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I am currently running X Plane 11 with Air Manager (displaying CESSNA 172 Instruments inc. G530 on a separate touch screen monitor), Knobster, Honeycomb Yoke and Throttles and Saitek Rudder Pedals. I have provisionally booked some flying lessons for next summer so I want this setup to be as realistic as possible to allow me to practice as much as possible between now and then. Is there any reference material available for optimising this setup so that sim time can be counted as flying time. I'm reasonably close but I have noticed , for example, that the NAV button on the throttle does not respond as it should. e.g. double clicking NAV does not enable GPS mode as it does when using the default mode with out any add-ons. I'm concerned that something else may be waiting to jump out and bite me. 🙂 Al

I'm using this unit with X Plane 11. I'm fairly new to all this so take my assertions with a pinch of salt. To the best of my knowledge I am using the default setting to fly the CESSNA 172 with the G530 GPS. Various videos suggest pressing the NAV button twice to activate GPS mode but this does not work for me and I have to use my mouse instead. Pressing NAV twice on the screen works. As far as I can tell everything else runs as expected. Al

Thank you that worked. Al

X-Plane 11 with all the latest updates. I have just downloaded LittleNavMap but I get an error saying these files are missing. Despite this the "on board" weather conditions seem to be working in X Plane. That is to say I can change from dry and fine to raining and stormy in the program. Al

Everything seems to be in order but every so often the keys don't respond and I have to reassign them. If it happens again I will check the text file as advised to see how that appears. Thank you. Al

What are keyboard view bindings associated with? The sim, the aircraft, the location, the situation or the USB ports? I have noticed that the views associated with the num pad sometimes seem to dissappear for no apparent reason. Al

I have just purchased version 2.5.0.4. I cannot make any sense of the tutorial for flight planning as it is different. Even the screen layout is different. When I try to get as close as I can to the tutorial it sends me off into the Pacific. Alan

I've been using Orbx England for some time now to fly GA and not had any issues however now that I am playing with larger aircraft I am experiencing problems. I load the default 737 and place it at a gate and as soon as it's loaded it either crashes or places the aircraft away from the gate, sometimes on the wrong side of the building. I've tried small, medium and heavy gates at both Heathrow and Gatwick and numerous gates. When I use the default scenery it seems OK. Alan

It would be over egging it to say I was building a cockpit but I am trying to make my flight simming more realistic to be used as a training aid for PPL. I've made a plywood frame and cut a hole in it to display my flight instruments on a separate monitor. I don't want to cut holes for instruments as I want to keep it generic. Has anyone any ideas how to create a cheap, lightweight glare shield. I've tried polystyrene pipe insulation but, unfortunately, it looks like polystyrene pipe insulation and is a bit naff. Alan

Brilliant, thank god for forums. I moved from my small local airport at Gloucester to Bristol International, everything worked a treat. I did a full VFR flight circuit and VOXATC did everything it should, at least as far as my limited experience can tell. Alan

The only add ons I have are Orbx England scenery and FSUIPC but what you suggest sounds like a good idea. I'll try it with both another airport and default scenery. Yes, seamlessly is perhaps a little optimistic. FSX is the most frustrating software I've ever used, you just get one thing working and something else pops out of the woodwork.

I keep getting the message "unable at this time" when I request clearance to depart and I just sit there unable to take off. Initially this also happened when I requested permission to start engines. I ran the voice training again several times and got past this particular issue only for my demo to expire. Tegwyn very kindly extended this and I managed to get a little further. The voice recognition appears to recognise my voice but I'm beginning to wonder if the software is mature enough. I don't know if it's the Microsoft voice recognition or VOXATC either way I'm a little reluctant to part with any money if I cannot get this to work seamlessly. I expect to have to repeat myself now and again but to end up just sitting there unable to proceed is frustrating. I have read threads on here with similar issues that suggest that there may be problems with the latest release of software? Alan

Contacted Tegwyn again. He has extended my demo time which is fantastic as it has given me time to sort things out, which I have done. Fair play to him, great customer service and I will be buying the product very soon. I would buy it now but it's my birthday in a few weeks so I'm hoping someone treats me.

I thought VOXATC took over from the default ATC? When I tried the demo I'm sure I was invited to turn it off. Alan

I already have. He suggests that speech recognition is not set up correctly or my headset is not good enough. I'm using a Microsoft headset with noise cancelling.