Wrong speed indication and no weather

[Bert Groner]

Hello folks; good day!

I'm new to Plan-G beeing for the frist present in this forum.

A little problem: As I try to make a recommendation for FS MAGAZIN 5/2010 on Plan-G I see that it indicates a wrong speed at the right menu bar (0 Kts standing at LSGS at "real" - indicated are 100 Kts) but the right zero speed on the lower menu. And there is no weather indication though it seems to be connected correct to  FS 2004 as moving AI traffic shows up.

I've loaded a flight plan from and to LSGS "real weather" with FS 2004 using Windows (Hasta la) Vista 64 bit.

Can anyone help me here, please?

Thanks in advance and have a good time!

Bert
FS MAGAZIN
www.fsmagazin.de

[tim arnot]

Not sure I understand, what speed is wrong? Maybe you could include a screenshot?

Regarding weather, have you turned on Weather updates in Options? It is off by default.

[Bert Groner]

Thanks for the fast response, Tim...

And thanks for the hint with the weather - it works now fine.

Here is a screenshot of what I've tried point out:



It's about the TAS on the right side: It shows 100 Kts while my plane is standing on it's parking positions at LSGS at zero Kts.

In the lower part of the Plan-G screen the indication is correct:



So I assume that I (!) do not unterstand some things for the moment and do not handle Plan-G well ::)

Thanks again for any enlightning.

Best for now!

Bert
FS MAGAZIN
www.fsmagazin.de

[tim arnot]

That's the cruising True Airspeed used to calculate the times and headings for each leg. It's not "current speed". You set it from the speed button on the Home ribbon (the "100" in a red circle - just like a regular road speed limit sign)

To see your current airspeed, heading, track deviation etc, look at the "GPS Panel".

[Bert Groner]

Understood (now) - thanks Tim!

Bert