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Mark

Thanks for doing such a fantastic piece of work with your V-03 tutorial videos. They have addressed pretty much all of the questions I had about this rating and I feel much more confident to give it a go now.

Regards
Steve

Thankful - these were exactly my thoughts as I imagined the scenario of a defunct tyre hitting the runway at circa 75 knots. The taxi way is quite narrow and definitely not sufficient to turn around without going on the grass, A number of aircraft had to do exactly what you describe, back taxi down ...

So there I was in the trusty PA28, all power checks completed and with clearance to taxi on to the runway. Brake off, throttle forward a touch. Nothing! More throttle - still nothing! Brake on, brake off, yet more throttle - and still no forward motion whatsoever. The instructor and I look at each i...

The explanations become more and more convoluted. Much easier to believe in aliens

Steve

Interesting experience - sounds like either some drones that have been taken over by aliens or teenage intruders out for a jolly. During my V-02 he told me that I would pass so long as I could land without crashing - consequently everything I knew about flying a traffic pattern immediately disappear...

As it happens I was a witness to your problems with the taxiways at KSNA during your V-01 and have some sympathy. The same problem exists in X-Plane where you are at the mercy of whoever built the particular airport scenery you happen to be using. Usually it's correct, but not always. Therefore wise...

[quote]Btw, all this thinking that you're doing right now....this is the exact point of the V-3 It's not just about tracking the radials in the Bravo /quote] Yes, I was beginning to appreciate that fact and enjoying the mental stimulus to my 'flying brain". The rationale for landing at VNY on m...

Good point ! So long as I stay west of the transition radial I can duck down below the Charlie and call Van Nuys for landing.
Thanks.
Steve

My next big challenge is the V3 rating, which has recently been upgraded to TWO transitions of the KLAX Bravo. Consequently I have decided to simplify matters and make my first practice attempt on a single transition, by flying from KSNA to KVNY via the Coastal Route. So imagine that I have successf...

You may find that there is a wider audience for this kind of question in the Hardware thread over at the xplane.org forum. I suspect that the general message over there would be that the hardware required to run XP at max settings on 3 screens hasn't yet been designed (at least for consumer grade co...