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by Pieces
Tue May 19, 2015 8:00 pm
Forum: X-Plane
Topic: Don't Install Latest Nvidia Driver!
Replies: 12
Views: 7973

Re: Don't Install Latest Nvidia Driver!

Same. New driver caused the same issue, rolling back fixed it.
by Pieces
Tue May 12, 2015 6:46 pm
Forum: Fly with me
Topic: [May 28, Thursday 2000 PDT] KSNA Fly-In
Replies: 45
Views: 37417

Re: [May 21, Thursday 2000 PDT] KSNA Fly-In

It's late Eastern to try and give West Coasters a chance to get home from work - hard to balance the timezones. I went for a weekday on recommendation from Keith: it is easier for PE to staff during the week. Also, in this case Captain KW already has an event scheduled for Friday. I am going to chan...
by Pieces
Tue May 12, 2015 5:36 pm
Forum: Fly with me
Topic: [May 28, Thursday 2000 PDT] KSNA Fly-In
Replies: 45
Views: 37417

[May 28, Thursday 2000 PDT] KSNA Fly-In

Hey Everyone, Going to revive an event I originally put together over a year ago. *NOTE* I moved this back a week to avoid conflicting with a previously scheduled event. What KSNA Fly-In. Fly whatever plane you want from where ever you want, using which ever (legal) flight rules you want to John Way...
by Pieces
Tue May 12, 2015 4:59 am
Forum: X-Plane
Topic: Easiest Way to Get Flight Plans into X-Plane: FMS Files?
Replies: 9
Views: 15368

Re: Easiest Way to Get Flight Plans into X-Plane: FMS Files

As Ken noted, simroutes.com's route generator allows you to download the flight plan in a variety of formats, one of which is X-Planes fms format. Also, myflightroute.com has TEC routes available for download as fms files.
by Pieces
Thu May 07, 2015 5:02 am
Forum: Pilot Training Program
Topic: GPS Approach Peculiarities
Replies: 29
Views: 19373

Re: GPS Approach Peculiarities

90 degree turns on RNAV approaches are common, they're actually designed that way. http://skyvector.com/files/tpp/1505/pdf/05064R22.PDF for example. It's called a "Terminal Arrival Area" you can read more in the AIM, 5-4-5 paragraph d.
by Pieces
Wed May 06, 2015 7:49 am
Forum: General
Topic: 360 degree video of the Patrouille Suisse jet team.
Replies: 2
Views: 1560

360 degree video of the Patrouille Suisse jet team.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdZ02-Qenso

If you watch from Chrome, you can look around with w/a/s/d. Pretty cool stuff.
by Pieces
Thu Apr 30, 2015 8:49 am
Forum: Pilots
Topic: Hold read back?
Replies: 15
Views: 8789

Re: Hold read back?

Just say nothing, and wait for the controller to get back to you.
by Pieces
Wed Apr 29, 2015 12:58 pm
Forum: Pilot Training Program
Topic: Hand flying
Replies: 12
Views: 9182

Re: Hand flying

I'm one of the lucky few who got a mythical Iris Dynamics yoke. I got one of the very first wave that got out, and one of the very few that arrived functional. Most others were damaged in shipping. After that first wave, they redesigned some pieces and updated their shipping procedures. They were ge...
by Pieces
Wed Apr 29, 2015 5:25 am
Forum: Pilot Training Program
Topic: Hand flying
Replies: 12
Views: 9182

Re: Hand flying

Hand flying with a Saitek yoke is harder than with a joystick, I've found. The spring is too strong at the center and the axis tends to bind a bit - all that combines to make small pitch corrections very hard. It is possible to do, but after flying with an X52 and now a much higher quality yoke the ...