Flight Keeper

globecar · Post by **globecar** » Tue May 31, 2005 7:20 pm

"How many of our pilots are using FS Flight Keeper? Please tell us if you do and how much you like or dislike it. Have you used it on-line with another VA to log your flights? If so, how reliable has it been? Do you have any thoughts on it being used by Globe Cargo? "

nevillevaneerten · Post by **nevillevaneerten** » Tue May 31, 2005 9:10 pm

"<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(globecar @ Jun 1 2005, 12:20 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>How many of our pilots are using FS Flight Keeper? Please tell us if you do and how much you like or dislike it. Have you used it on-line with another VA to log your flights? If so, how reliable has it been? Do you have any thoughts on it being used by Globe Cargo? [right][snapback]3773[/snapback][/right] </div> I use it and find it robust, it has more functionality than the FASAcars with online weather and maps etc. The only thing I don't like is if you used advanced settings then you get down graded for resetting your altimeter or QNH at the wrong altitude if you forget to change the transition level. The other thing which would have to be altered is the sensitivity for hard landings for the RFP as 500fpm is considered a very hard landing (and rightly so). I can get any other aircraft to behave itself but routinely get 500fpm landings on RFP for some reason. Yes I would like to use it for the VA"

globecar · Post by **globecar** » Tue May 31, 2005 9:49 pm

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>The other thing which would have to be altered is the sensitivity for hard landings for the RFP as 500fpm is considered a very hard landing (and rightly so). I can get any other aircraft to behave itself but routinely get 500fpm landings on RFP for some reason. </div> There is a configuration file where you can set the parameters for flight critique. [Touchdown] On = 1 Value1 = -450 Value2 = -800 Penalty1 = 7.5 Penalty2 = 15 RateValue1 = -200 RateText1 = Greased RateValue2 = -300 RateText2 = Excellent RateValue3 = -350 RateText3 = Very Good RateValue4 = -450 RateText4 = Good RateValue5 = -550 RateText5 = Moderate RateValue6 = -700 RateText6 = Bad RateValue7 = -900 RateText7 = Very Bad It is not set per aircraft which would be better so it must be setup for the one you fly most often. Being user adjustable is very poor for VA use. It would let pilots make adjustments that would always make them look good.

BarryTheAviator · Post by **BarryTheAviator** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 3:13 am

"<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(globecar @ May 31 2005, 11:20 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>How many of our pilots are using FS Flight Keeper? Please tell us if you do and how much you like or dislike it. Have you used it on-line with another VA to log your flights? If so, how reliable has it been? Do you have any thoughts on it being used by Globe Cargo? [right][snapback]3773[/snapback][/right] </div> Ralph, I have just downloaded the trial version which does not have full functionality nevertheless I think it is far superior to FSACARS and would like to use it in the VA. Whatever the decison I will probably get the full payware offering and use it for my own benefit anyway."

PetriSuni · Post by **PetriSuni** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 4:20 am

"Hi Ralph, I have not used Flight Keeper, so cannot comment on its quality, but as it is payware, making it the sole option for the VA does not sound attractive to me. So I hope that if it is taken into use, it will still be allowed to use FSACARS as well, as it is free and does the job quite well enough, in my humble opinion. Petri"

globecar · Post by **globecar** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:39 pm

"Everything is still up in the air on this and no decisions have been made. We are still in the very early test stage. If we do switch, the VA pilot price would be about 50% off the regular retail price which makes it very attractive for all pilots to own and use."

wijnand · Post by **wijnand** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 2:09 pm

"<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(globecar @ Jun 1 2005, 12:20 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'>How many of our pilots are using FS Flight Keeper? Please tell us if you do and how much you like or dislike it. Have you used it on-line with another VA to log your flights? If so, how reliable has it been? Do you have any thoughts on it being used by Globe Cargo? [right][snapback]3773[/snapback][/right] </div> I never heard of theis program; were can I find information about it? Greetings, Wijnand"

_ags_ · Post by **_ags_** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 2:41 pm

"For example here: <a href='http://aerosoft-shop.com/product_info.p ... ucts_id=37' target='_blank'>http://aerosoft-shop.com/product_info.p ... s_id=37</a> <a href='http://www.avsim.com/pages/1104/fsfltkpr/fsfltkpr.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.avsim.com/pages/1104/fsfltkp ... kpr.htm</a> If it works better than the ACARS, why not... Can I ask about how much resources does it consume, is it noticeable? As I've looked through the review in the Internet, is it possible to create an auto-fill mechanism for all these fields? Kind of much of them there is."

jourdair · Post by **jourdair** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 3:30 pm

It is possible to set up a seperate critique file for each aircraft - this is set in the ACARS Device Installer. Version 2.6 changes they way that the altimeter setting is checked so that it is checked when you level out and not while climbing or descending.

nevillevaneerten · Post by **nevillevaneerten** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 4:42 pm

"<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jourdair @ Jun 2 2005, 08:30 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'>It is possible to set up a seperate critique file for each aircraft - this is set in the ACARS Device Installer. Version 2.6 changes they way that the altimeter setting is checked so that it is checked when you level out and not while climbing or descending. [right][snapback]3788[/snapback][/right] </div> Fantastic Russell, was wonderin why my scores were starting to improve [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img]"

Murray_1167 · Post by **Murray_1167** » Fri Jun 03, 2005 5:26 pm

"<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(PetriSuni @ Jun 1 2005, 05:20 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Hi Ralph, I have not used Flight Keeper, so cannot comment on its quality, but as it is payware, making it the sole option for the VA does not sound attractive to me. So I hope that if it is taken into use, it will still be allowed to use FSACARS as well, as it is free and does the job quite well enough, in my humble opinion. Petri [right][snapback]3780[/snapback][/right] </div> I agree with Petri. I spend ""alot"" of money on FS addons but ""I"" make the decision based on my needs. I don't need Flight Keeper so I for one would probably have to pack it in if it becomes manditory. Not sure if you care, but I thought I would let you know. Either way, no hard feelings."

globecar · Post by **globecar** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 10:23 am

"We do care Murray. We do not want to lose any good pilots and are looking at all of our options. For 90% of our pilots FSACars works very well and they have minimal problems. We have only been testing FlightKeeper for a few days and only with 4 Administrators. It is taking a lot of work on Mikes part to get things running and to add all of the functions we have working with FSACars. We are still just at about 75% completion but every test flight (there are dozens) have been filed sucessfully without any burps or hic-ups. In our testing we are running both FSACars and FlightKeeper on the server and perhaps we will find a way to run both systems in the future without causing too much confusion for the Administrators. Hopefully for those pilots that are NOT EXPERIENCING ANY PROBLEMS WITH FSACARS and are not having to send in PIREPS that the Administrators have to manually enter, we will be able to leave them running FSACars. Manually entering PIREPS is time consuming and defeats the purpose of everything we are trying to accomplish. For those pilots who are having continuous problems it would become a necessity to make the switch to FlightKeeper. Our intent is not too make things more difficult for the pilots but to ease their frustrations when they are experiencing PIREP problems and crashes and find an alternative method. Unfortunately it turns out to be a payware method but I do think that if people would download the trial version of FS FlightKeeper they might wonder how they ever got along without it even for their pleasure flights not associated with a VA. FSACars is a great product also but is designed only for VA use and is not designed for just casual flying. Jose has indicated that he is planning to make some changes in the future but we need to have an alternative now to solve the problems that some pilots are having. "

folhetas · Post by **folhetas** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 4:13 pm

"Hello ralph, I all ready use for an Other VA , and i'ts really great ... I'm wait for lcompany link to configure my FS keeper on Globe Cargo [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif[/img]"

globecar · Post by **globecar** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 4:30 pm

"<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(folhetas @ Jun 4 2005, 03:13 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Hello ralph, I all ready use for an Other VA , and i'ts really great ... I'm wait for lcompany link to configure my FS keeper on Globe Cargo [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif[/img] [right][snapback]3812[/snapback][/right] </div> Hopefully I will get a link setup in a few days and allow others to do a little testing. "

hawkeyeted · Post by **hawkeyeted** » Sat Jun 04, 2005 8:30 pm

"Ralph, It would be FANTASTIC if the GCI servers could accept PIREPS from both FSACARS and FSK. I have to agree with some of the voices here. I REALLY don't want to spend the Scratch on FSK. Reason is that I've got a standard handfull of other software that does what this program does, with the exception of PIREPing my flights...of which FSACARS does quite well for me."