Fms Rocks!!!
 

I just got a copy of FMS.... I never thought a flight sim would be sooo much fun!! So easy to setup.... I tried using the keyboard, but quickly learned that it's nothing like a radio. I got a PIC interface cable and hooked up my own radio!! What a balst!! I was doing tail touchs after about 1 hour and knife edge loops and all kinds of fun stuff that I haven't tried with my real rc ailplanes....

I really recommend this SIM....

SIM: http://simulator.home.pages.de
Cable: http://www.hnpl.net/wt/

Fms Rocks!!!
 

I agree. For the money it can't be beaten! ;)

Fms Rocks!!!
 

Runs like a champ on ME. I will move it to XP Pro for a try.

FMS
 

But the GreatPains and other guys who makes commerical softwre sims really hate FMS...

and its a Great Pain for them... :D

Fms Rocks!!!
 

RFG2 is a great sim with a LOT of features. It is by far the most professional sim. But, FMS is free!

Fms Rocks!!!
 

Do the adapter cables work though from your transmitter? Do you run it with transmitter power on?

Fms Rocks!!!
 

I am using the controller from FRG2. I read that you cannot do this, but I think they said it for legal reasons.

Fms Rocks!!!
 

AV8TOR - The PIC interface cable that I bought from the NewZeland outfit works great with my Futaba SkySport 6 transmitter with power on.

Fms Rocks!!!
 

Thanks guys for the info. Is there any info/schematics etc. to build your own RC interface cable?

fms simulator
 

Will a dave brown controlbox work with this download? Thanks John 2nd time around?? WILL A DAVE BROWN COTROLL BOX WORK WITH THE FMS SIM??? THANKS AGAIN jOHN

everything for an Interface
 

This should help!

http://www.heliguy.com/nexus/fmsinterface.html
use this one to build your parellal cable!

http://www.welwyn.demon.co.uk/gifs/buddys.gif
use this one for pinout info on your Transmitter.

Airtronics Vanguard 6 ch !
use the Sanwa pic in the above link. Use pin 3 for the ground and pin 5 for the signal.

FMS simulator with Dave Brown box
 

My Dave Brown controller that I got for Daves first simulator works fine on my windows xp computer with FMS. I have the latest Dave Brown simulator and very rarely use it since I got FMS. I have ordered the serial interface kit from New Zealand. I will probably never use the DB sim again. I will sell it cheap

Dave Brown & FMS with Win NT
 

:D I have tried the FMS Simulator with my Old Dave Brown box. It works great. The new version 2.0 v.7 need about a P4 to make it really any fun. I have been flying the Kyosho F-86 saber jet and it really flies just like the real RC plane.

Raymond Cervantes
[email protected]

www.fmscable.com

FMS SIMULATOR
 

Thanks guys for the reply. I have the old Dave B. sim. It never did have sound. It seemed like it sure lacked graphics. The only thing I liked was the helecopter. Then I got to see Real Flight and the planes looked like our model ones we fly. I was thinking about getting the add on for Dave B. Sim, I think that was on a disc instead of a floppy. Something tells me not to. May try the download for FMS. Is it better to put idownload on floppy disks?? Do not know much about downloads. Will a pentium 11 class computor run this ok/ Thanks Captin John

Fms Rocks!!!
 

Thanks for the Link. This sim really is good. Esp since its free.
Brian

download
 

Download FMS to your hard disk. Don't fiddle with a floppy. You will need to have a speed of 300 MHZ in order to run FMS with its graphics. Be sure to go into controls and map the channels to the box. My FMS came with the aileron on the throttle.

Flight simulator
 

I have a pentiun 11 233 hz with MMS teckknolgy or whatever. What is the eay upgrade for this machine? Any Ideas will be appreciated. Thanks Captin John P.S. how much space will be needed for download for the FMS??

simulators
 

Thanks 12fly: That sounds logical to me. Does the Ge Force vidio card have a vidio output like s vidio so I could see this sim on my 32 inch JVC TV/? Thanks John

FMS
 

I have access to Real Flight G2 thru the club I belong to and I have RFCS2001. For realism I think FMS beats them all. It might not be best for a beginer though. But then I haven't downloaded all of the models available.

FMS
 

Sorry to disappoint you but I don't own a CD burner.
BTW just what do these physics calcs do for you? You don't have to hold back in your explaination. I am an electrical engineer and have spent the last 10 years writing software. I never wrote a 6DOF simulator though. I have several friends that have so let us know what you are talking about.
I am just stating my opinion on my observations.
I think you are smarting because you paid $200 and there is something that is just as good for the purpose for free

simultors
 

HUUUUMMMMMM!!! Very Interesting indeed.

Fms Rocks!!!
 

IMHO, (I hold MS in Aerospace Engineering and Ph.D. in Solid Mechanics, nor I'm a Software Developer for a major CAD company) both FMS and RF G2 have rather poor flight model.
I haven't noticed any significant advantage of G2 when it comes to flight realism. :(
(I'm talking about planes--people say helies are much better in G2, but I know nothing about choppers.)

What seems to be a strong selling point of G2, is its stunning visual quality. It looks so cool--control surfaces are moving, exhaust is slowly disappearing in the sky, etc.

Just my $.02 worth...
Boris

throttle and rudder ( the fix )
 

In FMS after you install it. You need to change the channel assignments. This is for the messgae about the throttle and rudder question.

I have a made a help page for the install.. If you would like to see it click the link below.

Raymond Cervantes

[email protected]

www.fmscable.com/fms911.html

FMS
 

To 12fly
My name is Richard H. Kelly and I live in Mesa Az. My resume is posted on the internet at CE.WEEKLY.COM # kr010431. I am available for software consulting begining at $50/hr. I haven't had many contracts lately due to the poor economy. I've had to lower my price. If you would care to drop by I will show you my computer. Its a 900MHZ Celeron with a 19" monitor. I have no need for a CD burner because I do not sell software to the public. I have the 19" monitor so that I can better fly simulators. One of the things experience tells you is that you don't have to have the most expensive equipment to write and operate software.
BTW you didn't answer my question. What does physic calcs do for you?

Fms Rocks!!!
 

12fly,
Nice piece of detective work (how much time have you spent searching?). You are, probably, just another FMS "seller" upset about abundance of low-quality FMS cables on eBay...

Regarding FMS cables "I" used to offer on eBay. They were all made by my friends in the Ukraine (really high quality, lots of good modeling stuff is made there), and my wife was selling these cables under my name. All the profit went to my friends - $100 a months provides a decent living in that poor country. :(

Regarding my credentials. I hold MS in Aerospace, PhD in Solid Mechanics and another PhD in Mechanical Engineering, a dozen publications in scientific magazins, etc. If you have nothing better to do, you can look at my rather outdated home page here:
http://home.stny.rr.com/sergeev/

Good luck "investigating". You may also go to FMS official forum and reveal me there. I've been posting a lot of my findings on FMS cables there.

Boris

Yes, seriously!
 

12fly,
It may be hard for you to imagine, but it's true. I'm helping my friends in the Ukraine. I still remember how it feels when you don't have enough cash to buy your child a fruit...
And I'll find a way to pay my taxes in full. I'm an American citizen and I'm proud of it. Though it may be hard for you to imagine too.
Boris

FMS physics calc
 

12fly
You still haven't answered my question. I think you are just quoting some big words that you heard and don't even know the meaning of

FMS
 

12fly thats a cop-out and you know it. The next time keep your nose out of things you don't understand.

Easy guys
 

Enough of the personal stuff and get the thread back on track. I'm not going to allow this to continue in the forum. If you want to continue in this manner take it to emails please.

Fms Rocks!!!
 

Cable??

http://fms1.mattclement.com

cables
 

Do you have the cables for a JR or Hitech Radio?? Thanks John

Fms Rocks!!!
 

Guys,

This isn't a forum for posting commercial sites selling cables. I have no problem with you talking about the cable you bought or where you bought it but I really don't want commercial advertising here. If you have a question about cables that someone is talking about please email the author.

It's a really fine line weather a post is commercial or not and I don't want to have to make that decision. I'd appreciate it if you could kind of self police yourselves and save me the trouble of editing or deleting posts if I feel it is necessary.

FMS
 

I have the luxury of being pretty much a total dullard about RC flight sims (and about everything else in RC flight : -( ) and therefore have no pre-concieved notions or opinionated/emotional baggage which would serve to make me take sides in some "my gear and opinions rule, and yours are garbage" type discussion. That said , it is abundantly clear to me that the "12" something or other guy is whistling Dixie, and "Bluesky" could write the book (and probably has!) on a whole range of technical issues that most of the rest of us barely know exist. I say Bravo!, Bluesky, and keep up the good work!Kudos also, to you for the work and support you are providing to your friends in the Ukraine. I can only imagine the tough time they are having over there. Glen Priest

Fms Rocks!!!
 

ok ok But I am not Clement. I don't know him and I don't benefit from anything on the site. I just ran across the site and thought someone would like to know. I will cease and desist. I thought I was helping a starving student out!

Mea culpa!

Fms Rocks!!!
 

Well, KEEEERRRAAAAAPPPP! I just laboriously typed out a message to you and evidently lost it! I HAVE had several exchanges with Matt Clement at OSU about getting a set of his cables, and am looking for something which will run Cockpit Master as well as FMS.
I DID have a burr under my saddle blanket about some comments in the "FMS Rocks!" thread by "12 Fly" or something directed to "BlueSky" who has two earned PHD's as well as undergrad and Master's degrees in some very arcane (to ME, but then I know notheeeeng! :- )) engineering areas, as well as teaching and research experience both round the US and in Russia.
It seemed to me the 12 guy was making unseemly personal attacks on "BlueSky", and that the latter was one very classy person. I'm sure he didn't need MY puny defense, but it seemed right to say something. I don't know how the two threads got tangled, but they evidently did. Sorry! Glen Priest

Interface cable
 

To get this thread back on track, I have a parallel interface cable that worked just fine on my old computer (win95, 233 p1, 16MB vid card), but I does not work on the new one. My new computer has XP, does it not support the parallel port interface? Will a serial interface work, and my apologies for asking, Mr. Moderator, does anyone know where I can get a serial interface that will definitely work with XP?

Fms Rocks!!!
 

airwethead,

The problem with parallel/serial FMS interface cables is that FMS can't access them in any NT-type OS (Windows NT, 2000, XP), so, these interface options are disabled in FMS under XP.

The only two cable types working under XP are:
1) FMS specific PIC based cable, whose main advantage is that it provides as many proportional channels as your TX has (up to 8).
2) TX-to-Joystick cable. Disadvantage - only 4 proportional channels (no good for heli dudes); advantage - works with any Windows based sim, which supports joystick control. (I'm flying with such a joystick interface in Windows 2000).

Hope this helps,
Boris

Thanks Boris
 

Yes, that does shed a little light on the subject, but I am still left in the dark about how to get/make an interface cable. Any info about either of these options would be greatly appreciated! :p

OK, I just went back and read the first post in this thread (DUH) and followed the link about the PIC cables. That should work.
Thanks everybody!

Fms Rocks!!!
 

Hi airwethead,

Check out FMS home page and click "Forum" at
http://n.ethz.ch/student/mmoeller/fms/index_e.html
I built one of the parallel interface described under
Parallelport-PPM-Interface for my JR. With earlier versions
of FMS, the controls were jumpy as if there were lots of
noise coming from the line. But it works great with the newest
beta version of FMS. I'm on windows 98SE.
Good luck.

Fms Rocks!!!
 

That's the one I built... Worked great... I bought the kit and soldered it together in my garage...I'm running Windows 2k