Jump to content

mikea3

Registered Users
  • Posts

    4
  • Joined

mikea3's Achievements

FlightSimmer

FlightSimmer (1/7)

  • First Post Rare
  • Week One Done
  • One Month Later
  • One Year In
  • Conversation Starter Rare

Recent Badges

10

Reputation

  1. Milton, are you out there or any of the other guys who all worked together and made Milton Shupe's Dash 7 one of the greatest joys ever to fly? It's the only aircraft I've used through FS2002, 2004 and FSX and I am hoping beyond hope that we will see a resurrected Dash 7 for MSFS2020 someday. I know it was said earlier that there would be no more sim version updates to Milton's Dash 7 after FSX, but come on guys, all you great developers! Let's get that bird back up the sky again for MSFS2020. That aircraft and this scenery and that's all I want for Christmas and Fathers Day and my birthday, etc. :-)
  2. Hey Ray - Thanks for the great explanation! I do use the reverse thrust often when flying into many short runway airports,which is the reason I love to fly the Dash 7. So I have seen that light coming on and off all the time and because of my limited pilot/aircraft knowledge, was always trying to figure out exactly what that was telling me. I knew by the term "gate" and in some places "idle gate" that it had to do with switching between two ongoing processes but I can't tell you how many manuals I looked in and could still not find a good answer, so I appreciate your reply.
  3. Thanks Wim for the quick reply! I'll set mine to 250 ft. There is a small light in the upper left hand corner of the gauge at about 10 o'clock, that comes on if the bug setting is set for anything over "0". I've not noticed in the past if this is coming on or off or issuing any audio alarm at any point during approach or landing, but I'll keep my eye on it.
  4. Hi - Hope I'm asking this in the right place. I've been flying Milton Shupe's excellent Dash 7 project for a long time but not being a real pilot or knowing all the aircraft jargon, I have a question about two panel items. First, what is the "Gate Open" light to the left of the Auto Pilot panel used for and what does it do, if anything? Secondly, on the "Absolute Altitude" or radar height gauge, their is an adjustment knob that works. I know what info the Absolute Attitude gauge is showing and how to use it, but what does the adjustment knob do, or what purpose does it perform, as it is moved between 0 and 500 feet? Thanks for your reply in advance and as a further tidbit of info, I wanted to mention that I'm flying the Dash 7 with the Rocky Mountain Airways paint theme because I worked for Rocky Mountain Airways back in 1978 at the Colorado Springs, CO airport when we took delivery of the first Dash 7. That was a big deal for us as a small commuter airline based in Denver and flying to the ski resorts and a few other close cities in Colorado. Previously we were only flying Twin Otters and a King Air, so we were very proud to include this beautiful new Dash 7 to our aircraft inventory. When I first saw that Milton had created the Dash 7 project and then later on, the actual Rocky Mountain Airways paint theme, this aircraft became my default for the majority of all my flights. I've never been a pilot but I have flown that Dash 7 to all our old Denver based destinations and from there, virtually all over the world in the last many years. Thank you Milton for such a great aircraft and all the memories that went with it!
×
×
  • Create New...