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The A340-500 and -600 are beautiful planes. I would be tempted by those, even if it wasn't study level.

I just did my first flight with BATC yesterday and was seriously impressed. Not perfect at this stage, but for $30 it is a steal. I recommend getting it now. If VoxATC was released in a month, you won't have spent more than for a monthly subscription of SayIntentions or PilotEdge. Besides, historically VoxATC had poor customer support for FSX/P3D. The program itself was brilliant, but more often than not didn't work for me, and I felt left hanging. I personally wouldn't buy it again unless this will change for the MSFS version. Peter

Has anyone already tried the new dead reckoning tool in Flow Pro? The description I found was not very illuminative, and I would like to learn more about what tools are provided. Thanks, Peter

The flight model is important, but I would recommend looking for state preservation as well. If you know that your sloppy way of shutting the airplane down will bite you further down the road, you may pay much more attention to what you are doing. That's why I love the Comanche and the 310R, they really change the way I fly.

Blackbird Cessna 310R

I tried it with VR this morning. I must say, it is among my least favourite airplanes in VR in its current state: - All main gauges are blurry unless you lean forward. I tried to fix the problem playing with settings, but I was unsuccessful. That problem appears also in a some other airplanes, but is fine in, for instance, the A2A Comanche or the Blackbird Cessna 310R. I only have a Quest 2, so that may contribute to the issue, but as I said: other developers were able to create a better VR experience. - It is a light aircraft and very twitchy. In turbulent air I got quite dizzy. I usually have no problems in VR. The only time I had similar dizziness was when I practiced helicopter landings for too long. Generally it is a nice model. I hope they will fix these two problems - I imagine a change in LOD settings for main panel gauges, and an option to reduce turbulence effects in VR mode might do the trick. Peter

We just watched Salvation, a TV show from 2017. I think it was episode 2: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6684314/?ref_=ttep_ep2 The show is about diverting a meteor from hitting Earth. And guess what: they need an EM drive to accomplish that, and that drive uses the Casimir effect. Just what Buhler is promoting 😄

And the Blackbird Cessna 310R.

Thanks for this post, Terry. I was considering to buy my first CS model for MSFS, but not with a KingAir flight model. That's really a bummer. Peter

I understood Dave that P2ATC will use Voice Access in the future, but using its own instance of it. If that is correct, there would be a significant internal change in how P2ATC recognizes voice, but nothing will change on the outside. Maybe Dave can clarify that point.

[1] Yes, they do. But generally forces need some source of energy to be created, and Buhler claims a new type of force that does not require an energy source. [2] The commonly accepted view in the physics community is that gravity is distortion of space. It corresponds to a measurable effect of space-time curvature, not the cause. The cause of curvature is energy (there is a bit more to it, but energy is the dominating source). Since electromagnetic fields contain energy, they do indeed distort space. However, the effect of is generally tiny compared to that of the rest energy E = m c2 of an object of mass m.

I just saw that it works on another site: https://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php/135009-Hercules-fans-you-ain-t-gonna-believe-this?p=1334064&viewfull=1#post1334064

Bought it today and love it 🙂

I scanned through his presentation at the APEC conference (which is not a major scientific conference). He starts with solid physics, but becomes sketchy when he talks about the interesting parts. I am always a bit cautious when people found companies around an idea that has not passed peer review, and they promise big breakthroughs. There is now an entire industry around start-up companies that appeal to high-risk high-gain investors. I would count the Boom supersonic jet as one example, and that one is on much firmer ground than this propulsion idea. I personally will not invest into Buhler's company 🙂 Peter

Ah, most informative. I will then wait until Voice Access will be used in P2ATC. Can't wait for this to happen, I really miss using P2ATC 🙂