Flew From New Havre to Raleigh today

 All VOR and vectors for landing.

Broke people's backs on the landing, but I have good insurance.

Love this plane more and more

 

I had a great time on my maiden flight. Once I got a bit familiar with the cockpit and flight dynamics, I didn't find the aircraft very difficult to operate at all. And best of all - the first landing went great! 

 

SHOWOFF...😁😁😁

41 minutes ago, Ron Lefebvre said:

SHOWOFF...😁😁😁

I got lucky! 😅

1 hour ago, Cpt_Piett said:

I had a great time on my maiden flight. Once I got a bit familiar with the cockpit and flight dynamics, I didn't find the aircraft very difficult to operate at all. And best of all - the first landing went great!

 

Cap'n,

Can I ask what settings you have in MSFS for depth of field and motion blur?   Your scenery looked fantastic in this video, with just the right amount of blur in the near distance 😎  (Or was this reshade or similar?)

Great video with nice editing 🤙

24 minutes ago, JYW said:

Cap'n,

Can I ask what settings you have in MSFS for depth of field and motion blur?   Your scenery looked fantastic in this video, with just the right amount of blur in the near distance 😎  (Or was this reshade or similar?)

Great video with nice editing 🤙

Thanks!

I've got depth of field, motion blur, bloom and lense flare set to off (don't really fancy those that much). I used reshade extensively and almost vanished in that rabbit hole until it suddenly stopped working with SU11 (I think). Since then I haven't tried it. For image quality I've been using DLSS+DLAA lately at 4K. 

In usercfg.opt, I've set shadows to 6144 (default max is 2048), and sharpen, fringe, dirt and film grain set to off. Film grain off helps a little bit with cloud pixelation, while fringe off helps a lot with the "halo effect" around objects and trees. 

Also I'm using AutoFPS which gives me relatively high TLODs higher up and 50-100 below 1000ft. I've set target FPS to 65 and RTSS-locked FPS to 65, which is reasonably with my hardware around London, NY, LA etc. 

I'm using CyberLink PowerDirector, very intuitive, not too fancy, but it gets the job done. Sadly it cannot render videos in HDR though, which is a real shame. 

Very old school - in times where it is fashionable to sell ideas, announcements and screenshots - one gets a finished and bug free product! And if this was not enough, it is going to be even massively improved. That is really value for money.

Thanks to Just Flight for this fantastic addon!

Did I hear the howl of the flaps being retracted shortly after take off in that video?

8 hours ago, Cpt_Piett said:

I've got depth of field, motion blur, bloom and lense flare set to off (don't really fancy those that much). I used reshade extensively and almost vanished in that rabbit hole until it suddenly stopped working with SU11 (I think). Since then I haven't tried it. For image quality I've been using DLSS+DLAA lately at 4K. 

In usercfg.opt, I've set shadows to 6144 (default max is 2048), and sharpen, fringe, dirt and film grain set to off. Film grain off helps a little bit with cloud pixelation, while fringe off helps a lot with the "halo effect" around objects and trees. 

Thanks. I have almost all the same settings (I have shadows at 4k) and also use AutoFPS. I wonder if what I was seeing (and liking) was part of CyberLink PowerDirector then.   Anyhoo, great vid!

4 hours ago, JYW said:

Thanks. I have almost all the same settings (I have shadows at 4k) and also use AutoFPS. I wonder if what I was seeing (and liking) was part of CyberLink PowerDirector then.   Anyhoo, great vid!

Could very well have been! The rendered video looks very different to the sim.

9 hours ago, Christopher Low said:

Did I hear the howl of the flaps being retracted shortly after take off in that video?

Don't think I retracted the flaps that early. Although I can't say for sure that I didn't as I was winging it. 

Been flying the 146 a lot since I got it yesterday. Autopilot can be a bit finicky, especially descending in V/S mode. I prefer IAS but then I don't always reach 2000fpm. Still learning a lot and browsing through the excellent manual while at cruise. 

Been fiddling around with the FMS - the WT edition is quite simple to use. I can't seem to properly change the flight plan in the air though - don't know how to clear the previous flight plan. 

Currently at FL300 en route from EHAM to EKCH with a ground speed of 540kts! 

And it has a working weather radar 🙂

Edited March 30, 20242 yr by Cpt_Piett

Watching one of 320 sim pilots great tutorials, where he explains how to use the autopilot in detail. In particular he talks about how to "sync" to a certain vertical speed or airspeed while climbing or descending: https://youtu.be/AeczEyplij4?si=H6hBVEkjJIMFQexf&t=2397

To do this easily, he mapped a button to "toggle afterburner": https://youtu.be/AeczEyplij4?si=zDMnCajd8rbp8uuN&t=1870

Doing this it's easy to maintain a certain climb or descent rate. This aircraft has a lot of these unusual, quirky features. Like the TMS system (Thrust Modulation System) - 320 also explains how to use that in detail. 

Edited March 31, 20242 yr by Cpt_Piett

I wasn't aware that those little Honeywell turbofans had afterburners

I'd been putting off buying the 146, but with the imminent update, the sale and the general feeling of good will towards Just Flight, I pressed the button. As expected, it's gorgeous.

On 3/30/2024 at 8:56 AM, Cpt_Piett said:

And it has a working weather radar 🙂

 

Just found out the other day that the weather display screen will also display your flight plan.

Select the map button (last button on the right). Its not very detailed but at least its something.

19 hours ago, Paul K said:

I'd been putting off buying the 146, but with the imminent update, the sale and the general feeling of good will towards Just Flight, I pressed the button. As expected, it's gorgeous.

Same here. Very beautiful rendition of a really interesting aircraft.

Curious if JF said when the update will be released?