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I may just be an idiot, but is there a way to get all the keyboard/joystick/etc commands back to their original defaults without having to try to remember what was changed and go through each one individually and set it to its default? Thanks for any help.

That is incredible!

I thought I read somewhere that Thrustmaster would send you replacement pots for a Cougar if they get worn out, but I can't remember where I read it. Does anyone know if this is actually the case and if so, how you can do it? Thanks!

Congratulations Bushmaster, have fun at flight school. :pilotfly:

No, because once you slow down past Mach 1, there is no more boom to hear. The boom isn't an instantaneous event - it is constantly occurring whenever the aircraft is flying faster than the speed of sound. So, above Mach 1, there is always a sonic boom and if you are close enough to the aircraft to hear it, you will hear it shortly after the aircraft passes, but if you are always in front of the boom (like the pilot), you will never hear it. Here's another good example: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/barrier/boom/images/cone.jpeg&imgrefurl=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/barrier/boom/answer3.html&usg=__7Xh1Wh_iYQniuLr9FL4XT3bNPNo=&h=219&w=350&sz=23&hl=en&start=16&sig2=wVD_L_0NnCnPDOdfEl1A3Q&um=1&tbnid=RARv7VBeOw1BuM:&tbnh=75&tbnw=120&ei=axGySYDjFY7CM5WC9eYE&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsonic%2Bboom%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1G1GGLQ_ENUS276%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1

Ah yeah, it does look like that. The forward moving blade is generating a lot of lift due to the high speed and the climb, and that was where the lower rotor hit. That's some good physics modeling! Thanks ED for that, and thanks Frazer for the answer.

So, I was heading home after yet another wildly successful mission (:joystick:), and all of the sudden, without warning and with no enemy gunfire involved, I fell right out of the sky. I watched the track and for the 20-30 seconds before I crashed, I saw this: Notice that the lower rotor is at a large angle while the upper one is relatively level. This of course, led to this: And shortly thereafter, I was dead. I was wondering if anyone knew what would cause this rotor strike? There was no indication in the cockpit of anything other than a high blade pitch and climb-rate I had set up to get over the hill: I was thinking maybe it was wind after I saw the wind and rotor interaction video, but as far as I know, there wasn't much wind and that affected both blades randomly and differently, but in this case, only the lower rotor was affected and it was always up on that side. I was just flying straight and climbing when it happened, but I don't know what caused it.

Alright, now you've made it too easy. Guess I'll have to learn to shoot stuff now... :D

I'll be darned, there they are. One of the magical mysteries of photoshop I guess... Thanks for the help.

While we're on this subject - the manual says to keep the pitch, bank, and lateral dampener on always, but when I have the lateral dampener on, I find the helicopter just tries to fight me in a turn and makes it difficult to actually turn, as I would expect it to if it were trying to hold a heading. Should this be kept on only when flying in a straight line (i.e. on course between waypoints) and turned off when flying through a winding valley or something like that when you need to turn quick? I can see the advantage of using it all the time unless your trying to maneuver relatively quickly (but still within limits).

Well, this is a bit embarrassing, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to take a screenshot. The key-assignments say the "sys req" key (same as "print screen" key) will take a screenshot, but when I try, there's nothing in the "screenshots" folder in the Black Shark file. Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you very much. I have a feeling you will be hearing from me sometime soon. ;)

I do remember now. I'm really liking that Cougar extension and collective lever. I might have to be adding those to my collection sometime in the next few weeks...:D A few quick questions... 1.) Can you use the same collective on both the Cougar and the X-52 throttle, or is it only available on one or the other? 2.) When I order something, should I send you a message first? Thank you very much. ;) :)

Here's the F-35 helmet. The HUD and external camera images are fed directly onto the visor: Looks like fun.

I totally agree. When I fly for real, I can just reach over and program the GPS or change radio/nav frequencies out of the corner of my eye, but when I do it in FS, I have to pause it so I can actually get the right frequencies and everything. I was trying to think of ways I could make a small box with five buttons and a dial (don't really need one for brightness) that could control the ABRIS, but I've never really done anything like that, so don't count one me actually getting something to work.

Hey everyone, is there a trick to getting FC installed in Vista x64? I insert the disk and it auto-runs, but when I click install, it will freeze up, and the only way I can get it to stop is to ctrl+alt+del to stop the process. Any ideas? Thanks.

Center to center, 48 mm.

The service pack (SP1) helps A LOT. And Acceleration does include SP2. FSX runs really well for me on my four year old system. It just doesn't look like it does on the back of the box, but it is still better than FS9.

I tried the F/A-18 at Oshkosh, and even then it was better than any other payware aircraft. The HUD really looks great. Acceleration doesn't come out until tomorrow though, unless someone knows where to get it today...

Wind noise, definitely the noise of the wind blasting past your canopy. That's something that I really notice in real world flying in little bugmashers. It really helps in basic instrument flying, because you can hear the difference in a couple knots of wind, so if you omitted the airspeed indicator in your scan or you're fiddling with the GPS or something, hearing the wind change can make you notice that, "Oh crap, somehow I've gotten myself into a thirty degree, nose-low bank and I'm screaming at the ground at 2000 FPM", instead of happily plugging in waypoints as you lawndart yourself into cornfields below.

They're not the same. If you look at the center "hat", the one on the LOMAC stick is turned very slightly, while the one on the FS stick is completely vertical. Also, the angle at which you are looking at the stick is slightly different as well. Wouldn't it make sense if both did look strikingly similar if they're modeled after the exact same object?

He's a smart guy, although, I think he's a bit off his rocker. It's interesting that all his experiments work only when nobody else is around, and he won't repeat them when anyone is around... The fact that he makes his stuff work by randomly tuning a bunch of radios and old military surplus equipment makes it even harder for me to believe.

My condolences to all those involved.

Holy S%$*. An F-15 to 103,000 ft, I never knew... http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=621

You use rudder in a turn to counter-act the adverse yaw caused by the deflection of the ailerons when you roll into or out of a turn. You do this to maintain coordinated flight, which is just a good thing overall. Any aircraft that uses ailerons to turn would have to use rudder in the direction of the turn to stay coordinated, and if the aircraft uses spoilers, opposite rudder would be needed. If you roll really fast, it would be caused by a large difference in the amount of lift each wing is producing because the aileron would increase angle of attack on the outside wing, which creates more lift, which causes the roll. This can be a big problem if that AOA exceeds the maximum AOA because only the outside wing would stall, which could very easily lead to a spin. This is why a coordinated turn is very important, which means rudder is important. Modern aircraft often use fly-by-wire for flight controls, which moves the rudder and ailerons together, which eliminates the need for the pilot to use the rudder pedals. I've heard that it's rare for an F-16 pilot has to use the rudder pedals in-flight. :pilotfly: