April 8, 20251 yr If you haven't heard, XP12 has received a major facelift (along with other great fixes). The lighting, clouds, and dark cockpits have been addressed and it's shaping up to be an excellent sim. I've not flown XP12 for a "serious" flight in ages - I mostly use it for beta testing. But if you're on the fence I'd seriously give it another look with the latest beta 12.2.0. Here I'm flying the Lancair Legacy from KBOI to KPAO near San Francisco. It's equipped with O2 so I've found a lovely cruise speed of around 270 ktas at 16k. The trip takes a bit over 2 hours covering nearly 500 miles. I've also added the TDS GTNxi into my XP12 aircraft 🙂 A mid morning departure Those A10s are pretty nice but my Lancair can also climb like a homesick angel! The Lancair Legacy is the fastest piston single (unless you count the P51 lol) We're well underway leaving Boise, Idaho in the distance, and we've donned our oxygen. I'm using XP Map Enhancement app (streaming ortho for free, or a bit higher quality is available behind a paywall) An absolutely gorgeous day to fly - we've got a partial tailwind as well. We'll see ground speeds of over 280 knots! Medium to distant cloud structure has really improved Passing Reno Stead, previous home of the Reno Air Races (apparently now hosted in Roswell, NM). Taking in the stunning views of the Sierra Nevada Range Perhaps you recognize this airport from our famous Mr. Bazzilio's work in MSFS? Grabbing the Wx and we'll most likely get the RNAV 31 Over Stockton, CA Starting down with the San Fran Bay in the background A superb paint that I intend to do once the Flysimware version comes out for MSFS A hazy view of SJC Onto the RNAV 31 at PAO There is a final approach course offset of 15 degrees so we make a slight bank to line up for final It's a bit of a maze to find the FBO way down on the south side of the field, but we're here! Edited April 8, 20251 yr by ryanbatc | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
April 13, 20251 yr Great looking set! I really need to try the map enhancement. Intel i-9 13900KF @ 6.0 Ghz, MSI RTX 4090 Suprim Liquid X 24GB, MSI MAG CORELIQUID C360, MSI Z790 A-PRO WIFI, MSI MPG A1000G 1000W, G.SKILL 48Gb@76000 MHz DDR5, MSI SPATIUM M480 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2TB, Windows 11 Pro Ghost Spectre x64 “We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the day and night to visit violence on those who would do us harm”.
April 13, 20251 yr Stunning images. I can't believe the new XP simulator is not so brown anymore. Darryl
April 16, 20251 yr Commercial Member Yes XP-12 i shaping up rather nicely. Nice set. KROSWYND a.k.a KILO_WHISKEYMajestic Software Development/Support Sys 1: AMD 7950X3D, NOCTUA D15S, Gigabyte Elite B650, MSI 4090, 64Gb Ram, Corsair 850 Power Supply, 2x2TB M.2 Samsung 980s, 1x4TB WDD M.2, 6xNoctua 120mm case fans, LG C2 55" OLED running at 120Hz for the monitor, Win11. Sys 2: i7 8700k, MSI GAMING MBoard, 32Gigs RAM, MSI 4070Ti & EVGA 1080Ti. Hardware: Brunner CLS-E-NG Yoke, Fulcrum One yoke, TM TPR Rudder Pedals, Yoko TQ6+ NEO, StreamDeck, Tobii Eye Tracker, Virpil VPC MongoosT-50CM3 Base with a TM gripSIMULATORS: MSFS2020/XP12/P3D v5.4 & v6: YouTube Videos
April 20, 20251 yr Lovely trip, images, and travelogue...Ryan...from XP12...If I recall the Lancair Legacy is one of your many first loves from the bygone SIMs...🙂... Glad, you are getting to fly it all over again in the improved XP... Your (custom) TDS GTNxi here seems to fit nicely into this flightdeck...🙂... Palo Alto, I recall well...had taken the US-101 to/through it during my two trips to San Francisco...The Redwoods visits distinctly come to my mind now...such a beautiful place....
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