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Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | DVA2006 | VasFMC for the DVA fleet aircraft
DVA8562
Captain, B747-400

Joined on April 30 2010
50 State Club
Double Century Club

"...and I was gonna learn to fly. HC"
Prescott Valley, AZ

230 legs, 449.5 hours
229 legs, 448.1 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on June 27 2010 18:14 ET by Robert Delorenzo
I never make suggestions to well established protocols...especially in companies that have been around as long as DVA...But I thought I'd give it a try...just this one time...

I always use a "payware" version of any aircraft I fly...mostly because the FMC and autopilot functions are usually very close to RW fidelity...and so my proceedures are also closer to RW...

I was just wondering if it would be possible for the "powers that be" to "pre-install" VasFMC.?...the freeware version of an FMC...into all the fleet aircraft models...it certainly would be an excellent way to "nudge" pilots towards more realism...
I'm not suggesting you remove the GPS system we all know and love... rolleyes

It would just provide a "option" for DVA pilots to "upgrade" to more of a RW navigation system...and add to there knowledge base and enjoyment...

Yes I know they could possibly do it themselves...but It sure would be easier if everything they needed was already installed...

I'm sure I'm not the first person to suggest this...so I am sure there is a perfectly good reason why it hasn't been implemented...

Just thought I'd ask...

Robert Delorenzo

Captain, B747-400
DVA1580
Captain, B767-300
COMM

Joined on March 16 2004
Century Club
Everett Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

Caryville, TN USA

199 legs, 476.5 hours
70 legs, 168.4 hours online
84 legs, 232.9 hours ACARS
4 legs, 10.4 hours event
27 legs dispatched, 71.5 hours
 Posted onPost created on June 27 2010 21:54 ET by Scott Breuer
Didnt know you could install VASFmc into specific planes. I have that program and I can use it in anyplane I want. Isnt that how that program works?


DVA8562
Captain, B747-400

Joined on April 30 2010
50 State Club
Double Century Club

"...and I was gonna learn to fly. HC"
Prescott Valley, AZ

230 legs, 449.5 hours
229 legs, 448.1 hours ACARS
 Posted onPost created on June 27 2010 22:13 ET by Robert Delorenzo
Scott Breuer wrote:

Didnt know you could install VASFmc into specific planes. I have that program and I can use it in anyplane I want. Isnt that how that program works?


I wasn't aware it worked that way...I must be confusing it with a payware program...

I knew I shouldn't have made any suggestions...

Never mind... redface

Robert Delorenzo

Captain, B747-400
DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP, COMM

Joined on January 19 2007
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Flying Colonel
Globetrotter
Burbank 500 Club
Eurocap Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

"De oppresso liber"
Surry, ME

1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours
478 legs, 767.8 hours online
1,107 legs, 1,674.5 hours ACARS
55 legs, 114.8 hours event
195 legs dispatched, 134.4 hours
 Posted onPost created on June 27 2010 23:53 ET by Andrew Kaufmann
VasFMC can be used for any aircraft. VFMC2 has been out for about a year now and is much improved over the old version. And yes, you can install the VAS panels into any plane.


DVA7666
Senior Captain, B747-400
OLP

Joined on August 18 2009
50 State Club
Online Seven Century Club
Two Million Mile Club
Globetrotter
Flying Colonel

"Food? Check. Ok, let's go."
Tyler, TX USA

1,500 legs, 5,694.3 hours
1,086 legs, 3,187.7 hours online
1,452 legs, 5,509.8 hours ACARS
77 legs, 201.9 hours event
3,500 legs, 11,636.4 hours total
 Posted onPost created on July 16 2010 01:04 ET by Jacob Miller
and its freeware right? does it work with fsx?


DVA3931
Senior Captain, L-1011-100
OLP, COMM

Joined on January 19 2007
50 State Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Flying Colonel
Globetrotter
Burbank 500 Club
Eurocap Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary

"De oppresso liber"
Surry, ME

1,882 legs, 3,806.7 hours
478 legs, 767.8 hours online
1,107 legs, 1,674.5 hours ACARS
55 legs, 114.8 hours event
195 legs dispatched, 134.4 hours
 Posted onPost created on July 16 2010 10:58 ET by Andrew Kaufmann
Yes - and yes. You want 2.X
http://www.vas-project.org/



DVA2667
Captain, B757-200
OLP

Joined on November 05 2005
Double Century Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Everett Century Club

Fayetteville, NC USA

262 legs, 484.7 hours
52 legs, 92.9 hours online
222 legs, 423.0 hours ACARS
1 legs, 1.5 hours event
 Posted onPost created on September 21 2010 06:55 ET by Lance Andrus
my take on vasFMC is that it was made to integrate well into Project Airbus planes. It doesn't integrate well into anything else, or at least I haven't been able to get it to do so. However, it flies the plan just fine if you like your FMC running as a separate program in the background.

Lance Andrus

Captain, B757-200
DVA7956
Captain, A320
OLP

Joined on November 05 2009
50 State Club
Event Half Century Club
Online Double Century Club
Everett 250 Club
Quatercentenary Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary

"Swing on a star"
Manassas, VA USA

478 legs, 905.6 hours
259 legs, 494.7 hours online
473 legs, 893.0 hours ACARS
70 legs, 123.9 hours event
 Posted onPost created on September 21 2010 15:58 ET by Scott Bradley
Agree that vasFMC is way to go for those that don't have it in their aircraft. I didn't discover FMC until I had my first payware and was sort of forced into learning it. No point in being forced; it is more flexible than the GPS (especially when ATC changes my well laid plans.) I love it when ATC wants to change my arrival - no problem - "lay it on me" (ok, not exact phraseology). The workload is greatly reduced giving us more time for steep turns, power-off stalls, crazy eights, and "...bet I can land and make that first taxiway" .....oops, wait a minute...I'm getting my planes confused. Time to go out to the airport for a sanity check.

Scott Bradley

Captain, A320

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