newbie reporting!

[Kin Soon Leong 1222795 0]

hi to all fellow simmer, although been flying in FS for years, haven't done it online with others, absolutely new to VATSIM, now waiting for my saitek yoke to arrive and looking forward to file a flight soon, hope to talk to u guys soon.

[Callum Strawbridge 1]

Welcome to VATSIM

 

Hope to see you online soon

[Chong Willis 1144527 0]

A very warm welcome! See you online soon!

[Matt Booker 2]

Welcome!

 

If you have any questions feel free to ask.

 

Useful links:

 

http://www.vatsim.net/prc/

 

http://www.vatsim.net/pilots/

 

http://www.vatsim.net/atc/

[Kin Soon Leong 1222795 0]

thanks for all the greetings, just got the SB and went through the PRC, trying to familiar with things here, exciting

[Don Desfosse 31]

If you use FSX or P3D, I recommend vPilot over SB. vPilot is new and supported, and easy to set up. SB is easy to set up, but has been out of development for 4 years and is only community supported at this time (though we do a great job with it!). Also, because it's out of development, the hard-coded equipment suffix codes are outdated and incorrect on SB. vPilot is easier to set up for model matching, also.

[Kin Soon Leong 1222795 0]

i got the FSX with me, tried to installed once and what a frame rate killer! need to get a new hardware and lotsa tweak before it can run smooth i guess. meanwhile, i'm sticking with FS9 with some addons and still can live with it. thanks for the suggestion anyway.

[Andreas Fuchs 239]

Hi Kin,

 

welcome to the crowd!

 

In case that you are not satisfied with Squawkbox's model matching and would like to have something more complex, try FsInn. Just follow the tutorial called "FsInn in 20 minutes" that will guide you through all the details of the installation and initial setup: viewtopic.php?f=43&t=63821

[Anastasios Petros Stefopou 9]

Dear Kin,

 

welcome on board!

You are [Mod - Happy Thoughts]igned to VATSEA Division of Asia and the site can be found here

If you have any questions be sure to ask

Welcome to VATSIM

[Kin Soon Leong 1222795 0]

roger

[Kin Soon Leong 1222795 0]

something to ask... i filed a VFR FP from EGLL-EGCC, took a small C152, slow cruise at 6000, managed to tuned in to EGCC tower from 30 miles out, when i get close to about 15 miles and tried to make a contact, the ATC told me that i'm not under his control!?? can anyone show me if there was anything that possibly went wrong? Here is the route i filed : WOBUN WELIN T420 TNT . thx..

[Sam White 1214219 0]

He probably [Mod - Happy Thoughts]umed your were IFR, as VFR can only depart Heathrow under particular conditions, and your route is an IFR route, coupled with the fact you would probably be in Cl[Mod - Happy Thoughts] A airspace at 6000ft, where VFR is not allowed. IFR traffic usually makes contact with tower on final approach of the runway in use.

[Kin Soon Leong 1222795 0]

He probably [Mod - Happy Thoughts]umed your were IFR, as VFR can only depart Heathrow under particular conditions, and your route is an IFR route, coupled with the fact you would probably be in Cl[Mod - Happy Thoughts] A airspace at 6000ft, where VFR is not allowed. IFR traffic usually makes contact with tower on final approach of the runway in use.

 

Re: sam thx very much for the answer, that makes the picture clear now. I just applied for flight training with vatsim-uk today, need to learn from basic..