When Im getting closer to the Airport Im travling to, is it really the pilot thats contacting the tower? I thought the new I was on my was and was going to contact me. I vas using vfr with vor on this trip (not sure if its called gps too, but it wasnt direct - gps).
The GUI (ATC, Map etc) - could these elements (in cockpit) be hidden easily by pressing a dedicated button on the keyboard or joystick? Would be nice…for example when you should land, the last minutes etc. Want to hide these stuff easily then.
This was actually my “longer” (its not that long, but hey…) flight. Yes, i used marks to find my way, and the landing guide. I need that as a rookie.
So… ESGJ to ESGP is done with the older, larger Cessnas big brother. Not sure how reallistic that plane is but if feels quite stable in the air. (no assists on that).
Is there a “DCS-sort of kind” way to see the plane swoooshing by from external camera?
Oh…oh…almost forgot!! How do I set the POV of my 3D PRO Extreme (oh, its sooo pro) to watch outside not straight to the left or right, but more…could it be 45 degrees? Tried to make that work but no input was detected. =(
I’ll try to address a couple of your questions.
First, yes, it is the pilot’s responsibility to contact the airport you want to fly into, or for that matter, before you want to enter specific airspace (for example, before you can enter Class B airspace, you MUST contact the appropriate authority, which won’t be the tower.
If you’re given a change in frequency while enroute, the pilot is normally expected to initiate contact over the new frequency.
As far as the second question, you can turn off the instrument overlay, on both the external or internal views, but I believe it can only be done by going into “assistance options/User experience” and turning them off. I don’t believe there is currently an option for a key to do that, although I’d be glad to be proven wrong! The majority of questions I’ve seen in the forum is how to turn them off in the cockpit view permanently rather than a hot key, since you have that information available on your normal instruments.
Regards
You’re flying on a VFR flight plan using VOR navigation, the in game ATC will give you flight following along your route, but it will not tell you to contact your destination to ask for landing instructions. You have to bring up the ATC menu and select ‘nearest Airport’ list to choose the airport and then choose the type of landing.
Good tip: copy the setting from FSX to bind the ATC/Radio to the Tilde (~) key.
It falls easily under the left hand, and because the radio responses are Numbered - you can just count by feel however many keys over from the ~ key to find the right one without ever looking down at the keyboard.