El_Roto

I had a belly-wop landing today and it felt like a normal landing except for two things: I hit the runway a little lower than with the gear down and I rolled out for a little while, then drifted to the right and stopped. Then I waited on the runway for three minutes and *poof*, my landing gear were down. If only I had fuel left to taxi back to ramp (long story).

I want a boxed version. I only bought the d/l version 'cause it got me into the beta. I'll have to save up for it, but I'll get it.

That's nothing, a SAM turned me into a Newt! ...got bettah...

I'm running Windowed Mode and my fps went from 30 to WOW after I patched. I turned everything up (except water) and now I have frames in the 50s with no stuttering at airports, no appreciable loss when TGP and Mav are selected and smooth as silk flying when in the weeds around towns. I've not seen any pauses at weapon impact; I unloaded a whole combat mix into Sleepy Hollow (any old town) watching impacts from either F6 or TGP and it was smooth. No appreciable MP time yet, though.

Another SSD. Definitely.

Some things are worth waiting for, but once they arrive you always wish you could have gotten them sooner!

Win 7 64 bit. Had a 32 bit machine and now it's gathering dust. <heh> Won't do SP1, though. Did it on the old machine and suddenly I couldn't use my speakers, headset, and microphone. Tried everything to fix it but it was a complete wash.

What, not one short joke?! *Short turn-around time. *Short warm-up time. *Will not short out in wet conditions. *Short fuse for close-in targets. Etc.

IIRC, it takes three minutes to repair your a/c. Also, don't shut down - ask for ground power. That way you won't lose CDU alignment.

@jesse1: I'm inferring from your post that you keep the WH throttles linked except when starting up (definitely stop using the keyboard shortcuts, btw). I strongly suggest that you get used to flying without the linkage. If you have an inflight emergency it takes too long to get the throttles separated. I started flying with the throttles linked but stopped after an engine failure caused me to rethink that course of action. It takes a little getting used to but once you have the hang of it you'll forget that rod ever existed; only use it when you're flying sims that don't recognize dual throttles or single engine a/c.

Slightly OT, but when you refer to "cycling the door" do you mean the handle on the left upper console or the NWS switch? I use the latter to return to the "READY" light. Not that I need to, of course, merely speaking hypothetically. ;)

Thanks for posting the link, I haven't been to SimHQ for a few days and had missed the review.

Here's how I do it: Never land first! Make #1 find the right spot. :D

Nothing like doing a re-start at 4,000 feet after a double flame-out to make you appreciate learning manual start-up procedures. :joystick:

:cry: A lesson learned in the Training Modules and quickly forgotten. :doh: Thanks for reiterating this.