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The program is in. While I was at work today I sent it off to download a few of the content updates. US, Canada, New Zealand. Only 20GB this time. It might have been done early this evening but Windows decided to download updates and then complain about a reboot. That seemed to crash FS and it stuck on doing nothing so I rebooted when I got home. It was halfway done with World Update X: USA and the reboot started it over again.

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So I now while it is trying to download and install those updates I have been poking in the interface to figure it out.

Found the control settings and trying to setup my Yoke, Rudder Pedals and 4 throttle quadrants. Yoke is set how I normally use it. On to the rudder pedals.

I am expecting to do my first flight early AM US time. Before I have to go to work again. It will be a Piper Cub flight just not sure where yet.
 
The cub is perfect for a flight into W88. If you really want it short, take off from KGSO 5R and head out straight. When you get over the lake, look to your right for a small strip. Even in the Cub, you're probably looking at less than five minutes in the air.
 
Thanks Tom I will keep that in mind.

Now the next thing I learned not to do. While downloading files don't enter a flight to check your controllers. This also stops the download and you start over again.

Good news is the basic controls are where I want them for now. I need a printed list of the keyboard button combinations there are a few in FS9/FSX I always used. I will look for that after I get a few flights in.
 
Thanks Jim got it printed out and ready to go.

My downloads were caught up over night but no time to fly before I had to head off to work.

I burnt up 15GB of my mobile hotspot data exhausting my allotment for the month. That finished off a few of the updates.

Before I left for work I put it back on the normal network to try to get update V: Nordics. Downloading extremely slow but should be done before I get home.
 
Success today everything updated and ready to fly. Don't have time to right now. Going to use Tom's flight plan early tomorrow morning.
 
Due to the weather I changed the flight plan. KEYW Key West International to 7FA1 Sugar Loaf Shores. Short trip

I loaded up early am prior to the sunrise. Kind of strange having this weird night vision.

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While I was waiting I noticed someone walk around the plane. The poor guy waited out there for a long time.

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As dawn started to break I did a last check on the controllers and discovered my Throttle, Prop, and Mixture levers were all backwards. Opps had to head off to the control section and fix that.

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With Dawn fast approaching I checked the control surfaces one more time. Of course with the help of the ground crew who is still waiting patiently.

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With everything seemingly in its proper place and the morning sun streaming into the cockpit it was time to fire up the engine and contact the tower for departure.

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Safely off the ground, the take off was a little squirrely.

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I flew past the old Navel Airstation maybe a little too close. Just a few minutes after passing the base I noticed a FA18E just to my right and in front of me. AH well it will not be the first time I violated an airspace.

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This was a short trip just to get myself acquainted with the newest simulator. On the ground safe but an ugly landing. The next thing I need to work on is changing the eye point. I feel as I am sitting too low in the cockpit and I could not shift to the side to look around the nose.

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Those new weather effects in this sim can cause some jumpy take-offs and landings .
I guess you need to get used to them . :wavey:

Also , hitting ALT-SPACE will give you an instant higher view point.
 
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The weird night vision is supposed to be a torch. It's set to automatic by default but you can turn it off in the options and assign a button to it if you want to.
 
You can also use the up and down arrows on your keyboard to change your eyepoint. Once you find the point you like, press Ctrl+Alt 1 to assign a camera to that angle. After that you can just press Alt 1 to immediately jump to that eyepoint. You can also press the spacebar to get a higher viewpoint when you have a high AOA during landings, etc.
 
I have a replacement flashlight effect in the downloads section here. I made it a dimmer red like you might use in the real world to preserve night vision. Just drop the folder into your Community folder. Surprisingly, it still works well after all the updates that have come out.
 
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