August 1, 2025Aug 1 Hi all, I’ve been flying IFR offline for years using Pilot2ATC, mostly in Europe. I recently moved from FSX to MSFS 2020 and started looking into alternatives that better integrate with traffic and provide more structured ATC. After watching a couple of videos on YouTube, FSHud really caught my attention. A few things stood out to me: It seems to actually control AI traffic, both in the air and on the ground — not just react to it I saw that it supports realistic SID/STAR flows and arrival procedures And what really impressed me: it looks like FSHud supports separate COM1/COM2 transmissions, which would be great for my home cockpit setup That’s exactly the kind of ATC I’ve been hoping to find in MSFS. Before I purchase it, I wanted to ask a few things: How consistent is traffic management during longer IFR flights? Is it also suitable for GA flying (not just airliners)? Any limitations or current bugs I should be aware of? Thanks in advance for your insights — looking forward to hearing from current users. — Andreas
August 3, 2025Aug 3 Hey @Andreas79, FSHud is what you need for IFR flying! Yea, it's actually have separate COM1 & 2! I'm using one for ATIS, or GND + TOWER and etc... It's suitable for all IFR aircrafts, it's support all the traffic sources. You can usie AIG + FSLTL + FS Traffic! Ture vectoring! Very solid and stable ATC client!
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August 4, 2025Aug 4 Thank you very much guys! It's my third flight and I'm very happy with FShud It's very realistic, I'm very satisfied!
August 5, 2025Aug 5 How does FSHud handle approaches in the US? Does it assign visual approaches most of the time in good weather, as in real life?
August 5, 2025Aug 5 I haven't tried it in the US recently, but I suspect not. If there's a procedure available FSHud usually prefers that, by default. Of course you can always request an alternative approach, including visual, but I think you'd have to do that pretty much as soon as you get your 'expect....' descent clearance from ATC. Ian Box
August 5, 2025Aug 5 5 hours ago, RNAVV19R said: How does FSHud handle approaches in the US? Does it assign visual approaches most of the time in good weather, as in real life? It DOES but it should NOT as the feature is unreliable (ignores terrain). The dev is currently working on a fix this week apparently. (See thread in p3d forum for more info - fshud works for both sims). Russell Gough SE London
August 17, 2025Aug 17 On 8/5/2025 at 4:13 AM, sloppysmusic said: It DOES but it should NOT as the feature is unreliable (ignores terrain). The dev is currently working on a fix this week apparently. (See thread in p3d forum for more info - fshud works for both sims). Has this been fixed?
August 17, 2025Aug 17 Commercial Member 45 minutes ago, RNAVV19R said: Has this been fixed? We are still working on tihs issue. Probably was busy with other fixes and release.
August 17, 2025Aug 17 1 hour ago, FSHud said: We are still working on tihs issue. Probably was busy with other fixes and release. OK thx for update. Russell Gough SE London
August 17, 2025Aug 17 2 hours ago, FSHud said: We are still working on tihs issue. Probably was busy with other fixes and release. Good to know. Just so I understand it correctly, the fix is for the vectoring in visual approaches, correct? It doesn't remove the predominant use of visual approaches in the US (at all airports, big or small), does it? I would still expect visual approaches to be the default in the US in visual meteorological conditions, as is the case in real life. Edited August 17, 2025Aug 17 by RNAVV19R
August 18, 2025Aug 18 Commercial Member 53 minutes ago, RNAVV19R said: Good to know. Just so I understand it correctly, the fix is for the vectoring in visual approaches, correct? It doesn't remove the predominant use of visual approaches in the US (at all airports, big or small), does it? I would still expect visual approaches to be the default in the US in visual meteorological conditions, as is the case in real life. This fix suppose to stop vectoring you at some altitude (depends on MORA) and airport distance when you performing visual approach. Currently visual approach assignment is last priority - if the aircraft engine type is piston and there is no ILS/VOR approach (and of course if there is no IFR approach at all). The assumption is that piston aircraft don't have RNAV/GPS equipment, and RNAV/GPS approaches are only assigned for Turboprop/Jet aircrafts. Besides that, I've checked the scenario that @sloppysmusic had - this airport has RNAV approach for both runways, and ILS approach for single runway. He could just change the runway with ILS approach or perfoming RNAV approach (if he can in this type of aircraft) which is much more comfortable for him. It is important to understand that this logic is worldwide, but it could be customized once airport editor feature (part of 2025 roadmap) will be released.
August 18, 2025Aug 18 1 hour ago, FSHud said: This fix suppose to stop vectoring you at some altitude (depends on MORA) and airport distance when you performing visual approach. Currently visual approach assignment is last priority - if the aircraft engine type is piston and there is no ILS/VOR approach (and of course if there is no IFR approach at all). The assumption is that piston aircraft don't have RNAV/GPS equipment, and RNAV/GPS approaches are only assigned for Turboprop/Jet aircrafts. Besides that, I've checked the scenario that @sloppysmusic had - this airport has RNAV approach for both runways, and ILS approach for single runway. He could just change the runway with ILS approach or perfoming RNAV approach (if he can in this type of aircraft) which is much more comfortable for him. It is important to understand that this logic is worldwide, but it could be customized once airport editor feature (part of 2025 roadmap) will be released. I am considering moving to FSHud, and the airport customization features sounds very intriguing. So this will allow us to select which type of approach (visual/ILS/RNAV/etc) will have the highest priority for each airport?
August 18, 2025Aug 18 Commercial Member 2 hours ago, RNAVV19R said: I am considering moving to FSHud, and the airport customization features sounds very intriguing. So this will allow us to select which type of approach (visual/ILS/RNAV/etc) will have the highest priority for each airport? It will allow many things including approach type prioritization.
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