OnCourse Software

I have the following questions about PFE:-

1. If FSX crashes and I have to restart my pc I normally load the last saved part of the flight (FSUIPC function to save periodically). I restart fsx and load the flight then I go to PFE and load the adv file again and click connect to fs. What are the steps I should take at that point? Do I still need to contact clearance?? Or should j tune straight in to the centre? O tried opening my flight plan and it set my squawk but it didn't seem to direct me then ? Just need the correct procedure to follow please?

2. When virtual pilot is set to fly in addition to just the comms it doesn't appear to change my altitude when atc asks me to. When flying at fl170 atc asked me to go to fl240 but virtual co pilot didn't change anything, however he continued to do radio comms?? How do I get this to work

3. Atc gave me a speed restriction at 5000 to slow to 250kts as vnav had took me a bit over this so I manually intervened on the speed and continued to climb. Atc never told me the restriction had been lifted so I ended up staying at that speed. What should I have done or what should have happened??

I hope you can answer these as I am still trying to master PFE.

Thanks mark

I cannot answer the first two, but for Q.3 speed is usually restricted to 250 KIAS below 10,000 feet unless advised otherwise. Once above 10,000 feet you do not need to be advised you can accelerate... just put your foot (hand) down !

Peter

Mark,
I believe there is a section about resuming a flight if PC crashes,need to check manual or support section of what to do!

What aircraft are you flying?....most 3rd party aircraft have to have altitude etc done manually by you (the user)...

Hope this helps

Mdavenport wrote:

1. If FSX crashes and I have to restart my pc I normally load the last saved part of the flight (FSUIPC function to save periodically). I restart fsx and load the flight then I go to PFE and load the adv file again and click connect to fs. What are the steps I should take at that point? Do I still need to contact clearance?? Or should j tune straight in to the centre? O tried opening my flight plan and it set my squawk but it didn't seem to direct me then ? Just need the correct procedure to follow please?

If you are re-loading a saved flight it should surely already be correctly tuned to the centre?

Do check the manual, but if I remember rightly it tells you to re-load the flight, let everything settle and then connect PFE. It says something along the lines that PFE may appear to be slightly out of synch with the flight initially but will settle down. You must use the "Select last ADV" button to re-load an existing flight, you cannot re-start an earlier one.

I have done that in FS9 and presumably things work just the same in FSX. I don't think you can re-start a flight with PFE on the ground.

John