[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 21:09:35 +0200
dear Robert,
does this mean that when iyp is in the bvi mode it will not work?
greetings, Mitchel
2013/9/9, Robert Cezar <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hello,
>
> When running in the BVI mode, the ATC window is forced open at all times.
> If it is inadvertently closed, the IYP application forces it to the open
> state immediately. However, the simulator application must be in the
> foreground.
>
> Robert
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 10:05 AM, hadi <hadirezaei@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Same thing happening to me as well~ doesn't work
>>
>>
>> On 9/9/2013 9:11 PM, Noel Romey wrote:
>>
>>> jMitchell,
>>>
>>> This has happened to me. Seems as if it has some odd thing happen
>>> with the key presses on atc. The ATC window has to be open when the
>>> keypresses happen and sometimes, those keypresses don't seem to work.
>>>
>>> Noel
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9/9/13, Mitchel Snel <brailletijger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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<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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