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Another total newbie question - flight controls

Postby ibhayirob » Mon Aug 08, 2005 3:27 am

Heres  a simple one -  - wheres the reference page for my ad on planes - or is it just trial and error

Ok - then

as I traverse the globe in my hornet -  in search of good water spots to practice husky landings - I come across magic islands but don
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Re: Another total newbie question - flight control

Postby wealthysoup » Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:01 am

The airstrip names relate to the country eg. EGLL is London Heathrow so all the airfields in the uk start with an E. Meanwhile in America they start with a K i think e.g. KSFO so if you know what the first letter of that airfields code is then you should be able to find out which country it belongs to.

Feel free to correct me if im wrong though.
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Re: Another total newbie question - flight control

Postby Nav » Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:03 am

that group of islands between taiwan and australia


Rather a big question - could be the Philippines, or Indonesia, or Papua New Guinea :)

Best solution is probably an atlas or a world map from the bookshop.
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Re: Another total newbie question - flight control

Postby AJWatson2209 » Mon Aug 08, 2005 6:57 am

well it depends what conuntry 'the strip of islands' belong to! if u can find that out then we can help getting the airports for them:)
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Re: Another total newbie question - flight control

Postby beefhole » Mon Aug 08, 2005 7:01 am

In-flight: Go to your GPS screen, hit the big arrow on the out ring thats point right, hit enter, then the small right arrow, and type in the airport name.

Cheating(:P)-find out the ICAO o fthe airport (eg. EGLL) and type it into the 'World-Go to airport' menu.

Using the first letter to tell you where it is is generally unreliable-there's much more than 26 countries, so they have to reuse letters often ;)
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Re: Another total newbie question - flight control

Postby dave3cu » Mon Aug 08, 2005 7:39 am

From your flight screen, hit ctrl+s, to get to overhead view. Zoom outas far as necessary and compare the image to your world map or atlas. Ctrl+s again to exit overhead view.   :)

As for the reference page(s), not all add-on a/c come with them.  You may find some for download for the a/c or you can create your own. They can be html or text files. You would then have to make/modify 2 entries in the aircraft.cfg file.

[fltsim.0]
title=Cessna Skylane 182S
sim=Cessna182S
model=
panel=
sound=
texture=
kb_checklists=Cessna182S_check     <= from file name
kb_reference=Cessna182S_ref      <= from file name
atc_id=N778WS
ui_manufacturer=Cessna
ui_type="C182S Skylane"
ui_variation="White with green"
.............

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