Chatster007

So Saitek is a no go ?

Thank you very much, which one would you personally buy for around £100-£200?

Hi, After a 2 year break from FSX, 5/6 months ago I decided to get back in again. I purchased FSX:SE, but soon found that my Saitek Cyborg X was well and truly broken (Constant spiking of nearly every axis). I was somewhat unimpressed with how my Saitek product lasted, and as an avid racing fan and owning the Logitech G27 as well as various other Logitech products, and with their reputation for quality I brought the Extreme 3D Pro, to tie me over. Whilst I am incredibly impressed by the Logitech - the only thing I dislike is the little throttle, I feel as though this is not realistic, and I struggle to get a full grasp of what my aircraft is doing. I mainly fly the PMDG NGX and the A2A C172, both of which are amazing aircraft, and they both use a yoke. So I'd like to know what is the best controller I can get ? I am currently learning to be a private pilot, so realism is key, but what is the best? My budget isn't huge, but I'm willing to pay for quality. I see saitek are the front runners, but with my previous experiences I'm not overly confident. I look forward to your help! Kind Regards George Hunt

I don't suppose you have any knowledge of steam mover? I used that to move it from HDD to the current SSD. Is there anyone that could give me a step by step guide on moving everything across? Thank you for your help Kyle !! George Hunt

Hi, Thank you for the reply! So if I lost it, I can still download it? Would you recommend uninstalling it before I tried to move the files across? Kind Regards George Hunt

Hi, I had FSX installed onto my HDD, but as I was purchasing the NGX I decided to move the file over to my SSD. I didn't do this completley conventionally using Steam Mover. This worked and everything is going well!. However I now wish to install every steam related application to a 250GB SSD I have just purchased. As steam mover uses links to allow the game, I'd like some advice as to how to approach this. Do I need to revert the step by using the back arrow so the game is now completley on my HDD first? How will this affect the NGX? I am concerned that I'll do this and then lose my NGX (which I absoloutley love!) and thus the money I spent on it. I'd like some form of reassurance that if this happens I will be able to get my NGX back and reinstalled? My set up: SSD1: OS, Steam.exe, Steamapps, FSX, HDD: Steamlibrary, FSX Shortcut + 10 games. SSD2: I would like everything other than the OS on this SSD including FSX:SE and NGX. I hope you can shed some light on this. Kind Regards George Hunt

I was coming in from EIDW ( I don't know whether it was east or west?). I managed to go around and land on runway 08 so it all turned out fine. Next time I fly the flight would you recommend I fly into 08 ?

I'm currently 10.2 DME from IGG, so hopefully it will fall into place before VOR/LOC engages (it's armed and works) That didn't work, it engaged VOR, and turned really early, this resulted in me coming at the Runway side on????

Hi, Thank you all for your help. I am on approach to EGKK as we speak, the issue is, that I want to land on 26L (110.90 261), but it will only pick up the ident for ILS 08 (110.90 079). I have fiddled with everything, but it will not pick up 26L. What can I do to make it pick up 26L and not 08R as they have the same frequencies ??

Thank you all for your help! My NGX is using 1108, and as I cannot afford a navigraph account, I cannot buy the upgrade. As far as I can tell I can't place a 1108 AIRAC in simBrief. Is there a way to make these work properly, or shall I just adopt the same procedure as before (just chose runway, and then click execute, and remove discontinuities accordingly). Thank you all for your help so far. Kind Regards, George Hunt

Hi, Do you know what AIRAC the PMDG737 NGX is using ?? I am planning to refly the route tonight, to see if I can put into practice what I have been told. Thank you for all of your help. Kind Regards, George Hunt

Hi, Sorry about the signature. Thank you for your posts, they were all very very helpful, especially Romain!! It was mentioned that BZB is Briars Norton, and it has the same frequency as LGW in FSX standard. How do I make it so it tunes to LGW 26L ILS and not BZB?? Is it because I tuned way out?? Would this be the reason VOR LOC did not arm, as I was 50+ miles away??? You also say that 08 is the same as 26L, how do I make it so it tunes to my correct runway?? I use SimBrief for my routes, and chose the one it suggested, my AIRAC is 1403, how do I identify the sids and stars at my respective airports and make it so my flight plan corresponds?? Sorry for another bombardment of questions. But they solved a lot whilst opening others. Thank you all for your help !! Kind Regards. George Hunt

Hi, I was flying a Ryanair route (RYR0118) from Dublin (EIDW) to Gatwick (EGKK). I did the flight in the Ryanair configuration that comes with the Ryanair skin I downloaded from PMDG. I was on approach to EGKK runway 26L flying on A/P with VNAV and LNAV on. I tuned to the localiser and set the course (using the FSX info from the map page-the course on FMC approach page was different to FSX, which one should I use?). I like to arm the localiser, whilst on approach so it kicks in. I clicked VOR LOC, and nothing happened, the light didn't come on, I don't think it engaged. I clicked APP and that engaged showing G/S and something like F/S?? This confused me, as I thought I'd done everything correct. On my PFD, it said BZB/261(course I set), and then DME with no number, and ILS. I did have a DME at about 75 DME, I look away and look back and it's now blank, this came back before I realised that I was not low enough and imminently about to crash. I was concentrating on why this wasn't working, not looking at my instruments and ended up having to go around, and then ending the flight cause I had run out of fuel. I am a novice (I've only done a hand full of flights) and I've learnt from YouTube and just guess work. One thing I am confused about is setting minimums. Is that on the panel where you adjust the efis, and indicates Baro on the PFD ?? This isn't the first time I've struggled with landing, I can't always get the VOR to engage, and so I just click APP and VOR repetadely until something happens. I'm sorry to bombard you all, I've just got a few questions that I can't seem to find answers to! Many thanks for any help you can give. Kind regards. C I forgot to add, the plan I used was to takeoff on runway 10 (I couldn't find a sid that fitted in my plan so just executed it on 10) and land me on 26L, but I couldn't find a STAR that brought me in, so I just clicked ILS 26L and execute, was this wrong?