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EPGB scenery if anybody wants to fly there... http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=18050 Thanks Canox, why you had a hard time making a wide arc? Weather? You fly by hand, right? Cheers, AJ

Hi Andy. Welcome to the LES Saab340A lover's thread. Wow, what a great videos, thank you for sharing. Yes, definitely, Canox and myself will fly RWY 33 EGPB Sumburgh approach for sure ( I dared to answer for Canox here but he is a SAAB addict, like me , hope I will be forgiven, Canox ) It looks great, it will be a challenge, I will try this weekend, need to prepare for it, no crashes, that is my LES Saa340A commitment, if things do not look right, missed approach, go around or alternate, just like in real life. What a fabulous plane it is, isn't it? Keep an eye on this thread, there are many cool things coming up and thank you for joining. Cheers, AJ

And the second try, I think a bit better, had lots of fun and flying LES Saab340A by hand is such a pleasure, written down soem trim numbers for different flap, gear and PL settings.

Hey Canox, I agree, I think we will be OK with that, just need to stay 2500 AGL Finally flew the Madeira, loved it, started with autopilot on and continued with hand flying only, made probably 5 approaches and then about 5 flying patterns, had a blast. As you know from the thread in SAAB support forum, I can shoot the outside views videos now, great !!!!! Our beloved Saab, YES, you are totally right, I am totally possessed especially NOW that I can shoot the outside views videos. Awesome plane, we will have lots of fun. Have alreday many places to fly. First video, first approach, not too bad for the first time.

Gentlemen, Some of you remember my not so nice "career" start in X-Pilot forums. I was posting a lot, complaining about not being able to fly Saab 340A, about frame rate dropping to a single digit... I even got banned by Cameron ( I do not agree I should have but that is a different story) After some time I decided to take Ben's advice and made a fresh installation of XP from scratch and copied my scenery to it. I posted an apology for LES Team because finally SAAB started working. I was still not happy because after a longer flight , I was unable to shoot any videos using outside views. Before I get any further, I am still patiently waiting for SAAB upgrade as many other users so few bugs are fixed and few FPS are squeezed out, that is for sure. What I do want to say after that is that I did something I should do right after scratch installing XP, remove my custom scenery ( I had 1800+ files there) I removed the majority of the custom scenery except maybe a hundred or so for the places I fly the most and ..... I am able to shoot videos using outside views after 3 HRS of flight. Actually , by the time I am writing this, XP has been on for over 4 hrs and I am still able to use ANY view I want without simulation coming to a slide show. Having said all above..... I apologize again to the whole Lead Edge Simulations Team for taking a lot of time and creating negative responses that were simply caused by me not trying to do what I was advised to do. I am this type of person who can come up and say in public that I made a mistake and I am sorry. I am totally in love with SAAB, I am still learning and discovering new things, I appreciate all the efforts that went to creating this great aircraft. I do not want to make this post too long but I felt that after my recent "discovery" I need to write what you just read. Clapping hands for Lead Edge Simulations Team! Superb job, guys. AJ is finally happy ( but still waiting for the update ) The video below was taken after 3+ hrs of continuous flight ( including landings and take offs with engine running) Cheers, AJ , a very happy LES customer. P.S. Cameron, I have sent you a PM with apology more than a month ago but I see you never opened my PM it so maybe this thread will do instead. I know my landings are bad but I had to share the joy of being able to shoot the outside views videos. For those who would also like to see the view from the cockpit, Madeira Visual Approach RWY05

Texture resolution Very High here, changed water reflection to advanced. Will test with these settings and report. You should have a lot of snow where you are at, do you mean it is a normal snow day there? Just curious. . Copilot selection, lol,lol,lo,. that was a good one, lol. BTW, did you read what Jim said in SAAB support forums about warnings and GPWS? I think, most of the time it is my fault, read the post there. http://forums.x-pilot.com/topic/6373-master-alarm-and-warnings/ Going to fly around Madeira a bit and see how it goes. CYA. Cheers, AJ

Thank you very much, Jim. I will do more testing and will report here. Will wait for the disabling the warning info. Cheers, AJ

Hi Jim, Thank you for an instant reply. As far as your question, The_Sukhoi_Superjet_Fan just answered it above. Of course it is just one example, I am sure there are many more. I am wondering if in the real aircraft there is away to disable it. Thank you again Jim. Cheers, AJ

Hey Canox, Awesome videos, keep them coming. I am jealous now because when I fly too long, I am unable to make a video or reply from the outside view. Just hoping that the promised update will materialize one day in 2014. My real life SAAB "Instructor" will take a look at my checklists and it will have the information on the speeds and flaps. I think, you are much better now with 20 deg flaps and higher final approach speeds and touchdown. Looks very smooth on the video. You flew manually, right? yes, you did. It is not easy, I need a LOT of practice to get all these flaps, gear, speed, descend rate and other things synced. They say practice makes perfect, I agree, it will be a while but it will come. Watched both of your videos couple times, yes, I am nuts. lol,lol,lol I started flying back on FSE , you that one right? It gives you some purpose ( money) of flying and I think it is pretty cool to pick up assignments, I am not good at that but I will try , it is fun. I will fly the Madeira RWY05 visual approach maybe even tonight ( took a day off because of snow), looks like a lot of fun. You flew it from the copilot seat, man THAT is tough but you did great. Where do you get music for the second video, I know, no sound in playback from recording, sucks but I guess a trade off for a great plane, it was talked about it in support forums. Do you know how youtube takes the sound tracks copyrights? You gotta have the sound it these replays , like in yours, silent video is like in mute films years ago..lolo,lol not fun at all. Madeira scenery, I will try first with the left over one from the VA I was a member of and we compare. If the downloaded one is nicer, I will go for it, I will test it anyway and post here. Cool video on real life SAAB 340, I will be watching it couple times probably, nice catch, keep them coming. Yes, LES Team did a great job on the SAAB, that is for sure. When my real life "Instructor" gets back with me, I will post here about the proper ( or preferred by him) timing for CTOT, AUTOCOARSEN, flaps and gear down. I do not know what is the proper sequence here. What is your water reflection set to in XP? Looks really nice. OK, going to do my FSE flight now, watch the real life SAAB video, download the scenery to test for Madeira and later on maybe try the visual approach for RWY05 BUT it will be from the LP side. Love this thread, wish more guys join our challenges but hey, better two than one. Cheers, AJ

I would like to ask a quick question and I am sorry if I missed looking for an answer. Is there any quick way to temporarily disable aural voice warnings? There are situations when for example sink rate is set below the value for aural warning initiation. Thank you for a great aircraft, cheers, AJ

Thanks Canox, I did not like my landings but they were faster because I was not using full flaps, just 20 deg. I think that that would be the special case when I should anyway but remember what the real life piulot said about 20 deg flaps? It is on purpose, if you need a missed approach, you want to have that speed, just guessing here. Yeah, I know what you mean about floating versus flying-into, I think, as most of the approaches, the best would to be somewhere in the middle. I did not hand fly SAAB long enough to really get a feel for it, need more no autopilot flights. I think, during the week, I will just try to fly without autopilot and see how the plane handles. Yes, it would be great to see other pilots to join the discussion but, two is better than one and one is better than none. OK, take care and till next time. Cheers, AJ

Second video, I dared to attempt CTL on RWY 19. It worked but many things I did wrong, warnings , descended too low etc. BTW, I wonder if there is a way to silence the " sink rate " warning, in this case , like straight in RWY01, the descend rate has to be high. Maybe it should be high to a certain height and then shallower, I do not know, interesting though. I will come up with some new flight for the next weekend. Enjoy! Cheers, AJ

OK, Sunday morning, videos processed. Just noticed that we are really not allowed to fly these approaches as they are for Category A and B Aircraft only. But we want to have FUN so why not? First video, self explanatory , just wanted to add that I had Gear Down and 2 notches of flaps before starting the descend. I landed straight in RWY01

Hey Canox! It was a pleasure to watch your video, I could compare it to my flying setup. Make as many as you feel like, I will watch them all, guaranteed. 1. I will also change the way with the CL the way you do it, gives me a better climb rate, I like that 2. You are right, never thought about it, AC switches are not programmed to move to Manual , they are AUTO all the time, learned something, thanks. 3. I see about moving around the cockpit using mouse, hey, personal preference, as long as it makes you comfortable, you doing it very well anyway. Just checked Oculus Rift , WOW! Yes, maybe one day, wonder how it could be used in XP, interesting. Did you figure out power failure? Hope it works fine now. I was doing the same , slamming throttle back until I realized that it was wrong. I am en-route now for a second landing this time like your CTL RWY 19. Got a video, will make another one but gotta leave for tonight so I will post everything tomorrow morning. I am very happy you joined my LES Saab340A challenge, we will have some nice flights, will learn more and have fun. Thanks. Till next time. Cheers, AJ

Hey Canox. Great video, thanks, watched 3 times. Great good job. Your descend was nice, my first attempt was rough, did not crash but descended like I stalled. :lol: I have few questions for you, just curious. 1. I have seen in your video that CL Condition Lever was in MAX position, did you just changed it before the approach or fly with that setting all flight? The reason I am asking is because the real life F/O says to move CL from the MAX down to get about 1230 Prop RPM. I believe that one could fly with CL to the MAX all the time , just wanted to know what you think. 2. I have my AIR COND knobs set at around 4.5 and I get the temperature around 20+ Celsius. I have noticed your AIR COND knobs were set around 1.5 but the temperature was still in a nice range. Was it because OAT was higher? 3. Are you sing Head Tracking software? It looked like you were using mouse for view changes. I found it very useful to assign my views to a joke buttons ( main forward from cockpit and further out from the cockpit to see all cabin) and keyboard keys. See my video, when I am ready just for flight I hit button on the joke, when I need different views , I hit one of the numeric pad keys. I am wondering what setup you use. Voice level in video, I had to experiment with that a bit while editing videos. I have my master volume set to 50% and SAAB volume sliders set to different settings, see attached. That combination allows me to hear ATC when present, have a decent but not too loud AND when I edit the videos my voice can be heard. Setting this every time I start SAAB is a PITA , I asked Jim if he could make settings stay each time I load SAAB but he did not give a definite yes or no, I expect it will be a no when the new release comes up. Your power failure on touchdown can be easily fixed. I had the same problem, when you touchdown, do not move PL as fast as you did in the video. Do it slowly but consistently and you will end up in a nice Beta range without power failure. I was brought up in the support forums and I am sure that is the way to do it. Give it a try and see how it goes. Last night, I made a quick flight to Lugano and tried LOC HOTEL RWY01, I almost crashed... :lol: Unfortunately XP database is using IGS frequency 111.50 , not the published LOC freq 108.90 OK, now going to fly again that great approach you came up with. Lots of fun. Till next time. Cheers, AJ

Thanks Canox. It was not meant as any kind of show off or competiotion, I just tried to to the best I could. Rudder is a must but since it is applied, everything is pretty much straighthforward. Give it a try, you will be surprised. Thank you for the advise and the great video, I better get prepared for that one. I will try to fly it as you , from Zurich and see how it goes. Will try tomorrow with real weather. You can be sure I will, I have already many things planned I want to try, I will fly them, make videos and post here. Please, do the same so we can fly each other's finds. Cheers, AJ

A little better tracking and a little bit more better tracking. I had a LOT of fun. Shortly I will decide what I will fly and share here as my neverending LES Saab340A experience. I will definitely try the Logano mentioned in the reply above from Canox but I have also many other ideas. I think am becomoing a Saaboholic Cheers, AJ

Finally the otside view, looks cool to me with One Engine Inoperative OEI.

I did not like Circle To Land in the last veideo so I practiced more and the one below is much better in my opinion.

The video below shows the Circle To Land part.

Hello again Gentlemen, I have been busy with learning how to fly the YMEN NDB RWY 26 APP with TRACKING rather than flying headings from approach plate. See the videos below. First video, just an approach, trying to track, not easy at all with the wind and OEI.

I know, I just thought it was funny so I quoted you. Thank you for the explanation on the views , Cameron. I know you do not have time for explaining that but if there is more polys to draw in the outside view, how would you explain that looking in the cockpit to the left is fine but to the right , not? Maybe the fact that I am zooming closer to the right still makes XP draw the polys that are hidden in my view. Well, thank you anyway, that update will be a great thing. Cheers, AJ

Hey Cameron, Thank you for chipping in. :lol: Are you telling me that I am the problem again? Just kidding of course, it was a typo I guess unless it is something my Polish English dis not get. Seriously now, I am NOT asking when the update is coming out, I know it is coming and I am patiently waiting. Out of pure curiosity, why would that problem show up only in external view? Would you mind to explain a bit? I have also notied that it happens when I look to the right in the cockpit, when looking to the left , all is well. It just very interesting why the v iew makes such a difference. Thank you for the reply, cheers, AJ

Ben, flew 3 hours with SAAB, after about 1 hr, when I get to external view, frame rate drops ... maybe it is just me, I do not know. Thank you update . If you can suggest what should I try to be able to use external view, let me know. In the cockpit, in front view, all works fine. Cheers, AJ

Great job , Ben. Thank you very much. Will try tonight with SAAB and SMP making a longer flight. Cheers, AJ