I’m currently mirroring the SimA Terrain Files. These are necessary for the new 1.155 database version of the Sim Avionics Weather/Terrain Radar. Click here to download them.
Archive for the ‘Software’ Category
FSX Cabin Calls for SimA
On February - 26 - 2011
I came across a post on the SimA forums while looking for a way to have the Cabin Calls be played automatically during a flight. Turns out, user caKus had written a program for Sim Avionics called FSX Cabin Calls! I tried it out last night and (for me) it worked great! If you have SimA and FSX give it a shot!
YCSH Coffs Harbor by FTX
On February - 24 - 2011
Purchased the YCSH airport scenery from FTX a few days ago. This was my first time really checking it out. Its fantastic!
I didn’t do any procedures, setup, nothing. Just full throttle takeoff and hard landing to get back on the ground :) The point of the video is just to show the scenery.
Enjoy and check out the FTX scenery products! I’m very impressed! (FYI this airport’s ICAO code is no longer YCSH, it’s YCFS now)
YBBN YMML
On February - 22 - 2011
Did a 2 1/2 hour flight from YBBN to YMML, using FTX (Full Terrain) airports and ground scenery.
Click here to view the photos!
Tip: How to use a Free Sky Project Aircraft
On February - 19 - 2011
Free Sky Project, AKA FSPro, formerly called Project OpenSky…. ok that’s a tip in itself! If you don’t know about them, its a team of aircraft designers that have been around for a long time.
They produce FREE aircraft repaints, remodels, sound packages etc for the FS community. Did I mention they are free? And they do a really good job at it.
Anyhow, the main problem with their website has always been, trying to figure out how to use their free stuff! They do a nice job in getting you to which flavor of aircraft you want. From there, you have “Model Packages”, “Base Packages” and “Sounds Packages”… So, how do you get all that into FSX?
Well, I found a post that may explain it all! Click the image below to enlarge:
Basically what it says is…
The Posky 737NG is the easiest plane to download, configure and install in fsx. You really only need to download the fsx model package of your choosing such as no eyebrow with winlets etc. Then find a base package amongst the choices listed that fits the model package. The sound package is a nice addition or search the typical web sites for an alternative sound package.
I’ve dabbled in making a My737Livery, and that “repaint” (Which is all it is) uses the default 737-800 model.
So while this may not be a “how to” per say, it does indeed lead you in the right direction on how to use a FSPro AK Posky aircraft!
SimA DSTD+ Upgrade
On February - 15 - 2011
Just upgraded my Sim Avionics license from a SSTD+ (Captain only) to a full DSTD+ (Captain / FO) license. Now I have the full FO side PFD/ND/CDU and can finally use the FO’s EFIS to control things independently.
Opencockpit Gauges in the Overhead
On January - 17 - 2011
Today I trial and errored through SIOC to get my OpenCockpit EGT, Cabin Climb and Duct Pressure gauges working! Fellow SimA and Builder Markus was kind enough to send me his scripts.
The thing about SIOC is that no two builders scripts will be a like. Its a programming language, one that I don’t understand much. I pretty much changed things one at a time until everything worked. :) Here’s a video showing the three gauges in action!
How Norton Ghost saved my Sim!
On January - 1 - 2011
737 Tutorial Videos
On November - 26 - 2010
Fantastic tutorial videos from Aerosoft Australlia on using various 737 systems! It covers their software but also a lot of important information for any simmer!
All Videos are here! http://www.aerosoft.com.au/home/Videos.html
An HDD vs SSD in your SimPC
On November - 26 - 2010
This holiday weekend I purchased a 128 gig SSD and installed it in my SimPC. An HDD is a Hard Disk Drive, which is what stores everything on your computer. An SSD is basically like a thumb or flash drive you buy to store things on.
But in this case, an SSD is way faster and slowly but surely will start to replace HDDs in computers all together. They are crazy expensive but since they have no moving parts, and are memory, they are way fast.
So I installed one, used Norton Ghost 15 to clone the HDD to the SSD
Watch the video, you will not believe the results! Below the video I describe how I did it.
Click below to read how I did it:
The Flight Sim Toolbar
On November - 8 - 2010
Check this out! It’s a Sim Toolbar for your web browser! Very cool!
Works with Safari, Firefox, IE. (For both PC And Mac!)
Note: This Toolbar / App is part of the Conduit Network. In Safari, it’s not part of the Safari 5 Extensions. If you want to uninstall this (At least, on the Mac) go to Applications / Toolbars / and you will find the uninstaller there.
