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Aircraft ID - no spaces available

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Topic: Aircraft ID - no spaces available

Posted By: oskrypuch
Subject: Aircraft ID - no spaces available
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2016 at 6:06pm

I am trying to edit in my aircraft ID in the User Settings. The field is seven characters long, my tailnumber is five characters long. There is no "space" character. How do you enter just the five character long tailnumber?

For now I've prepended zeros (00CFCPO), but that is not very satisfactory.

* Orest

Replies:

Posted By: AzAv8r
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2016 at 8:31pm

Doesn't "Enter" or changing fields after you entered your tail number work? I don't recall being unsuccessful in entering ours, which has 6 digits (including the "N").

Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2016 at 8:59pm

That may be, but now that I have seven characters in there, not sure how I get rid of them.

* Orest

Posted By: warrenc
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2016 at 9:38pm

I had the same problem and can't remember exactly how I fixed it. I think I put my N number in followed by a 0(zero) Then I hit clear or delete and it went away.

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Warren

Posted By: PeterC
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2016 at 3:14pm

I used the Clear button, so to do my Canadian tail, I typed CFJPC, then moved the cursor to the end of the field and pressed the clear key so the cursor backspaced over the extra characters.

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Peter - 1977 Cardinal RG C-FJPC - IFD550/540/240/322/605A/Skytrax100, Aspen MAX 2000, Trio A/P

Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2016 at 3:30pm

Thanks, will give the CLR key a try.

* Orest

Posted By: pburger
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2016 at 5:19pm

Orest,

I just did this yesterday, and as Peter said use the CLR key to blank out the characters at the end. Don't try to clear the characters at the front end, or to prepend anything. Just start filling in your ID and then used the CLR key at the end. You might have to add the 6th and 7th characters and then use the CLR key to backspace over them. It will shorten the length of the field to whatever you entered.

I put in my 6-char ID and used the CLR key to eliminate the final character.

Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2016 at 9:09pm

Yep, the CLR key is the answer. Fixed it up today.

* Orest