AVSIM Forums Hangar Chat Feed RSS Feeds of messages from the Hangar Chat Forum http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:11:18 -0500 10 <![CDATA[Salon's "Ask the Pilot" has a modest proposal]]> http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=267094
http://www.salon.com/news/air_travel/index.../askthepilot342

The "Ask the Pilot" columnist mocks the idea that modern airliners "fly themselves" (which is unfortunately getting to be the conventional wisdom on the street), emphasizes the importance of trained pilots, and then proposes an experiment:

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Of course, the only people more insufferable than assistant professors and aviation consultants are the desktop simulator buffs who think they can hop into a 767 and fly it like a pro...

Let's try it. I need a willing participant who does not have a pilot's license or any formal flight training. We'll rent out a full-motion Boeing simulator and the instructor will set things up for 35,000 feet, somewhere over the middle of the United States. Ready, set, go. In you come and sit down. The rest is up to you. All of it. If you crash, you foot the bill and I get to mock you in Salon. If you make it, I foot the bill and write a five-page retraction carefully detailing your heroics.

Any takers?


So, any takers?


]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:18:50 -0500 http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=267094 airliner fuel tanks heating http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=267076 I know that PMDG manuals mentioned that b747 has temp probe in each tank and that EICAS warning message is created if fuel temp gets below -37°C, and that crew should find warmer altitudes.

Fuel is heated prior entering the jet engine combustion chamber. This is done via fuel to engine oil heat exchanger, but is the fuel in tanks heated?]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:21:11 -0500 http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=267076 The New X65F http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=267075 http://www.saitek.com/uk/prod/x65f.htm

I'm curious of the release date. I've been saving for the Saitek Proflight Yoke, but maybe I'll hold out for this one (or just get both). Does anyone know more about it?

I'm currently using the X52 Pro, and I'm happy with it. This new X65 has some awesome features though-- like the stick that works in much the same way the real Airbuses or the F-16 works, by pressure as opposed to actual movement. I fly about every modern sim there is, both combat and "civil'", so I'm torn in keeping my X52 and buying the yoke, or grabbing this thing up when it's released (provided it's not $400).

EDIT: After searching through the SimHQ forums, rumor (unofficial "leaked" imformation) has the price at around $750. So much for that! Not to mention I like flying whirly birds from time to time.]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:06:20 -0500 http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=267075 Cant stop avsim emails http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=266964
I cant stop emails of new posts being sent to me - many every day.
Apologies for not knowing how to "unsubscribe" but I have tried all I can through the link "My controls"]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:56:48 -0500 http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=266964 Airliner performance information etc. http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=266870
Nice sites.

http://www.skybrary.aero/index.php/Special...arch=&go=Go

http://elearning.ians.lu/aircraftperformance/

]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:58:33 -0500 http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=266870 FS and Mac http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=266849 Thank you.
Mike]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:38:51 -0500 http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=266849 Ariane + Mcphat .. lol http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=266809
Who will be astonished ?

http://www.mcphatstudios.net/latest

Regards.

Gus.

]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:41:40 -0500 http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=266809 2012 http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=266803
One thing I enjoyed were all the airplanes. Every simmers fantasy of being tossed into airplanes ranging from a light twin to an AN-22 with only a couple of real life lessons gets played out. I am absolutely sure I could dodge much of Los Angeles become suddenly airborne with such aplomb in a twin, and pull an AN-22 vodka burner out of a dive just like that, too.

There were some nice touches. The icon card taped to the panel of the Russian airplane. (Certain implications and observations are way beyond the scope of a simulated airplane forum, therefore I will exercise a Ciceronian "I shall pass over" concerning the comment-worthy treatment of religions in the movie.) The confusion of the student pilot trying to adhere to his checklist while the runway is literally crumbling behind him was funny, as was his recognizing that he really doesn't know how to fly a twin-engine aircraft. With everyone's life in the balance, he scolds a passenger for leaving the aircraft before it comes to a complete start.

Sitting before the controls of the AN-22, he is as bewlidered as any newbie who just bought a PMDG title.

Air Force One plays an interesting role, as does the air wing of the carrier JFK.

Anyway, I enjoyed 2012 more because of my interest in aviation, particularly flight simming, because there is an element of fantasy most people would fail to appreciate.]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:44:01 -0500 http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=266803 Ariane its over! http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=266783
Danny

http://www.mcphatstudios.net/latest/]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:56:35 -0500 http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=266783 First Successful simulation... http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=266774 On short final, I don't think I had flaps more than 10, if at all (we've all been there!), and made quite a smooth landing. I practiced my touchdown technique with water landings where I didn't have a runway to aim for.

I was very proud of myself! I remember yelling "YEEEESSSSSSSS!" After that I taxied back to parking for the first time. I felt very satisfied indeed.
That was back in early 2007 if I recall correctly, haha. First landing of hundreds, possibly thousands!!!



What's your first successful simulated flight?]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:43:05 -0500 http://forums1.avsim.net/index.php?showtopic=266774