Pretty much an OCD routine for each flight.
Successful flight is if I can perform all the inverse instructions of my setup and still put away my Bravo with the parking brake set and the gear lever down this tells me I didn’t goof anything up too badly Cold and dark startup checklists, call the ATIS and take notes on my computer or iPad, and we’re off to the races. Then I’ll open Navigraph, import the SimBrief plan if IFR, or just set up the route if VFR. More likely, I’m opening SimBrief on either my MacBook or iPad, planning my route here, and also opening up any checklists I’ve saved for more complex aircraft that I’m still not super sharp with (DC-6?) This is rare - I’m not all that proficient with this app yet, but I’m playing around with it more. If I’m straight up VFR low and slow, I’ll load up LittleNavMap on my MacBook and plan my route here.
#Preflight parking hobby full#
Don’t really use the World Map for setting full routes. Once I’m happy with my route, I’ll clear the arrival airport, zoom into the departure airport, and pick a gate or a parking spot to spawn cold and dark. I’ll choose my aircraft then load right into the World Map just to play around with Estimated Time Enroute distances to fit whatever allotment of time I have for the flight.
By this time I’m usually on the MSFS “home screen”. Attach the appropriate throttle configuration to my Bravo for whatever I ended up deciding to fly. Meanwhile I’ll grab my Honeycomb Alpha and Bravo off the wall and screw it in, swing my Turtle Beach Flight Stick mount over to the left hand side, set my Axair MIAP and a keyboard in front of me, and rig up my mouse. After some daydreaming throughout the day as to what I’d like to fly (STOL, GA, old planes, modern planes, steam gauge, glass cockpit, long haul jets, short haul bizjet commuter routes, etc etc), I’ll boot up my Xbox, kill the last flight sim session so we’re starting fresh, and wait for it to load.
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