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X-plane: The voyage of discovery begins........
EHM-1997 Alexander:
I don't use the built in x-plane FMC, but last I checked you could take the plan, stick it into a website and then download from there.
There is a box to tick to export as x-plane flightplan from FSC though - maybe you just need to load the right file it produces, I know in v9 each separate file is dumped in a different subfolder.
The MU-2b Marquis, the Sequioa Falco and The CorvalisTT/Cessna 400 are DRM protected. It's fairly light - you get a pop up on first load, stick in email and password, click submit and it does all the registration in sim.
www.x-aviation.com <- some of the best addons currently available for x-plane are over there. They've just released photoscenery for Oahu (with night textures, invisible roads for traffic and no clouds on images).
EHM-2381 Ted:
Well I spent the afternoon flying around CYCG just for the heck of it. The scenery looks nice and gave my new Husky a bit of a workout too.
I am not used to flying a tail dragger despite spending a lot of time in the Piper Cub doing the "FSX-RW Training" manual but sloppy ground handling aside on my part it was just nice to fly for the hell of it :D.
The Husky is pretty cool actually and the STMA version is a really nice package. No substitute for a DH-6...but I did ask the head guy at Shade Tree and they are considering one as they already do the DH-2 and -3. The Husky is simple to fly and actually has some surprisingly sophistcated avionics including a little clip-on unobtrusive GPS unit and ADF plus a single channel radio and NAV1 slaved to the toggle RMI/VOR-ILS-GS gauge.
I'll do some images. And then I am going to have to contemplate bringing that PC-12 back from Denver to CYCG and that is a bloody long flight ;)
EHM-2381 Ted:
Had my first little XP crash today. While setting up the flight I am currently doing I was spawned on a runway at KBJC which is a no-no online. So I went to the map and dragged the plane icon to a ramp....didn't like the drop spot so while still in map dragged it again and got an XP CTD lol. I went right back in and did only one drag and drop and that was fine. It broke the tires so had to reset that (I like how the cockpit filled with smoke and I was cold and dark lol).
Other than that all seems cool. I really like the realism as I took off from Denver with a heavily loaded PC-12 (just barely under MTOW) and really struggled getting to FL240.
Later this week I'm going to do a couple more legs of the Wild tour but will use the Husky (if thats ok aliased to the DH-6) just to get a taste of the scenery. No AP in the Husky so hand flying low and slow all the way ;D
**edit**I notice that FLogger is not picking up correct fuel. I think it is reading from only one tank overall (1073 lbs at present....thats half the current total onboard at the moment). Not a big deal...just thought you should know.
**edit**Just had the Pitot 2 warning come on and sure enough I can see some ice on the leading edge!
**edit**A quick flick thru the manual and it turns out the CP pitot heater failed. Neato lol. Hopefully nothing else goes wonky with 2 hours to go.
EHM-2381 Ted:
Here are some newly minted images featuring the PC-12 and A1-A Husky payware as well as the Tom Curtis scenery. I have been having such a good time flying around in XP its gonna be hard to go back to fussing with FSX lol.
Ain't that Husky panel a jaw-dropper?
XP rocks! ;D
**edit**One thing that is striking and that you might notice in the images is the default mesh and terrain detail as well as correct placement in XP is miles ahead of FSX. You can easily navigate VFR with accuracy and I think the changing elevations and mountains just look fabulous.
**edit**You may also notice the presence of snow lol (which I don't think native XP models with the ground textures). Its an extra package called "Winterworld" that is freeware and works seamless with the Curtis payware scenery too.
Also I should mention again the flight models for prop aircraft in XP are light-years ahead of FSX. FSX always feels a bit "on rails" where in XP you really feel a sense of accomplishment after a flight when the weather turns nasty and you can barely change the control settings because the aircraft is bouncing everywhere from turbulence ;)
EHM-2381 Ted:
http://www.avsim.com/pages/0411/ShadeTree/PC12.html
Hey cool...published ;D
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