Kaphias

ERJ-145...

No, it's an ERJ-145. One post above yours.

So are you making a better one or something? Or do you just like to baselessly complain about people's hard work?

There are tutorials, you certainly don't have to use Blender to make high-quality scenery, and one of the programs even lets you place the scenery in a specific place using satellite imagery.

It's the one by Zroman.

Haha that's true, I bet it does!

Not by a long shot. Ketchikan's runway has a channel next to it, with mountains on both sides. Looks like you're due for some flying in the area!

Try 1024x1024 for the texture.

It's a little difficult for the public to instantly recognize your logo when you constantly change it.

Try playing with the number in Planemaker under the menu Standard > Landing Gear > Gear Data > Transition Speed. I don't own the 300 so I don't know if there's a plugin controlling that behavior, but that's the number that always used to change it.

It looks like it belongs to the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, which translates to "Morning Sun Newspaper". That explains the name of the helicopter "Morning Bird"... cool huh? Also, I found a video on Facebook that was taken from the helicopter: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=103981373017745

Hey now, no complaining about obsolete computers. At least you can upgrade yours, unlike my Mac!

The text on the side is "asadori" which translates to "morning bird".

Being an armchair pilot here. Looks like the plane was overloaded for the altitude it was flying at. I find it disturbing that the pilot had so much space to set down in if it was clear that he wasn't gaining altitude... and that he never used it. Would like to know what was going through his head there- maybe he wasn't trying to gain altitude? But you think he would have noticed that something was up. All said, I'm glad that everyone seemed to make it though the crash alive... was amazing to watch the prop chew through those trees. Image what could have been if one of them would have pierced the cockpit...

Good to hear. Thanks. Thank YOU. What a huge boost this will be for the whole X-Pilot and X-Plane community.

Thought this might be coming soon when I saw that the forum was down for updates this morning. Glad to see this here finally! Any more information on the quality standards? It doesn't seem to be part of the approval process, that's why I ask.

The list starts at number 4.

Skagway is a hoot of an approach, isn't it? That was the last time I was sick on a plane; flying up there in a 207, didn't make it through the 180º drop to the runway. That trip in a Beaver would be simply amazing! I'll actually be down south for school during September, would love to catch up with you some other time however if you're passing though again.

As always Howdy, if there's any additional information you need from the Juneau area I'd be glad to help. I have access to inside the airport gate as well if you need anything else from in there.

I can only assume that it works in a manner similar to noise canceling headphones: the drone on the helicopter is reasonably constant, so the software takes that noise out and listens for any outlying noises.

How about any noticeable difference between a 5400 rpm drive and a 7200 rpm drive? Any loss of reliability with the increased speed?

It's important when you're working with these tiles that everyone makes sure they're saving the same way and working in the same color space; otherwise you'll end up with slight variations in color among the tiles... which would look a little odd.

Do you mean your hard drive is full?

As I said: Add helicopters to that, it's the same idea. If I flew airliners VFR all the time then I'd use 3D cockpits. But as it happens, you spend an awful lot of time looking at instruments when flying airliners...

Even TrackIR wouldn't really help, as you still have things moving around. The feel I'm trying to replicate is, like I described above, one where you can sit in the driver's seat of your car, close your eyes, and turn on the radio, cruise control, and change the heat setting or fan selection. I feel like 2D cockpits are the closest you can get to this in X-Plane, because once you have your mouse at a reference point (say the heading select on an airliner) you know you go way down to get the FMC, or maybe left a bit to change your view range on the horizontal display. It still doesn't come close to the ideal situation of having a sim pit as you said, but I believe it to be much better than any 3D option. The one time I really find myself wanting the TrackIR is when I'm flying GA and am working out the windows instead of in the cockpit throwing switches and spinning knobs. That would be cool...