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Old March 17th 06, 03:38 PM posted to rec.aviation.simulators
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My new mac has a low end video card that can't be replaced. If I get
more RAM say and addition 512 will this help increase the frame rate
and performance of x-plane on my system?
-KB

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Old March 21st 06, 10:50 PM posted to rec.aviation.simulators
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Kevin wrote:
My new mac has a low end video card that can't be replaced. If I get
more RAM say and addition 512 will this help increase the frame rate
and performance of x-plane on my system?
-KB

So, Mac owners really are as stupid as we always thought!
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Old March 22nd 06, 02:05 PM posted to rec.aviation.simulators
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ignorant to certain things, yes.

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Old March 22nd 06, 06:34 PM posted to rec.aviation.simulators
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Hi!

Kevin schrieb:
My new mac has a low end video card that can't be replaced. If I get
more RAM say and addition 512 will this help increase the frame rate
and performance of x-plane on my system?


Depends. X-Plane clearly needs a lot of RAM (at least on Linux, where I
use it). I would recommend at least 1 GB of RAM for good performance,
just as the System Requirements on the website of X-Plane say. However I
can't tell you how much this will improve your framerate.

Regards,

Tjark
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Old March 22nd 06, 07:38 PM posted to rec.aviation.simulators
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Thanks for the help. I appreciate you looking past my "stupdity".
Also, since you use x-plane as well, what is the best way to learn how
to fly...besides taking lessons. MS Flight simulator runs you through
a tutorial, but x-plane doesn't provide this feature. Any suggestions?

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Old March 23rd 06, 09:08 PM posted to rec.aviation.simulators
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Hi!

Kevin schrieb:
Thanks for the help. I appreciate you looking past my "stupdity".
Also, since you use x-plane as well, what is the best way to learn how
to fly...besides taking lessons. MS Flight simulator runs you through
a tutorial, but x-plane doesn't provide this feature. Any suggestions?


No, sorry. Can't help you there. I started with a small plane (I like
the King Air a lot) and kept taking off and landing all the time...

Regards,

Tjark
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Old March 26th 06, 05:16 AM posted to rec.aviation.simulators
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Hi Kevin, I appologise in advance for my long post...

Keep practicing with the Cessna-172. You'll crash a lot but that is what
simulators are for. We won't look.

If you know someone near you who can fly any computer flight simulator (or
real plane), and they can visit your house, they can spend an hour with you
to get you flying. After that you just need practice.

For the official word, see the Training & Testing links at
http://www.faa.gov/pilots/. Be sure to read this one:
http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/a...lane_handbook/
and maybe this one:
http://www.faa.gov/pilots/training/handbook/

The US FARs won't teach you to fly, but if you like reading regulations they
are available at:
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text...14cfrv2_02.tpl
in particular, see:
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text.... 1.1.2.5.1.3

X-plane is fine software; have fun! Be sure to get your free updates at:
http://x-plane.com/demo.html

--
Marc
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Hi!

Kevin schrieb:
Thanks for the help. I appreciate you looking past my "stupdity".
Also, since you use x-plane as well, what is the best way to learn how
to fly...besides taking lessons. MS Flight simulator runs you through
a tutorial, but x-plane doesn't provide this feature. Any suggestions?


No, sorry. Can't help you there. I started with a small plane (I like the
King Air a lot) and kept taking off and landing all the time...

Regards,

Tjark



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Old March 26th 06, 08:39 AM posted to rec.aviation.simulators
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ups.com...
Thanks for the help. I appreciate you looking past my "stupdity".
Also, since you use x-plane as well, what is the best way to learn how
to fly...besides taking lessons. MS Flight simulator runs you through
a tutorial, but x-plane doesn't provide this feature. Any suggestions?


Well, you could get MSFS and learn to "fly" there, using their tutorials.
Alternatively, pick up an actual private pilot training manual.

Basically, the hard part about flying (especially with respect to flight
simulators, which allow you to ignore a whole slew of other stuff real
pilots have to worry about) is landing the airplane. Doing that is simply a
matter of following a regular routine.

A standard landing pattern involves a rectangular course in which you
parallel the runway in the opposite direction from your landing, flying past
the runway for some distance, and then making a couple of turns to get lined
up with the runway for landing. You start a consistent height above the
runway (800' to 1000' is typical for light planes, 1500' to 2000' works
better for larger airplanes), begin the descent just as you pass the end of
the runway going the opposite direction, and set your throttle so as to get
a constant rate of descent that puts you right above the runway just before
touchdown.

It's important to position the airplane so that it's lined up with the
runway well before the landing, and also important is to adjust your
altitude, throttle setting, and descent rate (angle) so that you arrive at
the runway prepared to land. Practice makes perfect.

There's nothing like taking lessons in the real thing to enhance the
learning process, but the beautiful thing about the simulator is that you
can crash over and over without anyone getting mad at you. It might
take longer to pick up, but if you pay attention to the above, you'll
eventually get it.

Pete


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Old March 26th 06, 10:57 PM posted to rec.aviation.simulators
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I appreciate all of the help thanks a lot. I have downloaded an A-319
that i have been playing around with. I am having soe trouble
maintaining the correct glide slope and speed. I am not sure what air
speeds the passenger jets approach at. If i am too fast and flare, I
obviously regain altitude. But, if i am coming in too slow and flare i
lose the runway view and hit the landing hard. Any pointers wsith
this? Also, how do i engage the ILS?
Again, thanks for the help
-Kevin

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Old March 26th 06, 11:43 PM posted to rec.aviation.simulators
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Kevin wrote:
I appreciate all of the help thanks a lot. I have downloaded an A-319
that i have been playing around with. I am having soe trouble
maintaining the correct glide slope and speed. I am not sure what air
speeds the passenger jets approach at. If i am too fast and flare, I
obviously regain altitude. But, if i am coming in too slow and flare i
lose the runway view and hit the landing hard. Any pointers wsith
this? Also, how do i engage the ILS?
Again, thanks for the help
-Kevin


It sounds like you may be trying to land with a heavy fuel load.

Most mid to large size aircraft are sensitive to weight during landing.
The weight of unecessary fuel in the tanks also requires a higher rate
of fuel consumption. It's both impractical and uneconomical to load so
much fuel you will have more than about 20% capacity left when you land.
Excess fuel during landing will make it necessary to approach the field
with a nose high attitude or high airspeed just to keep the extra fuel
weight aloft. The additional airspeed at touchdown combined with the
higher weight also makes it MUCH harder to decelerate the aircraft to a
speed where you can safely turn off the runway. Use the simulator's fuel
and payload dialog to control your fuel load so that it's down to about
15-20% by the time you are ready to land.

You might want to practice a bit with medium sice planes like the
Kingair and Learjet before moving on to the 737, 747 and 777.

Tune the NAV 1 radio to the ILS frequency and set the OBI/HSI course to
the localizer heading. Localizer/ILS frequencies and headings are
available on the maps in the simulator. Be aware that SOME fields are
equiped with ILS or localizers that are at an angle to the runway. Use
other means (often heading hold) to guide the aircraft to intercept the
localizer (horizontal component of the ILS) at less than a ten degree
angle. Intercept the glide slope (verticle component of the ILS) from
below with flaps and gear ready for landing. In most aircraft you WILL
need to take over from the autopilot a few seconds before landing. Make
sure you disengage autothrottle, which requires a different keystroke
from disengageing the autopilot.
 




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