It has been issue multipe times in the “What did you do in MSFS today?” topic that conversations about flying tend to go off-topic causing flags and deletions. I’d like to dedicate this topic for just such discussions in order to have somewhere to do so, while keeping that thread clean.

[image] What did you do in MSFS today? (Part 2) the steam gauge detail is fantastic Anyone know why a “six-pack” gage set is called “steam” gages? It’s not like there’s someone stoking a fire someplace and many aero engines are air cooled. (And I am curious how the artificial horizon worked …

Just a ball with a weight in the bottom in a cage. At least I assume that’s how it worked. The great thing about the basic flight instruments is how simple they actually are. Early airspeed indicators were a little flap pivoted at one end and a spring at the other, placed on the biplane wing strut …

[image] Jimrh1993: Anyone know why a “six-pack” gage set is called “steam” gages? From the GoogleGod: Analog gauges, commonly called “steam gauges” because their faces resemble a steam pressure gauge

I don’t care about the cockpit - as long as the broomstick is wizard-level :rofl:

[image] RagingWombat839: If the elevator trim was analogue and so infinitely variable, as it would be IRL then you’d always be able to trim it out without using the power/prop controls. Unfortunately in the sim it is digital and is often too coarse, so you find one click might be the difference …

[image] What did you do in MSFS today? (Part 2) General Discussion For the last week I’ve been fixated on flying the same route. On May 29, 2022 the crew of a de Havilland twin otter performing the short flight from Pokhara to Jomsom (Nepal) crashed into the mountainside …

IFR comes with it’s own set of challenges and all the training that goes with it (in real life anyway) but yes, you just have to follow instructions! I’m glad both types of navigation proceedures can be practiced in the sim. [need to insert an as-of-yet not created emoji of person with IFR training…

The particular route I was referring to (Pokhara to Jomsom) is VFR ONLY because navaids don’t work in the mountainous terrain there and I suspect that even if Jomsom had a navaid, the terrain would be too close to the approach path for them to design a legal instrument approach proceedure (IAP).

I understand the reasons, however it sounds really foolish that the RL crew tried to fly it in IMC. Although sadly I do know how companies pressure crew to ignore rules. It’s lucky that in MSFS the worst that can happen is a black screen

[image] What did you do in MSFS today? (Part 2) General Discussion Vegas Bound - Crossing the San Bernardino Mountains [1250410_20230519221941_1] Question: What was crossing the mountains like? Reason I ask - back in the '80s I flew in a maybe 8-10 person puddle j…

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Tuffbull7923 May 20, 2023, 12:49pm 43

I’m not sure, but IFR seems a lot easier than VFR, all you have to do is follow instructions..