So...What did Santa Bring you?

Jay,

I got Flight Sim X for Christmas also. Have you found a way to get it
to properly simulate a Garmin 430/530? I was using the Reality XP plug
in for FS 9, but it doesn't seem to be out for FS X yet...

Certainly helps with keeping current on all the GPS procedures.

--Dan


Jay Honeck wrote:
I got a Logitech extreme 3D Pro joystick for Flight Sim so I can
practice my approaches with a twist rudder and a higher quality control
system. Haven't tried it yet (we hosted Christmas) but I'm looking
forward to it.

You'll like it. Rudder pedals make a world of difference in crosswind
landings!

I just spent the last few hours installing Flight Sim X on the Kiwi (I
gave my desk staff folks off Xmas afternoon/evening off) at the hotel,
tweaking it here and there.

Thus far I'm fairly satisfied with it, since so many people warned me
that it was a resource hog (It's a 15 GIGAbyte program!) and might not
run. Still, I've got the fastest computer money can (reasonably,
relatively speaking) buy, and the best I'm getting out of FSX is 32
frames per second. I've seen it drop as low as 16 FPS.

This isn't bad at all, running two monitors and with the realism set to
high, but it's a far cry from the butter-smooth 55 FPS I was getting on
FS9. Still, it's certainly flyable, and the enhancements to the
program are pretty cool. I've only started to scratch the surface of
what's there, but the mountains are MUCH improved, the turbulence is
pretty authentic, and I like the new aircraft that come with the Pro
version.

And I'm here to tell you that racing the jet truck in an Extra 300
(alongside Patty Wagstaff in HER Extra) is awesome!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Somehow, Santa managed to stuff a Bose Wave Syatem into Bea's Christmas
stocking this year.

Those things *are* amazing. They look waaaay too small to produce such
huge sound -- but produce it they do. Are they still so stinkin'
expensive, or have they come down some in price?

She loves it! She's had it on constantly for the past two days. She's been
into Celtic music ever since Michael Flatly blew her a kiss from the stage
one night when we were attending "Lord of the Dance" :-)

Ever since the cast of River Dance stayed with us at the inn (man, are
those folks ever in shape!), Mary and I have enjoyed that style of
music, too. I can't take it as a steady diet, but on occasion it's
great!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I got Flight Sim X for Christmas also. Have you found a way to get it
to properly simulate a Garmin 430/530? I was using the Reality XP plug
in for FS 9, but it doesn't seem to be out for FS X yet...

Certainly helps with keeping current on all the GPS procedures.

Nope, I haven't played with that yet -- although I see they've got
Mooneys and Cessnas that have G1000 panels in 'em now!

Pretty cool. I'm still working to get the realisms set to a happy
medium, where I get smooth frame rates and acceptable scenery.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Leatherman Crunch



"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
| Ho! Ho! Ho! I'll start -- Santa was good to us this year!
He brought
| us...
|
| - Rod Machado's DVD "Aviation Humor", Part I
| - Microsoft Flight Simulator X Pro for the Kiwi
| - Some more screwdrivers, pliers, and cordless driver bits
for my son
| to lose
|
| Nothing specific for Atlas this year, but we just did the
496 panel
| dock/XM radio thing, and had to buy a new "Mighty Grape"
fuel truck --
| so that's enough of an aviation upgrade for our Christmas
season...
|
| How 'bout you? Whad'ja find in *your* Christmas stocking?
|
| :-)
| --
| Jay Honeck
| Iowa City, IA
| Pathfinder N56993
| www.AlexisParkInn.com
| "Your Aviation Destination"
|

Buy her some Steamroller CDs...



"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
...
| Somehow, Santa managed to stuff a Bose Wave Syatem into
Bea's Christmas
| stocking this year.
| She loves it! She's had it on constantly for the past two
days. She's been
| into Celtic music ever since Michael Flatly blew her a
kiss from the stage
| one night when we were attending "Lord of the Dance" :-)
| I have to admit it; after watching the Celtic Women
perform and seeing
| Mairead Nesbitt play the fiddle, I'm a bonafide fan of
Irish music now
| myself.
| Dudley
|
| "Jay Honeck" wrote in message
|
ups.com...
| Ho! Ho! Ho! I'll start -- Santa was good to us this
year! He brought
| us...
|
| - Rod Machado's DVD "Aviation Humor", Part I
| - Microsoft Flight Simulator X Pro for the Kiwi
| - Some more screwdrivers, pliers, and cordless driver
bits for my son
| to lose
|
| Nothing specific for Atlas this year, but we just did
the 496 panel
| dock/XM radio thing, and had to buy a new "Mighty Grape"
fuel truck --
| so that's enough of an aviation upgrade for our
Christmas season...
|
| How 'bout you? Whad'ja find in *your* Christmas
stocking?
|
| :-)
| --
| Jay Honeck
| Iowa City, IA
| Pathfinder N56993
| www.AlexisParkInn.com
| "Your Aviation Destination"
|
|
|

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
Somehow, Santa managed to stuff a Bose Wave Syatem into Bea's Christmas
stocking this year.

Those things *are* amazing. They look waaaay too small to produce such
huge sound -- but produce it they do. Are they still so stinkin'
expensive, or have they come down some in price?

I believe it was 500 dollars plus tax total. What impressed me was that I
ordered it on Monday afternoon at about 3PM and it was delivered the next
morning at 10AM. I hadn't specified next day shipping. They just sent it out
that way. They seem to be a first rate outfit through and through. Really
enjoyed dealing with them and the set is as you say, unbelievable sound for
a unit that size. I've had full system stereos that were not nearly this
well made and had this quality.



She loves it! She's had it on constantly for the past two days. She's
been
into Celtic music ever since Michael Flatly blew her a kiss from the
stage
one night when we were attending "Lord of the Dance" :-)

Ever since the cast of River Dance stayed with us at the inn (man, are
those folks ever in shape!), Mary and I have enjoyed that style of
music, too. I can't take it as a steady diet, but on occasion it's
great!

I swear I can't figure out how anyone can make their feet move that fast.
The precision is unbelievable. Sort of reminds me of the Marine Rifle Drill
Team. It's some of the most impressive stuff I've ever seen done on stage.
You couple this with the sheer beauty of the Celtic music and it's a winner.
Hope you, Mary and the gang had a great Christmas.
Let's hope the new year finds some reason in the world.
Dudley



--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Manheim Steamroller? Love um'!!!
Dudley


"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
...
Buy her some Steamroller CDs...



"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
...
| Somehow, Santa managed to stuff a Bose Wave Syatem into
Bea's Christmas
| stocking this year.
| She loves it! She's had it on constantly for the past two
days. She's been
| into Celtic music ever since Michael Flatly blew her a
kiss from the stage
| one night when we were attending "Lord of the Dance" :-)
| I have to admit it; after watching the Celtic Women
perform and seeing
| Mairead Nesbitt play the fiddle, I'm a bonafide fan of
Irish music now
| myself.
| Dudley
|
| "Jay Honeck" wrote in message
|
ups.com...
| Ho! Ho! Ho! I'll start -- Santa was good to us this
year! He brought
| us...
|
| - Rod Machado's DVD "Aviation Humor", Part I
| - Microsoft Flight Simulator X Pro for the Kiwi
| - Some more screwdrivers, pliers, and cordless driver
bits for my son
| to lose
|
| Nothing specific for Atlas this year, but we just did
the 496 panel
| dock/XM radio thing, and had to buy a new "Mighty Grape"
fuel truck --
| so that's enough of an aviation upgrade for our
Christmas season...
|
| How 'bout you? Whad'ja find in *your* Christmas
stocking?
|
| :-)
| --
| Jay Honeck
| Iowa City, IA
| Pathfinder N56993
| www.AlexisParkInn.com
| "Your Aviation Destination"
|
|
|

Mairead?

Drop dead gorgeous and arguably one of the best fiddlers alive today!

A fan!

Dave


On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 19:39:32 -0500, "Dudley Henriques"
wrote:

Somehow, Santa managed to stuff a Bose Wave Syatem into Bea's Christmas
stocking this year.
She loves it! She's had it on constantly for the past two days. She's been
into Celtic music ever since Michael Flatly blew her a kiss from the stage
one night when we were attending "Lord of the Dance" :-)
I have to admit it; after watching the Celtic Women perform and seeing
Mairead Nesbitt play the fiddle, I'm a bonafide fan of Irish music now
myself.
Dudley

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
Ho! Ho! Ho! I'll start -- Santa was good to us this year! He brought
us...

- Rod Machado's DVD "Aviation Humor", Part I
- Microsoft Flight Simulator X Pro for the Kiwi
- Some more screwdrivers, pliers, and cordless driver bits for my son
to lose

Nothing specific for Atlas this year, but we just did the 496 panel
dock/XM radio thing, and had to buy a new "Mighty Grape" fuel truck --
so that's enough of an aviation upgrade for our Christmas season...

How 'bout you? Whad'ja find in *your* Christmas stocking?

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Okay, now that creep has set in, I'll ask about the new flight
simulator: Can you drive three monitors, one forward, and two more,
one for each side? The one thing I don't like about sim flying is that
I can't just turn my head and see when to turn base. I've got the hat
thingy on my joystick, but it is not natural to use. I'd like to just
turn my head and see the side view.

Back on topic, Santa gave me an max takeoff weight upgrade for my
homebuilt. 5 pounds of aluminum strategicly placed adds 130 pounds to
the max takeoff weight. A great trade-off in my opinion.

tom



Jay Honeck wrote:

This isn't bad at all, running two monitors and with the realism set to
high, but it's a far cry from the butter-smooth 55 FPS I was getting on
FS9.

"Dave" wrote in message
...
Mairead?

Drop dead gorgeous and arguably one of the best fiddlers alive today!

A fan!

Dave

Couldn't say it any better myself :-))
Dudley Henriques