petermcleland wrote:So my status symbol is simply AGE...which is revered in China
Oh! Is that all! I mustn't be far off an entitlement for one of those. I can feel a HKG trip coming on so I'll see if I'm venerable enough
After all, I've got free air travel, free train travel, a bus pass, a bike and a car - it's the only thing missing
Great sequence of AI spotting shots, Peter. I usually do that with the Mitsubishi Shogun parked just where little bandit is. I spend as much time watching as flying! I was checking the FlyTampa forum for any mention of trees and you may be interested in this post by Jim Vile who has compiled the approach for FlyTampa. It was in a thread about whether it was possible to force the closure of Rwy 31 but went off into the random landings of AI traffic. Apparently, Jim could have programmed the AI to land tidily but chose to leave it loose so that they all behaved differently as in real life - to make spotting more interesting! Here's what he said:
jvile wrote:
I could tighten the AI Approach code so most all the AI fly a near perfect approach but that is not realistic. Instead, I loosen the varients and force the AI to fly the Plane's .air and .cfg which makes for a more interesting approach.
The User plane should be the one that can fly the approach consistantly nailing the main gear each time on the center line and at the touchdown bars. Now the user Pilot can watch those AI Pilots struggle with the approach as in real world. Some AI pilots even fly to the left of the checkerboard to give them a little more final to RWY 13 but that is in some cases still not enough.
Give the AI Pilot some stiff Crosswinds and they will scrape wingtips and engines trying to set the mains down on the runway. Reminds me of that one video where the B747 touches down almost sideways. Thankgoodness for rudder input because that Pilots feet was dancing on the pedals even after touchdown.
So next time try it with a strong crosswind and make them work for their living
DaveB - glad you got away with your bad behaviour in HKG! I know what you sailors were like. British aircrew had honorary membership of three important clubs in the colony. The Mariner's Club (Merchant) in Kowloon, The China Fleet Club (RN) in Wanchai and of course the Royal Yacht Club in Causeway Bay (but I don't think
real sailors were allowed in there!
). We also flew to Bandar Seri Begawan (capital of Brunei) for a while and I can confirm that there is
almost nothing there. In the only hotel, we asked for ice on room service and two waiters brought up a solid block about a foot square! We did find a restaurant which was across a lake in a village on stilts but I don't remember much else because I was in the same state as you!
SkippyBing - excellent suggestion! There may indeed be that installation option. I'm just between work and bed at the mo but I'll re-run the installer in the morning. Fingers crossed!
Cheers guys
Ian
