AAU1 Releases Today at 1600Z

[bobcat999 8,507]

1 minute ago, Flightsky said:

Hi, is this true? Perhaps other people can confirm this? That there isn't a payware G3000 for home use, that is more realistic and more high fidelity than the G3000 in MSFS now?  And the same applies for the G5000?

In other words, MSFS has the most advanced G3000 and most advanced G5000, period, even when compared to payware alternatives?

I believe WT have support access from Garmin themselves, and WT's development of these units is second to none, so anyone who wants to separately develop a payware Garmin unit that WT are already working on would be wasting their resource in my opinion.  Just look at what WT have done to the G1000NXi - would you buy a third party one now?

It is a good job PMS and TDI got in ahead of the game on the 750 units!  At least WT have no current plans to look at them I believe, just units that were native to the sim at launch.

[The Flight Level 2,119]

7 minutes ago, Flightsky said:

Hi, is this true? Perhaps other people can confirm this? That there isn't a payware G3000 for home use, that is more realistic and more high fidelity than the G3000 in MSFS now?  And the same applies for the G5000?

In other words, MSFS has the most advanced G3000 and most advanced G5000, period, even when compared to payware alternatives?

Yes, bobcat999 beat me to it! You pretty much nailed it! Hard to believe, but good things come to Flight Simulator with a dedicated enthusiast team to make it “As Real As Possible”.

[MattNischan 3,867]

55 minutes ago, Flightsky said:

In other words, MSFS has the most advanced G3000 and most advanced G5000, period, even when compared to payware alternatives?

As of right now, yes, by a country mile. I'm not aware of any payware G3000 or G5000 purpose-built from the ground up for their aircraft. The closest would be Marwan's exceptional work on the HJet, which built on top of the WT G3000 mod with some extensive customizations.

The awesome folks at FFX plan to also port their aircraft specific parts to the new AAU1 versions of the G3000/5000.

Additionally, it's quite safe to say that the Longitude is now the most complex business jet delivered as a default aircraft in a consumer flight simulator, both in terms of aircraft systems depth and avionics fidelity. I'm not aware of another where you can do something like switch off both hydraulics pumps, observe the reduced roll authority as the roll spoilers run out of power and you go to ailerons only, then switch the PTCU to AUX A to power the hydraulic system A from the hydraulic motor-generator, all accompanied by the proper CAS messages with the exact debounce times straight from the manufacturer, fluid sim that matches real flight log data in temps, pressure curves, and times, hydraulic accumulators that use real fluid dynamics equations to store fluid forces for backup systems, etc.

Yes, I'm tooting my own horn here and I apologize, but it's our biggest release and we're really proud of it, and I hope everyone that flies it enjoys it too!

Edited February 1, 2023 by MattNischan

[lwt1971 7,457]

13 minutes ago, MattNischan said:

As of right now, yes, by a country mile. I'm not aware of any payware G3000 or G5000 purpose-built from the ground up for their aircraft. The closest would be Marwan's exceptional work on the HJet, which built on top of the WT G3000 mod with some extensive customizations.

The awesome folks at FFX plan to also port their aircraft specific parts to the new AAU1 versions of the G3000/5000.

Additionally, it's quite safe to say that the Longitude is now the most complex business jet delivered as a default aircraft in a consumer flight simulator, both in terms of aircraft systems depth and avionics fidelity. I'm not aware of another where you can do something like switch off both hydraulics pumps, observe the reduced roll authority as the roll spoilers run out of power and you go to ailerons only, then switch the PTCU to AUX A to power the hydraulic system A from the hydraulic motor-generator, all accompanied by the proper CAS messages with the exact debounce times straight from the manufacturer, fluid sim the matches real flight log data in temps, pressure curves, and times, hydraulic accumulators that use real fluid dynamics equations to store fluid forces for backup systems, etc.

Yes, I'm tooting my own horn here and I apologize, but it's our biggest release and we're really proud of it, and I hope everyone that flies it enjoys it too!

Awesome Matt, please keep tooting away as it's well deserved... and great to hear specific examples/scenarios like you outlined above starting with the hydraulics pumps being disabled, and we'd love to hear more 🙂

[jetlag 65]

I am a little confused. 

With all these good words about the CJ4 improvements, does it mean the base CJ4 is now identical to the WT Cj4 and that the latter is no longer needed?  It is still available on the WT site, though.  I adopted it a long time ago and wonder why so many users have apparently not done so.

Matt, keep on tooting, please.

[pstrub 998]

1 hour ago, St Mawgan said:

Thanks. My question was more with regards to other aircraft, default and payware and whether they will be able to borrow as it looks like these upgrades aren't the new default, rather only for those three aircraft? I know some of the other default aircraft now have upgraded 430/530 units but again, specific to those aircraft only? 

Other aircraft can make use of the new Garmins if the developer decides to do so, but it isn't automatic in order to avoid problems. For the G1000 NXi and the 430/530 you can install packages (for free) from the Marketplace, and then the new devices replace the the old ones wherever they are used.

Matt from Working Title writes here: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/polls-aircraft-avionics-update-1-discussion/572815/78

"Regarding the Marketplace GNS and NXi packages:

These packages should remain installed if you would like to:

Use the GNS with aircraft not listed in the release notes (some sim and third party aircraft)

Use the NXi with aircraft that have not moved to the NXi yet (some third party aircraft)

These marketplace packages bridge the sim versions of those avionics to those aforementioned aircraft."

No information about the G3000/5000 yet, not sure if there's going to be a bridge version too.

[bobcat999 8,507]

31 minutes ago, MattNischan said:

...Yes, I'm tooting my own horn here and I apologize, but it's our biggest release and we're really proud of it, and I hope everyone that flies it enjoys it too!

Well, I think we need to get you a bigger horn actually!  Just listening to your perspective on it adds value to the story.  Brilliant stuff - many thanks of course!

Edited February 1, 2023 by bobcat999

[pstrub 998]

15 minutes ago, jetlag said:

I am a little confused. 

With all these good words about the CJ4 improvements, does it mean the base CJ4 is now identical to the WT Cj4 and that the latter is no longer needed?

I haven't used the CJ4 sooo much, so what I write here is a mix of my own experience and what other users wrote on various forums...

You definitely should remove the CJ4 mod, otherwise you may see undefined behaviour.

The improved CJ4 is a rewrite from scratch, it comes with everything the mod had (except for the SimBrief integration, for legal reasons), and should be way ahead of the mod now. 

[Flying-Hare 219]

 

After the rave reviews, I first loaded up on an CJ4. These buttons do not work in the CJ4 cockpit. Are their functions unimportant?

Edited February 1, 2023 by Flying-Hare

[regis9 4,039]

I really need to spend some time getting to know the Longitude by the sounds of it.

@MattNischan you and the team should toot away 😀

[CapnCrunch 90]

Flew an LPV approach into CYVR this morning and the TBM handled it flawlessly. Such a treat to get the full potential out of that plane, one of my favorite default aircraft. Looking forward to exploring the Longitude now too.

Matt and the whole team, you knocked it out of the park as usual. Excellent work!

[OverTheEDJ 266]

2 hours ago, MattNischan said:

As of right now, yes, by a country mile. I'm not aware of any payware G3000 or G5000 purpose-built from the ground up for their aircraft.

Are there any future / long term plans to upgrade the Garmin G3X?

[Gazzareth 824]

1 hour ago, Flying-Hare said:

 

After the rave reviews, I first loaded up on an CJ4. These buttons do not work in the CJ4 cockpit. Are their functions unimportant?

Did you get a failure where you needed to use them?

 

G

[Flying-Hare 219]

32 minutes ago, Gazzareth said:

Did you get a failure where you needed to use them?

 

Apparently these buttons should transfer control to the first pilot or captain. But they are not yet clickable.

[MattNischan 3,867]

1 hour ago, Flying-Hare said:

Are their functions unimportant?

They are not used during normal operations. They control the reversionary modes of the displays, so you can display alternate data in case of a screen failure. AHRS modes (the other buttons) are not modeled, as the sim more or less always has a good magnetic reference, and you would only potentially use those during polar operations.