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Thanks to Milton and Rob and their wonderful wind-powered HMS Bounty tall sailing ship I am able to enjoy my mariner-ish interest. Thanks also to Bitzer and Beaumont as well as Kronzky and the Bubble Sextant I am able to navigate the FSX seas. Actually, the Bubble Sextant was created to use for aviation but serves just as well as a marine sextant. Accolades aside, the Bounty does have "Otto" (my nickname for an automatic helmsman). "he" can hold a heading, but if the winds change suddenly or die (I use real weather) and the ground speed goes below 3(?) knots Otto will give up. Now if the winds pick back up there is no one at the helm and the ship heads off to who-knows-where. This is not too bad if I am awake, but when I need to sleep I need Otto to man the helm until I awake.
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I need a gauge that will lower the sails or at least PAUSE the sim if the heading deviates from a user-defined course, probably +/- 5 degrees off the set HDG. Can this be done with FSX gauge programming? I am not that good with it, but I don't mind homework. What do you think?
So...
I need a gauge that will lower the sails or at least PAUSE the sim if the heading deviates from a user-defined course, probably +/- 5 degrees off the set HDG. Can this be done with FSX gauge programming? I am not that good with it, but I don't mind homework. What do you think?