Rick310

I need to make a correction on what I said before and I edited above post. flying through Merrill pass in Alaska was historic. The pioneer bush pilots used Merrill pass when visability was low. I consider myself a bush pilot in flight simulation. Love flying in Alaska. Not a place for the light hearted.

I did, when I bought my first flight simulator, FS98. I started flying the big birds on Satco network. As said before, since I switched to x-plane, all prop and turbo prop aircraft only. I waited two years after x-plane 11 came out, I will wait at least a year or two before I buy x-plane 12. First a new computer. I like flying the small aircraft and landing them in crosswinds. I really work hard landing in crosswinds and look for airport with crosswinds to land at. I have landed in 25 to 30 knot crosswinds at 50 to 60 degrees. And have landed hard at times and have made some very nice landing based on Vertical speeds. And I have crashed once in the B350. OUCH.

Hey Scooke7, I get it. Thanks for the reply.

Right on, Dudes. I like the dornier 228 by carenado for my winter plane and just flight piper arrow 3 and 3&4 arrow turbo for my summer planes. I have been looking at x-aviations moony M20R Ovation 2 and 3. But I am holding out for a new computer. Hoping to buy one this summer. Since switching over to x-plane 11 from FS9, I have lost interest in flying the big birds or jet aircraft for that matter. I have other aircraft from carenado, but I do not like them because they have no ground roll sound and I can not tell when my wheels leave or touch the ground. Causes for some hard landing. I do not know how to fix the FMOD in the aircraft. My wish for x-plane is someone comes up with an addon that simulates anti iceing fluild, so I can fly in Alaska in the winter time. My best flight was in Alaska when I fly through the Merrill pass in the piper arrow 4 turbo. Rick

Why don't people in X-pilot want to talk about flying? This about a flight simulator and flying aircraft. This forum is more about supporting x-aviation products and I am all for it. But we can also talk about fly aircraft in a great flight simulator, X-plane 11 and 12. I love to fly, I want to fly everyday, all day. This what I do every day , all day.

I do not use low altitude airways because the have minimum altitudes connected to them. Altitudes that small aircraft without oxygen or pressurized cabins cannot fly. FAA says anything over 12500 you must have oxygen. Correct me if I am wrong, please. I have heard real world pilots say that 10000 feet is hard to breath.

Low altitude airways? Do you use them in your flight plan? Why or Why not? Rick

HI, Is there any requirements to upload airport scenery here at x-pilot? My scenery will not have ATC or AI traffic and not sure what scenery libraries I used. I have two airports that currently not in x-plane 11. I do not know about x-plane 12, I do not own this sim. I do research the airport with a picture, if I can find one to make the scenery realistic looking. Rick

Hi Scooke7, Thank-you for your reply. XP12 is on my bucket list, but for now I will stick with XP11. And I do use Steam for XP11 and will use Steam for XP12 also. See ya in the air.

X-plane needs an add on called deicing fluid or propylene glycol. I can not fly in Alaska in winter time with a small aircraft. Or any where in the winter time for that matter. So in the winter I fly the Dornier 228-100 because it has deicing equipment. Flyng in Alaska in the summer time is brutal. High winds, turbulence makes Alaska a great place to fly in small aircraft. The Alaskan bush pilots are the best pilots in the world, NO question. The skill level they have to maintain is top notch. Bottom line X-plane needs propylene glycol simulation for small planes. This would be a good marketing item for any company.

I agree, VirtualGAaviator. I am a dedicated X-plane only freak. I will not buy another Microsoft product ever again(money pits). But people use the flight simulator they have fun with. Flight simulation is great hobby to have, does not matter what simulator you want to use, all about having fun. As I said before, my next step is to buy a bad a@# computer. Then I will continue to enjoy X-plane 11 with graphics maxed out. Then I will consider X-plane 12. Fly everyday, all day is my motto! See ya all in the Air!

Thank-you airfighter. Very interesting? I am glad to hear all the postive feedback about XP12. On some of the other flightsim forums, they bash XP12, but these other forums are big MSFS2020 fans and love the eye candy and do not care about the aircraft dynamics. On the other hand I want the aircraft dynamics over the eye candy. X-Plane is the best flight simulator on the market today. ROCKS!!!!

Thank-you @VirtualGAaviator, XP12 is on my bucket list, for sure. But not now. I agree! My computer is going on 6 years. I have no interest in building my own computer. I know it would save me money, but I do not want to take the time. I want to fly and use my flight simulator, this my Passion, and a very strong passion (1000 flight hours a year). And I am taking note what ya all are saying about XP12. Sounds very tempting. But for now I will wait. Thank-you everyone for a postive input! I have an I7 4700 (not sure), 32 gb ram(16Mhz or 1.6Mhz), nivida 1060 6GB vram( I was looking a 1070 Nivida but my power supply would not handle it) , And my graphics are very low in XP11. Even with the graphics low in XP11, 1000% better than FS9 with the graphics turned up max and no OM error. And the aircraft in XP11 is very realistic flying.

Well to be honest, my Virtual Airlines is a personal flight log for me. I only require one flight every 90 days. I only have 7 active pilots. Not for everyone. Enjoy!

Hey Charles, Not into building a computer, so I am looking a around 4 grand for the computer I want on CyberpowerPC. Flight simulation is my passion, since 2019 I have logged 1000 hours a year and have over 9000 hours in X-plane 11, the steam version. Five years before I retired, I looked at getting my Private Pilot license. But I wanted to retire, so PP License was out of the question. I was able to retire at young age of 56. And I am living the dream. Flying everyday for my own Virtual Airliines, flying small aircraft in the US and Canada. My favorate plane is the Carenado Donier 228-100. I have 2500 hours flying the Donier in XP11. I fly on IVAO network. The new computer will not come until the end of the year. So I have a lot of flying to do before I get a new computer. LOL

Thank-you Cameron for the response. No I have not tried the demo for 12. My computer barely runs 11. I agree, 11 is dead in terms of the future. But I used FS9 from the time it came out until 2019 when I switched to XP. Never could get FSX to work. There are a lot of add-ons for XP11 that I cannot use because of my computer. But with a new bad a@# computer I will be able use more add-ons for XP11. I am looking at 3 years down the road for XP12, maybe. And yes, maybe I will be wasteing money on XP11 when I could be spending money on add-ons for XP12. Does not matter beacause over the 20 years of flight simulation I wasted tens of thousands of dollars on stuff that did not even work for me. IE, I bought three different versions of FSX and add-ons for FSX and never could get FSX to work. So money wasted on flight simulation is a given and is going to happen in my world. Oh by the way, I am not rich, but I am not hurting either. I had a good career as a powerhouse Electrian, 31 years and made a good living. Now retired, I ain't doing bad at all.

X-plane 12 is off to a slow start? Third party developers are not jumping on new aircraft or scenery like they did for X-plane 11. But I switched to X-plane 11 in 2019, X-plane 11 had been out for 2 years. I have too much invested in X-plane 11 and an old computer I am not buying X-plane 12. I plan to buy a new computer later this year and I want to see X-plane 11 with the graphics turned up all the way. And my new computer will the biggest mofo money can buy, since this will be my last computer in my life time. 64 years old now, I have 15 years max in my life time and I am out of here and going to a better place. I may never buy X-plane 12, If I like what I see in X-plane 11 with the graphics turned up full blast. Either way X-plane is the BEST flight simulator and the only true flight simulator on the market today. Microsoft develops games, not flight simulators. Done with my rant. See ya in the air, copy that!!

I know nothing about the MU. But landing in general is about airspeed and ground effects. If you stall too high you drop and land hard, they call this the dropper. Ground effects is when the aircraft is close to the ground and the air under the wings is circulating around and the circulating air touches the the ground and will hold the aircraft airborne to allow you to pull the power back slow and flare and land light as a feather. The hard part is finding when your are close enough to the ground that the ground effects is happening. Landing 101 by rick310.

I know I have been shot down on this request once, but have ask again. Is there any interest in building a B1900? Rick

I have two airports in alaska, PAKP and PADQ. Considered one of the most dangerous airports in the world is Nepal. I do not remember the ICAO code. Good luck and happy flying. Best Regards; Rick

NO, Just have to watch the series of Flying Wild Alaska. 3 seasons on Prime Video, you must buy first of course.

I am sure that everyone loves cross wind landings like I do. I have done cross wind landings 30 to 90 degrees at 40 knots in a piper arrow 3 and Donier 228. I like crosswind landings so much that I look for airports with crosswinds. The key is rudder and landing on the upwind wheel first. I got my training from Flying Wild Alaska, AKA Era Alaska. The brave Pilots of Era Alaska fly in bad weather with small planes. The best pilots in the world. Flying is Alaska is brutal. I have flown the famous Morrow Pass in x-plane 11 with the Piper Arrow 3. Now that is Bad A@@!!

Here is a VA that flys your aircraft. Elite Air Taxi. At Elite Air Taxi (flyeliteairtaxi.com) Looks like a very will run VA, No I am not a member.

FYI I found a website that you can download scenery libraries without a login.