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Posts posted by Otto Groschenbügel
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Okay, this was not quite what I expected when I bought CRJ-200...
After my decision to give X-Plane10 a try a month ago, I was surprised how fine the v.10 looks, compared to older versions. So I thought about buing a SERIOUS plane for it. That was CRJ-200. Thought flicking through the manual and hop, up in the air.
In the end I spent 1 1/2 hour ON THE GROUND while working through the tutorial just to get the plane to the runway holding position. And just when I tried to align with the runway, one of the engine died. No, I had no failures selected in X-Plane, it looked like I had somewhere pressed the wrong key or switch... I was so depressed that I switched off the computer and didn't touch CRJ-200 for a week.
But yesterday I gave it another try ! I didn't remember much about the first "flight" so I had to grab the tutorial again. And this time I only used about 1 hour for the preparations. (My wife came by and asked: "Aren't you gonna fly ? Is something broken ? )
This time both engines worked and I really managed to takeoff ! But what was that ?? The plane behaved as stubborn as a mule, it bounced up and down, and from left to right. Even after I activated the autopilot, the plane couldn't hold course neither altitude.
OH BOY, is it really THAT hard to fly this baby ???
After a while struggling I had an idea, went to the weather menu and BINGO ! I had still activated "Real weather from the internet" from a last flight. And on that day, big storms rushed through my region here in Germany, looks like they were in Spain too !
After I switched to global calm weather, I was relieved, everything worked now. And I began enjoying the flight.
Okay, I must admit, I didn't manage to "catch" the flightplan at first so that I flew in the wrong direction but that is another story...
What I want to know now, what were your experiences during the first flight with CRJ-200 ??
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After working (I was expecting this'll gonna be no game...) for several days with the accompanied manuals I finally managed to get the CRJ-200 off the ground !
What is not realy clear for me: In the Tutorial the communications with ATC are mentioned, for example to get the Squawk Code. Can I do this conversation with the ATC that is built into X-Plane ? Or are the communications from the tutorial only fictional ?
To use ATC in X-Plane I have to file a flightplan first, but as far as I know, the CRJ flightplans are incompatible ?
Please help me in my Rookie confusion.
THANKS
AI ATC with CRJ-200
in Canadair CRJ-200
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Thanks for the link to the X-Plane 10 ATC tutorial ! I will have look at it.
But my question was specialized on the CRJ-200 tutorial that comes with the plane. Can I use the X-plane ATC with this tutorial flight from LESA to LEVC or not ?