DenisH wrote on Apr 26^th, 2009 at 8:19am:


No problemo, Den!......!

We are all here to help if we can, and if we cant you can be sure that we will have a laugh and a joke with each other in these times of financial instability, and tight-fitting trousers.....!

Paul.... ... ... ...!

P.S.  surviving a wheels-up landing is good for the Soul!...trust me... ...!

I was half-joking re the gearless landings but I do find this FS fascinating and, as I mentioned earlier, hardly a "game".  My earlier Q re the tachometer in the Mooney was a dumb question since I would have known the reason had I read ALL the items in the learning center. I have now learned my lesson.  I will definitely  read and study your tutorials on SM -- I found your explanation of the prop clearer than that in the learning center.  While I'm on the subject, is this the place to ask a Q  about flying? In  my first post I mentioned that I had several hours of training in a Piper J3 many years back. Now that I'm back flying the FS Piper I have had problems  landing without ground looping. This happens  even though the landing speed and approach is flawless (I think). I touch down and  Cub veers either right or left. I have experimented with various rudder controls but can't seem to master a  smooth, loopless landing. I'm wondering if the FS version of the Cub has a locking  wheel or something?   I have a new, very sensitive AV8R stick and have tried landing with and without rudder.  I never had problem landing back when I was taking lessons in the real J3.

Bret: Yes, I have set everything at highest level of realism. No point in easy settings since one will never learn from mistakes. One of the beauties of FS is you can crash into the control tower at JFK and go back and crash into it again!  I plane to get a yoke and petals soon but will wait until my birthday. Maybe my kids will spring for them -- assuming they still have their jobs  next September.  Thanks again for your advice.

Denis

PS I can't find a signature to get your tutorials. I clicked on your name and got your profile, but no tutorials. Can you give me  a link?

The big cockpit view at the bottom of my posts.. click anywhere on it..

If you want to emulate your flying experiences with a Cub, I'm sorry to say you wont be happy trying to capture it with the default Cub......try the link below and download the Aeronca Champ, it's not the same plane but it is a far superior flight model for this type of aircraft, and I'm sure you will enjoy it way more

http://www.simviation.com/fs2004props94.htm

Enjoy
Romflyer

DenisH wrote on Apr 26^th, 2009 at 7:17am:

Fozz said it more politely than I will : I admitted to being a bonehead. I have had FS9 on my computer for four years. I still have no idea about what are the other 99% of its capabilities. I take off, flit about some, try to land, can't get lined up straight, crash hard on the runway or land badly in the grass. It's pretty much an "arcade" type of game for  me. I am no Brett Henderson. I would like to know how to use the game to its full potential but I am always out of time, it seems...

DenisH wrote on Apr 26^th, 2009 at 12:57pm:


Denis
I think I can safely say on behalf of the vast majority of flightsimmers that most of us have all but given up on the default aircraft, because there are so many dramatacally improved models available........please give a whirl to the plane I gave you a link to, it's a good one to start with because the installation is really easy....just click on the 'download file' button and make sure that you pay attention to where you put it......a temporary file, or maybe your desktop.........then go to this location and dbl click on the file and an auto-installation program will open and install the plane properly for you........open the game and load up the new aircraft  trust me you will never look back 
There are countless threads in this forum on recomended aircraft to download, and literally thousands of aircraft, and scenery, and and and and  to acquire here at the simv download area http://www.simviation.com/simviation/
Good luck
enjoy
Rom

ROM:  Thanks very much for the guidance.  I did download the aircraft you recommended and  I do know where it is. I have it earmarked (a dirty word these days) and I am reading various tutorials on how to download. My problem is I am a novitiate with FS, downloads and computers generally although I have used a puter as a substitute  typewriter for years (I bought one  when the "E" on my 1934 Underwood kept falling off).  I do have  XP and I understand that it has a download "wizard" which I am cautiously approaching. I've never used it so m

Denisy wife  tells me to be careful or I might erase everything on the puter. I have a question: How do I integrate these add-ons with the MS4000 program? Is it done automatically by the wizard?
Sorry if these Q's are elementary.  I'm gonna give it a shot this evening and I'll let you know how I make out. Once again, thanks for the advice. You guys in here are great ! 

Denis