• Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning old domain name stealing credentials

  • Special Server Maintenance

    Just when you think you have everything running some what better...

    You get a message from the Hosting company. Short story they need to move us to a new server. I have been working with them to plan a good date for all concerned. Here is what we have come up with as a schedule.

    1. November 4th 17:00 -5UTC shut off the forums and start backup proceedures. During this time there will be no access to the forums or the Resource Section.
    2. November 5th Continue with Backups and download same until complete.
    3. November 6th 7:00 turn over server to hosting company to move system to new server
    4. November 7th - 8th restore backups and upgrade forum software.

    If all goes well we should be back online on November 8th.

    To keep you updated we will post updates on AVSIM forums.

    Thank you for your support.

Droning On The Cheap

Tom Clayton

Administrator
Staff member
I've been wanting to try out the drone camera for a while, but didn't want to do it by keyboard and didn't want to mess with assigning a bunch of extra stuff to my X52. I'd been looking at controllers on Amazon, and wasn't thrilled with the prices, even from the "discount" sellers. But then I remembered that there's a used books and games store here that deals in used game hardware. I came out with an Xbox controller for $12 and change, brought it home and checked it out. The "A" button was a little sticky, so I got some rubbing alcohol and used a cotton ball to drip it around the button, then used a "canned air" duster to blast it clean and dry. It's not quite perfect, but everything works, and I've been playing around with it a little. I'll be tweaking some of the assignments, deleting the ones I don't need and moving the ones I want to use more from the keyboard to the ABXY set - especially the translation speed controls. I think I'm going to like this!
 
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