hm, even though i get luis request, the reasoning behind it being about the efb reducing fps and realism i probably would have taken the request cynical myself as well… i’m not sure if we’d get 3 or 5 fps more when those “displays” are not around is one thing but the reason of it being not realistic ?! come on… this “game” is nowhere near to be realistic, let it be the weather, most of the physics, that i’m sitting in my living room and what not… it stays a game. let it be “study level” aircraft or not. and the efb serves its purpose - for many many users.
turn the efb off, put it down, don’t look at it - request fullfilled… pmdg obviously won’t take it into consideration to make it optional.
still, luis should get his fair share to opinionate - he did get his moment, others agreed to disagree - let’s move on…
Yes, I think on the tablet itself he makes valid points. It’s just the way. I mean, ‘bobskate’ well okay, he’s just another customer. But this is the company director. Dunno… I expect something different in tone…
Too bad I have to register for this one… sigh… another website, another login, another password… that’s not completely ‘free’… they probably sell my email… grmbl…
Carenado also has an iPad-like tablet in the YMF-5 to set different options like e.g. the passenger seat configuration etc. Once you are done you turn it off and it goes away. If you need to change the settings later, you click a special place in the cockpit and that brings the tablet back. I think such a system has best of both worlds.
It’s a bit of a macabre subject, but there were an awful lot of accidents with the DC-6? Was a bit surprised when I saw that list. Especially in the 1950’s. Even bombings…
In general carb heaters should not be used. Cold air is good for the carburatours because you burn less fuel. So seeing them in blue in the… tablet… is not a problem per-se, it is a problem if you get and ice build up in the carbs.
So the recipe is: Leave the carburator heat off. If you see a descrease in BMEP then you turn the carburator heaters up, if the icing is extreme you can also turn on the carb de-icers that throw alcohol into the carbs, that’s the anti-ince fluid you have to replenish.
Inspired by this video I am currently doing a USA KLAX-KMDW-KLGA trip! Though SimBrief gave me 13,000 as a cruising altitude, not 19,000 as in the video. Doing well right now. Over the desert. Engines 1 and 4 on main tanks, 2 and 3 are on alternate. That video was such an awesome thing to watch. Really inspired me to make this flight.
I just read his responses - twice - and each made me chuckle. I think it might be good to take a breather, and not take comments like his as a personal attack. He’s simply saying what’s on his mind, and stating in no uncertain terms that the “iPad” is not going away.
Having learned to fly over forty years ago, using paper sectionals, Jeppesen plates, a knee board with a stopwatch screwed on in the upper left corner… blah, blah, blah… I could easily be a Luddite.
These days I use a little app from Garmin called FltPlan Go on my iPhone and/or iPad. I can take it with me in a Piper Cub if I want a moving map. Sure is less expensive than a G3000 setup… which would be really weird in a Cub, wouldn’t it?
My point is: having (and using) modern equipment (that makes flying safer) doesn’t break immersion. It is what most pilots do these days, even in older “steam gauge” aircraft. Robert mentioned Foreflight. I don’t use that, but being able to call ahead for services without using Unicom is great.
Anyway… have fun and relax… the DC-6 is a joy to fly, and built-in tablet is easy enough to simply ignore.
Well he’s not attacking me. So I’m personally not offended or bothered by it.
But people defending him seem to skip over the issue and jump straight to the ‘he’s right’. I also think he’s right. I just think his communication skills in this particular case suck.
I noticed by the way, after my initial autopilot trouble (turning it off with the Z-key, and it then still being half on), that the lever causing the loss of control at touch down, seems to erratically jump up and down when I press Z. Does anyone have an idea why? Are there two things colliding? It’s just one key… I do get all the bells, the warning lights go on, I only press it once. But in that short time it manages to flip on again. I really like to be able to use that key, but something is wrong in my setup. I just don’t know where to start looking.
