Xplosion2002

Hello, I am looking into buying another 22" Monitor for FSX. I have looked up of FSX runs slower with 2 monitors then 1, and yes it does not to my surprise. I have heard that some cases it makes FSX unplayable and other cases a small drop in FPS. I AM planning on running FSX on the other computer rather than charts. Also would it matter if I hooked the 2 monitors into a graphics card or a TripleHead2Go. I have a moderate computer and these are the important specs. - AMD Athlon X4 750K Processor - XFX Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition Graphics Card - MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 Motherboard So all I would like to know is would I take a big hit on FPS if I would use FSX on two monitors? - Jack

Hello, I recently was thinking in my head it would be really cool If I could build a 737 overhead panel to add to the realism. Then I looked up some DIY overhead ideas and saw some that are really cool. There was one by Peter from Build A Boeing and a couple other ones. I am not good at all with wiring and all that. I was wondering if there are any plug and play 737 overhead models that are under $300. Also needs to be compatible with PMDG 737. Thanks so much, Jack Roberts

I see. Is there anything like a flows and procedures booklet that would have anything in there about when to use the clock. Someday I would like to use the clocks. two questions 1) for bleed air when do I turn it on and off 2) what do you mean by light off. Thanks, Jack Roberts

Hello, Recently I have been on youtube and watched some real boeing 737 take-off and land and all that. I see them use the chronometer ALOT. As soon as they start the engines they start the chronometer, when they take-off, when they land. I was wondering why they use the chronometer so much. If any of you know when and what the chronometer is used for (Ex: Chronometer starts after engine start up so the engines have time to get ready for take. IDK) I would like to use the clock instead of it being decoration. Thanks, Jack Roberts

Yep...read it about 2 minutes after posting this comment and figured everything out. Thanks for everyone's help I plan on flying my first Vatsim flight tomorrow. Thanks Jack Roberts

Ok the satus has changed a little It reconizes my headset. I press my push to talk button, how do I know its working. I will give vPilot a go Edit: Got vPilot set up everything I think, but when I connected Im getting a bunch of messages saying "BAW1314" Error failed to create aircraft this usally means that the model is not actually installed. The aircraft will be created with a different model I dont know what to do can you please help?

I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is I signed up for Vatsim and got my account registered. The bad news is when I installed FSInn and FSCopilot everything worked fine until I got to the microphone area. Now I have a microphone attached to my headset and the headset is USB. So I plugged the headset into a USB port and it worked, but never showed up as an option in the FSInn UI (something like that) I noticed any thing I plugged manually into the audio jack in the pc itself it would show up as an option. When I plugged the headset into the audio jacks in the pc it wouldnt reconize it and the headset would work at all. I was wondering if there was any advice I could get on how to resolve this issue. If you didnt understand any of it its ok I kinda needed to get this off my chest. Thanks, Jack Roberts

I did a quick search for the ground charts I was talking about and I could only find this for KIAD it would help a beginner. http://www.cockpitseeker.com/wp-content/uploads/PARKING-CHART.png Jack Roberts Also while Im at it I was looking on the Vatsim and saw that you need to current weather for where you are flying, and I know fsx has a weather generator but lets be honest its not that great. I was wondering if there was a good FREEWARE version of anything. I might get rex later down the road. Thanks, Jack Roberts

If I do decide to sign up I will definitely fly this route. Do you know if there are any ground movement charts besides the airport diagram. I know they have one for KIAD in Washington. If you know where these charts are available please let me know, Thanks Jack Roberts

Just after I posted my comment about being "worried" about vatsim I looked on the website and was thinking to myself I think this would be a good experience. So I may give it a go. What airports do you think would be a good starting airport, and also would it be best to have ATC running on one computer and flight sim on another. Thanks, Jack Roberts

Next time I will make sure to turn my packs on after engine start-up. Thanks, Jack Roberts I would really like to fly on Vatsim but I am to worried that I will either make mistakes or wont be able to understand them.

I have a quick question and I hope you dont mind me asking, but when I was flying a short flight today from KLAS to KSFO the departure went fine and I got up to the cruise altitude and then I heard what I thought was the takeoff configuration, but then I thought to myself im in the air. It kept beeping until I hit the airhorn cutout button. Then on my cabin pressure panel it said auto fail, and the panel turned blank. I want to make sure I dont make this mistake agian. Thanks Jack Roberts

After uninstalling FSX and getting all the drivers for my components I think I have solved the problem. Thanks so much, Xplosion

Ok I do have one more question. How would I go about assigning my reverse thrust button. When I did it a couple days ago I would have to wait till the engines reached somewhere around 20% n1 till the reverses actually worked. Is the armed spoilers button a button or is it the when I actually move the spoilers axis. Thanks, Jack Roberts

Hello, I am kinda new to the very cool pmdg 737 ngx and I can do just about everything but autoland. Just before top of decent I would program my radios and my HUDS up display on the center pedestal. I would enter in the elevation, length, and select the ARMIII. After that I would capture the localizer select APP then select CMDB. The aircraft flares like it's supposed to, but then that's it. In videos I have seen the spoilers retract and the reverse trust comes up, when I do it I would usually do it manually and I'm pretty sure that's not right. If you have any questions don't be afraid to ask. Thanks, Xplosion