OnCourse Software

benweston wrote:

Hi guys, great program, really adds a new dimension to FS!

A few questions though -

- if the airport you are leaving from has no clearance frequency then on first contact the VCP asks for push and start as opposed to the clearance, is that right? It sounds weird as ground give the clearance and then tell the VCP to call ground for push and start, which he's already asked for.

- often I don't get handed off to tower at the runway holding point - not a problem I can tune myself and ask for dep clearance but if there are two tower frequencies as at very big airports which one shall I use?

- the TGS is a great add on but often he wants me to go the wrong way - at EGGP for a 27 departure you turn left on taxiway Alpha from the ramp and go all the way to the end, he wanted me to turn right, which would take me to the end of 09?

-for a SID, if say out of Liverpool you're a WAL2T sid then you have to overfly WAL at 2500 or above and climb to 4000. In a 737 you'd be at 4000 well before WAL as it's only a few miles from the airport. If I want to get a higher alt clearance as soon as I reach 4000 then I just put 4000 in the alt comp box in the SIDS/STARS options for the given airport, is that right? Yes, that will work if you are using the SID option. You also need to make sure your flight plan (the one in PFE) has a higher alt for waypoint WAL.

-If I'm kept on departure he bugs me to keep to 250 knots, even though I'm above FL100? What is your QNH set to ?

-one more guys - really short flights. I tried to set up a Liverpool - Isle of Man flight and despite the FS flight plan having about 5 waypoints PFE dropped them all, only giving me the departure and arrival airports and no altitudes. If I tried to fly this - would I just get vectors all the way?

Lots of questions guys - thanks in advance.

pschlute wrote:

benweston wrote:

Hi guys, great program, really adds a new dimension to FS!

A few questions though -

- if the airport you are leaving from has no clearance frequency then on first contact the VCP asks for push and start as opposed to the clearance, is that right? It sounds weird as ground give the clearance and then tell the VCP to call ground for push and start, which he's already asked for.

- often I don't get handed off to tower at the runway holding point - not a problem I can tune myself and ask for dep clearance but if there are two tower frequencies as at very big airports which one shall I use?

- the TGS is a great add on but often he wants me to go the wrong way - at EGGP for a 27 departure you turn left on taxiway Alpha from the ramp and go all the way to the end, he wanted me to turn right, which would take me to the end of 09?

-for a SID, if say out of Liverpool you're a WAL2T sid then you have to overfly WAL at 2500 or above and climb to 4000. In a 737 you'd be at 4000 well before WAL as it's only a few miles from the airport. If I want to get a higher alt clearance as soon as I reach 4000 then I just put 4000 in the alt comp box in the SIDS/STARS options for the given airport, is that right? Yes, that will work if you are using the SID option. You also need to make sure your flight plan (the one in PFE) has a higher alt for waypoint WAL.

-If I'm kept on departure he bugs me to keep to 250 knots, even though I'm above FL100? What is your QNH set to ?

-one more guys - really short flights. I tried to set up a Liverpool - Isle of Man flight and despite the FS flight plan having about 5 waypoints PFE dropped them all, only giving me the departure and arrival airports and no altitudes. If I tried to fly this - would I just get vectors all the way?

Lots of questions guys - thanks in advance.

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- often I don't get handed off to tower at the runway holding point - not a problem I can tune myself and ask for dep clearance but if there are two tower frequencies as at very big airports which one shall I use?

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- the TGS is a great add on but often he wants me to go the wrong way - at EGGP for a 27 departure you turn left on taxiway Alpha from the ramp and go all the way to the end, he wanted me to turn right, which would take me to the end of 09?

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-If I'm kept on departure he bugs me to keep to 250 knots, even though I'm above FL100?