faulty Mooney tachometer in 2004

[DenisH]

ROM:  Thanks for the tips. Have set aside today to see if I can master some of this. My wife says Flight Sim is worse than the Sunday NFL games.   She says at least pro football has a season that ends!  

[DenisH]

RON: One massif helping of merci beaucoups for that link to the 150L. It was a snap to download since they provided an installation  wizard (in French). A terrific little airplane which I immediately took up and flew from  Santa Barbara to Oxnard and back. Again, many many thanks for your assistance.  You mentioned you live in Washington? A son (one of five) lives in Ft. Townsend and coaches its h.s. sailing team. Sailing was my thing until back trouble limited me. Here you leave the marina and you're immediately in the channel islands channel, a batch of water that's equal to the English Channel in winter (I've sailed both).  FS flying much more fun and challenging, to boot. .

[Romflyer]

Denis
I beleive that olderndirt is from Washington state, I am a little more North than that on Vancouver Island BC Canada.
If you enjoy flights around Socal there are plenty of scenery upgrades available for that area (Fozzer's specialty )......Did you check out the Carenado Mooney? My day to day single flyer is their C182Q.

[Fozzer]

...as Rom mentioned.... ....

I have spent the past 10+ years daily "flying" exclusively around the whole of California...North-South...East-West...

...and collecting and installing some truly amazing, Free, add-on scenery from various Sites...

Most of my Cal Airfields are alive with various objects, many courtesy of my own Scenery Designers....LAGO FSE...Abacus' EZ-Scenery Designer, Runway 3, etc...etc...

..and my favourite "runabout"...is my trusty little Cessna 150 Aerobat...(C150 v2)... ...140 Knots with a foot to the floor!...!



Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004...FS Navigator... The Terror of SOCAL ATC... ...!

[olderndirt]

Not sure if you've visited here, http://www.blueskyscenery.com but it's worth a look.

[Fozzer]

Excellent selection there, Older'n... ...!

I have many of them From Avsim and Flightsim...and of course, Simviation.....

...but...

One thing I avoid, like the Plague, is "VFR Photographic Scenery", for obvious reasons... ...!

Paul...G-BPLF....FS 2004...but NOT a flat Photograph!.... ...!

[olderndirt]

ROM
One of my favorite cross countries is SEA - YVR - YYJ and back.

[Romflyer]

The Carenado C182 (or anything by them) is not really comparable at all to the default planes, it took me quite a few years before I broke down and started trying payware aircraft.......I really spend most of my flying in a few different planes, so why not have those few the best they can be, most payware isnt that much $20-$30 and the difference is really.........huge!
Having said that........try this http://www.realairsimulations.com/list_ ... =downloads  it's a great make-over of the default. Visually not much different, but the flight model is.............impressive  8-)

[olderndirt]

Think I'll give it a try - can't resist free.  Also trying to dream up something credible to tell my bride when I spring for that SF260.

[olderndirt]

Aaargh, it's on AVSIM.

[Romflyer]

[quote]Think I'll give it a try - can't resist free.

[olderndirt]

No joy, so far.

[DenisH]

Gentlemen: As I tell my wife, buying a plane or a yoke & pedal system for FS is far cheaper than buying a bottle of Haig & Haig  or a new Pontiac, Lord rest its soul. As most of you guys know by this time, I am a rank novice  so I am concentrating learning the basics of this program rather than luxuriating in downloads and purchase of new airplanes. Although I'm deeply grateful for all the suggestions and advice you give me. I'm keeping a file of these recommendations for later use. Right now I still wrestle with  both FS and the computer & its mysteries.  

[DenisH]

FOZZER  Have you landed on Santa Cruz  in the channel Island group yet? (right off Santa Barbara). A friend who flies over there in the real thing tells me the strip is uphill.

[DenisH]

ROM: My parents, who were both Dubliners, retired to Vancouver but passed away shortly after they relocated there. The few times I visited