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Remember to buy the 'K' version of the CPU for overclocking purposes.

Thanks!! Much appreciated!

Just wanted to share this video with you guys of my flight from EHLE (Lelystad, NL) to EGMD (Lydd, UK) 2 weeks ago with a classmate. We followed the coast line to Calais to cross the channel to Dover where we did some sight-seeing over the White Cliffs of Dover and thereafter we proceeded to Lydd to make a straight in at RWY 21. We had a nice cheeseburger and then my classmate flew us back to EHLE again! We are ATPL students at the Martinair Flight Academy in the Netherlands. Cheers!

I use this one a lot to train QDR/QDM and VOR interceptions in real life aviation!

Couldn't agree more! If you really want it, you need to try.

Arjen, Have you tried contacting any of the Aviation Medical Centers? You may be able to get some answers from them as I do my yearly 'medical' renewal with them. Just give them a call! 0800-4 21 21 21 or 043-365 33 44.

VOR is short for VHF Omnidirectional Radio Range and used by aircraft to navigate and to determine their position by plotting radials and distances from that beacon. So very basic, it's a beacon on the ground and it's sending out 360 radials in which you can recieve and visualize on your HSI or ND (instrument). Airways are usually defined by VORs as well. The frequencies corresponding to the VOR are normally found on a chart covering the area you are navigating in. In FSX you can find them in the 'map' as well. Google VOR symbol and you will see the symbol representing VORs. The VOR with a rectangle around it is a VOR/DME. VORs are usually combined with a DME (Distance Measuring Equipment). (VOR/DME). For more technical information I would advise you to have a look on the world wide web!

I did some more research about overclocking this processor using the auto-tune from Asus as seen in . This looks very promising to overclock to around 4.4 / 4.5 GHz without any manual settings from the BIOS. I have never overclocked anything before so this would be a great outcome for me personal. They also discuss the 'TPU' switch which will set your CPU to an instant 4.2 GHz. Is it possible to use your auto-tune from this set-up or do you leave the switch 'off' and then use the auto-tune program? Do you have any experience with this type of overclocking? I'm not sure whether to go for 8 GB of RAM or for the 16 GBs. And if I would buy the 16 GB, do I need 2 x 8 or 4 x 4? If my budget doesn't allow to buy 2 SSD's in the end, should I put the OS on a regular HDD and FSX on the SSD? I have 2 Western Digital external drives in total 3 TB so for storage I do have plenty space available. Thanks.

I asked this question before, if I needed separate cooling. Will something like the Noctua DH-14 be sufficient to keep cool temperatures when overclocked? Do you mean I should not get the '1600' but higher? What would you recommend? And what's the benefit?

Thanks for the replies! Just a few more questions.. What would be the benefit of putting the OS on a SSD and not on a regular HDD? I'm not sure whether to build the PC myself or to have my local hardware store build it for me. Never build a PC myself but it doesn't seem to be very difficult. Any advise here? (The main reason I prefer to have my hardware store built it for my, I can always go there for advice if anything is wrong, broken etc.) Do I need a separate cooler to keep the temperatures down when overclocked? Thanks.

When flying an instrument approach, i.e. an ILS landing, you will be touching down at the two big rectangular markers when following the G/S (glideslope) or by descending according to the PAPI lights (2 red / 2 white). When flying a visual approach you can, as before, use the PAPI lights to land at the same two markers. Landing behind the markers doesn't make it a bad landing, it has just everything to do with sufficent runway length available to stop the aircraft. Imagine bad braking actions in snowy conditions, maybe some tailwinds or inoperative reversers and/or brakes! You will be needing the runway length ahead of you. Our flight-instructors teach us that if you land at a short runway you make a so called 'short-field' landing, to assure you have sufficient runway available to stop the aircraft. Then what you will do, is land at the treshold (piano stripes). This will require some more skills but it might help you in the end. Just remember, any landing you can walk away from, is a good landing! As an answer to your other question, for every airport there are runway pavement strengths calculated and you will need to refer to tables for your specific aircraft to make sure that the runway pavement is strong enough for your aircraft! Most likely, if you take your 747 to a large international airport you won't have to worry about the runway strength.

Hi there! I know there are loads of topics with questions about new dedicated FSX systems, but as the title says, I just can't see the forest for the trees anymore. I might've done to much research for a new system! :blink: I am a longtime FSX user but currently don't have a system that's good enough. To the point. Currently, I am a student-pilot (ATPL) in the Netherlands, and in need of a good system that will keep me current after I finish school in 5 months from now, as there aren't many job opportunities here in Europe. I'm mostly thinking about flying the PMDG 737NGX with AS2012 / UTX / REX / GEX and some Aerosoft (or other developers) airports. I want/need to achieve at least 25/30 FPS in virtual cockpit mode for maintaining the motion of flying at all times. My hardware store I usually go to, provided me a set-up as below: (I gave him a list of specs I was looking into; i72600k, GTX660ti P8P67). i7 3770K 3,5Ghz / BOX Asus P8P67 Deluxe (Rev.3) 16 GB DDR3/1600 Corsair Vengeance CL10 Asus GTX660-TI DC2-2GD5 120GB SSD Intel 520 Series CoolerMaster Silent Pro M II 850W ATX It cost quite alot and my budget doesn't really allow me to upgrade the above specs any further. Is there anyone of you that can give me some advice about what to choose? Or any other recommendations? This would be very, very much appreciated! Thanks a lot. Robin