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  1. Wow – I really missed the meaning of Maneuvering-Speed, I thought that it meant you should be going that fast before practicing turns to not stall, kind of like a kid must be 48 inches tall to safely go on the roller coaster. Ok, it means that you can break the airplane with a strong maneuver when going too fast. Yes, flaps up Yes, coordinated ball centered Yes, not climbing nor descending Temperature at altitude? I will check tomorrow My weight? Default with magic full fuel tanks, I will check tomorrow * Regarding Hot-And-High I asked google for yesterdays weather where I was flying. KVNY Van Nuys Airport (northern Los Angeles) Elevation 802.1 ft Date 05July2022 Time(pdt) 15:51 Wind(mph) S 13 Temp(ºF)Air 85 DewPoint 57 RelHumidity 39% Pressure-Altimeter(in) 29.89 Pressure-SeaLevel(mb) 1011.1 Google pointed me to a couple “True-AirSpeed” Calculators. Thanks for pointing me in a new direction JD
  2. I am flying the default Cessna 172 in FSX. Usually, my airspeed is in the low 80’s yesterday I managed to get up to 90 nine-zero not even nine-one. At full throttle, I was flying at 5,000 feet ASL, in straight and level flight, after trimming, and yes I have already calibrated my controls including Throttle. A placard in the cockpit reads “Maneuvering Speed 105 Knots” (I never ever got that fast). And google says … “The cruising speed of a Cessna 172 Skyhawk is 122 knots”. It feels like I am missing something :( I think that it feels like a configuration problem. Thanks for your time JD P.S. I recently read about “AutoMixture” and it was already enabled (found in Settings / Realism / Engines).
  3. Daniel - thanks for the clarification, I was confusing Pitot-Heat with Carb-Heat, yes most/all piston engines will need Carb-Heat. JD
  4. I recently built a MobiFlight switch panel “inspired-by” the Saitek/Logitech switch panel, and it includes switches for both Pitot-Heat and Anti-Ice. I expect most-if-not-all carbureted aircraft engines will have Pitot-Heat. Which planes will also have Anti-Ice/De-Ice features? I am mostly interested in light single engine planes, especially the default planes in FSX that I will train in. I am trying to eliminate an excess switch. Thanks in advance JD
  5. Interesting. Now I will keep this switch especially for the benefit of the Mooney Bravo (and C-182 Skylane and Piper Arrow). Thanks for the detailed answers JD
  6. So, I will not find them on single engine light planes, I guess now I can eliminate this switch from my switch panel. Thanks for the quick answer JD
  7. What planes use cowl-flaps? In FSX I recently built a MobiFlight switch panel “inspired-by” the Saitek/Logitech switch panel, and I included a switch for Cowl-Flaps. When I went to test all of the switches, I did not find a cowl-flaps switch in the default Cessna-172. In fact, looking through several plane configurations I did not find any planes that had cowl-flaps. When I get to a plane with cowl-flaps, are they On/Off – Open/Close or do they have increments from 1-to-4 (cowl-1 … cowl-4)? Thanks in advance JD
  8. - Not really new but I have a noob question - I am looking for “Certificates” and “Achievements” to add to my signature block. Civilian General Aviation please. MSFS-2020 On Steam has many “Steam-Achievements” based on hours flown and challenges attained, these look totally fascinating. However with my personal situation with an older system and low savings, I might not be able migrate to MSFS-2020 until sometime next year. So … I am looking for certificates available to FSX and X-Plane. Simulator Ground School Cert, Sim Private Pilot License, Sim Instrument Rating, Sim Cessna-172 Skyhawk Cert, Sim Piper PA-28-Cherokee Cert, Sim Cessna-208 Caravan Cert, Sim Robinson R-22 Helicopter Cert. Analog Gauges Cert, Garmin G-1000 Cert. I think that VATSim has a certificate for being house-trained enough to not crash into virtual airlines at virtual airports. And I know that many/most of the combat flight sims have career ranks for how many planes you shot down. But, at this point I am looking for Civilian General Aviation. I am particularly fascinated with the Cessna 208B Caravan and all of the places it can go. I have glanced at a few Virtual Airlines and did not see any reference to “Certificates and Achievements”. I also looked at FS_Flying_School and FS_Academy and did not see any mentions of certificates or graduation diplomas. Any pointers would be appreciated. Thanks in advance JD P.S. Just found the following in the FSX Learning Center: Flight Sim Solo Certificate (Cessna-172), Flight Sim Private Pilot Certificate (Cessna-172), Flight Sim Instrument Rating Certificate (Cessna-172), Flight Sim Commercial Pilot Certificate (Beechcraft Baron 58)(complex multi-engine), Flight Sim Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) Certificate (Boeing 737-800),
  9. Thrustmaster Civilian Aviation (TCA) Thrustmaster is announcing a new family of products the "Thrustmaster Civilian Aviation (TCA)" starting with an Airbus Edition Sidestick which looks derived from the T.1600M hall effect joystick. Also in the pipeline is an Airbus style throttle quadrant and addon controls for flaps, parking-brakes, and spoilers. First saw a mention/link on FaceBook, I am surprised that I have not heard more buzz about it. Thrustmaster Announces TCA Flight Sim Product Range Airbus Edition https://fselite.net/news/thrustmaster-announces-tca-flight-sim-product-range-airbus-edition/?fbclid=IwAR27uFYWsy8kYexOyOkndHNRE_2P0N53u7TuXhs-NUYOoadvMHWRCnk3Y30 P.S. In the Airbus style throttle quadrant I see an endorsement of FADEC Full Authority Digital Engine Control and SLC Single Lever Control vs fiddling with fuel-air-mixture and propeller-pitch. According to Google "In the U.S. market, the last cars using carburetors were: 1990 (general public)", 1990 - Young student pilots were born after the last carbureted car was sold. P.P.S. While some people will see "Airbus vs Boeing". I notice that Thrustmaster belongs to Guillemot Corp headquartered in Carentoir, France 684 km from Airbus "main-office" in Blagnac, France. I also notice that for Thrustmasters car-racing products they have a licensing agreement with Ferrari 1400 km away in Maranello, Italy. All three companies are EU companies. I want a complete set as soon as they all four become available :) JD
  10. + what they said about working your way up from a Cessna-172. Over in the Race-Car-Sim forums you can find discussions about where “insert your brand here” belongs on the continum of Dumb-Arcade-Game -to- SimCade -to- Very-Serious-Study-Simulator that drivers use to learn about the track at their next race. In the world of flight sims an F-18 from DCS ranks in with the Serious-Study-Sims. The MicroSoft-F-18 might be less complex and easier to handle. You might also look for sims with “Career-Mode”; look at IL-2-Sturmovik where you need to graduate from cadet/trainer, then to lieutenant ground attack, then to dog-fighter; or Freight-Hauler where the more you fly (delivering freight) the bigger the airplane you get to use. I am sure there are many more sims with career-mode. If you want to talk with real people in real-time (as opposed to AI air traffic control), then also look for Virtual-Fly-Ins in with the virtual flight clubs, virtual airlines. Good Luck JD
  11. I think I found a wind-tunnel, a big wind-tunnel. I was trying to figure out how to setup and document a KF-airfoil experiment tied to the front of my car without something breaking lose and breaking my windshield. Then I thought about indoor skydiving. Looked on Google-Maps for any indoor skydiving places near me in Los Angeles. Decided to investigate the iFLY Ontario. I talked to one of the managers and one of the instructors and instead of shutting me down they seemed receptive to my ideas. Like I said, I think I found a BIG wind-tunnel. http://www.iflyworld.com/ and their locator map shows 36 locations in the USA and their Ontario (Los Angeles) location looks about like this. Now I am trying to design experiments that don’t cost a lot of time/money :) Thanks for reading JD
  12. Hi, I am JD-Slow-Thumbs, As a kid I was always fascinated with airplanes and wanted to be an astronaut when I grew up. I joined the USAF and served for four years. Occasionally I dabbled in Flight sims. Later I got into R/C airplanes, first fixed-wing ParkFlyers, and then foam board micros, and R/C flight sims of course. I am spending more of my time in flight simulators, FSX currently, and getting pretty good at reading charts and hopping from one VOR beacon to another. Now I am working on smoothing out my landings, and learning how to fly a helicopter. A blog here would be something that I can show my friends, this is what I do with flight simulators. I have several things that I want to blog about here in a Flight-Sim forum versus an R/C-Airplane forum. In coming posts I will be writing about; Advancing my flying skills, The evolution of my home SimPit, And occasional opinions like advocating for FADEC vs Carburetor. Thanks for reading. JD link to my blog at rcgroups https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?u=302665 link to rcgroups blog section https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?
  13. This is version 5A1 in my series of helicopter collectives. This is an intermediate level for DIY collectives and includes a Twist-Throttle. Here on YouTube Thanks for watching JD Comments welcome :)
  14. Great cockpit ! Looks like a brand new fresh from the factory P-51. Wow, details down to the rivets. Sounds like it is almost ready to fly, let us know when you start flying it. Good luck JD
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