Longbeard

I am no hardware expert by a longshot, but I have an x800, and it wasn't nearly enough to run most of the things I wanted it to. I then went to a GeForce 7900 GT KO, and that was a big upgrade, and I now have a GeForce 8500 GT that blows both of those other cards away. All three of the cards I mentioned are badly dated, so surely you could use an upgrade, I think anyway. You need to know what type of slot you have on your Motherboard before you buy a card, i.e. PCI, PCI Express, AGP, etc. Generally speaking, the more RAM...the better, but that isn't always true. If you are running XP 32 B

I didn't actually snap to that until you pointed it out, I was still struggling to figure out why the left bank compression ratio was different fromn the right bank. A roller bearing on a one-piece crankshaft puzzles me. From those pics you really can't determine the answer, but I would have to assume that the inner and outer races were two piece units. Anyone who has ever replaced U-joints on their car, and had the needles drop out, or fall to the end of the cap, would appreciate the difficulty involved in putting something like that together. Beats me, leave it to the Germans to figure

My FSX crashes all the time, always has. I have no idea why, but it sure is a pain.

I made a short flight tonight, and had at least some success with all of this info. I had a hard time figuring out exactly what frequency I needed to tune to for the arrival point, I'll have to do more research on that I suppose. Also, the arrival AP did not have a VOR on site, at least it seemed that way. I do know that there is a VOR station in our area, but it's probably 10 or so miles from the AP I was aiming at. The closer I got to the AP, the farther deflected my needle was, but I knew where the AP was anyway, because 1. I could see it on GPS, and 2. it was a couple miles from where I

That makes sense, I will probably need to see this in action to really get it, but I think I understand. And yes, I am having fun! Thank you again John! John

I think I'm starting to grasp the big picture now John, you are very good at explaining things. Sorry for getting this thread off topic, it might be a good idea to split this thread so other could find this info more easily. Just a thought. John, could you touch on the Glide Slope a little, I can't find much about that? Thank you again! John

Actually, I think you got it through my extra thick skull plate that time! Kidding of course... That makes complete sense to me now. Except for a couple details... One, being OBI2 ans NAV2, I don't understand the need, or intended use for those yet. And also, are there distance limitations on the VOR signals? Meaning, let's assume I was departing from somewhere in Miami, and I was going to fly to let's say...Norfolk Virginia...or wherever really. Would I immediately tune to the Norfolk NAV1 frequency when I depart, or would I need to tune to something closer to Miami, then keep swappi

That seemed to work, I renamed them all to .PLN, and they will load now. Thanks for the help Joe!

I am familiar with loading flight plans, but the ones you posted are .XML, amd my FSX doesn't pick those up for some reason. Should I try renaming them to .PLN maybe?

OK John, I just did all of that, and it did seem to make a little more sense to me. One thing I noticed, was the VOR1 Indicator is different from the VOR2 Indicator. The second one lacks some of the lines, and the needle, and it also has the little red and white strip on it. Rotating the OBI on 2 does nothing except rotate the dial. I'm ready for more when you get a chance. Thanks! John

I still can't get the routes to load, they won't show up in game when I try to load them. All of my current route files have a .PLN extention, and I don't have any XML files int here other than the four you posted.

It has crossed my mind, but I fear my skills aren't good enough to join something like that just yet. Theres so much about FSX thats still a mystery to me. I'm getting better though, thanks to the great help I have received here! I would have no idea how to communicate with a MP ATC, and I would assume that a VA would utilize this? VOR is still greek to me as well, I understand the concept, but actually putting it into practice has been a big hurdle so far. I may need to share an AC with a veteran sometime and have him break it down so a five year olod could understand it, maybe I could

Thanks Joe, I really appreciate the help! I wish my water looked as good as your's does, thats very nice!

OK, one more question, where do I put these route files, and how do I use them? Yeah I know, I'm a dummy! These are XML files, and I can't find any similar files in my install. When I tryto open them, I get this...

You are the man Joe! Thank you very much!

Well there you go, I guess I need to track down a copy then. Thank you very much for the advice and help! John

That is the funniest thing I've heard all day!!! And likely very true I'm sure!

I did read that review Joe linked to, very well written by the way! So, in your opinion, with AH being so near release, would I be better off to save my money and wait on AH, or go ahead and get CP? I'm getting a little bit bored with the same old routine myself, James and I don't get to fly MP as often as we used to, and I've pretty well reached the end of my learning ability on my own, and without someone who is experience to basically "hold my hand" and teach me more, there's not much left to do in FSX. I've flown to all of the places I could think of, and now, without a reason to do so,

You know the mission that lets you catapult off of the carrier, then you have to come around and tailhook on the deck, right? Thats what I was talking about. I mean in FSX Acceleration by the way, I guess I asssumed you knew that, sorry!

Does anyone know if theres a way to launch/land on a carrier in free flight? I know I can do it with that one mission, but is there any other way? Do I need to download a carrier addon or something? Thanks!

They both sound pretty good to me, I'm going to try to pick up a copy of CP for now, to give me something to do until AH is out. Thanks!

I apologize for my laziness, I'm sure I could figure all of this out if I searched enough. But would someone mind giving me the "Reader's Digest" version of what Air Hauler and Cargo Pilot is/is about please? i.e. What's the basic idea of them, how much do they cost, where to get them, are they worth it, etc. I appreciate any help. John

Very sad... http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/577959.html http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=64153&catid=37 http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/continental.airlines.crash.2.934393.html

Amen. And that is true for many many things, such as cars, aircraft (9/11), computers, positions of power, and the list goes on and on. I have been a gun nut since I was old enough to know what one was, and now they are a part of my daily life, I wouldn't know how to act without a gun around. Noone has ever been hurt by one of my weapons, and I hope that trend continues.

Negative, just trading them out for different cals, they claim you can't wear them out. Started with .40, then 9mm, now I have the .45. :biggrin: