The more time I spend in FS2004...

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OBIO

Retired SOH Admin
the more I realize I don't squat about flying and navigation. Oh, I can take off, stay in the middle of the air (most of the time anyhow) and fy off into the sun set. But taking off, properly maintaining trim, engine control, fuel management, navigating from point A to point B.....let me put it this way...if we were all on a commercial airliner, and the flight crew were suddenly abducted by aliens...I would be the last person you would want to take control of the plane....unless you want to experience the total thrill of trying to do a hammerhead stall in a large tube liner (very very very rarely successful).

CFS2 makes it too easy in a way. The GPS system in CFS2 is very very simple...dial up the place you want to go to, it tells you the distance and direction to fly in...easy as mud. FS2004....much more complicated.

I can tell that my sim flying will be greatly improved due to FS2004.

OBIO
 
Get yourself over to the Multiplayer Forum and we'll get you tuned up. Not just all the discussions in the forums and racing sessions but there are a lot of online flying times where you can tag along and get some good coaching in 'real time'.

Rob
 
johndetrick said:
I fly Dc-8's for a living and some days........
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I can't think of a more deserving moment for this:

One day the pilot of a Cherokee 180 was told by the tower to hold short of the active runway while a DC-8 landed. The DC-8 landed, rolled out, turned around, and taxied back past the Cherokee.

Some quick-witted comedian in the DC-8 crew got on the radio and said,
"What a cute little plane. Did you make it all by yourself?"

The Cherokee pilot, not about to let the insult go by, came back with a real zinger:
"I made it out of DC-8 parts. Another landing like yours and I'll have enough parts for another one."

:173go1:

Rob:focus:
 
srgalahad said:
I can't think of a more deserving moment for this:

One day the pilot of a Cherokee 180 was told by the tower to hold short of the active runway while a DC-8 landed. The DC-8 landed, rolled out, turned around, and taxied back past the Cherokee.

Some quick-witted comedian in the DC-8 crew got on the radio and said,
"What a cute little plane. Did you make it all by yourself?"

The Cherokee pilot, not about to let the insult go by, came back with a real zinger:
"I made it out of DC-8 parts. Another landing like yours and I'll have enough parts for another one."

:173go1:

Rob:focus:
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LOLOLOLOL.....


Bill
 
OBIO said:
the more I realize I don't squat about flying and navigation. Oh, I can take off, stay in the middle of the air (most of the time anyhow) and fy off into the sun set. But taking off, properly maintaining trim, engine control, fuel management, navigating from point A to point B.....let me put it this way...if we were all on a commercial airliner, and the flight crew were suddenly abducted by aliens...I would be the last person you would want to take control of the plane....unless you want to experience the total thrill of trying to do a hammerhead stall in a large tube liner (very very very rarely successful). OBIO
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I know what you mean. I do know how to program a GPS in FS2004 but that only happened because I saw a pilot do it in real life once. Otherwise it's just standard IFR for me (I Follow Roads). As for rules and regulations, forget about it. I know I am supposed to only go up to 250kts below 10000' but that's really the only real rule I know about. As for executing a hammerhead stall in a tubeliner you just need to make sure you are at about 5% fuel and no passengers...works better that way:kilroy:
Keep the faith; as a former CFS2 veteran I am really enjoying your voyage into the world that is FS2004.:ernae:
 
MM said:
For flight simulation navigation, particularly vintage aircraft navigation, Charles Wood's history and instructions are priceless.

http://www.navfltsm.addr.com/index.htm
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I have to agree with MM here. I used this site back in FS98, went through all the exercises to learn instruments and and navigation. I later complimented that learning with FSNavigator to really put all that into perspective. I love flying IFR and landing in bad weather and navigating the VOR's and NDB's. It's a priceless feeling to land any large fast aircraft at 150knts in 1/4 mile visibility flying manually, or simply navigating VOR to VOR working your way to a destination flying the radials outbound until you reach the next signal. Anyhow, time well invested and something that truly enriches the flying experience.
 
Amen to that Milton. Navigation is my favourite part of FS. I have Project Tupolev's Tu-154B2 for the "Eastern" way of doing things and Radio Range for the "Oldie Time" way. I love it!
 
I rely far too much on GPS for my navigation. I even have a portable GPS for my car, which even with the most recent maps is not entirely accurate.
 
stansdds said:
I rely far too much on GPS for my navigation. I even have a portable GPS for my car, which even with the most recent maps is not entirely accurate.
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:costumes: I remember a friend demonstrating how great her new GPS was. When it got close to my place, it said turn left and you're there or words to that effect. Luckily, she went further down the street, crossed the bridge and didn't put us into the rather deep ravine.
 
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