[bvipilots] Re: Metar issues was Re: Re: never sneeze when you fly with Michelle
- From: Mitchel Snel <brailletijger@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bvipilots@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 18:26:29 +0200
sorry problem with my braille display!
if I ask michell for the weather with the get local weather command I
get a announcement when there is no local weather but sometimes I get
no responds.
I assume that there is local weather then but I do not get the local weather?
greetings, Mitchel
2013/9/9, Mitchel Snel <brailletijger@xxxxxxxxx>:
> dear Robert,
> sorry that I move into this topic but if I ask michel
>
> 2013/9/9, Robert Cezar <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> The METAR data comes from the United States NOAA service located here:
>>
>> http://aviationweather.gov/
>>
>> I would suggest that you direct your questions to them directly.
>>
>> Please let me know what they say.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Robert
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Noel Romey <nromey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Robert,
>>>
>>> I don't have a problem with the metar obversations, just the ones
>>> announced by iyp as relates to time. I pulled two reports, one for
>>> kphx (Phoenix Sky Harbor) and one for KLIT (Little Rock). I pulled
>>> klit twoce actually. Both reports from kphx and klit were correct as
>>> far as conditions, but the time reported was 0914. a 31 C temperature
>>> at 3 A>M. in Little Rock is probably not completely correct. I pulled
>>> KLIT a second time with a flight loaded to Little Rock. That time, I
>>> got a 0915 Zulu time, and a temperature of 32.
>>>
>>> Is there a problem with the scrape of the new metar data?
>>>
>>> Noel
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9/9/13, Robert Cezar <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > REGARDING: METAR updates
>>> >
>>> > The METAR reports are typically updated at the end of each hour.
>>> >
>>> > Here's a good link that describes METAR in detail:
>>> >
>>> > http://weather.cod.edu/notes/metar.html
>>> >
>>> > Regards,
>>> > Robert
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 6:32 AM, Noel Romey <nromey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> I'm making out. Have found a few cosmetic if you will bugs which I
>>> >> will
>>> >> compile and send privately. When I ask to check weather for a
>>> >> location
>>> >> the
>>> >> conditions seem to be ok but Zulu Time doesn't update much. Does the
>>> >> new
>>> >> service for metar not update often or is there some other problem?
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks
>>> >>
>>> >> Ner
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Sep 8, 2013, at 4:08 PM, Robert Cezar <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Hi,
>>> >>
>>> >> How are you making out?
>>> >>
>>> >> Robert
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Noel Romey <nromey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> Hi guys,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I was flying this morning from cyyc o cyxj. About 180 miles from
>>> >>> the
>>> >>> airport, I sneezed into the microphone. It was not muted
>>> >>> unfortunately. MS Speech Recognition took my sneeze as a keypress.
>>> >>> two things happened in succession. First, I should say, these
>>> >>> keypresses were on the FSX side, not the IYP Michelle side of
>>> >>> things.
>>> >>> First, the autopilot got turned off and second, my engine mixture
>>> >>> was
>>> >>> set to lean. I dropped from 1000 to nothing in about 10 seconds.
>>> >>> Didn't know what happened because I didn't know what I pressed, so I
>>> >>> thought fist to set engine mixture to rich, well I said lean, so I
>>> >>> ultimately pulled back up to about 4000 feet, then fell back. In
>>> >>> essence, FSX was confused. Finally got things dialed back in, and
>>> >>> got
>>> >>> up to 10300 feet and climbing, aTC yelling at me that I was above my
>>> >>> altitude. That's when I found that autopilot got turned off. I
>>> >>> would
>>> >>> have started over because in real life, I would have been exploded
>>> >>> into bits on the middle of frontier Canada, but I flew the flight
>>> >>> last
>>> >>> night and on approach, lost all FSX sound (nothing I could do to
>>> >>> get
>>> >>> it back either), so II just continued flying. I've got FSX set to
>>> >>> not
>>> >>> allow for crashes for some reason apparently under realism (I had
>>> >>> not
>>> >>> idea that could be set). Luckily for me, I'm save in Fort St. John.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Another note, upon landing, I got to 100 feet and the wind blew me
>>> >>> up
>>> >>> so I was a few feet from the ground but not landed and I didn't hear
>>> >>> a
>>> >>> bump or crash sound. So I pulled up (execute go around didn't work
>>> >>> for some reason) flew a while and then prepared to land at the
>>> >>> runway.
>>> >>> Autopilot was on again again so I turned it off, did approach
>>> >>> checklist again, and was able to land. I think that crosswinds
>>> >>> caused
>>> >>> problems for me, so when I came back the second time, they weren't
>>> >>> as
>>> >>> significant so Michelle was able to help.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> This is going to be a challenging trip.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Noel
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>>> >>
>>> >>
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