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I haven't seen this posted so... If you are trying to fly a STAR with FSX ATC here's one way to get to fly more of it before ATC begins final vectors: 1) add the STAR waypoints directly into the flight plan as best as possible. FSX ATC will bug you if you leave the lateral flight plan you filed at the start of the flight. Many STARS can be predicted before you take off. 2) at the TD (top of descent) is where FSX ATC usually takes over and begins to assign you vectors. This is often before you can begin your STAR. :( To delay this and get more time to fly your own descent and STAR, contact ATC and "Request Altitude Decrease (10,000)" a minute or less before your predicted TD. FSX ATC will now leave you alone as you begin your descent and STAR. You can stack multiple Alt Decrease requests. Eg at 26000, request -10000. As you begin descending, request another 4000 descent, for example. ATC will reply "Descend to 16000, expect 12000". ATC seems to be satisfied to leave you alone as long as you stay on your filed lateral flight plan and continue descending to the latest descent request. Once you level off at the final lower altitude, ATC will assign you a runway and vectors. Use the altitude descend requests to fly as much or a little of your STAR as you wish. I haven't tested this extensively, just two flights, there could be a limit to how much you can push this so chime in if you find problems. Holiday Cheers Clark
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Fello Flight Simmers: In FSX, ATC will only recognize a few of the major US airline names (ex: TWA, American). I would like to fly other airlines ex: Virgin, Jet Blue, Pacific Wings. Does anyone know how you can enter names into FSX's codes so ATC will recognize new airline names? Thanks. Great forum!! Regards, Stewart S. Leber
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Everything I try to get closer to the real rhing, ATC starts nagging. Turn left, turn right, climb, descend. I used iFMS, the Honeywell fms gauge to calculate vnav, and lnav, and ATC won't even let me fly those routes. So I end up shutting it off. "Recalculating, turn left at the next intersection " BUT I DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE DENTIST! I'M GOING TO MY BROTHERS! "Recalculating". I think it's time to consider an ATC addon. -
Not sure where this topic should reside but here goes... I have a small touch screen monitor affixed to top of the yoke which displays a custom camera defn of the main flight instruments...( that saves buying and trying to run lots of saitek FIPs). I also use it to pop up ATC, kneeboard and GPS windows. To read the ATC text clearly it has to be on 800x600 res but to get the clarity in the instruments display it has to be a higher resolution and then the ATC text gets very small. Is there a way to modify the ATC window so as the font size in that window can be increased. .. plus same query re the Kneeboard. -
I note that some of the stock FSX airports and I give KIAH and KRIC as examples have ILS approaches available and yet the FSX stock ATC only gives options for visual approaches at these airports and the ILS approaches are not listed.
