Airbasil_1 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 21 hours ago, MAD1 said: How do you guys do it in your sim? you don't sit there for all that time e.g. hours, to do the flight do you? Do you turn autopilot on? Do you do time acceleration or make jumps forward in your flight plan? If the answer to latter is no, you run the sim in real time for the entire flight, again wow, that's dedication. Actually, I try to keep it "as real as it gets" as well as i do with my Sceneries and Aircraft I use. Which means: After having filed a Flight Plan, which will be according to realtime (and mostly real existing Flights), I do the walk around check as needed, Board the Aircraft, do the Startup Proceedures according to Checklists and Manuals Then i do the proper communication in Aviation Language (usually English) with the proper terminology on the Ground and Tower Frequencies, taking off, climbing to 5000ft by hand flying, set the AP and continue on the exact routing according to the Flight Plan. Whilst climbing up to Cruising Altitude, I am monitoring my Instruments, calculate the fuel burn and communicate with ATC (just as i would do it when i fly in Reality). Same Proceeding during Descent, Approach and Landing... If I do a visual Approach and Landing, I'd disengage the Autopilot allready at 5500ft and do the Final Approach on hand flying... When doing an ILS Approach (cat. 1 - 3) I'd leave the Autopilot engaged untill reaching 1000ft AGL (sometimes - in thick fog - I'm even using autoland). When it comes to non-precision (NDB / DME) Approaches, that's usually all flown manually (by hand but still according to Jeppesen AIP Charts). 21 hours ago, MAD1 said: I would have thought a long international flight would be so boring, hours, that nobody would bother doing that in the sim using real time. Also I prefere to fly short to midsize Legs... so i don't have to sit infront of my computer for too long (never having time acceleration engaged or doing jumps. I keep it at the real Speed). Only rarely fly Longhauls, even if I love to fly on the Big Widebody Aircraft like the the 747-400/ER, the 757-200, the 767-300/ER, the 777-300/ER, the 787-9 or even the Airbus A330-300 and A340-313. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSMR Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 1 hour ago, ViperPilot2 said: Need some Beaching Gear on that 314 there, JSMR! Of course, you could try the XB-15... same Engines and Wing from the 314, and it has Wheels, too! Very, very glad that you're able to join us on our little shindig! I found out the problem. Its a flying BOAT and it doesn't work on land as it has no WHEELS!!! BAHAHAHAHA. So silly of me. ok, next option coming up... 1 https://fshub.io/airline/RUA/overview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 3 hours ago, ViperPilot2 said: This is where your Short Field Landing and Takeoff skills come in very handy... Then I'm sitting pretty in this old Beech, that 450hp radial up front gets you in and out of anywhere. On a tarmac runway with full fuel load, two people, a little nose up trim, no flaps, and a mere 35mp, she's airborn in two hundred yards. With at least 2500ft runway she'll land with no flaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSMR Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 OK here she is. Looking retro 70's and all. (And copy and pasted from Melo's entrant info. I;m too lazy to do my own. ) Sim Version: FS2004 Entrant: JSMR Team name: Nuns of Fun Preferred entry number: 28 Sponsor: Bundaberg Rum Pilot: JSMR Crew: 2 (pilot + navigator) Passengers: None Aircraft year: 1978 (I flew back in time for the race using a flux capacitor I bought on ebay) Manufacturer: Cessna Model no: T210M Model name: Centurion Aircraft type: 6 seater Original Tail No: VH-KST Original Civil Registration: N/A Repainted Tail No: N/A Repainted Civil Registration: VH-KST Mods: None Timing: Timed Route: Combined 2 https://fshub.io/airline/RUA/overview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperPilot2 Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 54 minutes ago, TomPenDragon said: PAD made a Challenger 604 air ambulance - the file name was cl604am9.zip . I can find some repaints for it, but Search doesn't turn up the original file. Perhaps someone has it tucked away on a hard disk somewhere (I don't)? Just D/L'ed the Ambulance; there's a Pax version as well... https://www.flightsim.com/files/file/127926-fs2004-bombardier-challenger-604/ (Pax) I tried Goggle for Premier Aircraft Design (PAD) knowing they've been defunct for Years. Be wary of using the Wayback Machine for PAD; it takes you to a Bollywood soft Porn site all in Hindi. Pretty much all of PAD's offerings are in the Libraries here and the 'other' places. "I created the Little Black Book to keep myself from getting killed..." -- Captain Elrey Borge Jeppesen AMD 1.9GB/8GB RAM/AMD VISION 1GB GPU/500 GB HDD/WIN 7 PRO 64/FS9 CFS CFS2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbasil_1 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 1 minute ago, ViperPilot2 said: Just D/L'ed the Ambulance; there's a Pax version as well... Not really a fan of this model... it's so wrong... nowhere near where the proportions have to be... If only Eaglesoft did theirs for FS2004 as well.... to sad they didn't... That's truly an awesome one: https://www.eaglesoftdg.com/c605G4.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperPilot2 Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 19 minutes ago, Airbasil_1 said: Not really a fan of this model... it's so wrong... nowhere near where the proportions have to be... If only Eaglesoft did theirs for FS2004 as well.... to sad they didn't... That's truly an awesome one: https://www.eaglesoftdg.com/c605G4.htm It's really sad that so much of the Payware that was offered out there has gone to dust, or whatever is available is extremely spendy now. There was a time not too long ago when you could get Carenado stuff for FS9 at Xmastime for 5 to 10 bucks each. Now if you can find anyone still selling them, they're at Full Price ($30-40). I'll stick with the HondaJet and the Phenom I found in the Library... that's plenty for BizzyJets. "I created the Little Black Book to keep myself from getting killed..." -- Captain Elrey Borge Jeppesen AMD 1.9GB/8GB RAM/AMD VISION 1GB GPU/500 GB HDD/WIN 7 PRO 64/FS9 CFS CFS2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbasil_1 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 25 minutes ago, ViperPilot2 said: There was a time not too long ago when you could get Carenado stuff for FS9 at Xmastime for 5 to 10 bucks each. Now if you can find anyone still selling them, they're at Full Price ($30-40). Jep the carenado's are nice little puppies as well... have them all luckily... and fly them here and there for some training hours in the simulator which i can add to my Logbook. 25 minutes ago, ViperPilot2 said: I'll stick with the HondaJet and the Phenom I found in the Library... that's plenty for BizzyJets. Uh... the Hondajet is a beauty. For the Phenom's i go with the Wilco/Feelthere one. Which is a jewel of a Bizzer. When it comes to Citations i either use the ones from Eaglesoft (for the 525 CJ1+ or the 550 Citation II or the 750 Citation X) or the Freeware of Veneaviones (for the 550 Citation II) or the Aryus Works (for the Citation Excel, XLS+ and Sovereign). Too sad, that there's no good rendition of a Gulfstream... since they didn't gave permission to developers to make such a Jet for FS2004. I'd die for: a good rendition of a Gulfstream G650 or a Learjet 85, an Embraer Praetor 600, a Pilatus PC-24 or even more wanted: a Bombardier Global Express XLS or Global Express 7500 (which by far still is my favorite Bizjet of all times) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperPilot2 Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 13 minutes ago, Airbasil_1 said: Jep the carenado's are nice little puppies as well... have them all luckily... and fly them here and there for some training hours in the simulator which i can add to my Logbook. Uh... the Hondajet is a beauty. For the Phenom's i go with the Wilco/Feelthere one. Which is a jewel of a Bizzer. When it comes to Citations i either use the ones from Eaglesoft (for the 525 CJ1+ or the 550 Citation II) or the Freeware of Veneaviones (for the 550 Citation II) or the Aryus Works (for the Citation Excel, XLS+ and Sovereign). Too sad, that there's no good rendition of a Gulfstream... since they didn't gave permission to developers to make such a Jet for FS2004. I'd die for a good rendition of a Gulfstream G650 or even for an Embraer Praetor 600. Yep... find one you like and stick with it; the pickin's are just going to get slimmer as time goes on... I just have to STOP perusing the Libraries and downloading everything in sight! I should have said ERJ-135 instead for Phenom. I have the POSKY ERJ and it works fine for me. 1 "I created the Little Black Book to keep myself from getting killed..." -- Captain Elrey Borge Jeppesen AMD 1.9GB/8GB RAM/AMD VISION 1GB GPU/500 GB HDD/WIN 7 PRO 64/FS9 CFS CFS2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 5 minutes ago, ViperPilot2 said: I just have to STOP perusing the Libraries and downloading everything in sight! Lol, just on the USB drive currently connected I have 128gB of FS9 downloads, including 40gB of aircraft; hate to think how many CDs and DVDs are buried in the hall closet. And the vast majority of all that has yet to be installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbasil_1 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Just now, jgf said: Lol, just on the USB drive currently connected I have 128gB of FS9 downloads, including 40gB of aircraft; hate to think how many CDs and DVDs are buried in the hall closet. And the vast majority of all that has yet to be installed. Lately I experienced an HDD Crash where I lost about 6 Terabyte of FS9 Addons... which hurt me as F***... because so many addon's which I couldn't retrieve again, which are lost in translation forever and a few more years now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperPilot2 Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 53 minutes ago, jgf said: Lol, just on the USB drive currently connected I have 128gB of FS9 downloads, including 40gB of aircraft; hate to think how many CDs and DVDs are buried in the hall closet. And the vast majority of all that has yet to be installed. I had an old WD 150 Gb stand alone HD that gave up the ghost, which had ten years worth of FS Downloads on it. I'm 'rebuilding' my Stash and sticking it all on Thumb Drives; I got about 60 gigs stored up, some of which are probably Dupes. Plus, youse guys keep dropping new airplanes I've never seen before, so of course I have to go get them! Lately I've been trying to D/L every Helicopter I can get my hands on, since I got a wild hair for them right now. It was a shame when the Hovercontrol site closed up shop that someone didn't Archive their Library; they had way more Helo stuff than what's currently available in everyone's Libraries! Airbasil I forgot to mention that whet comes to Tin and Tubes I'm strictly a POSKY/Skyspirit/TDS/Cantu/TInmouse type guy... 1 "I created the Little Black Book to keep myself from getting killed..." -- Captain Elrey Borge Jeppesen AMD 1.9GB/8GB RAM/AMD VISION 1GB GPU/500 GB HDD/WIN 7 PRO 64/FS9 CFS CFS2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAD1 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 (edited) Thanks old guys for the explanations about 'how you do it'. Now I understand fully, and can start to play like that now that I'm getting simple nav and Flight Planner under my belt (again, all FS2002 defaults, no desire to fiddle). It makes it so much easier to have a real life 'uncle' guiding me, with 'hey buddy, don't do that, ignore that doco, do this ...' etc. JSMR. Had a good chuckle at your blunder, when I saw your first screenshot I noticed no wheels. Good to see that the sim is realistic enough to model that, no amount of power will help! So bosses, my final post (I hope) until Mon 15/1 (US date, Tue 16 Jan WA date) [as you no doubt know, Aus, like UK, writes dates in format dd/mm/yy not US format mm/dd/yy, hence I'll always put it in format day daydate mon year e.g. Mon 15 Jan]. My rig's last details: the FS2002 Help (pic attached) states that the C182RG is based on the R model. Looking at Wikipedia, it might be manufactured from 1977, so lets call it that, 1977. 'R182 Skylane RG.Four-seat light aircraft with retractable landing gear, powered by a 235 hp (175 kW) Lycoming O-540-J3C5D piston engine, gross weight 3,100 lb (1,406 kg) and certified on 7 July 1977.' To VP2, you asked me awhile back for my nominal altitude and speed. Can only plan for one leg at a time, so leg 1 YPJT>YKNG planned 3500 ft, 140 knots. Will see how that goes. MAD1 over and out. Edited January 9 by MAD1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperPilot2 Posted January 9 Author Share Posted January 9 27 minutes ago, MAD1 said: Thanks old guys for the explanations about 'how you do it'. Now I understand fully, and can start to play like that now that I'm getting simple nav and Flight Planner under my belt (again, all FS2002 defaults, no desire to fiddle). It makes it so much easier to have a real life 'uncle' guiding me, with 'hey buddy, don't do that, ignore that doco, do this ...' etc. JSMR. Had a good chuckle at your blunder, when I saw your first screenshot I noticed no wheels. Good to see that the sim is realistic enough to model that, no amount of power will help! So bosses, my final post (I hope) until Mon 15/1 (US date, Tue 16 Jan WA date) [as you no doubt know, Aus, like UK, writes dates in format dd/mm/yy not US format mm/dd/yy, hence I'll always put it in format day daydate mon year e.g. Mon 15 Jan]. My rig's last details: the FS2002 Help (pic attached) states that the C182RG is based on the R model. Looking at Wikipedia, it might be manufactured from 1977, so lets call it that, 1977. 'R182 Skylane RG.Four-seat light aircraft with retractable landing gear, powered by a 235 hp (175 kW) Lycoming O-540-J3C5D piston engine, gross weight 3,100 lb (1,406 kg) and certified on 7 July 1977.' To VP2, you asked me awhile back for my nominal altitude and speed. Can only plan for one leg at a time, so leg 1 YPJT>YKNG planned 3500 ft, 140 knots. Will see how that goes. MAD1 over and out. SkyVector Navlog for your Review... MAD1 AU Rally So.140.pdf "I created the Little Black Book to keep myself from getting killed..." -- Captain Elrey Borge Jeppesen AMD 1.9GB/8GB RAM/AMD VISION 1GB GPU/500 GB HDD/WIN 7 PRO 64/FS9 CFS CFS2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAD1 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 15 minutes ago, ViperPilot2 said: SkyVector Navlog for your Review... MAD1 AU Rally So.140.pdf 58.69 kB · 0 downloads A-OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defaid Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 10 hours ago, MAD1 said: So bosses, my final post (I hope) until Mon 15/1 (US date, Tue 16 Jan WA date) [as you no doubt know, Aus, like UK, writes dates in format dd/mm/yy not US format mm/dd/yy, hence I'll always put it in format day daydate mon year e.g. Mon 15 Jan]. That really confuses me. Ordinarily I can identify the US date format by the absence of leading zeros but "Mon 15/1". (Yes, I know - no 15th month). Like you, I generally give the name of the month. Time for some advertisment. The ISO standard for zulu time is unambiguous and mostly used in technical situations. Like cardinal numbers (thousands... hundreds... tens... units), left to right reads most significant to least significant. I very often use it just to confuse other people... 2024-01-09T11:31:42Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomPenDragon Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 The Daily Update (Cue The Cult’s, “She Sells Sanctuary”) Elias Pacheco: “Now for our Daily Update for 2024-01-09T13:17:00 – or for those of us who are not into ISO, the 9th of January, 7:17 in the morning. Here is today’s Spotters’ Guide: “Pilots and support crews are well into preparations and testing for the race. I flew the route as far as Forrest yesterday morning, then spent the afternoon getting VOZ’d and flying back to Jandakot. I must say, Australia certainly looks better when you have a good VOZ going. “Things back in Perth haven’t been as nice. Our air ambulance was kicked out of YPPH and had to reposition to YPJT. This is unconscionable! I understand the wish of the management of some major airports to clear their ramps of small, non-commercial aircraft. This is an ambulance! Perth International is much closer to a major Level-3 trauma center than is Jandakot. Would you force us to transfer a stricken airman from the jet to a helicopter, wasting time that could mark the difference between life and death, or between a full recovery and lifelong injury? Or would you kindly let us land and offload a patient, only to then force Captains AirBasil and Kozhani to reposition the jet to Jandakot? These people are volunteering their time. Air Service Liége is volunteering the aircraft. Would some common sense and common, internationally-respected courtesy be too much to ask? “And while we’re talking about Jandakot, please be careful – there is some damage to the end of 6L, prior to the threshold. Someone tried to take off in a large propliner yesterday with insufficient air in the tires – and insufficient tires and landing gear, as well. “Melo965 has arrived in Darwin. He is unloading and reassembling his Chipmunk, which he will then fly to Perth. As of this report, we have not heard anything further from jgf or Bossspecops. I hope jgf has not run into trouble with the Russians. “As part of Radio Chachapoya’s coverage of the race, I would like to begin to interview the pilots and teams that are taking part in the Gaggle. Should anyone wish to be interviewed, please send me a Personal Message and I will seek you out. “And that concludes today’s Daily Update. If your aircraft has them, please secure your emergency door plugs – this is Australia, not Alaska. Elias Pacheco for Radio Chachapoya, signing off. Bye for now...” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperPilot2 Posted January 9 Author Share Posted January 9 3 hours ago, defaid said: That really confuses me. Ordinarily I can identify the US date format by the absence of leading zeros but "Mon 15/1". (Yes, I know - no 15th month). Like you, I generally give the name of the month. Time for some advertisment. The ISO standard for zulu time is unambiguous and mostly used in technical situations. Like cardinal numbers (thousands... hundreds... tens... units), left to right reads most significant to least significant. I very often use it just to confuse other people... 2024-01-09T11:31:42Z Radio Station WWV! (303) 499-7111. "I created the Little Black Book to keep myself from getting killed..." -- Captain Elrey Borge Jeppesen AMD 1.9GB/8GB RAM/AMD VISION 1GB GPU/500 GB HDD/WIN 7 PRO 64/FS9 CFS CFS2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbasil_1 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 19 hours ago, Airbasil_1 said: I may need somebody to paint me an RFDS Livery on the Citation CJ1+ / or if needed on the Veneaviones Cessna 550 Citation II (Even if that 'll be totaly fictional - but it may fit better to the Chacapoya's GAAG...) Anyone available for that one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 WWV! I still have a small hand-held radio that isn't tune-able. It was designed to pick up WWV time broadcasts out of Colorado.. Long after I had to quit flying, because I couldn't pass the physical, I was pretty active in the Sports Car Club of America. (SCCA) Time Speed & Distance (TSD) Rally Series. Everyone used WWV as the time standard for scoring purposes. Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melo965 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 1 hour ago, Airbasil_1 said: Anyone available for that one? I am attempting my first ever repaint, for the DHC1-B-2 Chipmunk for this Rally. So I am definitely NOT the one to ask! Pretty amazing the variety of flight simulator talent among this group on this thread, very impressive! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbasil_1 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 31 minutes ago, Melo965 said: I am attempting my first ever repaint, for the DHC1-B-2 Chipmunk for this Rally. Good Luck on that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bossspecops Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 2 hours ago, Airbasil_1 said: Anyone available for that one? I'm pretty well established in the repaint side of things, both in FSX, FS9 and previous sims. Do you have pics of the required scheme and are the models of your aircraft freely available? Regards Kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Several commented on photos of this Staggerwing, so here it is (still a WIP, that cowling is a royal PITA because textures are distorted on it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbasil_1 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 6 minutes ago, Bossspecops said: Do you have pics of the required scheme and are the models of your aircraft freely available? Unfortunately the Eaglesoft Citation CJ1+ is not Freeware... but payware... Allthough I'd also be happy when you could paint the Veneaviones Citation 550 CJ II that is freely available here on Flightsim. It would be that paint Scheme: https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/10332003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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