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  1. I read the turboprops can reverse thrust, but not piston engines. Since some piston propcraft can adjust prop pitch, why can't they reverse like turboprops? What am I missing here?
  2. Or vice versa? When approaching a waypoint in FS where I have to make a greater than ninety degree turn, I usually find it easier to fly a few seconds past the point and then turn in the opposite direction until I line up with the desired heading. This is particularly useful when a procedure requires a turn at an NDB. I'm flying historical (i.e., no GPS), so I don't know when I get to the NDB until I have passed it. I fly on a few seconds, and then turn the other way until I come back and cross over the beacon again (this time on the new heading) and I'm on my way. The procedure charts are silent on this; they seem to assume that you can swivel instantly over the NDB (or other waypoint). What do you real pilots do?
  3. Charts that match the airports in FSX. Can be found on mutleyshangar.com Click on Airport Charts Free (donation requested)
  4. New users note that the effect may be water/snow on the rwy. When I first started with FSX:SE, it was winter here in the Midwest. I thought I was tearing the tires off the aircraft. The problem mostly went away when summer arrived!
  5. Check out Plan-G (http://www.tasoftware.co.uk/).
  6. That fixed the fuzzy VC display, many thanks: I agree this certainly improves realism. Therefore I will need much more practice to land without the airspeed indicator right there in my line of sight.
  7. I dunno. I can see where this Track IR headset thing would be a big help, but even so, my instruments are so fuzzy in virtual cockpit mode as to be of little use. Even fully zoomed in, I can barely make out the gyro compass on the DC-3, or the air speed and altimeter on the LearJet. The LearJet clock, warning messages, and autopilot controls are completely illegible (note that the 2-D cockpits are very clear). Perhaps there is something else that needs to be done in FSX:SE to improve the resolution of the virtual cockpit?
  8. You can gaze out the windows but the instruments are too small for me to read while flying. Maybe switch to it after setting the autopilot? What do people use it for vs 2-D view?
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