxiway. Latitude informed me I had completely missed the runway because the surface had changed during landing

I use both Latitude and Flight Keeper. Latitude is more strict in how you fly and Flight Keeper is stricter in how you operate the plain. Just to give you an example of my last flight. Latitude scored my 49% and Flight Keeper gave my a score of 85% Flight keeper didn't like the fact that Landind lights where turned of below 10 000ft and I flew in turbulent weather for more than 30min. Latitude reduced my score because I overshot the localizer, my descent wasn't consistent and my landing flare was too long. Both have their use at least for me.

A flight monitor is a good description for Latitude. REX SimAir on the other hand should be something similar to AirHauler and/or FSCaptain. It should be released before the end of 2013.

I only have time to do about 2 flights per week so the next time has to wait. Having said that, I think this was my fault. Mode LOC* was annunciated when I pressed the approach button. I didn't wait for a lock and LOC mode to be annunciated. This might have caused a turn to the opposite direction.

I had one today while flying the tutorial flight after installing version 1.02c. I pressed LOC button when I saw that localizer had come alive and had moved 2 "steps" from right to left. All was fine until I pressed the approach button, before LOC mode was locked. This sent me heading the wrong way. I realized that I pressed the approach button too early so I took heading out of managed mode, pointed my nose back towards the right course. I then allowed LOC mode to fully lock before selecting Approach. This lead to a successful landing.

A quick (and possibly a dumb question). What "temperature" is injected by the weather engine? Lets say that weather engine injects the following weather: FL100: ISA +3 If ISA is -4.8 @ FL100, then ISA +3 would be -1.8 degrees celcius. What should the aircraft report in this situation (x being a value that can be calculated from the -1.8 temperature)? a) TAT = x and SAT = -1.8 b) TAT = -1.8 and SAT = x c) something else? I thought that weather engines send a value that can be seen as SAT and it's up to the aircraft to calculate the TAT. How wrong am I?

You do it the other way around. I set AI-traffic sliders to zero in FSX. I then set AI-traffic to 50 in VoxATC. Even with FSX sliders at zero, VoxATC injects TrafficX planes into FSX. They don't fly their real world schedules and they are injected only at your origin and destination. Even so you can hear ATC "talking" to other planes during cruise, even if they don't exist in your airspace. Before I tried VoxATC, I thought that VoxATC injecting traffic, would be a bad thing. It turned out to be the other way around. With Radar Contact, I had to keep my eye out for AI traffic as they didn't follow any procedures. Now it nice to see that the plane that took of in front of you, is following the same SID Just remember that each ATC program has it downfalls. I feel that both Radar Contact and VoxATC are eager to fly you straight into a mountain when there is high terrain around. One good way to test this, is to do a test flight to LOWI. I haven't used an ATC program yet, that would have managed to vector me safely in for a landing. I always have to request full approach. I hope others can give you oppinions on the other ATC programs.

As you mentioned, you can't go wrong with FS2Crew. I have used the following combos (ATC + CO): Radar Contact + IYP (It's Your Plane) Radar Contact + FS2Crew VoxATC + IYP VoxATC + FS2Crew I love to speek to my computer, so I tend to use VoxATC. IYP also allows you to "talk" to ATC. VoxATC handles SIDs and STARs nicely, but bounces you sometime between controllers. RC on the other hand doesn't assign you SIDs or STARs but does a better job in avoiding controller ping pong. Based on this experience, I would recomend VoxATC with FS2Crew/IYP.