Top Gun DLC?

[Pastaiolo 1,688]

1 minute ago, Tuskin38 said:

 Must have disliked FSX Acceleration eh?

True, FSX Acceleration is where true MEN and PILOTS were. Can't wait to correct real life military pilots thanks to my FSX Acceleration fast training 😛

 

Jokes aside, if i want to feel what a military plane is like, DCS is there for me. Anything "military" in MSFS, just like FSX Acceleration, is good for singing "Highway to hell" and few other songs.

[Tuskin38 6,507]

the Carrier is moving, so maybe hard deck support for moving ships is in now?

[MarioDonick 752]

2 minutes ago, Tuskin38 said:

It doesn't seem to spawn outside of the landing challenge and doesn't have a catapult.

... a bit disappointing.

[enright 496]

41 minutes ago, virtuali said:

On the Marketplace as a free download. I already landed on the carrier, at the 3rd try, made 500k points, some guy on 1st place scored 1.2M points.

A free download? Man, that's just crazy. 

I continue to be amazed at the amount of free content this team makes available that almost any other company would charge a boatload for. 

[fogboundturtle 2,708]

The “Top Gun: Maverick” expansion contains:

A “Top Gun: Maverick Edition” livery for the F/A-18E Super Hornet.

Three training missions for the Super Hornet that will allow you to master radical flight maneuvers including unrestricted take-offs, split S maneuvers, and low altitude, high-speed maneuvering through complex terrain.

Five high-speed, low-level challenges that require utmost skill to navigate just above mountains and traverse through canyons.

A carrier deck landing challenge, one of the most demanding operations in the world of military aviation.

A never-before-unveiled hypersonic aircraft that can attain speeds of Mach 10 and altitudes greater than 150,000 feet above sea level.

A mission to roar into the stratosphere.

[Wood4591 52]

There is new update  MSFS 2020 TOPGUN Maverick, just downloaded

[MarcG 2,980]

From reading the release notes I shall be avoiding this freebie, it's "nice" but extremely "gamey" and for the kids it seems.

[OzWhitey 3,353]

1 hour ago, Kilo60 said:

Awesome!!!

 

Can I now buzz the Towers in Busy metropolitan airports on VATSIM?

Negative, Ghostrider, the pattern is full.

[MarioDonick 752]

2 minutes ago, OzWhitey said:

Negative, Ghostrider, the pattern is full.

Hold my coffee....

[Tuskin38 6,507]

16 minutes ago, MarcG said:

for the kids it seems.

It really isn't. It's for everyone.

 

Doing the Darkstar challenge, I got the plane to Mach 3.7, but couldn't figure out how to properly engage the scramjets. Flipping the switch is just giving me a warning tone.

Edited May 25, 2022 by Tuskin38

[Pastaiolo 1,688]

At least you can takeoff with the Darkstar. For me elevators don't seem to do much.

As for the flight path, the third page on the main screen shows you it all.

[Tuskin38 6,507]

10 minutes ago, Pastaiolo said:

For me elevators don't seem to do much.

Make sure to turn off the parking break.

interesting. While there doesn't appear to be any catapult functionality. the CSPO have animations for all the gestures.

Edited May 25, 2022 by Tuskin38

[Pastaiolo 1,688]

2 minutes ago, Tuskin38 said:

Make sure to turn off the parking break.

 

Yeah i also thought it was that after a while 😄

[Ikarus280 93]

I don't really mind it. It's a free update and it's positive they bring new stuff into the game completely for free meaning some of the guys who enter the fighter jet might try to fly commercial later on.

Sure the menus feel a bit as a game but it's temporary, and I'm going to carry on flying the Maddog as usual. Normally it is the sim updates which creates bugs in the early days after release if they do something drastic. 

[Tuskin38 6,507]

spawning the carrier simobject in the SDK doesn't seem to have collisions, must be something special they do in the landing challenge.