13 minutes ago, Matchstick said:

Has anyone tried subtly suggesting to MSFS that there are some famous aircraft that were created AFTER the 1930s ?

Probably not old enough for a legend. You know, as they say in the opening monologue of the first Lord of the Rings movie: "History became legend. Legend became myth." Just being "historic" isn't enough to become a legend 🤭😅

3 minutes ago, bobcat999 said:

I believe Milviz said they sold the completed Skyraider package to someone.  A few of us may have been barking up the wrong tree thinking it was MS / Asobo.    
Unless it is another surprise of course.

It's possible it **was** sold to MSFS but will be a stand-alone paid-for aircraft not part of the Nov bundle ?

Nice trailers, hard to believe we’re getting so much content for free.

Did Joerg say they’re bringing back missions?! 😱

27 minutes ago, Matchstick said:

It's possible it **was** sold to MSFS but will be a stand-alone paid-for aircraft not part of the Nov bundle ?

We haven’t seen every aircraft yet, I think. I’d have to count again.

The news/reveals about helicopter and glider simulation were especially great! ... Some bits I caught:

Helicopters:
- over 1000 surfaces simulated and other heli-specific physics
- complex airflow and creation of vortexes/turbulances/etc, and visualization of all this airflow possible
- translational lift (i.e. more lift when going forward)
- ground effect
- temperature effects on lift/climb
- 100hz (before) to 1000hz rotor spinning
- simulation of rotor flapping
- phase lag
- ring vortex

Gliders:
- tow plane or winch to launch up into air
- complex atmospheric airflow simulation, and interplay with terrain/weather/season/time-of-day/etc, can enable visualizations of all this, i.e. to more easily identify updrafts

Hopefully they'll dive deeper into this tech in a coming dev Q&A, especially the CFD enhanced atmospheric airflow and all other flight dynamics improvements in general. Hoping iniBuilds will also ramp up soon on the A310 deep dives they promised as we get closer to the 40th anniv release (that trailer was enticing!)

 

Edited August 25, 20223 yr by lwt1971

The Spruce Goose flies again! It only flew once. Hope it does Howard proud! Is this one solely an Asobo creation or collaboration with a third party?

@lwt1971 Just might learn how to fly helicopters with accuracy! The physics looked great! The animation of the runner holding the glider wing on the ground rollout looked sweet too!

Wow, those trailer videos are seriously impressive.  The guy running next to the glider alone... 

Edited August 25, 20223 yr by psolk

13 minutes ago, psolk said:

Wow, those trailer videos are seriously impressive.  The guy running next to the glider alone... 

Where are they?

Duh.... just found it 🙂

Oh My Gosh !!!!

It's the MAGIC of MFS... It can have a worth of incompletudes and limitations here & there but, at least so far, nothing can come even close to it.... I have to admit...

Each time I pick the Fenix A320 or the FBW 320 Neo or the PMDG 737-700, and go for a short to medium range flight somewhere accross Europe, with onli weather, traffic, and ATC, I have to think this is all I have long been asking for / dreaming of...  

Edited August 25, 20223 yr by jcomm

1 hour ago, Tuskin38 said:

They’re adding Meigs Field with the 40th anniversary. 

Meigs will last forever in my memories. It's an unforgettable approach IRL - but for first-timers it was a bit intimidating seeing that 8 ft. steel seawall coming at you at 80 kts. My brother and I were on the way there in his Cherokee 180 on 9/11/01 when we were told to land at the nearest airport by Gary approach. When my brother asked the controller what was going on he said - "turn on the news when you get on the ground"...knew it wasn't good. We got to take a 2 hr car ride back home after leaving the aircraft at Goshen, where it stayed for 3 wks because of the IFR only restrictions.

I hoped they'd be hyping it up about properly functioning ATC and AI, but nah, new planes. 

Edited August 25, 20223 yr by Drumcode

38 minutes ago, lwt1971 said:

- 100hz (before) to 1000hz rotor spinning

Well that explains why the animation of the rotors in the last Q&A stream looked so good. I saw no sudden changes in the animation like when the just slap a texture on at certain speeds. The rotors gradually sped up and the animation looked realistic and awesome.

33 minutes ago, Doering said:

The animation of the runner holding the glider wing on the ground rollout looked sweet too!

Also shows that GSX animations need a ton of work. The MSFS engine is definitely capable of producing convincing walking/running animations.

Yes, I am not at all excited by those trailer. It is for gamers 😉 

Me too, I rather liked to see AI Traffic or weather improvments, or something telling that ILS and PAPI are correctly matching each others.

Pierre

48 minutes ago, lwt1971 said:

Helicopters:
- over 1000 surfaces simulated and other heli-specific physics
- complex airflow and creation of vortexes/turbulances/etc, and visualization of all this airflow possible
- translational lift (i.e. more lift when going forward)
- ground effect
- temperature effects on lift/climb
- 100hz (before) to 1000hz rotor spinning
- simulation of rotor flapping
- phase lag
- ring vortex

Unfortunately 'bridges that are not solid structures all the way to the ground/water' is NOT part of that list.

This is also true: "It's the MAGIC of MFS... It can have a worth of incompletudes and limitations here & there but, at least so far, nothing can come even close to it.... I have to admit...