I did not use a tie down at Oshkosh. We parked at FBO.

@ In one of your videos you ran into somebody that sold you some tie downs that you liked.

I concur!!

That piece of paper (actually I use 2 docs) is a google doc that I put together to help me keep track of important flight info so that it's where I need it and when I need it. If you'd like I'll send you a copy. Hit me up on the email account listed here and I'll send you a pdf and then you can have them printed up. Cheers-Ren

@@davidlaliberte3759 You made a good decision David!!

There are 3 types of foreflight subscription plans. Basic, pro and performance. Do you prefer one?

@@davidlaliberte3759 pro

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers-Ren

The Cirrus Cockpit I'm using here is a standalone setup but does not include the Pc ($2.5K to $3K), Monitor ($1K) and USB controllers ($300). If you are really serious about flying a Cirrus this Cirrus Cockpit is a great tool. Having taking flight lessons myself I can tell you that using the simulator to practice what you've learned will make you a much better Cirrus pilot. I don't think you need to spend $30K to do that.

I just decided it was time. I still ‘fly’ my sim quite a bit for fun and mental exercise…without all the expenses of flying and maintaining a real SR22.

@@celticbedou I live in California with lots of mountains. Mountains equals turbo for me.

Notice how Chuck grabs the power T from underneath when doing smaller movements? He probably is making contact between his hand and the top of the panel to achieve this same idea of a stationary power reference point so as to know how much he is moving the lever.

Not that you would do this so as to preserve contingency energy, but you could configure and trim to 3 o’clock in downwind and then use power into the turns to manage altitude throughout the whole back half of the pattern; this is what navy jets do and I’ve done it in Cirrus too. (For demonstration purposes in Cirrus, see AOA only on-speed throughout pattern a couple times, then transition to a “compromise” pattern speeds till on base preserving contingency energy, AOA turn to and through final.)

Thanks for the kind words John. The Cirrus SR22 flight model I use is made by Torquesim Aviation (torquesim.com/sr22/) and I think its the best, most realistic model out there by far. Regarding the Foreflight app, I use Foreflight on my Ipad mini just like I would in my old SR22T and link it to X-Plane 12. Once its linked it uses the info generated from the TS flight model to track the plane just like it would in the real world. As for displaying in the video, I use to do it with a NDI plugin made my Newtek. For some reason when I upgraded to X-Plane 12 it became non operational so I used another plugin from a 3 party vendor www.apowersoft.com/.

Thanks Steve, that was a fast response! I have a couple of followup questions if you have time. Do you find that the TS flight model replicates the same (or close) flight characteristics as the real SR22T? That is important to me as I used to fly real world a few decades ago. I assume that the TS flight model and XP 12.1 play nice together? Did you notice any hit on FPS using the TS model plugin. I am using a triple monitor setup with a Mac Studio with the M1 chip. After installing the new XP 12.1 RC2 my FPS went from 35 to 25 so I don’t have alot of wiggle room left. Is the tail number customizable on the TS model? Finally, I went to the apowersoft link you provided (thank you!) and they have lots of products for editing. Would you mind sharing specifically which one you are using? Thank you for your help, you are very kind and it is much appreciated. John

@@johnfralc9551 They play together very nicely...if only us humans could play together as nicely the world would be a better place. The flight characteristics and engine numbers are almost spot on to my old G6. I believe the Apowersoft Mirror is the product...I use a PC for the sim and a Mac for everything and the PC is not booted up. Regarding frame rates I recently purchased a new high powered PC to replace the one I had previously (which was great at the time) using Nvidia 4070 video board which gets me all the frames I need. If you are close to tapping out now on frames it might be time to bite the bullet and get a faster chip.

Thanks Steve!

@@johnfralc9551 I guess I should note that what makes the whole experience the most 'real' is what you can't see in the video. That is the Cirrus Cockpit setup from RealSimGear that makes it as close to flying the real thing you can get. Check out this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2PMopxmpsuIfbMsi=ytDdiry5QH4Bab17

I thought we were done with Covid. Let it go my friend and the world will be a better place!

What lesson did you take away if you don't mind me asking-Ren

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Thanks Terry! Cheers-Ren

XP12, Torquesim SR22TN flight model, and RealSimGear hardware.

What approach are you flying? Let me give it a try and see what happens.

Rnav 21 into ksmo coming from southeast flying up V186. Surprised you never seen that before...@@TheRenBaron

@@Shaneepe1 Hmm. So you were flying the same approach from the same direction. I'm not sure why that is happening for you.

Thanks. Happy to be back. Cheers-Ren

Hey, thanks!

All is good. Thanks-Ren

We’ve both been well. Thanks-Ren

Thank you! Will do!

First off thanks for posting. If you don't mind me offering a little editorial advice...you could do better on the tone of your comments. It's a little 'heavy' pardon the pun but I'm interested to hear your perspective. These videos were made more from a pilot's pov than for entertainment value. But, I'd love to SEE a couple of examples of videos that you find entertaining so I can step up my game. Post a couple of links here and help me out. Cheers-Ren

Not sure what do you think?