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Is it me or is the 787 completely useless and unflyable?

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It's not just you. I tried the tubeliners exactly one time each. I'm spoiled in that regard. I should have waited before buying the mundo-mega version, but I'm a bit of a compulsive type. Oh well. And yeah, the Longitude being borked is also a pain.

The Caranado aircraft are good and I like the Beechcraft aircraft too. So, I've got plenty to fly.

Richard Chafey

 

i7-8700K @4.8GHz - 32Gb @3200  - ASUS ROG Maximus X Hero - EVGA RTX3090 - 3840x2160 Res - KBSim Gunfighter - Thrustmaster Warthog dual throttles - Crosswind V3 pedals

MSFS 2020, DCS

 

It's not just you. I tried the tubeliners exactly one time each. I'm spoiled in that regard. I should have waited before buying the mundo-mega version, but I'm a bit of a compulsive type. Oh well. And yeah, the Longitude being borked is also a pain.

The Caranado aircraft are good and I like the Beechcraft aircraft too. So, I've got plenty to fly.

Richard Chafey

 

i7-8700K @4.8GHz - 32Gb @3200  - ASUS ROG Maximus X Hero - EVGA RTX3090 - 3840x2160 Res - KBSim Gunfighter - Thrustmaster Warthog dual throttles - Crosswind V3 pedals

MSFS 2020, DCS

 

@Rob_Ainscough :biggrin: you bad lad!🍻

3 hours ago, Chock said:

If you do, this is the result when you un-pause the sim:

C'mon Chock! You got 21k feet to straighten that big girl out!

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35 minutes ago, HighBypass said:

@Rob_Ainscough :biggrin: you bad lad!🍻

C'mon Chock! You got 21k feet to straighten that big girl out!

Yes, if TWA Flight 841 could recover from a couple of rolls, you may be ok.

Of the 3 Airliners, The Airbus 320 Neo is reasonably useful. It even does VNAV to some extent but you need to keep an eye on it be prepared to take over manually to overule the AP and then give it back to the AP to continue ...

The 787 has gotten me killed at almost every single time. It also CTDs quite often on approach.

The 747 is pretty good until around 500 feet coming into land manually... with the AT on. you are approaching at say 150 kts and at time of flair, it reves up to 200 kts and beyond ... you have to turn off AT and the AP and manage power yourself.  It bobs up and down like a lunatic.

 

All I need is 1 airliner until I have my PMDG..so the winner is A320 Neo. Waiting for the user update for it since the JP patch,.

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I've only flown the 787 a couple of times, but completed the flights just fine. I didn't find it "completely useless and unflyable" at all. The only major issue I had was that my Flight Sim Yoke needed to be re-calibrated for dead zone. It must have been sending commands when centered that overrode autopilot control. When I switched to my Thrustmaster X HOTAS that problem went away.

5 hours ago, Chock said:

Make sure you don't use Active Pause with it. If you do, this is the result when you un-pause the sim:

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Just make sure that on the way down that between 11k ft and 10k ft  you switch the landing lights on, or the real simmers will get really upset because you are not following procedure 🙂

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2 hours ago, Rob_Ainscough said:

 

If you want a 787, Quality Wings do a very good job, full PBR support, EFB, remote CDU/FMC support on my iPad/Android devices etc.

Cheers, Rob.

well done troll post, but you are correct, the QW 787 is wonderful and I am looking forward to the day when I can fly it in MSFS!

7 minutes ago, ShawnG said:

well done troll post, but you are correct, the QW 787 is wonderful and I am looking forward to the day when I can fly it in MSFS!

These P3D boys trolling in this forum make things worse for everyone. 

4 minutes ago, RICHUK said:

These P3D boys trolling in this forum make things worse for everyone. 

eh, it's ok.  they don't have much else to do, their own forum has slowed way down.

I get dizzy when flying upside down at -20,000 fpm, so I stay away from the 787.

It looks really good. So there's that. 

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3 hours ago, Rob_Ainscough said:

Oh wait, wrong platform!  hehe ... 

Well, that does certainly look like a bit of mild trolling...

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The 787 is by far the roughest of all of the airliners in MSFS, which probably makes sense as it's the one that I think (?) got zero public testing of any kind before launch.

Honestly, I wouldn't even bother with the airliners in MSFS right now, with the possible exception of the A32NX project.  There's some core problems Asobo need to iron out with the avionics and stuff, before I could recommend any of the default ones.

I'm pretty confident that Asobo aren't going to leave them in their current state, and they will get a lot better over the coming months, but it's not like I'm going to pretend they are where they need to be right now.  They emphatically aren't.

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