William Leathley 1049264 Posted February 25, 2020 at 04:29 PM Posted February 25, 2020 at 04:29 PM Hi I'm a newbe in a way, meaning iv been off the air for a long time now. I have been back flying for a little while now but have not gone on line, I have been a vatsim member since 2008 but have done most of my flying off line, my question is can anyone help me regarding observation, meaning i would like to sit at an airport and listen to the jargon and the procedure i need to learn, "How do i go about this" i would like to get back to on line flying again but need to build my confidence up again.I would appreciate some input and help. Kind Regards William Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Taylor 1268798 Posted February 25, 2020 at 08:00 PM Posted February 25, 2020 at 08:00 PM First you can sit and listen to real pilots/controllers by selecting an airport and position at https://www.liveatc.net/ Then, you can start up your sim, connect, and sit at an active airport on a GA Ramp (so that you have less chance of interfering with vatsim traffic) and tune to and listen to any of the online controllers. You can even talk to them, if they have time, and help you out. I know I would. Welcome Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Shearman Jr Posted February 25, 2020 at 10:01 PM Posted February 25, 2020 at 10:01 PM William, VATSTAR is a possible resource for connecting with mentors and instructors who can walk you through some basic flights with ATC interaction to help you ease your way back in. It's branded as a VATSIM Pilot Training organization, but if you're already familiar with basic IFR and ATC procedure and just want a means for getting some one-on-one coaching, it's probably worth your time to look into it. Cheers, -R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Leathley 1049264 Posted February 27, 2020 at 06:37 PM Author Posted February 27, 2020 at 06:37 PM Much appreciated guys have spent quite a bit of time listening now to do it. One thing i found tho is that after listening for sometime i don't seem to be able to either talk or text any controller without first leaving the simulator. I mean i cant just talk while flying i have to press either text out of the sim or talk out of the sim then click back into the simulator, not sure if that makes any sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomas Hansson Posted February 27, 2020 at 08:46 PM Posted February 27, 2020 at 08:46 PM Make sure to run your sim as Administrator. Tomas Hansson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Leathley 1049264 Posted February 27, 2020 at 10:53 PM Author Posted February 27, 2020 at 10:53 PM Thank You Thomas that did the trick, i would have liked it on my yoke but couldn't seem to manage it i'm happy to get it on keyboard much better than before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew McCabe Posted February 28, 2020 at 08:48 AM Posted February 28, 2020 at 08:48 AM If you are using vPilot as the pilot client you can set a button on the yoke as PTT. Drew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Fuchs Posted February 28, 2020 at 12:14 PM Posted February 28, 2020 at 12:14 PM That should be possible with all available pilot clients. Cheers, Andreas Member of VATSIM GermanyMy real flying on InstagramMy Twitch streams of VATSIM flights and ATC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Leathley 1049264 Posted February 28, 2020 at 02:05 PM Author Posted February 28, 2020 at 02:05 PM Thanks for your help guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Stevenson Posted March 4, 2020 at 05:43 PM Posted March 4, 2020 at 05:43 PM If you are using vPilot as the pilot client you can set a button on the yoke as PTT. Drew And if that doesn't work (it should), and your yoke has programming software, then program the button on your yoke to whatever you want to use on the keyboard as your PTT, and set that key in your client. Ben Stevenson Chief Instructor Toronto FIR (CZYZ) torontofir.ca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Dammers Posted March 5, 2020 at 10:45 AM Posted March 5, 2020 at 10:45 AM If you are using vPilot as the pilot client you can set a button on the yoke as PTT. Drew And if that doesn't work (it should), and your yoke has programming software, then program the button on your yoke to whatever you want to use on the keyboard as your PTT, and set that key in your client. The caveat with this is that the way these things usually work is by synthesizing key events and injecting them into the OS / Window Manager, which means that the virtual keystroke will do the same thing an actual keystroke would. So if the problem is that keystrokes don't reach the vatsim client when the flightsim has the focus, then this won't solve it, because the key event will still go to the flightsim, not the vatsim client. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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