January 19, 20251 yr You can only name ONE. That one addon you could not do without. GA or Airliner, Warbird or Fighter. Mine is the RealAir Lancair Legacy v2. I flew the v1 in FSX and it took me on several round the world trips. Then I got v2 just as RealAir stopped trading. Didn't sim for several years due to illness. Got me a new PC 2024, got MSFS. Had some fun with it. Much missing though. Got FSX working again. Got this plane flying but oh boy those scenery tiles wouldn't play ball. Good for night trips though. August 2024 got fed up and splashed out on P3dv5 pro. Installed a few great planes (but I can only name ONE here remember?). Today I spent an hour in MSFS flying the A2A bird around Wales. Or at least the box said 'flying'. It felt like a paper airplane. As paper airplanes go though, the best for sure. Booted up P3d somewhat depressed and loaded up My favourite addon of all time. Yeh the scenery was half jaw dropping and half cringe, but....oh my the FLYING. THIS plane..... Now it's YOUR turn. ONLY one remember? :D https://imgur.com/gallery/realair-lancair-legacy-p3dv5-orbx-nzmf-kh2Hgun Russell Gough SE London
January 19, 20251 yr Moderator Concorde. Because nothing else looks as beautiful or flies as fast. And at 11 miles up flying at 20 miles a minute over ocean the view is not relevant. Nothing but ocean to see. Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
January 19, 20251 yr Author 25 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said: Concorde. Because nothing else looks as beautiful or flies as fast. I was waiting for you to chip in with that! I don't have it yet. Still reading up on systems. If I can navigate it where I want to as well as use pre-prepared real routes it will be my next plane. Think I'll go do some reading now, this ignorance is now annoying me! How fast can you prep it and be flying? I don't mean that Ctrl-E nonsense I mean from say a normal turnaround state to taxi? New route not one saved? Russell Gough SE London
January 19, 20251 yr PMDG 737-900 NGXu gets the most hours in my P3Dv5.4 flying. Glenn Wilkinson SpoilerMy specs: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X @ 3.7 GHz, 32 GB 3200MHz DDR4, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB, 2TB SAMSUNG EVO Plus SSD M2, 2TB WD Black Gaming SSD M2, 8TB WD Black Gaming HDD, 4TB WD Black Gaming Ext HDD, Windows 10, X-Plane 12 + large quantity of 3rd party addons scenery & aircraft. Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Thrustmaster TFRP. It's an older machine but gets the job done quite nicely - smooth with no stutters!
January 19, 20251 yr Moderator 16 minutes ago, sloppysmusic said: How fast can you prep it and be flying? I don't mean that Ctrl-E nonsense I mean from say a normal turnaround state to taxi? New route not one saved? There is a built-in scenario where if you position the aircraft on one of several runways the fuel is loaded with engines running and ready to go. But, the INSs are not aligned so unless they are the a/p won’t engage. Instead I position C&D at a gate and initiate checklists which allow your virtual crew to get her ready including working with GSX for various services. It sounds very complicated but after a while you get used to it. Around 15 mins I would estimate. If you haven’t flown Concorde before it’s unlike any subsonic aircraft. One golden rule. Pitch for speed. 😁👍 Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
January 19, 20251 yr Author 1 minute ago, Ray Proudfoot said: One golden rule. Pitch for speed IAS mode is my favorite mode of all for non AT jets. It appears this bird has both AT AND IAS mode? Separately I believe. I don't use GSX at all and I'm fine starting cnd letting INS align while I do my route and fuel thing. The virtual crew is independent of gsx right? I'm trying to find a manual so I won't annoy you with questions! Russell Gough SE London
January 19, 20251 yr Moderator 2 minutes ago, sloppysmusic said: IAS mode is my favorite mode of all for non AT jets. It appears this bird has both AT AND IAS mode? Separately I believe. The autothrottles will hold the required speed. The other modes are PITCH HOLD, MAX CLIMB, MACH HOLD and Vertical Speed. Be aware A/T is off for transonic climb only engaged at Mach 1.7 when reheats are turned off. Not used at all for the descent until below 10,000ft. 5 minutes ago, sloppysmusic said: The virtual crew is independent of gsx right? I imagine it’s intelligent enough to know if GSX is not installed. Not sure how your aircraft gets fuelled without it though. The supplied tutorial will take you through all the stages. Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
January 19, 20251 yr Author 57 minutes ago, beechcaptain said: PMDG 737-900 NGXu gets the most hours in my P3Dv5.4 flying I was not allowed to buy that. My money wasn't good enough :( 8 minutes ago, TuFun said: I'm still on P3Dv3 and this is my bird of choice... What a beauty..... Russell Gough SE London
January 20, 20251 yr Author 52 minutes ago, Zatoichi said: Dash 8 I tried that, was much impressed but in 5.4 had a recurring PFD map display issue( route was only ever shown as straight line from start top finish). Could not resolve with dev. Had to refund sadly. Russell Gough SE London
January 20, 20251 yr I’m basically a short to medium haul tube flier so PMDG NGXu is the most versatile if I could only have one. Vic green
January 20, 20251 yr 10 hours ago, sloppysmusic said: I was not allowed to buy that. My money wasn't good enough 😞 Say what? You got my curiosity. Vic green
January 20, 20251 yr Author 25 minutes ago, Patco Lch said: Say what? You got my curiosity. Oh i splashed out 300 for p3d and another 250 for 747 and 777 series then tried get the u but they'd pulled it too quickly for me to buy. Only the older version up for sale. Really annoys me when devs says we get no orders. Me :take my money. Them : Crickets. Russell Gough SE London
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