Microsoft FSX Real-Life Weather

On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:38:18 -0400, Peter Clark wrote:

I don't think they're talking about the "stock" FS Garmin unit (which
does not do a lot of things the real unit does),

Ron can't be talking about the RealityXP Garmin because it won't run with
FSX.. he must be talking about the "default" GPS that comes with FSX.

--
Dallas

ahl writes:

So you sit there in front of the PC the whole time and don't wander off to
other things during the boring bits?

Yes. Most flights are 2 hours or less, so there are no boring bits.

Wolfgang Schwanke writes:

Mxsmanic wrote in
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No, I'm just in Europe, where 250 euro per hour is not uncommon

A C15x or DA20 can be chartered for EUR 100 - 120 EUR wet, often below
EUR 100 through a flying club.

And where I live, you can get the Private *and* Instrument ratings
for around $10K.

Where I live, the private pilot costs between $21,000 and $28,000 to
obtain,

A PPL can be had for total costs of:

EUR 5,500 750 kg
EUR 7,500 2 tons

EUR 4,500 3-axis microlight (comparable to US light sports aircraft) is
also an option.

These are "realistic" prices meaning they're not theoretical minimums
that hardly anyone achieves in practice, but real life.

and an instrument rating is another $28,000 or so.

I find prices around EUR 13,000.

So 735 hours would cost me only $132,500. Somehow I don't find that very
consoling.

And I live in France, where the prices are different. Are your flying club
memberships free?

Only some pilots, because if you factor in additional costs like flight
to the US, accomodation, and the bureaucracy of having the US licence
transferred to a European one, the difference melts away. It is really
only attractive for people who travel to the US frequently anyway.

I saw the figures and they looked favorable, although it's expensive no matter
how you obtain it. Plus, in France, you need a higher medical for IR, for
some reason.

SockPuppet wrote in
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In article ,
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Is anymone more foolish than the idiot who tries to argue with a
bunyip?


The Bunyip:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._%281935%29.jp
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How many trolls do you know who have their own Wickepedia entry?


BTW, I didn't do it myself.

Bertie

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

ahl writes:

So you sit there in front of the PC the whole time and don't wander
off to other things during the boring bits?

Yes. Most flights are 2 hours or less, so there are no boring bits.




But you're your own co-pilot. That has to be as boring as hell for both of
you.

Bertie

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

Wolfgang Schwanke writes:

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

No, I'm just in Europe, where 250 euro per hour is not uncommon

A C15x or DA20 can be chartered for EUR 100 - 120 EUR wet, often
below EUR 100 through a flying club.

And where I live, you can get the Private *and* Instrument ratings
for around $10K.

Where I live, the private pilot costs between $21,000 and $28,000
to obtain,

A PPL can be had for total costs of:

EUR 5,500 750 kg
EUR 7,500 2 tons

EUR 4,500 3-axis microlight (comparable to US light sports aircraft)
is also an option.

These are "realistic" prices meaning they're not theoretical minimums
that hardly anyone achieves in practice, but real life.

and an instrument rating is another $28,000 or so.

I find prices around EUR 13,000.

So 735 hours would cost me only $132,500. Somehow I don't find that
very consoling.

And I live in France, where the prices are different. Are your flying
club memberships free?


You know nothing of flying in France.

I, OTOH do.

ho travel to the US frequently
anyway.

I saw the figures and they looked favorable, although it's expensive
no matter how you obtain it. Plus, in France, you need a higher
medical for IR, for some reason.




You're not flying, you fjukkwit.

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:47:17 -0700, Jay Honeck
wrote:

The Garmin GPS units are recreated with complete accuracy

No, they aren't.

Yes, 'fraid they are.

During the last 8 months I have been working with the FAA to get my
3rd class reinstated, so of course I have not been able to fly.
However, I have been using FS2004 and FSX to see if it these flight
sims would, at a minimum, help keep me from forgetting some of the
basic procedures.
Since my recent experience has been in Piper Archer III aircraft, I
wanted a sim aircraft that was as identical to that as possible. After
looking around the 'net for a while I ran across an Archer III that
incorporates the Garmin 430 trainer for the GPS in the sim. This
aircraft is only available for the FS2004 version, so I have abandoned
FSX altogether.
So far, the sim GPS seems to be as functional as the 430's in the real
Archers I have flown. But I have yet to fly enough to fully try out
all the capabilities of the 430s.

Wolfgang Schwanke wrote in :

Mxsmanic wrote in
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So 735 hours would cost me only $132,500. Somehow I don't find that
very consoling.

If you fly that much you should buy a plane which will bring costs
down.

He couldn't affrd a chuck glider.


Bertie

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote in
:

ahl writes:

So you sit there in front of the PC the whole time and don't wander
off to other things during the boring bits?

Yes. Most flights are 2 hours or less, so there are no boring bits.




But you're your own co-pilot. That has to be as boring as hell for
both of you.

Bertie

No problem for Mx - he also has conversations with HIMSELF on usenet.....

"ManhattanMan" wrote in
:

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote in
:

ahl writes:

So you sit there in front of the PC the whole time and don't wander
off to other things during the boring bits?

Yes. Most flights are 2 hours or less, so there are no boring bits.




But you're your own co-pilot. That has to be as boring as hell for
both of you.

Bertie

No problem for Mx - he also has conversations with HIMSELF on
usenet.....



You almost have to admire his self reliance.


Nah.


Bertie