Problen w/flight lessons.

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Problen w/flight lessons.

Postby Staiduk » Sat Mar 13, 2004 1:07 pm

OK; this is driving me totally boohickey.
Just for 'fun'; I decided to go through the lessons. Everything goes good until the checkride.
Take off, climb out, level at 2000ft. Kewl. Easy. Then she says '90 deg. steep turn'.
Geez; how steep does she bloody well want it?
I do a standard 45-deg. steep turn. Response: 'Your bank was too shallow.'
Fair 'nuff. 60 deg. 'Your bank was too shallow'. ??????
I hauled the bloody thing around in a screaming U-turn that would've done credit to Art Scholl. 'Your bank was too shallow'.
WAAAAAAAA!!!!
(cough) Sorry.
Anyhoo; I've tried everything I know of - replayed that %&*%^%$#$!! flight 20+ times; each with the same result - 'Your bank was too shallow'. On each flight; all parameters stayed nailed on their assigned positions. Each turn rolled out within 3 deg. of the assigned heading without overshoot. (Doesn't help that halfway through the turn a little 'decrease bank angle to 20 deg.' sign pops up.)
So apparently; I'm supposed to do a turn somewhere between 20 and 90 degrees of bank.
(And yes; I'm quite comfortable with doing steep turns in real-life. That's what's got me so frustrated. :) )
Oh - I started out with full realism; went to 'easy', went to autorudder, the works - same result each time.
Has anyone seen this problem, and is there a fix? Thanx. :)
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Re: Problen w/flight lessons.

Postby BFMF » Sat Mar 13, 2004 1:23 pm

Sorry, The checkrides are full of bugs

As for the steep turns, A general rule of thumb is to start your roll-out using half your bank angle. If you're doing a steep turn at a 45 degree angle bank, try to start your roll out at about 22 degrees before your target heading.

That's what my Flight Instructor is trying to drill into my thick head ;D
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Re: Problen w/flight lessons.

Postby WebbPA » Sat Mar 13, 2004 1:51 pm

This http://support.microsoft.com/default.as ... -us;315203 was a problem on FS02.  Looks like it's still broken.
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Re: Problen w/flight lessons.

Postby Staiduk » Sat Mar 13, 2004 3:47 pm

Sorry, The checkrides are full of bugs

As for the steep turns, A general rule of thumb is to start your roll-out using half your bank angle. If you're doing a steep turn at a 45 degree angle bank, try to start your roll out at about 22 degrees before your target heading.

That's what my Flight Instructor is trying to drill into my thick head ;D


Yes; that's similar to what I tell my students - unfortunately, the blistering twit in the sim's right-hand seat seems not to have heard it. ;D
Thanks for the link, WebbPA; I'll try 'er again... :)
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Re: Problen w/flight lessons.

Postby Staiduk » Sat Mar 13, 2004 8:13 pm

Nope; the twit's still clueless.
(BTW - whoever the actor was that did the voice - d'you think she could at least have tried not to sound like she was reading the script?  ::) )

Oh well; I guess I'll have to forgo the 172 and stick to the 737 - breezed that test! ;D
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