RCITGuy

Re-read what I wrote, I did say what file to do it with. No need to shoot me down mate, was just offering up a nice simple option that doesn't require the use of a mouse, so you can still use your hat switch or whatever you use when panning around normally. Also, the "View track/pan" also does not seem to be enabled by default when I installed P3D v3.2, so rather than having to go configure yet another button, then remember how to turn it on and off, this method simply requires zero brain power to use it :-) Simple is great right, especially when there is already enough problems to worry about with a flight sim.. I have 28 USB modules running on my sim, so the last thing I need to mess about with is yet another button combo, and I control all my views and panning from the yoke, I barely need to touch the mouse or keyboard at all once my flight sim is loaded..

I know this is a MEGA old thread, but it still applies today to FSX and now all P3D versions.. Just open the "cameras.CFG" file.. [CameraDefinition.007] Title = Nearest Tower Change Track to None so it looks like this: Track = None Its the tracking of your own aircraft that stops the ability to pan. Save and close, job done. Now load your sim, go to tower view and pan around till you get giddy :-)

Trying to use ANY tablet with FSX over air-display will do this, due to the way FSX works. The only option is to run windowed mode, and make sure "pause on task switch" is not ticked, and thats as good as it gets using air-display. I switched to using EFB on a second PC instead and its soo much better, and now doesnt affect frames at all, not 1 bit :-) Still, you can then use your ipad for Virtual CDU, which is totally awesome!

Thanks Guys :-) My hardware is in my profile, <== lick where it says "My PC" it is by no means a slouch, steaming along at 4.67gHz off 2 SSD's. Such a shame that these "mega airports" are done so badly... The night lighting for example on all of these mega airports seem to be abismal, yet go checkout LHSimulations new Budapest LHBP!! WOW.. Excellent of frames, detail, landscape, high traffic, night lighting, everything about it is just spectacular, and is 20euro.. I cant really accept that LFPO is bad on frames due to proximity of other airports, as its only the LFPO airport I purchased and installed, so my sim is not trying to load any other nearby payware airports at all, this was the first one I bought for france... I notice too, that once I start firing up the NGX, it causes the sim to OOM and CTD before I can even start the engines, its that bad! Might have to write to aerosoft and ask for a refund as its unusable if I cant land there or take off from there at all. Trying to land there causes a CTD as soon as I'm close enough for the sim to start loading that scenery. Such a shame too, a massive, massive shame thats its so bad it actually is unflyable..

Hi Guys Serious apologies if this is in the wrong place, but I have been searching high and low and cannot find anything about this airport at all for FSX, that relates to the problems I am having with it. Does anybody else have this Mega Airport installed at all? Q1. Does yours look anything like the demo video on the Aerosoft website? Mine has huge horrible lighting on the runways, big star shaped airport lights on the taxiways and anywhere a light should be, the lighting is just plain dreadful, but it looks nothing like the video of the airport on their website.. Q2. Frame rates with this airport just seem to be through the floor.. VC in the NGX is 13fps, Spot view from outside cant seem to get above 15fps at max zoom out, its just a blooming slide show, and a really ugly one too.. Anybody else finding this? I have yet to see anything in this airport at all that makes me go "wow"... The video of it on the aerosoft site looks "wow", but the real thing is just "arghhhh"...

lol, my bad, I just seen the patch released on their site a few days ago.. DOH! Removes foot from mouth whilst downloading it..

Hiya Charles You say you are using FTX Global v1.2? Is that some sort of beta or special release as I just bought FTX Global a few days ago and only have what seems to be the latest release of v1.10?

I also have the VirtualCDU and its just soooooo awesome! Extremely responsive too, quicker than the on-screen CDU

Turn down your LOD... Mine is at 3.5 instead of the standard 4.5 and its silky smooth all the way... You also didnt say what scenery your using too, as I have found some scenery can be a pig, and some can be sweet.

Hi Barra This isnt an FSUIPC problem, mine does that too on EVERY fresh install of FSX, so you can just delete the assignments within FSX and re-assign the toe brakes and it should then be fine :-)

Hey Tom You should swing by there again and tell them to put some proper pictures of the product on their website. For the price of their yokes, the lack of any decent product pictures is disgraceful.. Given the markup on these things, is it too much to ask for some decent high quality, high res photos of what your about to spend over $600 on? $620 gets you 1 tiny picture and 2 other pictures that dont seem to relate to what your actually buying.. $200 for a digital timer! Seriously??? $1000+ gets you only 1 tiny picture that shows you NO detail at all... Thats why I went with the GoFlight 737 yoke, as at least I could see it.. I'm glad I got the GF Yoke though, it does have a great feel to it..

First thing I do prior to installing FSX now is to change my desktop scheme to windows basic. Dont need all that "fluff" anyway

I just read this: http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/content.php?14324-Interview-With-Tony-Varela-Of-GoFlight Explains why the yoke is the way it is... The bloody marketing guy got involved with it. He who has had only a few familiarisation flights in small aircraft! Jeeze.... It makes for some interesting reading, thats for sure, so if you own the GF-Yoke, you will find this a somewhat enlightening insight.

Nope. My GoFlight radio panels do the same thing too, they all come on, when the NGX is loaded cold and dark.. Its kind of part of simming, as FSX cant enable/disable your controls according to what the aircraft is doing.. P3D and X-Plane are the same too... Its not a Saitek thing, just a "Do you want your controls enabled or not" within windows, thing.. Even now, with no sims running, my radio panels are all on, showing 000.000 on the frequencies.. None of the flight sim panels seem to have the ability to "appear off" when your aircraft is cold/dark/off.

I wouldnt call it a "review" as such, just my own "likes and dislikes"... I looked a the PFC ones too but less controls than the GF one, for EVEN MORE money... Madness... 1 thing I did notice too, on the customs forms, a company has to declare the "actual value" of the item (Cost to make it, NOT retail price) and lets just say that the 20% VAT on its actual value was £53 Bit of a kick in the teeth with 200% markup (66% profit) on a yoke.. Was even worse on the GF-TQ6-ADV Throttle.. (79% Profit = 380% Markup)

Hey Geoff If you push your yoke all the way in, then slowly release it, does your "stick" or "Stutter" somewhat, as it ifs getting stuck when releasing it gently? My feedback on this yoke so far... The stuff I like: G1. The clamping thumb wheels are indeed small, BUT, I like them, as it means there is nothing hanging underneath the yoke to smash my kneecaps on everytime I sit down, like the Saitek one, and nothing sticking out the front when pushing the yoke all the way forward... They clamp down really well and hold great, havent had to touch mine in the months since I installed it. G2. The yoke box itself is smaller than the yoke handle, which I like, as its unobtrusive, and fits better on my R3volution wheel mounting plate. Its also a matte finish grey, so no dazzling reflections from the screens, although matte black would have been better. Paint finish seems VERY tough, as I use my yoke box as a tea cup holder too, and have yet to scratch it, despite hot mugs of tea going on/off the top of the box many times a day, not a single mark. G3. Feels fairly light to use, in push/pull and turning it. Not a stiff yoke at all, returns to centre nicely. G4. Doesnt even seem to need any drivers, just plug-n-calibrate and your good to go. G5. Good solid yoke handle, heavyweight, perfect shape and grip feel. The stuff I dont like: B1. I absolutely hate the fact that the right side has a "mouse". What a total waste, and makes the right side of the yoke no use what so ever.. Whats more, the plate that is screwed down around this mouse stick doesnt match the profile/shape of the handle, so it protrudes around the edges, and its not something you want to catch your arm on too many times if you have a shelf beside your yoke, trust me. B2. Wasted opportunity on the right side to add another button, same as the one on the left side, but could do something different.. Its the same as the left side, but without a button. B3. The dual PTT switch, total waste.. Manually flying as pilot, when exactly will my hand be off the left side? Never, so why put a PTT on the right? Wasted. Should have made it a seperate button we could use for something useful, like TrackIR or views.. B4. Noisy springs inside. If I rock mine left/right, you can hear the springs inside extending/contracting or knocking, not sure what, but its definately sprung loaded. Am considering opening it up and coating it in copper-ease to shut it up. B5. Bottom of the "checklist plate" is not flush with the yoke handle, beware kneecaps and sharp metal plates do not mix. B6. Such a small amount of travel. It pushes inwards(away from you) by 40mm total and outwards (Towards you) by 30mm, giving a total maximum movement range of only 70mm. B7. The hat switch on the left is too small, too smooth, and is concave instead of convex, so keeping your thumb on it is impossible without fairly firm pressure, you have to push it from the sides. To fix this I have super-glued a convex rubber circle to it, one of those little stick-feet you find on the bottom of a glass chopping board so that I can grip it with the thumb and not have to push it from each side. B8. Feels like it doesnt have ball bearings on the coloumn as its quite rough to push/pull if you apply even the slightest bit of side pressure on it, or are using it with 1 hand.. Makes a scraping noise.. You can also see the build up of grease on the shaft after doing this, as if its scraping the edges on the way in just using it 1 handed. My own conclusion: Very dissapointed with the end result at this price level.. When your paying $750 for a yoke, you really do expect a LOT better, and some thought to have gone into it, but you cant help wonder "Have these guys ever tried to use their own yoke?" I know thats harsh, but really, the mouse on it is un-usable, completely useless.. Oh sure, they say you need to go into your control panel and slow your system mouse right down, but really, thats never going to happen, and anything I need with a mouse, I'm going to use the mouse for it, not a thumb stick.. I can only hope they come up with a way to swap out the mouse stick for something that would actually be useful, but I doubt it as its very likely to be wired into the yoke's main board. Could I recommend this yoke to anybody... Nope. I could never say 100% "Get one its fantastic" I truly wished I could... Really I do... GoFlight themselves... I dont rate them too highly... I asked them in an email "If I blow $2500+ on GF kit, is there anything you can do to help me out on the costs, like a "bulk buy saving or anything?" Got told no, sorry. So I asked if they had any offers on at the moment, having already seen their facebook "like and get 5% off" that was on "their website", and again, got told no, we dont have any offers, and when I pointed out the 5% deal on their website, the girl said "Really, I'll have to check that".. Seriously, your left hand doesnt know what your right hand is doing? (Bare in mind I had been put through to the "Person who deals with all the orders here) Eventually, she said yes, 5%, but boy did she sound unhappy about it.. Less than 1 week later, what do I see all over their facebook page? 30% off at OshKosh! Thanks a lot GF... Anyway, I'm going to open this yoke up today and take some pictures, see whats going on inside and grease up the springs....

Would it be good for me to do a review of it then? I certainly have some strong opinions about it so far, in the few months I have been using it, but the long and short of it is, I could NEVER EVER recommend anybody to buy one at its current price.. I havent tried any other expensive desktop yokes, so cant really compare it to any higher end ones.. I went from the Saitek pro flight yoke to this.. Have never written a review before on FS gear, but am happy to start a new thread called "GF-Pro Yoke review & questions" to give my feedback and answer any questions people have about it?

Take the tutorial built into GSX on "Taxiing". Go through it, and things will be much clearer. Open FSX, go to learning centre and in the tutorials is one for taxiing...

I agree Matthew, a yoke gives better control with "either hand" whereas a stick is one handed only, so can be akward if you need to switch hands.. The warthog stick is seriously awesome, in more ways than I can ever describe, and I so much wanted to "stick" at it [PUN ALERT] but I often found that when holding the stick, I had a tendancy to lean on it ever so slightly without realising, which is difficult to notice, but with the yoke, you cant "not notice" as the slightest movement is very noticable. I'm keeping the warthog stick though for when I can try out the Airbus Xtended..

I tried the NGX using the warthog joystick and it just felt sooo wrong... I went right back to a yoke, and got the GF 737 Yoke... Soo much better than any stick.. Still kept the warthog stick, as might wel use that for the Airbus Xtended..

I may be very wrong here, but when I did something similar in the PMDG tutorial #1, it said to set both NAV1 AND NAV2, to the ILS frequency.. Does yours say that at all?

I noticed this just the other night, staring up at the full moon in the sky, that the moon itself was incredibly bright to look straight at it, everything else in the night sky remained incredibly dark, given that this thing was borderline blinding to look at for too long. Still, the empty night sky and all of its infinate darkness just absorbs all light, thus the night sky remains dark, and unlit. Looking at the light on your clouds and aircraft, thats pretty much spot on the same amount of light I had in my back garden, on that clear, cloudless full moonlit night, so I'd say it was spot on :-)

Its not making the flightplans on its own, it uses data from FSX and navigraph cycles. EFB feeds directly from FSX, and is updated via the navigraph cycles. It creates the flight plan using that data, and does it all within the app, so you dont have to use other websites. I guess you could say, its using FSX as the third party application to get its info, along with the navigraph data?

Howard, personally, I think for this price point (up to $500) they are all going to be clunky plastic in feel and build I'm afraid. Still, at least the GF one works perfectly with the NGX.. Like I said, cant complain about the hardware, seems all ok.. I do get support from GF, dont get me wrong, but its often a bit "huh?" and as said, manuals, forget it, there are no manuals, but all my kit works as it should.. Combine that with the CDU for ipad and life is good. But yes, GF really seem lazy. Like they are not bothered about pushing for excellence, they seem happy to settle for "Its ok" and rest easy. Like when I got the GF Yoke, I was frankly very annoyed to find it has a thumbstick that works your PC's mouse of all things! What a waste, who the heck has, needs or wants a damn mouse on the yoke, and a highly oversensitive one at that.. It's unusable to say the least. If I did it again, I would go for the CPFlight one http://www.cpflight.com/sito/dettagli/mcp737pro.asp I have used this one on a full size static 737 sim and the buttons and dials feel soo much better. ufly737 in west london have it..

Hiya Howard I recently got the GoFlight MCP Pro.. Seems fine, although I havent got a damn clue about flying the NGX, am still at the "I can get from A to B in it without breaking anything" but dont ask me what all the alarms mean that keep going off.. I can work the MCP just fine, program the FMC ok'ish, start it from cold/dark in the right order etc, and so far, the MCP works, but ONLY because I'm using the Pollypot software "GoFlight PMDG Interface" I dont even touch the GFConfig" software, its a real pile-o-shite, and doesnt work with the NGX at all... It really makes you think "Yeah, right, I'm going to spend all this cash on an MCP Pro, so I can use it with the FSX default aircraft"... GF are really slackers.... C'mon GF, what the heck were you thinking, seriously, we all want to use the MCP with the default aircraft? Wakey wakey..... Can we get some effort over here? Hardware is good, but as a company, they come across to me to be lazy as hell... There website is missing any manuals for the hardware, absolutely NONE that I can find, and I have been looking... For the price of their hardware, I really did expect so much better than this. Everything has been "Figure it out yourself", but luckily, with the pollypot software, its been a breeze, heck its better than FSUIPC for assigning controls to FSX with GF hardware.. If you do get one, make sure it has the latest firmware A25 on it.. I got mine used on eBay and it has A22, which I'm told is 2+ years ago, but it seems to work ok, and I'm using 22 GF USB devices via simconnect, all programmed via the pollypot GF Interface.. I loaned the Warthog to the Air Cadets, and switched to a GF Yoke.. But yeah, check out the websites, look for documentation and see which of the 2 keep their house in order better.. GF certainly dont seem to.. I've been half impressed, half dissapointed with them.. Good hardware, terrible software and ZERO effort for docs and being forward with information on their website. I asked them if I could get a little help on the costs if I spent over $2000 with them and was hung up on twice on the phone, then told "no" by email, and a few days later they were advertising 30% discounts at oshkosh!! Thanks GF...