2 minutes ago, jabloomf1230 said:

Eventually, the  somewhat democratic nature of the internet will weed out the chaff and select for presenters who actually have something of substance to say. Everybody and their monkey is presently doing videos about MSFS, so just be patient.

Judging by what I see on YT it is mostly the monkeys doing videos.  Very cringeworthy to watch.

39 minutes ago, FrankR409 said:

Judging by what I see on YT it is mostly the monkeys doing videos.  Very cringeworthy to watch.

I think that it's somewhat intentional on the part of MS/Asobo. If all the videos were done by skilled RL pilots with extensive flightsim experience, the overall message might be too intimidating for the typical potential buyer. 

5 hours ago, Andreas Stangenes said:

Drives me nuts. Chewwies channel is 90% sub dings and «heeey welcome thank you for the 25 subs and 1000 bits», and 10% flying and a consistent train of thought. Im too old for that word not allowed. 

It's been almost a day, and I still have that Chewy, Chewy song stuck in my head.😬

13 hours ago, AllRed said:

Had to give up after 20 seconds, it was too painful to listen to.. "ummm.. ahh.. liiiike.. uhmm".

I remember in the good old days when senior pilots actually managed things and did pilot recruitment interviews a fleet manager once told me , what we’re asking ourselves when interviewing pilots is can I sit next to this guy for 12 hours without getting annoyed?

Now HR do all the recruiting and interviewing it appears in their dubious wisdom they obviously employ a different set of criteria. 

One of her comments stuck out to me, paraphrasing.."This sim is entirely made for GA, it's incredible...compared to....[airliner]"

Interesting that at one point, Katie said if anyone is flying (with her airline presumably!) in the next couple of days that they should check in the flight deck as it might be her who is one of the pilots.....

"I'd love to do that sweetheart, but there's a bloody bulletproof, locked steel door which prevents us from saying Hi!" 

19 hours ago, Chock said:

Yeah, I know; it's definitely more chaff than wheat right now.

Which is precisely why I pinned Flying Squirrel 's Tutorial #2 so it won't get lost in the chaff! 

On 8/15/2020 at 5:33 AM, Der Zeitgeist said:

It's been almost a day, and I still have that Chewy, Chewy song stuck in my head.

I can’t watch him anymore due to his juvenile gonzo performance/personality and all the childish Twitch overlays. That plus he’s a rubbish pilot.

14 minutes ago, Bottle said:

I can’t watch him anymore due to his juvenile gonzo performance/personality and all the childish Twitch overlays. That plus he’s a rubbish pilot.

I saw a German preview video yesterday that was really great. The YouTuber is also a real-life A320 copilot and gave some interesting perspectives on his views about the stock Airbus and also the smaller GA planes. Maybe worth a look for anyone who understands some German.

Overall, he was quite impressed by the quality of the stock airplanes, always acknowledging their role within the sim as default planes, that is giving the user a reasonably accurate first look into various airplane categories.

 

Edited August 16, 20205 yr by Der Zeitgeist

3 hours ago, Der Zeitgeist said:

I saw a German preview video yesterday that was really great. The YouTuber is also a real-life A320 copilot and gave some interesting perspectives on his views about the stock Airbus and also the smaller GA planes. Maybe worth a look for anyone who understands some German.

Overall, he was quite impressed by the quality of the stock airplanes, always acknowledging their role within the sim as default planes, that is giving the user a reasonably accurate first look into various airplane categories.

 

If they accomplish to deliver, at some point in development, basic functionalities to the airliners, they will have a really good base base simulator for all kinds of new comers.

Default tubeliner planes don’t need the small details you see on a FSLabs or PMDG, they don’t need to have failures modeled. But I would consider a good step forward having a plane that works right for normal procedures.

They would introduce this World to the new folks. When those need more complexity, the add-ons will be there.

4 hours ago, Der Zeitgeist said:

I saw a German preview video yesterday that was really great. The YouTuber is also a real-life A320 copilot and gave some interesting perspectives on his views about the stock Airbus and also the smaller GA planes. Maybe worth a look for anyone who understands some German.

Overall, he was quite impressed by the quality of the stock airplanes, always acknowledging their role within the sim as default planes, that is giving the user a reasonably accurate first look into various airplane categories.

 

Another great video - no blaring dubstep, camera effects etc. Just calm commentary from a professional pilot. 

On another note - blasphemy! The A320 wingtip strobes are not the Airbus double flash. I've shared the video at the timestamp you see this, just press play. How could they 😁

 

3 minutes ago, ThrottleUp said:

On another note - blasphemy! The A320 wingtip strobes are not the Airbus double flash. I've shared the video at the timestamp you see this, just press play. How could they 😁

 

PREORDER CANCELLED!!!1!!ELF!

Oh wait, I didn't preorder, well anyway... 😄

4 minutes ago, ThrottleUp said:

On another note - blasphemy! The A320 wingtip strobes are not the Airbus double flash. I've shared the video at the timestamp you see this, just press play. How could they 😁

Unflyable!

31 minutes ago, ThrottleUp said:

Another great video - no blaring dubstep, camera effects etc. Just calm commentary from a professional pilot. 

On another note - blasphemy! The A320 wingtip strobes are not the Airbus double flash. I've shared the video at the timestamp you see this, just press play. How could they 😁

 

Asobo made their A320 strobes flash like that so that it would divisibly match the typical dubstep rhythm - approximately 140 bpm, with a snare on the third beat of the bar - of the music overlaid at 120dB on ninety percent of those youtube videos made by people flying it on external whilst coming in to land at 350 miles per hour because they don't know what flaps are for.

They're all about style, those French. 🤣

Personally, for French musical acts I'd have preferred Asobo to match the beat to some of their nation's better artists, such as Shaka Ponk, but there you go. Now you'll all be a bit more cosmopolitan after listening to that, in liking a French electro-rock act.

Edited August 16, 20205 yr by Chock

On 8/15/2020 at 9:03 AM, jon b said:

I remember in the good old days when senior pilots actually managed things and did pilot recruitment interviews a fleet manager once told me , what we’re asking ourselves when interviewing pilots is can I sit next to this guy for 12 hours without getting annoyed?

Now HR do all the recruiting and interviewing it appears in their dubious wisdom they obviously employ a different set of criteria. 

That and L3. Ctc.   Rich kids nowadays