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someone said I can change the size of a race track pattern for a tanker but I cant for the life of me work out how:) Please help. The manual shows a race track but does not show how to set it up. I make a WP with a racetrack for the tanker and it just does sharp turns and is impossible to stay connected to.

I get the same thing, ive asked how to set up a tanker properly so it goes into a gentle bank instead of tearing its wings here and on the AI tech forum but no one seems to know :cry: The Manual shows a racetrack but not how to set it up.

anyone got a link thats no torrent? i cant use torrent as it says its gonna take 2 years to download =)

torrent does not work for me =( I get 1 to 2 KB/s thats about 2 years:)

sounds awsome Druid, i loved your On station missions :):pilotfly:

I cant refuel at all when the tanker wont stop making sharp turns while im connected :( Before the patch the tanker would just fly level untill I finnished but now its turning like a fighter jet. If it was a constant 2 or 3 degree bank it would be ok but no a bank/level/bank/level.

didnt think they where still developing that. Not bad but not my thing :)

i get 30fps with REX2/ASE weather/Manchester Scenery from UK2000/Radar Contact4/Ultimate Traffic2. Thats with the Ifly 737 which is a frame rate hog on its own. When loading the MD11 it goes up to around 35fps. I know i have an i7 but its not overclocked or anything atm (till I get a new cooler) but you really should not be having issues with FPS. I never got into x-plane anyway its not exactly user friendly, for me there is nothing else atm. It looks like MSFlight is going to be a bit too arcade for my taste going by the Microsoft statment "Appeal to a wider Audience" ie gamers. As for FSX being dead end, no i dont buy that not for a second. There are tons of addons coming fast and I dont see that changing for a while. When addons of the quaility of LDS/PMDG/Ifly/LH come for x-plane let me know!!!

Well just going by the video alone shows me the FPS will be just fine. I mean the video is smooth as any other addon and they are using FRAPS which takes a whole heap of computing power (at least 10 to15%) yet its still smooth.

Yes VATSIM its called, you have a small client program that connects you to the Vatsim network and you can fly realtime with other pilots and during peak hours you get a real ATC service. There is a radar client for controllers thats like the realthing using voice, but you need to do alot of training to get qualified to do ATC on the system. However you dont need any quailfications to fly. As long as you know how ATC works you can file flightplans and fly them. I few years ago I did an Event called "Cross the Pond" that had full ATC from New York to London, including Oceaninc clearence/position reports. Was at least 200 to 300 other pilots involed :pilotfly:. All flights are tracked here http://www.vataware.com/ so you can see where you have been and what other pilots did. I have not flown online for at least 6 months but im considering getting back on :)

depends how deep you want to go hehe, if you want to keep it simple you can, I love to get it as close to real as I can. For instance using TOPCAT (its a 3rd party Takoff/Landing calulator designed by real pilots and a real weather program that does its best to add to the immersion. I also use a program called Fs2Crew on most of my aircraft that acts like a First Officer (co-pilot) and will read off checklists and help setting the aircraft up. On the Ifly 737 thats just been released (and some other addons) there is a voice activeated version of Fs2crew that allows you to use you voice to command the First officer to do things like raise and lower the gear and set flaps and so on. Then there is flight plans, I use only flight plans that have been flown by real aircraft. I use Radar Contact4 for ATC as the default ATC that comes with FSX is awful. But some fly online on VATSIM. Really depends how complex you want it and how much you can spend on 3rd party addons :). Unlike combat sims, civilian sims can get boring when in the cruise but thats the reason short haul aircraft as so popular. I mean a 747-400 is not going to make many 1 hour flights in real life, but a 737 is! so the short haulers are popular for that reason. Im really excited to see what PMDG are doing. Its been along wait but then they would never rush thier product out like some companies do.

PS watch in 1080p I must say the quality on thier cockpit is right up there with the A-10c cockpit. Really looking forward to its release (yea I know its some ways off yet) :)

great patch, shadow cockpit is fantastic, and my FPS is much improved.

tanker now goes in a racetrack while you are connected :cry:. I cant stay on now but I guess its intentional. Really hard to A2A now.

i use the free 7 zip. its good

heres a tip. Set you Flight leader to a little less fuel then his wingman. That way the Flight leader will go to refuel and the wingman will follow. I tried it before and the wingman went to refuel first on his own then the FL came afterwards and it looked messy.

looks like the Ifly FSX will be first out as they have dropped the NDA and videos are popping up all over the place :) the manual is also available from the public forum. Im still gonna get both Ifly and PMDG as you can never have enough 737s :pilotfly:

whohoo! /does happy dance :pilotfly::joystick:

its going the way of PMDG, its coming soon,,,, for years and years and never comes =)

is the tanker fixed in 0.8? ive asked in the support forum and for over a month there has been no word and its not in the changelog. The tanker gets stuck and drifts off the map when an AI aircraft finnishes refueling.

:pilotfly:hmmmmm Blackshark V A-10c. This could get intresting =)

Bird hits motorcycle guy =( Ps watch his other vids)

I ingest birds at KFC :)

yes there is no mention of the bug with the tanker so has it been fixed? After an AI unit ends refueling the tanker continues in the same direction untill it goes off the map. It never returns to its holding point or RTBs. It never responds after, like its stuck.

hehe i also love to fly the A2A spitfire (what an utterly fantastic aircraft!!!) around the PNW scenery hehe. I have the Northern Fjords too but ive not gone that far yet:pilotfly:. The Accusim B-17 from the same people is fantastic too. It feels so heavy and slow like you would expect a WW2 bomber to feel hehe. The P-51 is one to look out for too when it comes.