I am too excited!

[TalonX]

Real time air sim.    Take off, fly around, land.  Talk to ATC.  

The work of flight without the enjoyment of seeing something!

[eskimo2]

If you like this sim, I’ve got another for you: it’s called Switchboard Operator.  Your screen is a big switchboard and you can drag wires around and plug them in!  Be careful, or you might get tangles!  Also, if you screw up and make the wrong connect the computer voice tells you it went through to the wrong number and requests that you try again!  If you’re feeling really ornery you can just start switching lines around at random.  Do it fast enough and the computer voice can’t even keep up!  Man!  There’s a laugh!  I can play this game all day long!

[Furball]

Originally posted by AKH
It's not like they can send up anything to shoot you down

Just stern words over ATC

[Shifty]

Originally posted by eskimo2
If you like this sim, I’ve got another for you: it’s called Switchboard Operator.  Your screen is a big switchboard and you can drag wires around and plug them in!  Be careful, or you might get tangles!  Also, if you screw up and make the wrong connect the computer voice tells you it went through to the wrong number and requests that you try again!  If you’re feeling really ornery you can just start switching lines around at random.  Do it fast enough and the computer voice can’t even keep up!  Man!  There’s a laugh!  I can play this game all day long!

[Denholm]

Originally posted by Furball
Just stern words over ATC

Or a fast kick in the rear through the Internet cables, yes, they eject people.

[Max]

Can I ram jumbo jets?

[Denholm]

The darnedest thing happened yesterday that I can only say, "Noob" to it.

I was landing an A380-800 at KSEA (Seattle). Someone calls out he's on Final. Now, if you know anything about aviation, you know that the call for "Final" means that there is an airplane LINED UP with the runway and about to land. Some dumbo decided the place to be to see the action was on the runway this guy was landing on.

So, this guy taxis onto the active runway where the other pilot is on final and parks. The other pilot who called out final had to fly over him before he could land. Needless to say I had to do the same thing since I needed that long runway.

Anyways, that was "Noob" occasion #1. Occasion #2 happens with the pilot who called out final and was the first pilot who had to fly over the dumbo who taxied onto the runway. This pilot rolled to the end of the runway, taxied off to the right onto the taxiway, then turns and makes another right to head for the terminals. Anyways, since I was only 3NM behind him, I landed just as he got off the runway and managed to slow down faster than him. So I taxi off the runway and onto the same taxi-way making a right to go with the flow of traffic.

Well, while I'm making this right turn onto the taxi way, the other pilot who can clearly see me decides he has the right of way and runs right into me.

NOOB!!!:furious

[eskimo2]

Originally posted by Denholm
The darnedest thing happened yesterday that I can only say, "Noob" to it.

I was landing an A380-800 at KSEA (Seattle). Someone calls out he's on Final. Now, if you know anything about aviation, you know that the call for "Final" means that there is an airplane LINED UP with the runway and about to land. Some dumbo decided the place to be to see the action was on the runway this guy was landing on.

So, this guy taxis onto the active runway where the other pilot is on final and parks. The other pilot who called out final had to fly over him before he could land. Needless to say I had to do the same thing since I needed that long runway.

Anyways, that was "Noob" occasion #1. Occasion #2 happens with the pilot who called out final and was the first pilot who had to fly over the dumbo who taxied onto the runway. This pilot rolled to the end of the runway, taxied off to the right onto the taxiway, then turns and makes another right to head for the terminals. Anyways, since I was only 3NM behind him, I landed just as he got off the runway and managed to slow down faster than him. So I taxi off the runway and onto the same taxi-way making a right to go with the flow of traffic.

Well, while I'm making this right turn onto the taxi way, the other pilot who can clearly see me decides he has the right of way and runs right into me.

NOOB!!!:furious

Sounds to me like you’re just ticked because you missed a perfectly good vulch.

[Denholm]

Dang, I forgot I was delivering that new "gay bomb" to the Seattle armory.

[texasmom]

Originally posted by Denholm
Well, while I'm making this right turn onto the taxi way, the other pilot who can clearly see me decides he has the right of way and runs right into me.NOOB!!!:furious

Thought the whole point of that is that you follow the instructions of the controllers, who are supposed to be keeping knuckleheads from doing stuff like that.

[Max]

Alrighty then...a RAM!!! Yowsa!!:aok

[Denholm]

Originally posted by texasmom
Thought the whole point of that is that you follow the instructions of the controllers, who are supposed to be keeping knuckleheads from doing stuff like that.

There were no active controllers at Seattle, UNICOM was the go (122.800).

[mensa180]

I have the FSX demo, and am loving it.  The controls are pretty complex, so I'm buying a new joystick with more buttons (I've had this logitech for two years) for when I buy the real thing.  Any tips for a learner?

[Denholm]

Tips for the joystick or flying?

[Max]

Originally posted by mensa180
I have the FSX demo, and am loving it.  The controls are pretty complex, so I'm buying a new joystick with more buttons (I've had this logitech for two years) for when I buy the real thing.  Any tips for a learner?

If you really want a "real life" feel for flying, be it Aces High or FSX, I would recommend that you look into a CH Products set-up consisting of:
CH Fighterstick
CH Throttle
CH rudder peds
All can be found at http://www.provantage.com for the best prices. The three componants aren't cheap but it's really the best bang for the buck.

If that exceeds your budget, the next step down would be a Saitek X52...about half the cost of the CH gear. Trouble is, a twist stick rudder input doesn't give you the same "feel" as pedals. Saitek gear also seems to have problems, sooner or later, with joystick input in terms of "mushy" elevator and aileron input...i.e. X and Y axis.

Speaking as someone who's owned just about every joystick set-up there is, I'd highly suggest you spend the extra $$ and go with CH Products.