28 minutes ago, Noel said:

Oh well screenshots not uploading so we'll skip this part as you're all seeing it yourselves anyway.

 

Of course I am not seeing what you are seeing.

We will live with that. 

A.

59 minutes ago, fppilot said:

LOL!  I am not arguing with that.  But is that not the least of it all?  Chuckle. 

I logged just at 350 hours in 2020 and again in 2021 so my estimated cost per hour is closer to $300.  (some costs are incrementally lower due to lower annual hours)

So.  I purchased the Premium Deluxe Edition of MSFS for what? $129.99?

 

Are you really comparing a desktop game with a real aircraft experience?

Seriously?

Need I remind you that if you fly in MSFS it won't actually take you and your passengers to your destination? Because I am under the impression that this simple fact has some connection with the 300 bucks per hours you have diligently computed. Just like saying that instead of paying 8000€ for two seats from Rome to New York, I might have told my wife to just sit there on the sofa and wait a few hours, and finally ... There! We just landed at JFK on our faithful privately owned desktop PSX 747-400. And your husband is the captain!

I am afraid she wouldn't have been impressed.

A.

5 hours ago, pete_auau said:

he  has  you on his ignore  list  so don't  know  why  you  even  bothered  to reply  to him

That didn't escape me.

But I have the right to answer a totally wrong accusation, that's what I did.

A.

4 hours ago, Ricardo41 said:

Do you have any evidence and facts to back this claim up?

I am not playing your game, sorry.

A.

1 hour ago, ADamiani said:

Are you really comparing a desktop game with a real aircraft experience?

Seriously?

Yes and no!  Yes, I take it seriously!  It is how I fly simulators, and not just MSFS.  I fly as if I own it!  I sim fly real time, real weather, where I would be going if flying real.  When I fly a sim aircraft from either of my home bases to a destination, I fly on from that destination to the next destination in the same aircraft.  Most of my travels are to and from sporting events of teams I closely identify with.  I fly with live weather and flight plans established at Fltplan.com and use their Fltplan Go app on my iPad as I fly.  Here is a look at my logbook entries since mid-December.

Only once I return to base do I switch aircraft, if then. My highest hours in type over the past five years have been in the RealAir Turbine Duke v2 (TDv2). And yes, I do fictiously keep a track of what operating costs would be.  

I was one of the founding members in 1992 of the original virtual airlines:
https://sunairexpress.com/

Edited January 8, 20224 yr by fppilot

1 hour ago, fppilot said:

Yes and no!  Yes, I take it seriously!  It is how I fly simulators, and not just MSFS.  I fly as if I own it!  I sim fly real time, real weather, where I would be going if flying real.  When I fly a sim aircraft from either of my home bases to a destination, I fly on from that destination to the next destination in the same aircraft.  Most of my travels are to and from sporting events of teams I closely identify with.  I fly with live weather and flight plans established at Fltplan.com and use their Fltplan Go app on my iPad as I fly.  Here is a look at my logbook entries since mid-December.

Only once I return to base do I switch aircraft, if then. My highest hours in type over the past five years have been in the RealAir Turbine Duke v2 (TDv2). And yes, I do fictiously keep a track of what operating costs would be.  

I was one of the founding members in 1992 of the original virtual airlines:
https://sunairexpress.com/

Seriously, I like this because it adds a sense of purpose and when I had control of my time, many years ago, I did something similar.

Nevertheless, as you understand, my wife would have nothing of that :-))))

A.

2 hours ago, ADamiani said:

I am not playing your game, sorry.

A.

So asking for facts supporting your assertions is now "playing a game". Got it. 

15 hours ago, spitzer45 said:

Pixelated and grainy clouds... 

Those have been there since the sim launched.

 

15 hours ago, spitzer45 said:

Clouds sitting on ground... 

Fixed.

Edited January 8, 20224 yr by Tuskin38

3 hours ago, ADamiani said:

I am not playing your game, sorry.

A.

Asking for proof is a game? Or are you avoiding answering because you have none?

Edited January 8, 20224 yr by Tuskin38

14 hours ago, Ricardo41 said:

So asking for facts supporting your assertions is now "playing a game". Got it. 

Please don't bend my words to your liking.

I wrote "I am sure that what we are seeing here is not what Asobo wanted" and "I'm afraid that ..."

So those are my suppositions ("I am afraid that"), based on what everyone has seen in the last 16 months ("this is not what Asobo wanted").

If you don't see what I am seeing, good luck and have fun with the best flight simulator of the present, past and future.

A.

4 hours ago, ADamiani said:

I wrote "I am sure

Well, why are you "sure"?

On 1/8/2022 at 10:13 AM, fppilot said:

LOL!  I am not arguing with that.  But is that not the least of it all?  Chuckle. 

As a former aircraft owner (split ownership) I try to stay realistic in this activity I call a hobby and thus maintain a detailed logbook in Microsoft Excel.  Included in the records are my estimated operating costs.  I use Fltplan.com as my source and check my departure and destination airports for landing and tiedown fees, fuel costs, and the like. I record what I burn in fuel. I use a 80 hour oil change interval @ $120 (large filter and 12 quarts @ $8 each).  I have a handle on depreciation, insurance, and annual maintenance. But here from ACC (AircraftCostCalculator.com)  is a more simple way to see it:

Pricing
Depending on numerous factors, the average price for a pre-owned BEECHCRAFT Bonanza G36 is $575,000.00. A $287,500.00 loan over 120 months including $1197.92 per month in interest equates to a $14,416.32 per-period payment. Based on 450 annual owner-operated hours and $5.00-per-gallon fuel cost, the BEECHCRAFT Bonanza G36 has total variable costs of $92,250.00, total fixed costs of $27,640.00, and an annual budget of $119,890.00. This breaks down to $266.42 per hour.

I logged just at 350 hours in 2020 and again in 2021 so my estimated cost per hour is closer to $300.  (some costs are incrementally lower due to lower annual hours)

So.  I purchased the Premium Deluxe Edition of MSFS for what? $129.99?

 

You're gonna need to re-run your numbers, Frank.

Current prices at BWI Signature:

100LL - $8.00 / Jet A - $9.21
Updated 08-Jan-2022

On 1/7/2022 at 4:51 AM, Ricardo41 said:

You know this how?

DIdn't they say somewhere that their whole team had a total of 6,000 hours of flight experience or something? Really not that much....

Edited January 9, 20224 yr by V1ROTA7E

5 hours ago, MDFlier said:

You're gonna need to re-run your numbers, Frank.

Current prices at BWI Signature:

100LL - $8.00 / Jet A - $9.21
Updated 08-Jan-2022

That's why I do not refuel there.  Here is from my 70% full top up this morning at KBMG, Bloomington, Indiana.  Flew over the weather and into KESN, 38 miles from KBWI.  Gotta use available resources!  Topped up to 90% at KESN Easton after landing.  Back to Indiana tomorrow.  Tail winds today.  Stiff headwinds tomorrow.

         

Edited January 9, 20224 yr by fppilot

On 1/8/2022 at 7:30 PM, Tuskin38 said:

Those have been there since the sim launched.

 

Fixed.

Not fixed