Stanley777

Hi everyone, I had to reload FS2020 after the program froze up. After I reloaded the program, I still had my pilot achievements (thank goodness for that). I did lose my pilot statistics, however. Does anyone know, please, in what file the pilot statistics are stored? If I knew which file that was, then perhaps I could replace it with the old one. Thank you. Stanley

Hi Larry, Wow! Thank you very much. I will study this and absorb everything you told me. Extremely helpful. You are most knowledgeable. So then this question just popped into my mind. The VFR map that we see in FS2020. Is that using true or magnetic degrees? Stanley

Hi mallcott and everyone else, I guess that I don't know the difference. Here is what I understand to be the case: The course is the direction that you set your aircraft to take using a flight plan or using the heading bug. Is that correct? The heading is the direction in which the nose of the aircraft is pointed. Is that correct? The bearing is the direction that the aircraft is actually taking at the moment. Is that correct? I am very curious to know the answer to the questions that I just posed. But also, to nail down the issue of true versus magnetic degrees, doesn't a GPS unit use true degrees? I am talking about the GPS unit in one's vehicle, as well as the GPS unit in an aircraft. Thank you. Stanley

Hi sfojimbo and everyone else, I had thought of this. As I understand it, however, the avionics in modern aircraft use Degrees True (not Degrees Magnetic), and so does the VFR map in FS2020. Any thoughts on this, please, anyone? Stanley

Hi everyone, I have discovered a heading issue with FS2020. Let's say that I am flying an aircraft VFR -- so I am adjusting the heading by myself, although I am using autopilot. Let's also assume that I am flying in perfect weather. If I set the heading to 90 degrees, for example, then once the aircraft has assumed the direction of that heading according to the avionics display in the plane, then on the VFR map, the direction is clearly less that 90 degrees -- it's somewhat less, perhaps 85 degrees. If I set the heading to 180 degrees, the plane eventually acquires about 175 degrees. In short, if I set the heading to x degrees, the plane eventually settles on (x-5) degrees. I had been flying the Airbus A320neo when I noticed this. I then tried flying the Cessna Citation CJ4, and I obtained the same result. The direction of flight does not match the heading set on the aircraft. Does anyone know please what is going on? Thank you. Stanley

Hi Geoff, Thank you so much. That solved the problem! The only modification that I was using on the A320neo was a different livery, but apparently that was enough to cause difficulties. Following your suggestion I went back to the default model, and now everything handles beautifully and as it should. I really like the A320, in particular the auto-throttle and the quietness of its engines. I am really glad to have the aircraft back running properly. Thanks again. Stanley

Hi Tim and everyone else, Thank you for your response. My first sentence was exactly opposite of what I meant to say. I should have said this: "I am having trouble maneuvering the A320neo with selected heading settings." For clarity, I will repeat my entire first paragraph here, but instead I will correctly use the word "selected" instead of "managed": "I am having trouble maneuvering the A320neo with selected heading settings. The aircraft does not seem to respond to my heading settings. If it does respond, it does so very slowly -- even accounting for the fact that this aircraft is after all an airliner. Or the heading does not go to where I set it. Let's say that I put in 180 degrees, just to make up a number, then the aircraft will only go to 177 degrees or to 183 degrees." Right, I do know that heading and course and two different things. But even flying with perfect weather, I am encountering this phenomenon. Am I doing something wrong? Thank you. Stanley

Hi everyone, I am having trouble maneuvering the A320neo with managed heading settings. The aircraft does not seem to respond to my heading settings. If it does respond, it does so very slowly -- even accounting for the fact that this aircraft is after all an airliner. Or the heading does not go to where I set it. Let's say that I put in 180 degrees, just to make up a number, then the aircraft will only go to 177 degrees or to 183 degrees. Incidentally, does the A320neo have a yaw damper? Do I have a yaw damper turned on, and is this possibly causing the problem? Thank you. Stanley

Hi everyone, I am having intermittent trouble with the "selected heading mode" when flying the Airbus A320neo. Let's say that I am using autopilot, but just doing VFR flying. In other words, I don't have a flight plan laid in and I am just flying around steering the aircraft by myself (but, as I say, with the autopilot engaged). I know the difference between "managed heading mode" and "selected heading mode," and I know how to switch between the two. The problem is that the aircraft does not always respond right away, and it doesn't always seem to settle on the heading that I put into the heading knob. Have I explained the issue well enough? Does anyone please know what is going on? Thank you. Stanley

Oh, I see. Low numbers are good, because they indicate a fast connection speed. I should have been able to figure this out, but I didn't figure it out. So thank you, everyone, for explaining it to me. Stanley

I am on the East coast of the United States. So why are our connection speeds the lowest anywhere?

Hi everyone, So I am going to jump in on a bit of a tangent from what Ron just posted and from the theme of the discussion. It never occurred to me to go into the setting on Servers, and out of curiosity I did that. Now the numbers keep changing a bit, but here are the numbers that I am seeing at this moment: East USA 22 ms North Europe 88 ms West USA 90 ms West Europe 125 ms South-East Asia 125 ms What do these numbers mean, please? Why do different regions of the world show such significantly different values? Thank you. Stanley

Hi everyone, I am not sure that Live Weather is working correctly as I am running FS2020. If my first flight of the day is in a place with storms, then yes I see a storm on the runway. But if I close that flight and go elsewhere in the world where one of my weather apps shows an ongoing storm, then I don't think that I am encountering weather different from clear skies. Right now I am flying in the northern part of the Gulf of Alaska. My weather app clearly shows a major weather disturbance there. But I don't see it as I look out of the window of my King Air 350i. I am toggling Live Weather versus Clear Skies, and I don't see anything changing. If I choose any other weather condition -- Few Clouds, Scattered Clouds, and so on -- then the weather situation instantly reflects my choice. But I don't see any difference between Live Weather and Clear Skies. Am I doing something wrong, please? Thank you. Stanley

I think that I succeeded in setting defaults, and putting back one of my own inputs. What a waste of time this whole thing was. I hope that the rest of the upgrade was worth it. Cavu, thank you so very much for your help. Stanley

It didn't completely help. Everything is messed up. I cannot even use my mouse to grab instruments. Can I just reset things to default?

Hi everyone, I am in the keyboard profile, and I cannot find where to go to put back move left/right/up/down. Could some please help. Thank you. Stanley

I found it, but now I have to find move left/right/up/down.

Hi Cavulife, Thank you for your reply. Could you please quickly refresh my memory as to how I reassign keys. Thank you. Stanley

I just did the update to FS2020 version 1.11.6.0, and now my arrow keys don't work in the simulator. So, for example, I cannot more a panel from right to left.

Hi Tim, Thank you for the reference to the YouTube video. I watched it all the way through, but I didn't see where he talked about either the FLC or the speed setting. Maybe I missed it. Stanley

Hi everyone, FS2020's King Air 350i -- one of my favorite aircraft to fly -- has a speed button in it. I don't understand how that works or what it does. I can dial it to increase or to decrease the speed, but I don't see how to activate the choice I make. Is this supposed to be an auto-throttle? Thank you. Stanley

Hi everyone, Thank you all for clarifying this issue of indicated airspeed and true airspeed. I understand everything much better now. I had one more question, please. However one measures it, can an aircraft fly faster at cruise altitude -- let's say 30,000 feet or higher -- than at a lower altitude? If so, why? Does it have anything to do with the density of the air? Thank you. Stanley

Hi Steve and anyone else, Thank you for your response. I need clarification, please. The quick key for autopilot is 'z', not 'a'. So are we talking about the same thing? If you hit 'z' with the Aermacchi, would that activate autopilot? Stanley

Hi mallcott and anyone else, Thank you for your reply. I have two followup questions, please. First, you said that I should "just search." I tried to do that, but could not find an answer so I asked in this forum. How should I have searched for an answer to this question? Second -- and I honestly don't know the answer to this question -- do fighter jets ever have autopilot? Wouldn't autopilot be useful for getting to a combat zone, even if autopilot did not help during actual combat? Thank you. Stanley

Hi everyone, I hope that I am posting this in the correct forum. I am not sure that I am. In any case, the Aermacchi by IndiaFoxtEcho seems like an excellent add-on for FS2020. I would consider buying it from the FlightSim.com store -- but only if it had an autopilot. Does anyone know please if this aircraft simulation has an autopilot. Thank you. Stanley