I thought it was just a game...

[unreal]

Beach or Desert?

Desert.

 

[Bjammin]

I've downloaded a true 747-400 cockpit onto FS2004. It's called PMDG and EVERY single button on the overhead works, all the EFIS and EICAS work and display EXACTLY what the real airplane does, and you can program the FMC just like the real thing. Truly amazing. I have no idea what someone without a type rating or some serious books would do with the thing. It cost some money, but I use it to study for line checks and emergency procedure sims.

here's a link: www.precisionmanuals.com/html/747400F.htm

Can't wait for FSX

 

[time builder]

Anyone interested:
If you want the FS2004 king air to perform like an AMF BE99, make sure your conditon levers are at low idle, and divide AMF's torque settings by 20:
Takeoff: 1700-85%
Climb: 1400-70%
Cruise: 1100-55%

 

[Salukipilot4590]

This is definately not a game! I've been using flightsim for the past 8 years now and I would say that it has been almost as good as flight time in that it helps with flow checks, IFR operations and X-country flight techniques. Hell if you have the right airplane and if you set the settings up right you can even go out and do some flight maneuvers.

Just to show you a little somethin' somethin' I went ahead and flew from my home airport, KMDH and did some maneuvers and came back in for a crosswind landing.

Here we go

This is Carenado's 182RGII. It's a spitting image of the one owned by the SIU flight department so I used this model extensively during my commercial course.

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/3045/headingbacktocarbondale6bu.jpg

I started off with some steep power turns at 3,000 feet.

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/3045/headingbacktocarbondale6bu.jpg

Then went into a power on stall. I configured the airplane with the gear down and the flaps up to simulate a departure stall.

http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/7995/preparingforapwronst6fm.jpg

Then the power comes in, gear comes up, and the pitch goes up to well above our departure pitch attitude.

http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/639/pwronstallreco8ty.jpg

Here's the stall break....I didnt have enough rudder...

http://img470.imageshack.us/img470/8746/poweronstallbreak9eo.jp

Now its back to Carbondale. Right now im picking up the ATIS and lining myself up with runway 18R.

http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/2764/pickinupthenumbers6jg.jpg

I'm coming in with a crosswind to runway 18R.

http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/2249/shortfinalxwind9wd.jpg

After landing checklist complete, off on Echo.

http://img173.imageshack.us/img173/4001/offonecho2oo.jpg

I dont even consider FS9 a game and I cant wait for the improvements that have been hinted for FSX.

Thanks!

 

[unreal]

That looks pretty slick. Not a big fan of it for VFR maneuvers though. You can't feel the plane out, and it's too easy to get caught up looking inside (among other things).

 

[Lear Wanna Be]

mhcasey,

gkrangers is right, shift 2 should bring up the radios. Some aircrft might have them set up differently. You can usually get stuff to pop up with shift 1-5. Like the radios, mag compass, throttles, overhead panel and so on. As for seeing only insturments, if you take the cursor and put it on the top of the dash, you should be able to drag the panel up and block most of what you can see outside. That is the only way I know how.