Rattso

going out tonight in the 500C to see if they have finally got the Bungle Bungle area sorted out - always been a shame that the area was not done well - did many senic flights around that area way back when

for me the C172 was always described as 'a dull & insensitive airplane for dull & insensitive pilots''- 😉- yes & I have flown them in R/L - always found the C152 was far more fun

lucky you - it killed my comp stone dead - had to do a complete windows reload

as for the sound of the Darts here in oz we used to call the F27 the 'ten ton dóg whistle' that's the fun side I bought the thing off the marketplace & it still hasn't appeared in my folder - mumble mumble😒

G'day I am having trouble - I have downloaded A&O's - & downloaded the following files: com.lorblysi.aao.streamDeckPlugin_etc g1000_ap_sd_plus default_ap_sd_plus can you please point me in the right direction where I place these files thx in advance Rattso

Any chance of a button to remove the gunsight on the other models?

Just to get the Cessna 400 series in semi correct order first came the C411 which had a geared engine - which then morphed into the C401 & C402 with various cosmetic & engineering variations & a non geared engine The C411 then got pressurised & morphed into the C421 - still with the geared engine Then they swapped out the geared engines & pressurised the C402 & called it the C414 - again with various cosmetic & engineering changes Around this time the also mucked around with the 300 series & produced the C340 - pressurised & non geared engine (a bit of a dog all round) Needing a real commuter airplane to see the Navaho off they lengthened the fuselage & brought back the geared engines & called it the C404 - which the Frogs took & bunged in a couple of PT6's & called it the C426 Cessna took the C404 & did a pressurised hull - bunged in a couple of Garrets & called it the C441 (best of the lot BTW) (with reservations about just how quiet the C421 was) flown all of the above in R/L with the exception of the C426 check out the history it's an interesting trip through design & marketing

just love to fly it - but still can't get the ILS to work

well had my first run around the block with it last night - did a x country with the upper air work along the way - only managed to kill myself once - with a very optermistic loop at too high an altitude - really enjoyed it - then being a glutton for punishment I went & flew an ILS approach - just love the big & clear FAI & DI - just so easy to see - the big problem I faced was trying to get all the power settings, speeds & attitudes right - all in all it wasn't a disaster (one dot low & one dot wide at the minima) - but I'll certainly be going back & doing more ILS approaches in it untill I get the speeds etc nailed - conclusion - great fun

autopilots are the invention of the devil🤐 - too many of the things have tried to kill me over the years🤬

jus a quick question - do you have to buy it from the FS store or can you get it direct from BB?

just a short story of my Helicopter flying in the sim - what I was doing was pick a city sorta at random - then go potter about & find all kinds of amazing things well I have a friend who was a professor @ a university in Jakarta for 10 years & he gave me the address of his house & the uni he taught at - well what a heap of fun using google maps, little nav map etc & locating a landmark to start with & acually finding both places & taking screen shots of them - he recognised both the street & the uni - that toook me about 2 nights of work I have another friend who did a voyage to the UK from Oz & when he stopped off in Cape Town he walked about & found a very nice park - that was fun finding as well - next he said they had 2 refueling stops up the west coast of Africa - the first was Luderitz (never heard of it before) - so I went to the airstrip (about 5nm out of town) with live Wx - followed the road into town (very bumpy ride & 40+ Celsius) found the dock & downtown - now here is why I just love 2024 - I found an 'Easter Egg' @ the dock - just a fun discovery Anyhow up to Walvis Bay (knew about that from my Navy days) did the same - took screen shots for him - now this is where 2024 sometimes makes you ponder the universe etc - flew back to the airstrip taxied to the hard standing & what should be parked there? a Navion equipped with Ski gear!! in the middle of a bloody great desert!! As I said just great fun exploring all those cities you very rarely see

I enjoy the Sabre - it's my goto airplane when I need to get back to my roots (the Avons were quite slow to spool up)- I bought the Hunter & was dissapointed in that - just couldn't get the seating position right - there was a free Hunter for 2020 that was much better than the new one - just my 2 cents worth

good one - I dedicate a couple of nights a week to flying the 500C (have flown them in R/L as well) - now let me just remind you of what my helicopter instructor told me - you fly above 500'AGL & ya get nose bleed!! I bind one of the throttles to the collective - but have ordered the Virpil collective & grip - on back order - supposed to get them in March - can't wait I also have the huey & it is also fun - got the Cowan 500D but never liked it much - 500C is the better one IMHO

I also have thought about flying in China - nearly finished my circumnavigation of South America ( some great scenery there - also some very average stuff) - now the question I want to ask is are there any others out there who use the professonal version of Map Enhancement 2024? Now in the available servers it says that there is a choice for "China HD 2024" - again my question is there anybody out there who has used this choice? And if so is the scenery available better than your usual Google/Bing stuff?

In R/L I have flown the Dukes, Baron & the C414 (also the C310 - which nobody has really mentioned)- in R/L I prefered the C414 to fly (actually the C421 was my favorite) that was my favorite before the Scarostar came out - but for the sim I prefer the Scarostar - I just find it's flight model easier? (trying to find the right word) - it's easier to trim & get your speeds right & responds realistically to control inputs - I found the rudder very realistic as well - I do a lot of hand flying the ILS's in the sim - just enjoy proving that I still have the skills to pull off a reasonable one - having said that for the turbo props I found the Starship the most pleasant of all to fly & I could also pull off a reasonable ILS approach in it - (would love a Turbo Commander AC 690B/G1000 - spent a heap of time in those as well) - just my 2cents worth😁

Well I really like the 404 to fly - but (big but) the Primary ILS & doesn't work at all - the glide slope indicator is fixed & the course indicators bears no relationship the to course dialled in - also the secondary ILS indicator (for me) still just has two black lines for both the course indicator & glide slope - this is a killer for me because I really like the way it flys (BTW got a few hours in R/L on the 404) & I really do like flying the ILS by hand - usually fly eithe the Scarostar or one of the Dukes - with an occasional go in the Starship & the C 414

Corsair (just bought the Spad this morning & haven't flown it yet) Scarostar 600 Toag's 500

yep same for me - not found a decent Mustang in 2024 - I stick to the Corsair which is quite demanding to fly accurately - I have flown a Mustang in R/L (albiet for a total of 50mins - (when the owner said to go out for 30mins)) - it was just so much fun I didn't want to go back - so I would really like to see an accurate one in 2024 They say that they are going to to a big revamp for the Corsair for 2024 - can't wait to be humiliated again

Not to brag here but have got the samsung odyssey arc - before that I had the samsung 49" odyssey (still use that one for my other system)- both curved - what I found was that the 49" one just didn't have enough vertical height - the ark is simply amazing with the amount of screen real estate available - as for the question re curved screens I just find them so much better than a normal screen - sitting just about a metre from the screen it is like the view from a real cockpit - where the screen ends it's like cabin roof - as for the previous comment about the 5090 stressing out - not had any problems with my 5090 in that regard & thats 55" & 3,840 x 2,160 & it also runs a flat sceen 32" in picture mode where I run little nav map

just abit - not quite off topic but relevent to the Piper - it is from today's New York Post - very ugly Shocking video shows plane flip and crash in huge fireball

an airplane nobody seems to have remembered is the Bristol Britannia - one of the most beautiful passenger airplanes built - just the engine start proceedure would be a lot of fun to have modeled

well I have been doing an epic flight around South America for at least the last 2 months - started at the most southerly airfield I could find - Guardiamarina Zanar - then have flown up the west coast - what amazing scenery there (basically following the coast & zig zaging to the inland) - round the top & now down the east coast - got to Criciuma last night - about half way down the east coast What an amazing journey over a land that I had very little knowledge of All flown @ low level in my trusty 'Grey Ghost' - the Corsair - also flown with live weather which has made it a great deal of fun in a non IFR airplane as for the scenery flight sim wise - in some places it is really very good & in others not so good - but overall very acceptable it's been an enjoyable journey in & out of all manner of airstrips - international to dirt strips in the outback - it's taken me just over 50hrs flight time so far - the Corsair does about 260/80kts on the average

not sure if you have noticed that there are seperate settings for 2020 & 2024 - they aren't concurrent - 2024 in my menu is right @ the end🙈 sorry if I am teaching you to suck eggs

thx very much - now I will load it up to 65K & try a t/o from a short field @ night - wish me luck😮