Bob Fiedler
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It's sort of a trade off though. The parking spots appear, but the fueling stations at AFCAD2 modified airports don't.
Bob F.
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Yeah! It's
http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulator/
Look for the "Traffic Toolbox SDK".
Good luck! You'll like it!
Bob F.
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I have downloaded a module from Microsoft's SDK for traffic. It includes a traffic map that can be "task-switched" from the normal FS9 window and it shows all of the surrounding AI traffic plus those on the ground. These are shown in different colors and are selectable to either one or both. You can also double click on the traffic icons and your FS9 window will change to the spot plane view for that aircraft. As an added benifit, it shows the distance to the ground for either your airplane or the one you have selected. I wouldn't fly without it. I don't decern any frame rate hit.
Seems to me, that I had to execute the installation program in DOS mode, but I can't be sure of that.
Bob F.
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All Winds are not tail-winds! :lol:
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Wind!
Bob F.
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I use a five button corded Microsoft optical mouse. It comes with a program that lets me pre-program the buttons for specific applications.
The program is activated when the .exe for the application is run.
I'm also left-handed, so this may take a little adaptation for the righties.
"Everyone is born right-handed, only the gifted overcome it!"
I program the left rear button to emulate F9, or toggle FSNavigator on and off.
I program the right rear button to emulate the "`" key to toggle the ATC window on and off.
I also have the "traffic map" module loaded with FS9 and after it is activated and brought to full screen, I have the "scroll wheel" programed to switch to the other screen, so I can toggle this map off and on. This is just by pressing the wheel down, not scrolling it. That increases or decreases the FSNavigator map zoom.
Hope this is of some interest. Graphic cards and mice are so cheap these days that they often offer the best way to improve the program.
Bob F.
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I just enter the origin airport and the destination airport. Then, with the proper airplane selected, create the flight plan (using the + icon). During the creation, a window appears for the options to be used. Select "high-altitude flight lanes" and continue. Works for me!
Bob F.
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It seems like the fuel stations are omitted for the larger airports. Probably because of the AFCAD installation that affect these airports. Anyone else have this experience? Found a workaround?
Bob F.
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First, be sure that the little triangle in th right menu is turned on.
Next, zoom in on the intersection that you want added to the flight plan,
Then, while the information block for the intersection is showing, hold the left mouse button down and "drag" it into the flightplan.
Or just type the intersection name int the upper left window and when it appears, right click it and choose the "add to flightplan" option.
Bob F.
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Does it really shut down or just seem to stop responding? Depending on your cpu speed and memory capabilities, the database build process can take 5+ minutes. There is a line toward the bottom of the table that describes what is being done as it progresses. Wait until it says it is complete before exiting the program. Read a manual or take lunch in the meantime. I hope this is the only problem.
Bob F.
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No. It only takes a few moments to load to memory when the module is first activated. Subsequent activation is not affected and FS9 isn't either.
Bob F.
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I find that the overhead view (CTRL-S) is a big help in the search. Sometimes the small rectangle shows up, but mostly, it shows me where I don't have to look. The non-rectangular ones, just a above-ground tank and a tiny pump, are the hardest to find, but even they appear in the overhead view.
Worse come to worse, I can "slew" around the field until I find it and then reset the flight or slew back to where I was to start an intelligent search.
Or, I just ask the guy parked next to me!
Bob F.
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In the right list of menu icons, there is a picture of an airplane. Click it off and your airplane is not shown on the map.
Bob F.
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Once you have selected the runway and entered it into the flightplan, you can click the "chevron" above the SID/STARS window. The various SIDS and I suspect STARS that are for that airport appear in a "colapsed" form in the list, Selecting the one that corresponds to the entry, or exit direction that you want, opens up further itemized names for the various runways involved. Further selecting one that you wish will list the waypoints involved.
I hope I understood your question.
Bob F.
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See the message by Alstairmonk1 Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2005 3:52 am.
Choose the 2nd page of the forum to find it. It deals with precisely this problem.
Bob F.
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Since they are sharing the scenery folder with the land runways, I don't see an easy way to overlook or delete them. If you pass your cursor over the big brown circle in the center of each one, it shows the information about it. This includes the file in which it resides. If one bothers you enough, I suppose you could individually delete them. Seems like a chore though. It would be easier to just fly in the mid-west where there are few, if any, of them. Or accept them as a valid part of the simulator.
Bob F.
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You already answered your question. These are "water runways" or seaplane bases. The width is large to allow some leeway for wind and wave direction. Their location and size is determined by FS9 and not FSNavigator.
Bob F.
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It's may not be a solution to your problem, but if you have a waypoint or any navaid point in the upper left window, just right-click on it and choose "send to flight plan". Points can be "drug' from the map area into the flight plan, but I don't think they can be "drug from the list in the upper left window.
Bob F.
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I find this on pages 11-12 of the user's document:
A SID or STAR must not necessarily end/begin with a waypoint that is connected to an airway.
After creating a SID or STAR you can save it permanently using the menu Plan – Save as SID/STAR . Changing a
SID/STAR and saving it anew is of course possible. When saving a SID/STAR you can enter your name or e-mail
address. This makes you one of the authors of this SID/STAR. Please always use the same name or address. After saving
a SID or STAR the airport will be marked with a red dot in the window Airports with SID/STARs. This means that:
· The airport no longer conforms to the data on the central internet server;
· The airport is ready for SID/STAR Upload;
· The airport is protected, and will not be overwritten with data from the central internet server when a SID/STAR
Download is done. This protection also works if the data on the central server have a later date.
SIDS/STARs you made or changed yourself can be uploaded via Internet so other FSNavigator users can use them.
Please use the Upload function only for airports with SID/STARs that are created with data from real-world aviation (f.i.:
A.I.P., Jeppesen). All other SID/STARs that are not conform reality should be reserved for private use, and not be
uploaded.
All SID/STARs of an airport are saved in a file, and will replace, when uploaded, all SID/STARs of that airport if
already present. Please be sure to upload only if you have all SID/STARs of an airport complete.
Uploading of airports that are only half finished may result in deletion of these data by the FSNavigator team.
After upload the SID/STARs become a collective property of all FSNavigator users. This also means that other users can
complete or update your SID/STARs in order to make them conform to the latest specifications. The FSNavigator team
will be active in finding and deleting “destructive” uploads.
If you modify an existing SID/STAR, please do not delete all SID/STARs of that airport, and then make remake all
SID/STARs of that airport. This makes it difficult and time-consuming for the FSNavigator team to decide which author
created the best SID/STARs. It’s better to complete or modify the existing SID/STARs, thereby becoming one of the coauthors.
Bob F.
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It usually takes quite a while to complete the database creation. Go get a cup of coffee or use the rest room or watch a TV show while you are waiting. The messages you quote are normal for the program during its execution. When it it complete, it will tell you that it is complete.
Bob F.
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I,m not an expert, but the sids and stars are connected with the runway that is entered into the flightplan and the direction of the flight either after takeoff or on approch to the airport. If you have provided enough information to the "automatic flight plan creator", it should be able to determine which sir and/or stars to use.
Bob F.
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Most ATIS frequencies only have a range of less than 100 miles. And then only when you are airborne at altitude, IRL you can call ahead for weather info and include the information in your plan. That would be a nice simulation to be added to FS10.
In the meantime, however, you can bring up the World-Weather window and when you OK the setting, a map appears with the weather stations as little red dots. Passing the cursor over them reveals a box with the local weather conditions, including the wind direction and velocity.
I usually fly IFR and so the ATC has control of vectoring me to the active runway at my destination. So, I just enter the destination airport, the big brown blob in the center of the airport, into the flight plan and don't worry about any STARS routing that is runway dependant.
Its nice that there is still a lot of room for improvement in Flight Simulator. Although its "as real as it gets", we can look forward to it getting even more real, I would be disapointed if that was all there was!
Bob F.
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Evidently the wind was out of the west or at least in one of the two western quadrants. Airports like to keep the planes taking off and landing into the wind. It makes for quicker takeoffs and slower speeds at landing.
If there was no wind, it was just a toss of the dice and you lost. Can't have airplanes using both runways at the same time!
Bob F.
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The beauty of FSNavigator is that all of its functions are independant of each other. I have never attempted to have FSNavigator do an automatic landing. I almost never use the "Fly Flight Plan" feature either. Or the "Fly to Here" feature. They are nice and I think they are intended for the beginner. From the number of your posts and your date of joining this forum, its hard to consider you as a beginner though.
I treasure the program for its ease of constructing a flight plan and exporting it to FS2004. I fly the flight plan in FS2004 and use the GPS feature for automatic navigation. At least until ATC overrides and begins to vector me elsewhere. I use the FSNavigator window to set the altitude for the autopilot and when instructed by ATC, to set the headings. I enjoy the ability to identify the airports that I fly over and the states that they are in. Even the approach vectors are much more understandable when I can view their relationship to the destination airport and runway. I usualy "drag" the ILS frequency into the NAV1 radio too.
I could go on and on, but surfice it to say that I hartily reccommend the program and wouldn't fly without it!
Bob F.
SIDs and STARs idea...
in FSNavigator Support Forum
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Sounds like it may be a little tough to do. Since you don't have much of a clue as to what the active runway will be at the destination airport.
Even the active at the originating airport may not be what you assume. Especially when ther are paralell runways.
Bob F.