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Congratulations GenMarkof, on your new command! I look forward to flying under your able leadership. S!

Merry Christmas one and all!

Try this: https://riseofflight.com/forum/topic/51103-error-10027-packed-data-verification-have-not-passed/?p=713312

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Was going to buy a couple of sectional charts to use with MSFS 2020, but discovered charts suitable for simulation flying are available online and are optimized for iPad type devices. I’m sure most of you guys already knew this, but it was new to me. Here’s the website: http://vfrmap.com

I still have RoF installed. Last time I ran it I had to do a google search to figure out why it wouldn't start from the launcher. Some sort of update was needed. Got it sorted, but forget exactly what the issue was. I'll tournament fly either FC or RoF, although as I'm starting to run FC in VR more it won't be too long before there is no going back.

@Britchot Thanks for the reply. It's the "as required" part I'm not clear on. My procedure was inferred from the manual so your response is much appreciated and gives me a good feeling on how I'm handling the engine. In all of my personal flying, the engine was always 200 feet away at the other end of the tow line. I had previoulsy downloaded the manual. I think we have the 80 hp version in game, not the 100 hp model. The RPMs in game match the 80hp manuals. I wish MicroSoft would tell us exactly which version of the Katana we have in game. They should also include a flight m

So far, I’ve been doing local VFR flights getting used to how the G430 works on the DV20. Triangles with forty mile legs and airports as turn points. Sometimes doing a touch and go at the turn points to help me sort out the traffic control mechanics. Also doing some cross country flights like Virginia Beach to Washington DC. I did fly down to Kittyhawk and land at the First Flight airstrip. Warning! DC is not hand made scenery. The aluminum pyramid on top of the Washington monument is missing, among many, many other things. I guess it’s a carve out for the aftermarket scenery mak

Been trying the different aircraft and really like the DA40 and DV20. I guess it’s because I’m a glider pilot and they were derived from a motor glider. Plus they have the best view out. I downloaded their Aircraft Flight Manuals from the Diamond website. I’m going to do the all the flight lessons in the C152 to learn proper procedures for operating the engine thingy, radio coms, and the navigation gadgets. My sailplane equipment was very basic, the most sophisticated instrument being an electric audio variometer powered by two D-cell batteries. Navigation was by compass using a road map

Have it, set it up and made a couple of flights. Flies nice, the scenery is stunning as well as the clouds, aircraft and fully clickable cockpits. Not to say everything is perfect. Stay high and all is well. Flew over a couple of my and my relatives current and former houses. Yup, they are there! But when you get down low they don’t look anything like in real life. Procedurally generated buildings adds realism to the scenery, so long as you don’t get too close and know what the buildings actually look like. I also like that it’s a living world, with aircraft traffic, moving groun

I wouldn’t be surprised if some military flight sim pilots have never actually landed a plane, other than In a burning heap of rubble. I’m hoping the scenery is as good as promised. Visit the airports I used to fly gliders out of, fly over all the relatives houses, fly over and visit interesting places.

I pre-ordered. Anyone else? TrackIR will be supported at release and VR maybe by October, with the HP Reverb the first supported headset. I see Thrustmaster is releasing an Airbus side-stick version of the T.16000 and an Airbus style dual throttle, likely motivated by the FS 2020 release. Currently busy doing some clean-up and maintenance on my flight sim workstation.

I live in Virginia Beach and the storm center went by about 40 miles west of us. Power out from 0645 Tuesday until 0100 Wednesday.

Congratulations Hotlead!

According to the PCMag Reverb G2 review: ” HP recommends at least an Intel Core i7 or Xeon E3-1240 v5 CPU; Nvidia GTX 1080, Quadro P5200, or Radeon Pro WX 8200 GPU; and 16GB of RAM. That's twice the RAM and a good step or two higher each for CPU and GPU (from a Core i5-4590 and Nvidia GTX 1060 or 970) than you need to use the Rift S. You also need a DisplayPort 1.3 port and a USB 3.0 port“