fs2004 FS2004 - Random Shot Corner

David25210 · July 2, 2023

24 minutes ago, darrenvox said:

took this a few years ago at KPSP while heading to MMMX

Wish I could find a nice KPSP for fs9, stuck with stock version.. for fsx the orbx version is great though, very accurate and well modeled scenery

jgf · July 2, 2023

On 7/1/2023 at 10:29 AM, PhrogPhlyer said:

Many early "autopilots" were nothing more than simple wing levelers, and may have had small control wheels to adjust pitch and/or bank. Sometimes we expect to much from a system that what it was designed to do,

I personally like the older panels, more work to fly, but I learn a lot and have more respect for the pilots who came before me,

Researching how the actual system was supposed to work can be very informative.

Quite true, but all too often the aircraft comes with an "unusual" autopilot and no instructions on its use. But, unlike RL, you can play around with systems and learn via trial-and-error (mostly the latter with me). Recently flew a period Cessna with early autopilot; don't know if I used it correctly but finally got it to do what I wanted, lol.

Of course at the other extreme are the modern systems where you feel more like a programmer/passenger than a pilot. The debate over whether modern airliners are becoming too automated is interesting.

PhrogPhlyer · July 2, 2023

1 hour ago, jgf said:

Of course at the other extreme are the modern systems where you feel more like a programmer/passenger than a pilot. The debate over whether modern airliners are becoming too automated is interesting.

The Air Force jokes that they now have Forward Observers rather than Pilots.