So...What did Santa Bring you?

Jay,

I got Flight Sim X for Christmas also. Have you found a way to get it
to properly simulate a Garmin 430/530? I was using the Reality XP plug
in for FS 9, but it doesn't seem to be out for FS X yet...

Certainly helps with keeping current on all the GPS procedures.

--Dan


Jay Honeck wrote:
I got a Logitech extreme 3D Pro joystick for Flight Sim so I can
practice my approaches with a twist rudder and a higher quality control
system. Haven't tried it yet (we hosted Christmas) but I'm looking
forward to it.

You'll like it. Rudder pedals make a world of difference in crosswind
landings!

I just spent the last few hours installing Flight Sim X on the Kiwi (I
gave my desk staff folks off Xmas afternoon/evening off) at the hotel,
tweaking it here and there.

Thus far I'm fairly satisfied with it, since so many people warned me
that it was a resource hog (It's a 15 GIGAbyte program!) and might not
run. Still, I've got the fastest computer money can (reasonably,
relatively speaking) buy, and the best I'm getting out of FSX is 32
frames per second. I've seen it drop as low as 16 FPS.

This isn't bad at all, running two monitors and with the realism set to
high, but it's a far cry from the butter-smooth 55 FPS I was getting on
FS9. Still, it's certainly flyable, and the enhancements to the
program are pretty cool. I've only started to scratch the surface of
what's there, but the mountains are MUCH improved, the turbulence is
pretty authentic, and I like the new aircraft that come with the Pro
version.

And I'm here to tell you that racing the jet truck in an Extra 300
(alongside Patty Wagstaff in HER Extra) is awesome!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"