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1 hour ago, ViperPilot2 said:

All I want to know is what happened to the roughly 2,000 posts I was credited for in the 13 years I've been a Member of this Site? Everybody else got to keep theirs...

Nope- not everybody, perhaps nobody. Although I currently show a couple of thousand, I had several thousand more before the switch. I'm pretty sure many others lost a chunk too, including Nels. But a lot of other stuff apparently disappeared too, including lots of stuff in the FS98 archives and in some other sections where there were a lot of answers to fairly early questions (including FS98 and real aviation) of which there is now no sign, and many of those answers would still apply today.

I'm not overly concerned about it, but don't want you to think that it was just you that lost something.

Yes, I see the notification, Charlie. So that part still works. But I can't find the post titled "What happened to this website." Perhaps it was removed by the mods. It just seemed strange that I click for the notification and it says I don't have permission to see it.

Thanks for checking.

When I connected to this site a while ago I had a notification that someone had "reacted to a post" in the topic "What happened to this website." But when I clicked on the notification it tells me "You do not have permission to view this topic." When I go to where the topic was (FS2004) it's no longer there.

Was the topic removed? Have I suddenly lost my permission to see the topic? An explanation would be nice.

Thanks,

3 hours ago, PhrogPhlyer said:

Also, the whole ATC system is designed to work with NO RADIOS. Should you lose communications, these Standard routes, feed aircraft to published instrument approaches.

True. But your first sentence here is even more important than the second, since you are issued clearances which, combined with specific FARs, will give you a loss of communications course (including the approach) right to the landing, using your flight plan filing, plus clearances, plus estimated time to destination such that ATC will be sure that your path is clear if you lose contact, if you follow the rules -- they will. There's more of course, but even this is probably beyond what most simmers need -- just thought I'd clarify that it's not just the Standard routes that do that, though they are specific clearances.

3 hours ago, PhrogPhlyer said:

I recommend less (or no) digital instruments when learning instrument flying (RL and FS). Once you have a solid basis in instrument flying, then move to various GPSs and EFIS systems. You will then have a solid understanding and great appreciation for the flexibility these systems offer the pilot.

I concur wholeheartedly. Start with basics and move to more complex after mastering the basics. In addition it gives you a better chance of being able to handle loss of some equipment or certain other problems should they occur. There's a reason that the FARs generally require a minimum of 40 hours of flight training (plus a lot of ground school) for a licensed pilot to get an instrument rating -- there's a lot to learn.

7 hours ago, Cas141 said:

That seems to be ignoring STARS?

Nope- STARs are only used as assigned by ATC, so that, when used, they constitute a portion of your ATC clearance. Though STARs are routinely used with the big iron, it's not uncommon for light aircraft to not use the STARs, though many do -- some may not even be equipped to follow them, given that you can file IFR (with the rating, of course) with a bare minimum of equipment, that could be just a communications radio and a VOR receiver, depending on where you're going from and to and your enroute path.

6 hours ago, hjwalter said:

the rest of the listing is un-readable. My main question is therefore as to which software can be used to fully disassemble the XML based BGL file(s) concerned and furthermore, how to edit the model data, in order to correct any mipmap-distancing errors.

Frankly, I don't know, which is why I limited my statement to the developer making this choice. I can edit the original source (not the compilation) of something I created with ADE, but I can't do the same with a .bgl file, or any scenery file that I've downloaded from someone else -- it needs the source code..

2 minutes ago, Downwind66 said:

I thought the Navy had the rank of Ensign? I never saw one in my time in the Army! 

 

Rick 

Yep, equivalent to 2nd Lieutenant in the other services.

4 hours ago, PhrogPhlyer said:

Not bad for an Army enlisted soldier, promotion to Ensign.

Apparently it happened when he changed services...

It's been a long time since I had to mess with this, but I think a rearrangement in your scenery library might help. In SETTINGS click on Scenery Library and take a look at the priority of your scenery, perhaps moving it up or down (depends on where they installed it) to see if things improve.

Chances are others will drop by with more accurate info, but this is something to check out.

When building scenery in ADE (and AFCAD) you can set the distance category for scenery to show, so it's likely the way the developer designed it. It's been a while since I did this, and a loo-o-oo-ng time since FS2004 for me, so I might have some detail wrong, but the principle remains.

1 hour ago, Flattermann said:

In my case it was a problem of VPN. Staying in Austria.

Ahh... thanks.

I'm using Waterfox (a mod of Firefox) with no problems. I also just now tried Firefox 109.0.1 and it works fine here, too.

11 hours ago, alishakihn said:

You might have forgotten to turn off the NumLock. And when that happens, the characters won't work. Press the NumLock button a couple of times on your keyboard to check if it turns off or on. Then, try entering the special characters.  Flappy Bird

Nine months ago the OP said he got it to work. You might check beyond the original post when getting ready to post an answer...

Thanks for updating us on that, Adrian. It helps a lot.

It would have been nice to have warning about the change back to the previous address. I tried connecting this morning and got a "can't find server" message, so I figured you had the site down for trouble. When it was still that way a few minutes ago I googled (well, duck duck go'ed) for flightsim.com and found you back here.

It's great that you are fixing things, getting things more suited to FS specifics, but at least please give some notice and, perhaps, a note on the previous URL explaining what happened.

Unfortunately some folks are on a hair trigger to complain about anything they can find, and fail to recognize that instant satisfaction is rarely a real world happening. They also probably haven't noticed (or perhaps don't care) that there have been tremendous improvements, including responding to a lot of the feedback by incorporating that feedback quickly into the new system, when it's not too time consuming. I have to conclude that most of the other stuff will show up sooner or later but, as Nels so accurately states above, this stuff is complex beyond what most folks would believe, so it seems to me that the folks running this site are, in effect, saying, "The difficult we'll do immediately, but the impossible will take a little longer," to borrow a phrase.
 

After chasing ar0ound the Redbird site for a while I found this:

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Alloy YK1 Yoke

Button/Axis Mapping:

Joystick L-Axis X: Ailerons Axis; Reverse = False
Joystick L-Axis Y: Elevator Axis; Reverse=False
Button 1: Display ATC
Button 2: Set Autopilot Disengage
Button 3: Elevator Trim Down (Nose Down)
Button 4: Elevator Trim Up (Nose Up)
Button 5: Cockpit Look Down
Button 6: Cockpit Look Right
Button 7: Cockpit Look Up
Button 8: Cockpit Look Left
Button 9: Reset Cockpit View

*Note: Buttons 5-9 are not available on Generation 1 YK1 Yokes.

 

Also, does the Redbird come with software to run along with the sim? If so, that would be a place to look.

I've not seen the Redbird, but one who can answer would need to know which sim you are using.

I don't recall for 2000 but in FS98 the "water" was just more land, except for being blue and mostly flat. It may have been 2002, or even 2004, before there was a more proper rendition of water. I've not had any of those installed for many years, at least two computers ago.

Just a note to compliment the Admin folks: They really do listen to us. I just discovered that they have split the forums to a separate page so that we can access new if we wish but can also go direct to the forums.

Great Job Admins!

Very nice! I just spotted that too, Charlie- Great Job Admin, it's very much appreciated.

I doubt you'll ever get a complete answer to your question, given how many countries there are with aviation registrations and how few report updated stats. But "approximately 220,000 civil aircraft registered in the U.S." and "FAA registrations fluctuate around 140000 aircraft, not including kit planes, ultralights, etc." for GA (certainly over 10,000 Van's kits sold, with LOTS more homebuilts beyond that), so I suspect that the 220K includes pretty much everything except military. AOPA used to publish current U.S. statistics (maybe still do, I'm no longer a member), but maybe someone out there has more info.

3 hours ago, mrzippy said:

Heck, I always called you Larry!  Guess now it must be Iarry....with a capital i.  Aye yi yi!  

Iats right, Iharlie...

1 hour ago, jgf said:

Lol, and all these years I thought it was "Inuss" also.

As have many others. Mostly I ignore it, but once in a great while I make a comment like the above.

Thanks for activating the signatures, folks- much appreciated.