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Re: Don't Sink Callout

Postby NickN » Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:32 pm

If you are indeed in the pipe and are not decending over the rated rate for the alarm then there is something wrong. As Brett said sometimes 3rd party devs (freeware usually) do not design correctly
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Re: Don't Sink Callout

Postby jrom » Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:20 pm

[quote]If you constantly hear the "Don't Sink" alert, that is an indication that you are too slow and very close to stalling the a/c.

The solution is to add a touch of power to reduce the sink rate, not disable the alarm!
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Re: Don't Sink Callout

Postby tcco94 » Wed Apr 08, 2009 1:54 am

Its simple just pull up ;)
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Re: Don't Sink Callout

Postby Brett_Henderson » Wed Apr 08, 2009 5:49 am

Its simple just pull up ;)



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Re: Don't Sink Callout

Postby jrom » Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:59 am

;D
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Re: Don't Sink Callout

Postby jrom » Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:04 am

If you are indeed in the pipe and are not decending over the rated rate for the alarm then there is something wrong. As Brett said sometimes 3rd party devs (freeware usually) do not design correctly



This must have been the problem for me.
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Re: Don't Sink Callout

Postby alb469 » Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:16 am

Thanks all for your help. Problem solved! Brett and Nick you are right and Dave gave me the clue. The panel in use had no GWPS but the wave file was in the sound folder.As a quick fix the don't sink was removed the a/c flew and landed perfectly.I will add the GWSP to the panel and replace the wave file and see how it goes. :)
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Re: Don't Sink Callout

Postby tcco94 » Wed Apr 08, 2009 9:51 am

Its simple just pull up ;)



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Re: Don't Sink Callout

Postby dave3cu » Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:10 am

alb469,

Did you check the aircraft.cfg file for the [GPWS] section? If present it might be better to edit or comment out the section rather than delete the sound files. The GPWS would still be available on those aircraft that are configured properly.

You can look here for the properties used in the section.

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Re: Don't Sink Callout

Postby Brett_Henderson » Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:21 pm

Its simple just pull up ;)



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Re: Don't Sink Callout

Postby tcco94 » Fri Apr 10, 2009 1:05 am

Its simple just pull up ;)



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Re: Don't Sink Callout

Postby HarvesteR » Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:35 am

I had trouble with the GPWS too... when I got the CH53 from Nemeth Designs, it nagged and nagged about the not sinking... and every now and then it would ask for FLAPS too  ::) ;D

I was told to edit the .cfg file and that solved the problem

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Re: Don't Sink Callout

Postby U4EA » Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:18 pm

I asked about the GPWS a few months back and was graciously directed to the GPWS toggle in the settings section......so now when I tire of the "Don't sink" and "Sinkrate", not to mention the "Too low, terrain" warnings, I have a button assigned to turn their irritating selves off! 8-)
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Re: Don't Sink Callout

Postby EJW » Sun Apr 12, 2009 4:32 pm

Just simply remove from the sound folder. Even some real pilots, I think were F-14 pilots, got so annoyed with their over active 'don't sink' that they wouldn't fly until it got wiped off.
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Re: Don't Sink Callout

Postby Excalibur372 » Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:00 pm


LOL!


These are not real pilots Bill... they have no concept of "Bitchin Betty" who will sit there and scream at you in a real plane the same as FSX if you are not 5-by-5 and in the 'pipe'




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