12 minutes ago, alex86 said:

I understand that they bumped it up to 2x and that’s definitely a step in the right direction. All I’m trying to say is that it’s not unreasonable for people to want to have the option to be able to use time acceleration beyond 2X and being able to save a flight. 

I totally agree. I use time acceleration myself during longer cruise phases, and I consider myself a serious simmer (I use real life checklists, asking and answering myself, so much for that...).
It's just that I literally do not have 5 hours for a medium haul in the evening when my kids are in bed and I need to get up at 6 am the next day.

Edited August 1, 20223 yr by Fiorentoni

Exactly my point, we can still use the sim realistically even if we don’t have the time or willingness to fly it for 5 hrs straight. 

  

I do sometimes wonder why some people are so hung up on doing long hauls if they don't have the time for it... Why not do shorter hops? I myself always do (real world) short flights. Nothing wrong with that. If you do long hauls because you like them but then use time accel... you apparently do NOT like them...? But hey, to each his own. 😉

8 hours ago, tup61 said:

  

I do sometimes wonder why some people are so hung up on doing long hauls if they don't have the time for it... Why not do shorter hops? I myself always do (real world) short flights. Nothing wrong with that. If you do long hauls because you like them but then use time accel... you apparently do NOT like them...? But hey, to each his own. 😉

Around 15 years ago, I did some long hauls across the Atlantic. After a couple of those, I decided that it was as exciting as watching paint dry. My limit now is about 1 1/2 hours tops. 

6 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

Around 15 years ago, I did some long hauls across the Atlantic. After a couple of those, I decided that it was as exciting as watching paint dry. My limit now is about 1 1/2 hours tops. 

I've never seen much point in simulating long-hauls. I've crossed the pond once so far in MSFS. At the moment though I'm doing long-hauls to troubleshoot some issues with sim stability, and it's indeed very tedious. I'm now about 2 hrs into a +5hr flight in the stock 787 from Port Moresby to Jakarta. Sigh. Hopefully I'll soon be able to return to my usual way of simming, which is a mixture of a variety of GA (from single piston to turboprops), business jets (WT CJ4) and airliners, and not more than 2 hr sessions. 

1 hour ago, Bobsk8 said:

After a couple of those, I decided that it was as exciting as watching paint dry.

The wonders of autopilot allow you to step away for most of the boring parts. Sometimes I like to do a long haul flight because planning them is fun and I check back every hour and see where I am. If I'm sitting at the computer, I look up and read about places I'm flying over. It's a really interesting way to learn about places I would have otherwise skipped or not cared about. I'm planning a PMDG 737BBJ flight from KLAX to LDDU, about a 6,500nm trip. Most of that flight will spent downstairs hanging out with my wife watching movies.

Unless you guys prefer to hand fly for hours,  autopilot gives you ability to run errands, spend time with kids and wife, sleep it and etc for hours ! Lol

Just do good flight planing and know your fuel endurance 🙂

15 minutes ago, sd_flyer said:

Unless you guys prefer to hand fly for hours,  autopilot gives you ability to run errands, spend time with kids and wife, sleep it and etc for hours ! Lol

Just do good flight planing and know your fuel endurance 🙂

…and don’t watch a movie through the Netflix app as is it seems to take exclusive control of audio and video leaving MSFS in a washed out blur

Edited August 1, 20223 yr by Cpt_Piett

That's a reason I now fly the HJET.  Up in the air quickly and short / semi-long flights.

sp

Edited August 1, 20223 yr by Sky_Pilot071

13 minutes ago, Cpt_Piett said:

…and don’t watch a movie through the Netflix app as is it seems to take exclusive control of audio and video leaving MSFS in a washed out blur

Generally you don’t want to watch anything on you flying PC. There are other options.  Also you don’t need app to watch Netflix, most  browsers will do 

15 minutes ago, sd_flyer said:

Generally you don’t want to watch anything on you flying PC. There are other options.  Also you don’t need app to watch Netflix, most  browsers will do 

Yeah. I think I figured that out, lol. Next time I’ll switch over to Apple TV. Or do some gardening.

8 hours ago, Bdub22 said:

The wonders of autopilot allow you to step away for most of the boring parts.
(...)
Most of that flight will spent downstairs hanging out with my wife watching movies.

 

7 hours ago, sd_flyer said:

Unless you guys prefer to hand fly for hours,  autopilot gives you ability to run errands, spend time with kids and wife, sleep it and etc for hours !

That's the part I don't really understand... Your PC will be running at its peak for hours and hours which isn't exactly free and all for nothing, so it seems to me. It will be streaming gigabytes of scenery you won't even see! I just don't get that. If planning such a flight is fun, why don't you just plan it and be done with it LOL

But well, I do think I sort of get what you might like about this but it seems such a waste of resources and money to me. It simply isn't my cup of tea. Luckily we can all fly in any way we want to! ;)

I use fast slewing to get past the hours and hours part.

sp

5 hours ago, tup61 said:

 

That's the part I don't really understand... Your PC will be running at its peak for hours and hours which isn't exactly free and all for nothing, so it seems to me. It will be streaming gigabytes of scenery you won't even see! I just don't get that. If planning such a flight is fun, why don't you just plan it and be done with it LOL

 

As real as it gets if you want to balance realism , hobby and life!

My preferred version of this would be "Travel To" but interrupted if there is a failure or fuel needs management. Also, the wear and tear of the miles would be counted.

Nothing like forgetting to service your aircraft!