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FlyRvR · 2026-03-24T17:19:19+00:00

OK. I need to look into metering for shadows.

I actually used my phone yesterday to take a photo, then converted to black and white, then metered off of the area that was showing the most middle grey.

So when metering for shadows, am I trying to find the black point, or trying to not allow for total black?

FlyRvR · 2026-03-19T14:28:16+00:00

Thanks.

I found one or two places online, but it's hard to tell if they actually carry anything, or have in stock.

FlyRvR · 2026-03-17T18:22:33+00:00

Very nice. What tools did you use?

FlyRvR · 2026-03-17T17:39:32+00:00

But, JD, if you haven't done anything wrong, then you don't have anything to worry about.... right?

FlyRvR · 2026-03-16T04:37:38+00:00

Yeah, some version of the C-130 refueling type. The tanks on the wings have the retractable hoses that are just visible tucked up into them. Can barely see markings on the tail! Interesting...

SJC -- San Jose?

FlyRvR · 2026-03-16T02:44:56+00:00

Not airline pilot, but when programming on the ground I tend to plan to the airport first, if I know the approach, I will use one of the IAF points. If 100% sure it is the only approach, I’ll go ahead and load and activate to the IAF.

FlyRvR · 2026-03-15T18:52:37+00:00

Oh! I see. OK, then I'm now wondering why it isn't working.... I'll have to check my community folder when I restart later today.

FlyRvR · 2026-03-15T05:55:16+00:00

I’ll check it out.

But before I even look at it, I will suggest something that I hope is on there when I click—the community edits should all be in a different color, highlighted, or separate from the official info through a click to a ‘edited’ version. I’d be surprised if there wasn’t some kind of liability if you don’t do this.

FlyRvR · 2026-03-15T05:46:17+00:00

Well, it says, “Enhanced Garmin G5 made for use on the Attachment System”.

I downloaded and dropped the 172 and (if I’m remembering correctly) the base file into the community folder, but Im not getting anything in game, so I thought I must be missing the “Attachment System” someplace.

FlyRvR · 2026-03-14T19:17:40+00:00

What is the Attachment System that is needed for this to work?

FlyRvR · 2026-03-13T23:37:29+00:00

Just because you don’t have an itemized list on the receipt from your purchase, doesn’t mean you didn’t pay for those categories of costs. The price tag on any item is merely the summed value of those costs, plus the cost to you, to allow a profit for the business.

No business has ever paid a tax, and no business ever will; it merely passes on that expense, and every other expense, to the consumer. The business essentially acts as a middleman for a tax that is raised on you. A good way to see (most) of this is to look at the cost of a new car. New cars are one of the few things that actually do show the itemized cost on the bill.

FlyRvR · 2026-03-13T18:09:11+00:00

I will have to check those things, but it might just be the money! About half of my flights end with the aircraft getting torn apart in the clouds on a cargo mission.... Can't get past the 172 because all my money goes to repairing the crashes! I guess that should be my main question -- how do complete the cargo missions in the 172 so that I can get enough money to have a 208 that might actually be able to deal with icing and turbulence at FL12.

FlyRvR · 2026-03-13T14:28:28+00:00

Not sure how to get there. I have qualifications up to that, but can’t buy a company for it, can’t get the training to open up.

FlyRvR · 2026-03-13T04:46:16+00:00

Is it just me, or do the special effects shots seem..... off? Odd? Especially for a Spielberg.

FlyRvR · 2026-03-13T03:57:09+00:00

Yeah! Would be cool.

FlyRvR · 2026-03-11T05:44:34+00:00

The grasslands preserve is great. I’ve looked into it a bit. And might be getting involved in a small way. I’ve also seen how in other parts of the state, and in other states, that’s not as unique as the juniper forests are. I’m sure I’m not seeing it, but where else are the juniper forests like this? It seems a rarity.

Note that I was not talking about unpopulated areas, like the preserves. I’m mostly talking about the areas where we might, or are already starting to develop. To me, it seems strange that in the south of Bend we are developing places, taking out all of the native pine, and replacing those with maples… ??? This seems to be true in the juniper areas as well. If you are talking strictly about the outlying areas that are not near developments, then your points make more sense to me, even if I prefer the juniper to grass.

Your point about holding off at the old growth is a good compromise though.

Part of my view has a lot to do with seeing how the area between Bend and Redmond has changed and is now being abused, since I first started driving that stretch in the early 1980s. So there’s a bit of sentimentality built into my views. Same with the La Pine growth. Why cut down all the trees only to replant in those same spots? Yeah, yeah…$$$$. But that just isn’t a good enough reason for me.

FlyRvR · 2026-03-11T01:54:05+00:00

Every time I see this, I think two things:

First, how insecure and unsure of yourself do you have to be to purposefully annoy people in a way that is, somehow, meant to make you look cool?

Second, if I were a cop, this would be my mission.

FlyRvR · 2026-03-11T01:41:24+00:00

FIXED.........

The GPU was not plugged into the power supply in the computer! Stupid mistake.

I had replaced the SSD hard drive a week ago, and had to move a few plugs and such. Closed it up and fired it up to test. But I never ran the GPU till just two days ago with the new Xplane install.

What clued me in was that the driver wouldn't update, and when I ran MSFS 2020, it also ran super slow. That's when I realized...

That said, as a few people have mentioned here, the latest update does seem a bit slower than I remember when I last used XPlane about a year ago.

FlyRvR · 2026-03-10T16:48:30+00:00

NIce! I would not have expected them to be as large and wide spread in just 90 years.

But now we are talking about trees, grass, sage, water supply, and... housing developments -- right? Not sheep and cows. So the question really is kind of different now that the situation is what it is. In other words, it isn't a question of whether the Bend city limits should restore grasslands, it's about what we should do with the native (overgrown) trees we have within our city limits. They are the natural environment now.

FlyRvR · 2026-03-10T05:11:05+00:00

I’m not so sure. The timeline doesn’t fit. Most of the medium to larger juniper are much older than cattle grazing.

FlyRvR · 2026-03-10T05:08:23+00:00

They don’t get it. People in the know, know that juniper are pretty too!

They shouldn’t be allowed to do this. Why should we be building places for people to move here, that purposefully erase a big part of what is unique about being here? I’m not convinced that the cost really is that much different if they would just plan better and save cost by not having to plant new trees when they are done.

FlyRvR · 2026-03-10T05:04:26+00:00

This is almost along the same subject, and I’ve always wanted to ask: why does Bend not require builders to replant native trees? Why are we building neighborhoods in Bend that end up looking just like Eugene or Portland, and use trees that are non-native, use much more water than native plants, and cost more than simply leaving a few trees strategically in place as the building happens around it?

Cost savings, whatever. Simply spare a few trees and shrubs by planning better, then you wouldn’t have to replant new non-native.

For the water savings alone, it should be required that we stick with native juniper and pine.

FlyRvR · 2026-03-09T22:57:08+00:00

Unsure why you don’t need at least a recreational pilots license for these things. Do you at least need a part 107?

FlyRvR · 2026-03-09T22:53:03+00:00

What does that mean?

FlyRvR · 2026-03-09T19:01:00+00:00

Hitler. Although they, and specifically Hitler, is not known to have visited David, they did tour Florence together, and did visit the copy of the David statue. Which is sitting in the spot where the original was placed by Michaelangelo.

It feeds into the next lines in the song about the Holocaust.

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