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Reply #45 - Apr 28^th, 2009 at 4:03pm

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DenisH wrote on Apr 28^th, 2009 at 2:52pm:

ROM: Where can I find the Alphasim you mentioned? Denis

Bottom of this page http://www.simviation.com/simviation/?type=item&ID=84&page=7

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Reply #46 - Apr 28^th, 2009 at 8:31pm

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One little taildragger you might enjoy is the Christen Eagle. Run your realism sliders to the right and give that a try. Best handling plane I've found so far. SimV Fs2004 Props Page 54 by Long Island Classics.

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Reply #47 - Apr 29^th, 2009 at 12:47am

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Will do. Thanks for the tip.

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Reply #48 - May 1^st, 2009 at 9:19am

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Good day, chaps! Is there a section on Simviation for dumb questions? I have three: 1. notice that downloads offerred on various sim sites are for "panels" only. I assume they mean instrument panels and that rather than download a complete aircraft package, one gets only the instrument panel to fly with? Is that correct? 2. How can one find C:Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulation 9 on the computer? There's a very good tutorial in here on Simviation on downloading but one has to first "navigate" to this site. Any advice would be appreciated. 3. I attempted to download an early version zip file of a Cessna. I was successful except I got everything but the instrument panel even though I used "extract all" when I first dowenloaded. My hat button on the Seitek stick allows a total exploration of the cockpit but the controls aren't , as they say in the movie biz, "practical". Did I do something wrong? Thanks.

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Reply #49 - May 1^st, 2009 at 9:22am

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Sorry about the happy face. I don't know how it got in the preceding message.

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Reply #50 - May 1^st, 2009 at 1:58pm

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DenisH wrote on May 1^st, 2009 at 9:19am:

Good day, chaps! Is there a section on Simviation for dumb questions? I have three: 1. notice that downloads offerred on various sim sites are for "panels" only. I assume they mean instrument panels and that rather than download a complete aircraft package, one gets only the instrument panel to fly with? Is that correct? 2. How can one find C:Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulation 9 on the computer? There's a very good tutorial in here on Simviation on downloading but one has to first "navigate" to this site. Any advice would be appreciated. 3. I attempted to download an early version zip file of a Cessna. I was successful except I got everything but the instrument panel even though I used "extract all" when I first dowenloaded. My hat button on the Seitek stick allows a total exploration of the cockpit but the controls aren't , as they say in the movie biz, "practical". Did I do something wrong? Thanks.

In regards to panels.....do you usually fly using the virtual cockpit(VC)? if so, there is usually not much point in bothering with downloads for panels.......

Start with "my computer" then "C drive", then "Program files", "microsoft games", "fs9"

Which cessna?

You can change any buttons/or axis' on your stick and for that matter any of the keyboard buttons in the settings/controls.....just dbl click on whatever assignment you want to change, and then press whatever new button you want it to be controlled with........hope that makes sense? it is really quite easy....just not so easy to explain (in text Roll Eyes

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Reply #51 - May 1^st, 2009 at 2:05pm

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DenisH wrote on May 1^st, 2009 at 9:19am:

Good day, chaps! Is there a section on Simviation for dumb questions? I have three: 1. notice that downloads offerred on various sim sites are for "panels" only. I assume they mean instrument panels and that rather than download a complete aircraft package, one gets only the instrument panel to fly with? Is that correct? 2. How can one find C:Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulation 9 on the computer? There's a very good tutorial in here on Simviation on downloading but one has to first "navigate" to this site. Any advice would be appreciated. 3. I attempted to download an early version zip file of a Cessna. I was successful except I got everything but the instrument panel even though I used "extract all" when I first dowenloaded. My hat button on the Seitek stick allows a total exploration of the cockpit but the controls aren't , as they say in the movie biz, "practical". Did I do something wrong? Thanks.

In answer to your first question - no, you do not "fly" the panel.

Those "panel only" downloads are panels which can be added to an aircraft which does not have one included in it's package or possibly exchanged for one which you may not like.

Some aircraft packages do not include a dedicated panel and/or may simply alias an existing default panel to it.

With a little experience downloading and installing aircraft what Ijust said will begin to make more sense.

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Reply #52 - May 1^st, 2009 at 2:28pm

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ROM: It's the Alpah, the plane yourecommended in an earlier post. A lot of fun but quite different than the airplanes offered as defaults in HofF. The panel isn't fixed and you use the hat buttone to scan the panel. Very interesting. I assume you've flown this. As I say, a lot of fun. And easy to install. I still don't quite know how I did it. lol Thanks for the other info.

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Reply #53 - May 1^st, 2009 at 2:35pm

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When I asked you in my last post about using the VC.....on any of your planes press 'S' to cycle through the veiws, many planes have this option, including the Champ you loaded earlier, personally if a plane doesnt have a VC then I dont bother with it.

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Reply #54 - May 1^st, 2009 at 2:39pm

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Thanks, David. Yes, one has to get some experience with all this. The lingo, the technical aspects, etc. A little overwhelming for an old fart. But I'm enjoying it immensely, nontheless.

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Reply #55 - May 1^st, 2009 at 2:51pm

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Rom: Unless I missed it, that tip about cycling isn't anywhere in the literature I've seen. If you can scan with your hat button, why does the lit mention that you need to fishtail while taxiing? I'm sure this will all come to me sooner of later. Before I got into FS I bought a guide to FS2004 (by Radcliffe & Mahoor) and it's not mentioned in that. At least, in language I can understand. Once again, getting with the jargon is one of my problems. I have had a computer since 1983 but have always used it as a substitute typewriter. My wife handled all the hard stuff. She won't help me with FS because she thinks I shouldn't be playing "games" at my age. Now I am paying the price! lol

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Reply #56 - May 1^st, 2009 at 3:14pm

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I tried to convince my wife that FS isnt a game..........it's a simulator Cool

...........she didnt buy it either Roll Eyes

virtual cockpit is the only way to go.....in my opinion Wink

In alot of taildraggers you still need to fishtail to see over the cowling, regardless of being able to pan

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Reply #57 - May 1^st, 2009 at 4:07pm

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Your wife too, eh? lol Yet another huge "gracias" re the VC. I just took up the Mooney using it for the first time and it is incredible. I also checked the manual I mentioned earlier and there's but a single mention of the VC and no explanation nor illustration of what it does. To someone unfamiliar with Flight Sim, the whole thing is "virtual"! So thanks for the guidance. If you'll forgive A rather feeble pun, I'm learning all this from the ground up.

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Reply #58 - May 1^st, 2009 at 4:17pm

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Did you figure out how to re-map(change) buttons on your joystick?.....for that matter which Saitek stick?

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Reply #59 - May 1^st, 2009 at 4:46pm

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Denis
Believe me, these guys know whereof they speak. Two months ago, I was getting similar advice. Enough took to where I now ask a lot fewer silly questions - I hope

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To which chapter of the "Old Farts" do you belong? Mine's out here in the Pacific northwest.
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