I’m downloading X-Plane 10 …
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I’m downloading X-Plane 10 …
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If you’re trying to get your A2A Cessna or Piper to work in Prepar3D with your Saitek gear using SPAD.neXt, then you’re going to need to do some button assignments using LVARs (local variables) rather than the standard simconnect variables. Fortunately, A2A has posted PDFs of these LVARs, which I have linked to here:
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Today’s real-world flight lesson cancelled (if the airplane doesn’t start easily, you probably shouldn’t fly it!), so I took the opportunity to do some slow flight, power-on and power-off stalls, and high-bank turns in the basement simulator. KGPI / Glacier Park is the field, ORBX Northern Rockies the scenery, and A2A C 182 the aircraft. Textures by REX and weather by Active Sky Next. Thanks for watching!
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Checking in on my YouTube channel today I noticed that according to the analytics page the channel has passed 20,000 views.
I know there are YouTube channels with many tens of millions of views, but the thought that the basement sim has been watched 20,000 times sort of astonished me. I hope it’s been entertaining to simmers, and educational to those looking to build their own home cockpit, and thanks for watching.
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The folks at HiFi Simulation Technologies have updated their website with pricing for the forthcoming ActiveSky 16 and Cloud Art packages, and have produced a new teaser video as well:
With REX also producing new cloud texture and weather management systems, it’s looking to be a great year in the weather department for simulation enthusiasts. I’m a big fan of both firms, and use Active Sky Next to render REX cloud textures on every flight. It will be interesting to see how these packages shake out. Either way, it’s a great time for flight sim.
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A YouTube viewer asked that I use the GoPro to show how things look from my position in the left seat. So at the risk of looking ridiculous to Mrs. On The Glideslope, I mounted the GoPro to my hat and shot the following loop of the pattern at Bowerman Field. Another poor landing on my part, but it gives a sense of what I see from my chair. Hope it helps those looking to build their own home cockpits. Scenery is ORBX Pacific Northwest, and the aircraft is the A2A Simulations Cessna 182.
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Arriving into KPHL recently we did a go-around due to conflicting traffic. It was the first time in 20 years of travel as a commercial passenger that I’ve been able to buzz Philly at 1,000 AGL in a 757. The views were fantastic.
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One of the online resources I track as part of my flight training is Private Pilot Study, which uses Google+ hangouts to lead video conference briefings on different elements of pilotage.
Tonight the topic is airspace, and it’s being led by Keith Smith, founder of PilotEdge and one of my personal web-aviation heroes. Time is 7 PM Mountain time US. If my schedule permits I plan to attend.
As for Private Pilot Study, it’s an excellent resource with twice-weekly instructor-led sessions on all matters of private pilot knowledge. If you can’t participate in the hangout you can watch real-time, and if you can’t watch due to your schedule, you can view later via the archives. Check it out.
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Here’s another link worth following: Roger Dodger Aviation. I found RDA via his YouTube channel as I was looking at ways to improve the Saitek Cessna yokes in the basement sim. His channel is great, with a lot of helpful how-to videos specific to cockpit construction. He also has a website, DIY Flight Sims, which serves as a front door to his home cockpit design business. There’s a lot there, and anyone who is doing this much to support the hobby deserves a nod.
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AirDailyX.net also links to a solid development status update on all things ORBX from John Venema. Items that caught my eye …
Open land class North America appears right around the corner. I can’t wait for this, as it will bring the same quality of land class textures to the US as I currently enjoy when flying in Europe. UTX has a great package which I’ve been using, and I’m eager to compare them. ORBX has a forum thread here with info, screen caps, and more. Here are some samples, and they look just fantastic:
Also, KBSA Santa Barbara is coming, and with all the flying I do on PilotEdge any ORBX airport in that region is a great thing to see.
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