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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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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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ignorant to certain things, yes.
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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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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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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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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 ---------------------------------- "Tjark Nikolai" wrote in message ... 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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"Kevin" wrote in message
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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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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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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