Hi, I hope that it's OK to post these like this. I have been flying every day and pretty much all day (ask my family!) since I bought PF3 so the rate at which things come up (and I post them) is quite high (though I want to stress I don't immediately get online - I do experiment, Google, search the pdf manual first! It's not always easy to know what terms to search for though).
The following may be 'features' that I haven't set up correctly, or possibly little bugs. They have all occurred a number of times, so not one-off glitches (which happen all the time with whatever programme): They may be FS9 rather than PF3 issues, I don't know...
1. ATC sometimes asks me to line up and wait, which I do. They then ask the AI a/c behind me to line up and wait too, so, being basically stupid, it taxis right through my fuselage. It then gets zapped with my FSUIPC - serves it right (though I feel a bit sorry for the passengers!). ATC then tells me I am clear for take-off.... The stuff 'Air Crash Investigation' is made of...
2. Sometimes ATC gives me no instructions to turn after T/O and I can go on and on on the runway heading. Once I turn towards my flight path anyway, ATC will start vectoring me correctly. Not a big problem, as pilots do not of course wait to hear from ATC to turn onto the SID, but I just wondered why sometimes I get no instructions at all even after 40 miles! (I do get climb instructions meanwhile, so ATC is still with me).
3. ATC instructions to AI can come too late. They tell the a/c to line up and wait when it is already on the runway and starting its take-off roll. Seen this quite a lot at various airports..
OK, all for now! Many thanks. No rush for a reply, just in the nature of feedback, which as I say, I hope is OK! (If not, do tell me: I feel like I am maybe posting too much stuff here at the moment?)
Martin