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1 hour ago, Cameron XA said:

Pics

Thank you for the higher res shots 

Released there first update as of few hrs ago. 1.51

 

Interesting review with developer

 

It was a very interesting video. Tom Kyler is a very enthusiastic and passion developer. He likes to talk a lot about his project in how he got started and where he would like to take this aircraft. It appears that Q8 was unaware about the story behind this aircraft and what it going to take to continue development but was very please in learning what plans Tom has going forward. It is certainly worth watching to hear Tom discuss this aircraft and other things in the video. 

On 9/18/2023 at 11:04 AM, mSparks said:

You'd think with all the people on the "YT career path", someone (other than aviationlads) would have got the formula right by now.

People has said what they want about Matt Davis, but in his early days, Matt know how to make the sim experience work in every sim he has flown in, especially in Xplane.

I had to stop and think what is Matt doing that others can't seem to find a way to make it as smooth of an experience with all the others who found lacking in X Plane as he able to do. Was it that they are just being lazy about it and just rather complain just to hide how far they are will to go? Never seeing the glass have full just because the other sims have more and using that as an excuse rather than being more creative in their style?  It seems to me it is the lack doing their homework and creating a presentation that worthy of displaying to the world.   The recent video that Q8 pilot in the interview with Tom Kyer where Q8 pilot flew that aircraft this time like he was on best behavior. A little more time spent on that aircraft to get to know the in's and out's certainly show it can go a long way.  

I've put this off for too long. Got this old gem as soon as it was released for XP12, but tonight I'm doing the inaugural flight. BIRK to ENEG. Have just taken off from ENEG. Climbing to 33k feet, slightly above the recommended 32.7k for the current weight (thinking 33k will be the recommended when I arrive at the altitude). Leaving Iceland as we speak (man, I love Iceland. Been there just one time and all the time felt like I should move there. Fell completely in love with it and have missed it ever since). 

Got to say XP12 has matured quite nicely. My initial problems with XP, such as horrendous AA, seem to have largely been put in order. This really is a stonking great sim and I am a happy supporter along with simzilla. 

I'll leave this post for now. Will do an update when I am down at the ground at ENEG. 

So, approaching the coast of Norway, I was buffeted by some really hard winds (provided by ASXP). This flight would probably have been uncomfortable for human passengers.. 🤢

The view was great, though, with the sun setting behind me as I was nearing the T/D. I got no METAR for ENEG so I was kind of not knowing what I was getting myself in to as ENEG don't seem to have an ILS... As luck would have it, though, visibility was great so hand-flying the approach was easy and enjoyable.

However. Approaching RW04 into ENEG I kind of noticed some rather tall trees close to the threshold. That made me do 'a bit' of a slam-dunk when landing (only some 6800ft of runway and with a flap 40 approach speed of 139kts I was slightly uncomfortable). I would say the landing was 'slightly' too hard for comfort at neg. 4 meters per second. Ouch. 

Well. I survived. Every landing you can walk away from is a good one...? 🤣

This little bird will see some regular usage that is for sure. After some repairs that is...

30 minutes ago, Swe_Richard said:

I would say the landing was 'slightly' too hard for comfort at neg. 4 meters per second.

I like to levitate my tail above my seat as a passenger when I know a hard landing is coming. Plenty of experience coming into KMDW. lol

32 minutes ago, Swe_Richard said:

This little bird will see some regular usage that is for sure. After some repairs that is...

Sounds like the aircraft gave you a little bit of trill with some quick thinking under an adverse situation yet you still took command of the aircraft and landed it. Good job 😃

22 hours ago, BobFS88 said:

Sounds like the aircraft gave you a little bit of trill with some quick thinking under an adverse situation yet you still took command of the aircraft and landed it. Good job 😃

Well.. thousands of hours as a pretend-pilot gives some perks, that's for sure.. 😉

Got to say, though, I was cursing the administration of ENEG for not cutting down those obviously dangerous trees. 🤪

 

Looks like they are going to do Fmod sounds next, should take few weeks, due to some having open al issues.

I got to tell you about the most scary flight I've even been through when revisiting this thread upon reading @mjrhealth recent post.

I was on a flight to ESNS a number of years ago (pre 2014 as it was before my kids). On approach I looked out the window and all I could see was milk. Everything was white. I thought to myself (and told wifey) 'I think we still are a bit high, we can't be THAT close to the airport'. One second after I told her this, I just suddenly saw tree-tops. Uncomfortably close, like I could actually reach out and touch them if it weren't for those windows. In addition to this we got buffeted by some rather uncomfortable winds. I've been in those kinds of situations before while flight simming, and thought to myself 'man, I would absolutely soil myself if I went through this in real life'. But there I was, experiencing this by myself.

We obviously were close to the ground. I was confident the pilot was established on the ILS and thought to myself (rather hopefully) that he/she was on top of their game and would divert or go-around if needed. I obviously couldn't see the runway, but I could clearly see we were below the tree line. At this point in time we must have been hit with some rather nasty winds because all of the sudden I could see the ground out the window. One second later I just saw milk again. I felt the rather 'hands-on' corrections the pilot made and actually thought 'this might actually be it'. 

The landing was the hardest I have ever experienced (not saying much at all as the total number of flights in my life are probably <50). I bet the pilot slam-dunked and then just stepped on the brakes. It was totally uneventful to be honest (at least in retrospect), and I realised I was going to live another day. 

That visceral feeling, when the pilot did a hard left (making me see the ground) and then a hard right (making me see the milk) just moments before a touch down, is something I'll never forget. 🤢

Just updated. Now has fuel load page, though you have to go through plugins menu, they or laminar broke the pop out menu.

All good, fixed side menu, updated installer, was minor thing.

It's on sale now for $55

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