Classic British Flight Sim

I've just found this rather cool new paint for the CS732. Air Inuit is actually based in Quebec but they do charter and cargo flights so it's not inconceivable that they would fly to Alaska. I love the livery so I had to have it anyway.

I flew from Ketchikan to Sitka using the Remote Flight app on the iPad to navigate. It reads flightplans stored in FS and displays them on a moving map and with the new keyboard cover/stand for the iPad it now sits very neatly next to the laptop as my nav desk. I took a photo to show how tidy it all looks

The approach to Sitka is a bit tight and all that practise at Kai Tak is useful. However, on this occasion I screwed up and that is definitely air between the wheels and the tarmac after the first crash-landing and a very squashed front suspension as the runway gets shorter Oh well - I'm off to do the ironing now so lets hope I make a better job of that








Ian

Great Pictures Ian...I trust you are having the usual things looked at before you taxy that aeroplane again!!

I like the look of your App but on my NZ tour I'm not using Flight Plans at the moment as my destinations tend not to be airports, so I presume your App would not work in those circumstances? At the moment I am just using Google Earth on my iPad to help with the nav, but of course the map does not get orientated by the aircraft's heading or track, so it can be a bit confusing.

Hi Ian,

Yes that is a very nice livery and nice shots,

As you showed your setup i just thought i would put my penny in as for all the years i have been flying on the sim i have put a second monitor up, i don't know why i have not done it before as the wife has had her old LCD monitor in the cupboard for a couple of years!

Its so much better with the GPS / Radio and ATC on it and a clear panel,

Pinching your post again!

Roger.

I expect they carry alot of Chavs, being called Air Init.

Nev

petermcleland wrote:...I trust you are having the usual things looked at before you taxy that aeroplane again!!

Oh yes! Heavy landing checks ... I'd forgotten about them. It was something handed over to the ground engineer, wasn't it? From the cabin crew point of view - if it was the skipper's landing we'd wait for an announcement saying that it was a fully automatic landing. But if it was the FO then he'd be sent out with his hat on to say goodbye to the passengers. Then he'd have to buy the drinks when we got to the bar

The Remote Flight map app works like this: There's a small software 'server' on the PC that connects to FS and reads the position of the aircraft in the virtual world. The aircraft stays in the centre with north up. I expect that can be changed in settings but I can't remember. It connects to the iPad app over wifi and displays it on a choice of moving maps along with speed, heading, altitude, wind direction etc. It's zoomable by pinching the screen. If you have a flightplan you can include it by pressing the flightplan button which reads all the flightplans in whichever folder you tell it. Then it will display the waypoints, distances, track and time remaining etc. but the flightplan is optional. Because it connects over wifi you could monitor your flight sitting at the dinner table while your flight is buzzing away upstairs. With the Remote Flight radio app you can use the autopilot to make changes between courses. The game will virtually play itself without you having to get up

https://www.remoteflight.net/

Nev - Go to your room!

Roger - You're most welcome to hijack my posts, mate. Lord knows, they could do with some sensible input

Ian

Ian, I really do envy that set up you have. I wish there were more ways of employing my laptop, in lieu of an Ipad, to carry out similar functions while running FSX on my desktop PC.

I notice you have a little keyboard for the Ipad now - when did you get that and how does it connect to the Ipad ?

speedbird591 wrote: Because it connects over wifi you could monitor your flight sitting at the dinner table while your flight is buzzing away upstairs. With the Remote Flight radio app you can use the autopilot to make changes between courses.

I bet the present Mrs Speedbird just loves that:-

' Did you have a nice day at the office dear ? '

'Hush woman, I'm retuning to the next VOR. Pass the salt and pepper'

Paul K wrote:I notice you have a little keyboard for the Ipad now - when did you get that and how does it connect to the Ipad ?

Here you go, Paul - http://youtu.be/zsIJUiTlrGI

It's a combined cover and keyboard connecting via bluetooth and magnet. It transforms the iPad into a perfect little notebook. Peter has bought one too!

Ian

Or you could just buy a Surface that has it already

TSR2 wrote:Or you could just buy a Surface that has it already

You could ...

Except the Surface comes with the basic 'touch' flat keyboard/cover which doesn't have good reviews. To compare to the Logitech mechanical keyboard you'd need to buy the separate 'type' keyboard which doesn't seem to be available in the UK yet and is $130 in the US. And then you still wouldn't have an iPad with retina display and access to iPad Apps so you couldn't run your Remote Flight map on it.

Nice try, Ben

Ian

I love going fishing with you Ian, I always get a bite