I’m happy to conclude this discussion now. I know supersonic flight in MSFS is not currently possible until the feature is enabled by MS / Asobo. Any aircraft out there that fly > Mach 1 are hacked and meant for personal use only.

50 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

Well this chap is flying an F-15. Can that be bought?

The reviews of the 339 on SimMarket suggest it has a max speed of 280-300kts. So not capable of supersonic flight.

The F15 belongs to Milviz and is ported over from FSX/P3d, I've reported it months ago to Colin. 

3 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

Any aircraft out there that fly > Mach 1 are hacked and meant for personal use only.

I leave you to your conclusion. For others, there is indeed a F22 Built from scratch and being quickly updated by its creator, who has offered it as a gift to the community as-is while he works on it.

5 minutes ago, HiFlyer said:

I leave you to your conclusion. For others, there is indeed a F22 Built from scratch and being quickly updated by its creator, who has offered it as a gift to the community as-is while he works on it.

Capable of subsonic flight only I presume until the switch is flicked by MS / Asobo? If so, that seems perfectly legitimate.

6 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

Capable of subsonic flight only I presume until the switch is flicked by MS / Asobo? If so, that seems perfectly legitimate.

I can only go by what the the creator and the cockpit instruments say.

And by how the plane itself reacts as it is very very unstable and barely controllable at very high speed, which is possibly why the sim prefers aircraft to stay subsonic.

2 minutes ago, HiFlyer said:

I can only go by what the the creator and the cockpit instruments say.

And by how the plane itself reacts as it is very very unstable and barely controllable at very high speed, which is possibly why the sim prefers aircraft to stay subsonic.

999 kts at 6,000ft is certainly supersonic which suggests it is an FSX model.

4 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

999 kts at 6,000ft is certainly supersonic which suggests it is an FSX model.

I have to assume you don't have MSFS, or you would probably recognize the sim-native screens in the plane, which also has working autopilot etc as well as very nice special effects, also native to the sim.

The developer also offers the source code for inspection.

Edited January 18, 20215 yr by HiFlyer

Just now, HiFlyer said:

I have to assume you don't have MSFS, or you would probably recognize the sim-native screens in the plane, which also has working autopilot etc as well as very nice special effects, also native to the sim.

No, I don’t have MSFS.

So what are you telling me? That this aircraft is designed for MSFS and is flying > Mach 1 when we have definitive proof supersonic flight is not currently possible? Please clarify.

5 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

No, I don’t have MSFS.

So what are you telling me? That this aircraft is designed for MSFS and is flying > Mach 1 when we have definitive proof supersonic flight is not currently possible? Please clarify.

I'm saying exactly what I said previously.

I hear two things from different people; some saying supersonic is impossible in the sim and others saying that technically the sim can do it, but its not supported.

One of the people saying that it can, is knowledgeable enough to create a working native plane from scratch, no matter how primitive it is, compared to payware, so he gets the benefit of a doubt from me until conclusively proven otherwise.

Edited January 18, 20215 yr by HiFlyer

@HiFlyer, your comments are noted. I’ll leave it at that and let people decide for themselves what is and isn’t possible.

2 hours ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

Just Flight have announced an F15 for MSFS and in the blurb they say this...

”While supersonic flight is not yet possible in Microsoft Flight Simulator due to their hard-coded limit for "Modern" flight models, that is the only barrier - the Eagles should all be capable of Mach 2.5 once the barrier is removed.”

So there you have it. Our friend is using trickery and a hacked aircraft.

https://www.justflight.com/in-development/dc-designs-f15-c-e-i-eagle-microsoft-flight-simulator

Or maybe he's using a fsx imported one and the legacy flight model. Is legacy flight model capable of supersonic flight in MSFS?

 

Edit: I see a link was posted to which one he's using and it's indeed a fsx ported plane. My question still stands about legacy model though.

Edited January 19, 20215 yr by Phantoms

Sorry to interrupt  but are we getting and

Update tomorrow?

1 hour ago, Bigsby said:

Sorry to interrupt  but are we getting and

Update tomorrow?

Next week. Tuesday the 26th will be the UK update.

7 minutes ago, JRBarrett said:

Next week. Tuesday the 26th will be the UK update.

Got it thanks

@Phantoms, I can't help I'm afraid. Hopefully others will chip in.