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[Bloodworth]

I'm giving myself a crash course (yes, pun intended) in flying again by going cross country. Starting at my home airport here in Juneau, I'm making my way south stopping at every airstrip I come upon along the way. I've made it as far as Wrangell so far. My problem at the moment is that I've since lost the book and the card that came with FSX.

Does anybody have a keyboard map? the only keyboard controls I remember are the flaps

 

[Hielor]

I'm giving myself a crash course (yes, pun intended) in flying again by going cross country. Starting at my home airport here in Juneau, I'm making my way south stopping at every airstrip I come upon along the way. I've made it as far as Wrangell so far. My problem at the moment is that I've since lost the book and the card that came with FSX.

Does anybody have a keyboard map? the only keyboard controls I remember are the flaps

You can just go to the "controls" options in settings to see what they are and/or change them.

 

[fireballs619]

I'm giving myself a crash course (yes, pun intended) in flying again by going cross country. Starting at my home airport here in Juneau, I'm making my way south stopping at every airstrip I come upon along the way. I've made it as far as Wrangell so far. My problem at the moment is that I've since lost the book and the card that came with FSX.

Does anybody have a keyboard map? the only keyboard controls I remember are the flaps

That's a good way to learn, but I recommend changing the aircraft periodically, so you get used to different types. Work your way up, starting with the 172. That's what I'm doing, and I'm currently learning the Bombardier Learjet

 

[Bloodworth]

That's a good way to learn, but I recommend changing the aircraft periodically, so you get used to different types. Work your way up, starting with the 172. That's what I'm doing, and I'm currently learning the Bombardier Learjet

I've been flying the CS172SP because it is the easiest aircraft to fly and the most stable (student pilot friendly), that and the fact that the one time I've actually flown and aircraft, that's what I flew. It seems to be even more stable in flight than the ultralight. Hopefully I'll have a good enough grasp on it by the time I reach Seattle (assuming I don't get hopelessly lost and have to ditch) to be able to try a different aircraft.

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I suppose the next thing I need to learn is navigation. I'm using google earth and vfr for navigation. Unfortunately, the next leg of my journey (Wrangell to Ketchikan) is completely covered with clouds in google earth (and looks like an icefield which it aint) so I can't see the coastline

 

[fireballs619]

If your're flying right now, perhaps we can fly together in multiplayer?

 

[Bloodworth]

I would, but sadly I just got wife aggro; dinnertime, gotta bail for now.

 

[FSXHD]

One fantastic and highly overlooked aspect of FSX is the Learning Center (and flying lessons). They have many great articles tailored specifically for FSX and its gauges. The flying lessons reinforce the articles. Try them out sometime; they can be a great help. My recommendation for you is to keep flying the C172 until you learn GPS, VOR, and ILS navigation from the Leaning Center and Flying Lessons. Then you could move up to a bigger more complex aircraft.

 

[Alexw95]

I've been flying the CS172SP because it is the easiest aircraft to fly and the most stable (student pilot friendly), that and the fact that the one time I've actually flown and aircraft, that's what I flew. It seems to be even more stable in flight than the ultralight. Hopefully I'll have a good enough grasp on it by the time I reach Seattle (assuming I don't get hopelessly lost and have to ditch) to be able to try a different aircraft.

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I suppose the next thing I need to learn is navigation. I'm using google earth and vfr for navigation. Unfortunately, the next leg of my journey (Wrangell to Ketchikan) is completely covered with clouds in google earth (and looks like an icefield which it aint) so I can't see the coastline

if you want one day i can show you how to operate NAV autopilot it will take you direct or via airways all through autopilot

 

[Hielor]

if you want one day i can show you how to operate NAV autopilot it will take you direct or via airways all through autopilot

I don't think you should learn how to use the autopilot until after you've learned how to hand-fly it...

 

[n122vu]

I would, but sadly I just got wife aggro; dinnertime, gotta bail for now.

Hate when that happens. One reason I don't fly on the server very much anymore. Just about the time I get into it, here comes the wife aggro.

I haven't decided which sound annoys me the most though, wife aggro or murloc aggro...

 

[Hielor]

I haven't decided which sound annoys me the most though, wife aggro or murloc aggro...

Mrlglrglrlr!

 

[n122vu]

Mrlglrglrlr!

:rofl: I think the murloc aggro is definitely more annoying, especially when you run into a whole bunch of them.

 

[Bloodworth]

Well, I've made it as far as Ketchikan Now I've got about another 550nm through British Columbia to get to Seattle

 

[Alexw95]

Well, I've made it as far as Ketchikan Now I've got about another 550nm through British Columbia to get to Seattle

just as a suggestion this is what i did to learn i took the 737 and did a couple runs from CYVR - vancouver to KSEA -seatle it is a quick and easy one

 

[Bloodworth]

just as a suggestion this is what i did to learn i took the 737 and did a couple runs from CYVR - vancouver to KSEA -seatle it is a quick and easy one

Outside of orbiter i am undergoing basic flight. A 737 is an astonishingly damned complicated piece of aircraft in comparison to a cessna skyhawk and hardly what I would call a beginners aircraft...

 

[Hielor]

just as a suggestion this is what i did to learn i took the 737 and did a couple runs from CYVR - vancouver to KSEA -seatle it is a quick and easy one

And let me guess, you had the autopilot on the whole time?

The 737 is not a beginner's aircraft. You have to walk before you can run.

 

[Pilot7893]

That Cessna road trip Bloodworth is doing sounds like a fun idea, I might try something like that when I get home. Beverly to Tuscon, or do you think that would be too far?

 

[Bloodworth]

I don't know. I'm having issues at the moment. I got to the first major airstrip in BC along my route and went for the final leg to seattle, but I get about 1/3 of the way there and the scenario crashes.

 

[Alexw95]

Outside of orbiter i am undergoing basic flight. A 737 is an astonishingly damned complicated piece of aircraft in comparison to a cessna skyhawk and hardly what I would call a beginners aircraft...

it was a little different for me as my dad has alot of experence in the 737-800 as he is a pilot for alaska air. and me i have experence in smalelr planes (152,172) so yea i kinda got help flying it

 

[Bloodworth]

Ok, now that's just cheating. It would be like me having a professional astronaut come and help me fly the shuttle in orbiter Mind you, it would be a great way to learn