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Ben_Chiu Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: 1. "RE: Runway numbers where are you?" 09-17-03, 19:56z  Greetings fellowman2003: > I am into Microsoft Flight sim 2004. The sim presents a major problem > for me.It is finding runway numbers other than the one you're plane > starts on, and the "in game" learning manual fails to help. It always > happens when I want to taxi before takeoff. I begin, at say north on > runway 36. But I want to go WEST not north. In the real world, the runway in use is decided by the winds and visibility. (The preferable runway is the one that faces into the wind.) But even if the winds are calm, there is usually a preferred runway or runways at most airports. If 36 is the runway in use In the situation you describe, you'd request a left crosswind departure and takeoff on 36, and when you're within 300' of pattern altitude (with ATC and traffic permitting), you'd begin your left crosswind turn. > So I contact the ATC or the control tower. They will in turn tell me to > taxi on my present runway to runway 6 west or 7 west and hold my plane > for clearance for takeoff. Sounds simple right? But where is runway 6 or > 7? Many of the airports in FS have taxiway and runway signage. Regardless, in the real world, if you were unfamiliar with an airport, you'd have an airport diagram (sometimes referred to as a taxi diagram) to follow or you'd simply ask ATC for "progressive taxi" and they'd guide you. FS2K4 has this feature. > They are not painted on the runways going west. In fact there are no > runways going due west or left from the main runway running due north > and the little blocks always are a1 a2 or a3. I taxi all over the > airport trying to find a different numbered runway. No luck. So I end up > just taking off straight north and turning my plane due west in midair. > Does anyone else have this problem? If not, how do you find the runways > going west? It'd help if you gave us specifics about which airport you're talking about. Sometimes there are airports that have both hard surface and non-hard surface runways. Perhaps the E/W runway is grass? Hope this helps. Ben -= VPC OffLine Reader 2.1 =- Registered to: Ben Chiu -OLR.PL v1.80- Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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Subject      Author      Message Date     ID      Runway numbers where are you?    fellowman2003       09-17-03              RE: Runway numbers where are you?    Ben_Chiu       09-17-03       1         RE: Runway numbers where are you?    James       09-17-03       2         RE: Runway numbers where are you?    vgbaron       09-19-03       3

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