faulty Mooney tachometer in 2004

[DenisH]

ROM:  Yes, after several weeks of trial and error I can program and re-program the joystick. It's Saitek's AV8R and rather flimsily constructed but works very well (a little too sensitiver to a newby). I would spring for another model but I am thinking of ordering a set of pedals and yoke control (also Saitek) shortly.  I will probably need advice  on how to program that. I am already wondering  how virtual cocpit views are controlled by a steering wheel. Anyway, a little too early to get into that.  

DAVE  Our old  fart chapter meets regularly on the centraol coast of California, only here they spell it "fahrt".  ::)  

[olderndirt]

Sounds like the Ahnold influence.

[olderndirt]

Rereading your post about the stick.

[DenisH]

OLD: LOL  very good!

[Romflyer]

Denis
I use the same AV8R, with CH pedals, it's a good all around aviation joysick. the problem about being to sensitive is more a problem with FS than it is the stick, especially with small singles....the sim seems less touchy and a bit easier to handle in bigger planes.
If I could make a few suggestions about the AV8R.......I have one throttle set to adjust the throttle and the other is set to adjust the prop(going back to the original concept of this thread ) if your flying the mooney all the time, you really should give that a try. also if your using the VC all the time(as I do) I like to have the button below the hat as center veiw, that way you can always reset your veiw easily if your looking around and then you need to get back to forward veiw quickly, then its right there under your thumb  8-) also I like to have trim set-up on one of the toggles, and flaps up and down on another.........just a few ideas for you that I've found to work well for me.

[DenisH]

Excellent tip about that front view. Now that you guys have led me to the virtual c, I use it all the time. I have the trigger on brakes, the button below the hat on gear up/down and the other button on landing lights. I have the toggles on flaps and landing lights & another on auto pilot "on". I will reset all these later today.  point about light planes  is right on. I have a devil of a time landing the Alpha, which is a favorite already. I have totally abandoned the Cub even though it was the reason I got into Flight Sim, as I explained in earlier post. I still can't land w/o ground looping. I don't understand why the MS guys passed that on in History of Flight. I am still struggling with downloading but this is due to my ignorance of computers and its language.  I added one pay CD program, "Ground Environment" which while not ideal, does dress up the scenery more than the default offerred  in FS2004.  Any suggestions you may have on airplanes, scenery, technical or any other subject are most welcome.  

[DenisH]

I dunno. I find the entire concept of FS and simulation generally  mindboggling!!!!

[Romflyer]

Ground environment is good, if your flying alot around areas you are really familiar with(real world) then "Ultimate terrain" is another good choice to spruce up your FS world, it will correct all your shorelines and place all your roads correctly(good for VFR flying)
My earlier suggestion about the Maule still stands  ;)  also take a look at this little charmer http://www.fs-tutorials.com/en/down_plane_ not a taildragger but a really solid freeware add-on, which brings me to the statement that if you dont mind pulling out your visa card there is a whole new world of payware aircraft that will take your game to a totally new level, check out Carenado http://www.carenado.com/ecommerce/busca ... tegoria=20 you might want to look at there Mooney  ;)

[Romflyer]

[quote]I dunno. I find the entire concept of FS and simulation generally

[olderndirt]

Something new almost every day.  On the groundlooping - if you have unchecked AUTO RUDDER rudder that J3 may even ground loop in the air.  One of the few things, glaringly unreal in FS9, is rudder without pedals.  Try it with AUTO RUDDER checked, lower your aileron and elevator sensitivities to about 2/3 and, as you level out from the glide, feel for the runway with little bits of back on the stick.  Ideally you'll touchdown as the stick hits the stop.  If you were straight when it hit, it'll run straight otherwise you'll have to do a little something with the rudder.

[DenisH]

OLDER: Yes, I have rudder unchecked and all settings at most difficult. Do you think a set of pedals will correct this problem? I use the twist function on the Saitek joy stick for rudder control on the J3 and  sometimes -- very sometimes -- I can land the J3 without mishap.  I'm ordering  the Saitek pedal set and yoke this week rather than waiting for my kids to spring for it on my birthday. In other words, I am hooked!!!!

[DenisH]

ROM: On your recommendation  I downloaded the Maule -- it was lot of stuff -- and tried without success to get it into FS4000. I gave up and deleted it in frustration. I'll give it another try when I master this download thing so thanks for the tutorial link.  My problem -- as is obvious -- is that I really know very little about computers and almost nothing about flight sim but I am working to correct that.  For instance, my computer will not perform system restore and I have spent hours on the phone with Microsoft and Norton trying to correct the problem. Well, enough of this. Thanks for the advice.   The pay site you mention is Spanish, isn't it? I have seen it.  

[DenisH]

OLDER  I'll try the J3 with auto rudder. Thanks for the tip. )

[olderndirt]

The idea is to touchdown as close to stalled and on all three points as you can.

[Romflyer]

[quote]ROM: On your recommendation