The Taylorcraft is coming on the 31st.

20 hours ago, jon b said:

I’ve never seen that to be honest so don’t know what to suggest, it’s always been well behaved for me.

Normally my take off and landing distance are only 20 meters so it doesn’t have time to go sideways. I hope you find the root cause as it’s a fun little machine.

I suspect I'm landing too fast. I've been landing at 40 - 45kts but I think the stall speed is 31, so maybe 35kts would be better.

On 7/13/2026 at 5:40 AM, St Mawgan said:

The Taylorcraft is coming on the 31st.

... and will only be available through the Marketplace.

6 minutes ago, Wakner said:

... and will only be available through the Marketplace.

And is no longer coming on the 31st.

25 minutes ago, St Mawgan said:

And is no longer coming on the 31st.

Oh, when’s it due now ? I’ve been counting down the days.

1 hour ago, Wakner said:

... and will only be available through the Marketplace.

Are you sure? It's listed and has a sales page (coming soon) on their own website:-

https://www.got-friends.com/products/taylorcraft-bc-12d?srsltid=AfmBOorj5con0_X-WAD7TBHg0eU4HYFPwjvXfhIokCGY-1DK9IXsz4y6

All of their other Marketplace addons are available directly on their website too.

I've been checking the site daily since they released a vid of the Taylorcraft, about a month ago. I actually thought 31st July was a long way off, considering the sales page was up and how complete it looked in the video.

I'm going to stand down from checking it now, if it's not going to drop on 31st. The 114 will keep me occupied 😎

Edited July 27Jul 27 by JYW

Lifted from their Discord -

We have a major update to share about the future of Got Friends. We want to be completely upfront right away because we know many of you have been with us since the beginning and prefer buying our aircraft directly. Starting with the Taylorcraft BC-12D, all of our future payware aircraft will be released exclusively on the Microsoft Flight Simulator Marketplace. Since our start as a small group of enthusiasts building freeware, we have experienced an incredible journey together. We eventually stepped up as 1st Party Partners creating content directly alongside Microsoft. Working closely with Microsoft and Asobo has shown us firsthand their dedication to the future of this platform. We believe in their vision for a highly connected ecosystem, and moving exclusively to the native Marketplace is the next logical step in our evolution. As our team has grown, the simulator has evolved rapidly. Massive features like career mode integration, rentals, trials, and cross-platform purchases have rolled out, with other features like gifting coming soon. We want to ensure our fleet can take full advantage of these incredible additions right out of the gate. However, delivering deeply integrated experiences across multiple independent storefronts creates complex compatibility challenges, and maintaining those fragmented versions is becoming overwhelming for us. Managing different file versions and running a storefront takes massive daily energy away from actual aircraft development. Shifting entirely to the Marketplace lets our team step away from administration. This decision allows us to put our focus entirely back into doing exactly what we love, which is building incredible aircraft. For you, it ensures our aircraft are fully integrated into the simulator's newest features on day one, all in one secure place. We will officially phase out new payware sales on our website on August 7th. However, nothing changes for the aircraft you already own. Our website is staying online, and you will always be able to log in to download and update your previous direct purchases, freeware, and find manuals or paint kits. For our external partner, Contrail, your existing purchases are completely safe. You will continue to be able to install and update your currently owned aircraft. We are working closely with the Contrail team to facilitate a reasonable transition and will update the community soon on the timeline for phasing out new sales on their store. Because we are pivoting our release strategy right now, the Taylorcraft is delayed. We know you were expecting it much sooner, and we are genuinely sorry for the extra wait. However, going exclusive allows us to step away from managing multiple deliverable packages and focus solely on a unified Marketplace version. This gives us extremely valuable time for final polish without storefront fragmentation. We are aiming to submit it in mid-August. This unified direction is already opening new doors. We are very excited to announce that the AS 33 Me, the Aeroprakt A-32 Vixxen, and Project Crosskart have all received conditional approval for PlayStation 5. We are just conducting final tests before giving Microsoft a green light for release. Moving away from direct sales is a massive shift, but we want you to know we are genuinely looking forward to this next chapter. This choice is about supporting the future of Microsoft Flight Simulator and making sure our team is perfectly positioned to keep delivering our best work. The reality is, this shift will allow us to give you more content at a unified pace for the low prices you deserve. Growth to us is taking a step back and simplifying the entire process.

10 hours ago, St Mawgan said:

Lifted from their Discord -

We have a major update to share about the future of Got Friends. We want to be completely upfront right away because we know many of you have been with us since the beginning and prefer buying our aircraft directly. Starting with the Taylorcraft BC-12D, all of our future payware aircraft will be released exclusively on the Microsoft Flight Simulator Marketplace.

That's devastating from my perspective, and marks the end of my buying Got-Friends addons (I own them all).

For one reason or another, I tweak every GF addon... usually for the sound, or adding the 'pitch_pid_reset_mode=2' entry into the [autopilot] section, to provide smoother AP engagement (Even activating the AP on some of their addons, where it's disabled).

As we all know, Marketplace files are encrypted and, just as GF have decided to go Marketplace only, I've decided to buy most scenery from the MP, but to never buy another aircraft from it again. Also, addons on the Marketplace are universally more expensive to UK buyers. Sometimes shockingly so. Until FSW's recent price reduction, the FSW Lear 35 was $59 to US buyers and £62 ($81 !!!!!) to UK Marketplace users. The Just Flight PA28s are £43 ($57) per version on there. So I will predict that a Got-Friends addon that costs $19 on their website will be as much as $30+ to UK users of MSFS.

I don't like that they had already advertised that the Taylorcraft was coming on 31st July and was listed as 'coming soon' for sale on their website. (An actual sales page).

I like(d) Got-Friends but there are so many fantastic quality aircraft addons out there, I'll survive with no more of their work.

Edited July 27Jul 27 by JYW