Fast Forward Flight?

[Ree]

Can you fast forward the flight. Like similar to KSP where you have the time warp. I don't want to spend 5 hours flying to New York

[bobbi]

Yes

• Select the Learning Center on the simulator’s startup screen.
• Select the Index tab
• Select the T on the list of letters across the top.
• Select Time (you might have to scroll down a bit)
• Select Changing Simulation Rate

You should also check you keyboard assignments for Simulation Rate. It may be set to “r” (might need to follow “r” with one or more presses of “+” or “-” on the main keyboard (may not work for this purpose on the number pad).

Expect the rate to be displayed at the top of the display (full screen) or window (in a window).

[Tsarcasm]

I don't understand why people like to speed up the sim... Just don't fly a long leg if you don't want to fly that long. Blows my mind lmao

[Ree]

When I do R and + all it does is zoom in and out in the view.

And the reason I want to fly a long flight is because why would want to not fly to major airports etc.

[LHookins]

There are a lot of interesting places to fly that don't involve major airports, and a lot of good aircraft to fly there that don't involve jet airliners.

Pick the small airport near your house. With over 24,000 airports in the game you can be sure it will be there. Fly a small plane over places you've gone to in real life. I like to fly out of F00 in Bonham, west to the main freeway, then south to downtown Dallas, maybe make a circuit of KDAL or KDFW or KADS, then back home over the same roads I'd normally drive to get there. Make a few flights, get familiar with it, then visit the actual airport, show some interest, talk to some pilots and get a ride, which may be free and they usually let you take the controls for a while. See what the same area is like in a real airplane.

Is that enough reason?

Hint: Do NOT try this with an airliner. :)

Hook

[Ree]

So, it turns out is was not assigned anything.

[Edzio21]

join IVAO or VATSIM and join Virtual Airlines, its fun when u do a long leg

[Ree]

Thank You

[tommwill]

Originally posted by MeepTicoMeep:

When I do R and + all it does is zoom in and out in the view.

And the reason I want to fly a long flight is because why would want to not fly to major airports etc.

I find that pressing the R AND +&- doesn't work, but if I press the R THEN +&- key it works

[pulseox2001]

Theres a easier way....1. Hit "P" amd pause the game...press the map icon...on the map move (click & drag) your planes icon along the flight route as close to the destination as you want....2. unpause the game....3. contact ATC and ask for IFR clearance to your destination,,, they will approve your flight plan...NEXT!!! when the screen asks if you want to place your plane to the original Departing airport press NO...you will be transported forward intime to the point you selected on the map and ATC will continue to guide you. Make sure you pause the game before you go into the Map view otherwise sometimes theres a glitch when you return to the game and your outside view is blacked out.

[Erazer]

Originally posted by pulseox2001:

Theres a easier way....1. Hit "P" amd pause the game...press the map icon...on the map move (click & drag) your planes icon along the flight route as close to the destination as you want....2. unpause the game....3. contact ATC and ask for IFR clearance to your destination,,, they will approve your flight plan...NEXT!!! when the screen asks if you want to place your plane to the original Departing airport press NO...you will be transported forward intime to the point you selected on the map and ATC will continue to guide you. Make sure you pause the game before you go into the Map view otherwise sometimes theres a glitch when you return to the game and your outside view is blacked out.

Many thanks, most useful.

[3 Wire]

Haven't you guys ever used Slew Mode..?? For me that's the preferred way to move my plane ahead on it's flight path, or "fast forward" if you prefer to call it that.

It's very simple to do and easy to control, as you are cruising along just press the "Y" key which puts you in slew mode, now start tapping the Num Pad 8 key repeatedly, go slow at first untill you get the "fast forward" rate you want, if you start hitting Num Pad 8 rapidly too many times your plane will accelerate like a starship in Warp Drive LOL. You can disengage slew mode anytime by simply pressing the "Y" key again and your plane will resume normal flight.

I fly mostly tubeliners like the A320, 757 etc, and I've found this to be very useful for long flights on autopilot when you have multiple waypoints programmed in to the FMC, you can fly to a point say 10 or 15 miles short of your next waypoint (I use the GPS moving map to keep track of my progress) then disengage slew mode and let the Autopilot and FMC fly you to the waypoint, and then turn you on course towards the next waypoint on the list.

Not everyone wants to stare at the cockpit instruments or look out at the landscape go by 28,000 feet below for 4 hours straight on a flight from Dallas to New York. I like to do precision ILS approaches and landings at big airports like JFK and LAX, and using the slew mode along the route saves a lot of time getting setup for the initial and final approaches. The slew mode usually gets turned off for good about 100 to 150 miles out from the airport, and that leaves plenty of time for you to test your precision approach and landing skills, either flown manually, with the FMC and autopilot, or a combination of both.

I use it mostly with commercial jet airliners, but slew mode will work just as well with general aviation planes, turboprops, or Biz jets etc.

There's a bunch of other things you can do with the slew command, they're all outlined in the comprehensive list of FSX keyboard commands, which anyone who wants to get the most out of FSX SE should have a copy of.......

https://www.scribd.com/document/85326716/Flight-Simulator-X-Keyboard-Commands-List

[tommwill]

Originally posted by Pegasus:

Originally posted by pulseox2001:

Theres a easier way....1. Hit "P" amd pause the game...press the map icon...on the map move (click & drag) your planes icon along the flight route as close to the destination as you want....2. unpause the game....3. contact ATC and ask for IFR clearance to your destination,,, they will approve your flight plan...NEXT!!! when the screen asks if you want to place your plane to the original Departing airport press NO...you will be transported forward intime to the point you selected on the map and ATC will continue to guide you. Make sure you pause the game before you go into the Map view otherwise sometimes theres a glitch when you return to the game and your outside view is blacked out.

Many thanks, most useful.

Yes, Thank you. I didn't know about that one even after years of play

[Erazer]

Originally posted by tommwill:

Originally posted by Pegasus:

Many thanks, most useful.

Yes, Thank you. I didn't know about that one even after years of play

So how did you discover it?

Have you also used Slew mode?

Press the Y key and then tap the NUM PAD 8 key.

Press the Y key again to return to normal mode.

[tommwill]

I've used slew mode but found myself way off course sometimes, so I've been using fast forward. The map move puts you exactly where you want to be. Thanks again

[3 Wire]

Originally posted by tommwill:

I've used slew mode but found myself way off course sometimes, so I've been using fast forward. The map move puts you exactly where you want to be. Thanks again

Slew mode always moves you in a straight line, if your course was 245 degrees when you started slewing, it will be still be 245 degrees when you disengage it. It's possible to slew beyond where you wanted to be, but that's not the same as being "off course", that's simply slewing too quickly and/or not disengaging it in time. It does take some practice to get the slew rate you want, but pressing "Y" will instantly stop it if you get going too fast. You really need a moving map to keep track of your progress when slewing and I use the default GPS for that, it will track your progress very accurately as you slew along on your way to wherever it is you want to be next. Zooming the GPS in or out accordingly will also help establish where you are in relation to where you are trying to get to.

You can also slew backwards (Num pad 2) if you've gone beyond where you wanted to be.

I sometimes use the map to drag the aircraft in to position for a quick ILS approach and landing, but it's usually not more than 15nm out from the runway threshold. I find it less useful than slewing when the goal is moving from one waypoint, intersection, or navaid etc. to another on a long flight with the FMC and autopilot in control.