[jhb] Re: GPS And Cross Country
- From: "Paul Reynolds" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 14:20:14 +0100
Gerry,
FSC picks up all navaids from your FS9 installation so if you've got them
there, re-run the database manager and it should pick them up. Dunno about
the FSX version, I haven't got that, like you I am reluctant to pay twice!
Alternatively, you might want to take a look at the user waypoint function
and add them that way. This, as the manual says, is also useful for adding
VRPs for which they admit to having only included a small database by
default. (see page 41 of the user manual).
Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Gerry Winskill
Sent: 06 May 2007 13:46
To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jhb] GPS And Cross Country
Last night, to look at conditions at another UK2000 field, I flew East
Fortune to Elvington, using ASv6 weather, which turned out to be very
hazy but still VFR. I don't usually use GPS, 'cos I get my kicks out of
trying to follow my planned chart route. Last night I enabled FS
Commander, to pick up the two airfield codes. With the GPS button
enabled I was surprised how much easier the flight was. I hadn't made a
flightplan, so there were no lines to follow and none of my FSNav fixes
available either. What made it really helpful was the two displayed
figures, for Heading and Track. From these it was possible to keep an
eye on the actual drift and change the aircraft heading, so that I
always followed my planned track. Just another thing I've just noticed,
whilst it's been staring me in the face.
BTW, is there a way of getting FSC to use the real life fixes, sourced
from Bones, that appear in my FSNav?
Gerry Winskill
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