My initial findings are that the rudder on the ground is too sensitive, and the auto throttle on final approach is no where near responsive enough, had to disengage it in, for EHAM standards were relatively light winds.

6 hours ago, Christopher Low said:

Can selecting fuel load/cargo be done via the FMS? In other words, can I bypass the EFB? It always felt a bit "clunky" with the Avro RJ Professional, and it looks like a very similar format with the Fokker 70/100.

I'm sure it could...but the EFB route is very fast indeed with only a few clicks and a pleasingly (and rare!) logical sequence of sending the data to the aircraft

Picked this up last night and just completed my first flight in the F70. Taking off from PHX despite the heat was rather sporty of coarse I only had enough fuel to reach PSP. Once above about 7000 feet it was noticeably less powerful and it took a while to reach 26000 ft. Sort of reminds of the British VC10 in design. It was not so much the engines doing all the work but an advanced wing design that created such great field performance. Speaking of VC10 we definitely need those in the sim.

Only issue I had was I did not have any nose wheel steering. I have a simple old but trusty CH Flight Stick Pro and use the key board for some things. 0 and ENTER on the numerical pad control the nose wheel but for some reason on the F70 it is not working. I see an option for Rudder Axis Steering in the Aircraft section and Settings in the EFB but turning this ON or OFF does not make any difference. It must something simple I am missing?

This nose wheel steering issue is limiting my enjoyment of the product so hopefully it is something simple or it is fixed soon!

I also have a CH Flightstick Pro joystick, so proper nose wheel steering with this is essential! This is easy with the PMDG aircraft, so I would expect it to be no different with the JustFlight Fokker 70/100.

Steering works fine for me with my rudder pedals, although feels over sensitive compared to PMDG and Fenix but that could be just something I have to get used to

Is it me or is the ATS not working properly? Right now, in cruise, it fails to maintain proper cruise speed, often "shaking" the throttles up and down, and frequently decelerating before reaching cruise speed, then hunting it down again. This is the best i can describe it.

Very weird behaviour and happened on my 4 flights already, am i missing something here?

Thanks

9 hours ago, longhaul747 said:

This nose wheel steering issue is limiting my enjoyment of the product so hopefully it is something simple or it is fixed soon!

Did you change the setting in the EFB. Works on my end too

Also make sure the control lock is off.

Control lock is off. I did check that. Changing the setting in the EFB makes no difference on my install (FS2024). I don't think it is the CH Flight Stick Pro. I just don't think The Just Flight Fokker allows keyboard steering. Obviously if you have rudder pedals setup correctly or a tiller on your joystick it will likely work but not if you try and use the keyboard. The option to turn it on in the EFB should allow it to work but for some reason does not!

At some point today when I have time I plan to check my key bindings making sure everything is okay there. Never really touched them and 90% set to default. All the other planes seem to work just fine. I remember a somewhat similar issue with the F28 that magically fixed itself after an update I think. I memory serves the nose gear steering worked but would not center itself when you centered the rudder.

I am about to do a flight from PSP back to PHX in the F70. Checked the key maps and looked for conflicts but it all looks good. For whatever reason Just Flight messed up and does not allow to use the keyboard for nose wheel steering. It should be a pretty simple option at least in the EFB. The option is there but does not actually work!

Checked the hydraulics and the control lock again just in case and it is all good!

I can steer it taking my mouse and hovering it over he nose gear tiller but I can't see out the window at the same time making this worthless.

Needs another hot fix addressing this. Will shelve it until this is fixed!

I have all kind of problems with FMS. It abruptly stop following route randomly, even though I deleted discontinuity. ATS is wonky, flight path not aligned with "miniature" airplane and etc. I filed support ticket with different issue, but got response "we unable to replicate" very frustrating. F70 and F100 are flyable but each flight is buggy "adventure".

Also F70-100 are missing GPS, so no RNAV approaches which limit ops significantly.

1 hour ago, sd_flyer said:

flight path not aligned with "miniature" airplane

I’m seeing the same SD. Was thinking about opening a support ticket with developer. Now I know I will. The more the merrier, right?

Blue skies,

-B

Tonight I downloaded and installed the F28 from the Just Flight website. It had been a while and it has seen a few updates and FS2024 compatibility since last time I played with it. My main purpose was seeing if the nose gear steering was working on that model? They are pretty similar and probably the same developer. The nose gear steering works properly on that model. The EFB is fairly similar to the new F70 and when I go into Aircraft and Settings I see the same option called Rudder Access Steering. on the F28 this button is working properly but not on the F70. I think its pretty safe to assume this feature is currently broken on the F70. I will report it to Just Flight very shortly!

I also purchased it as package so I have the F100 as well. I have not tried that model yet but it would be interesting if this feature works on the F100 model. It's also possible but not likely it was a corrupt install. So I might just try and uninstalling and reinstalling it just to double check.

Edit:

Just another little update. Installed the F100 and it is doing the same thing as the F70. It is likely an issue with this particular build. Probably an easy fix if they know about it. So I am reporting it!

Edited Wednesday at 03:54 AM2 days by longhaul747

2 hours ago, btacon said:

I’m seeing the same SD. Was thinking about opening a support ticket with developer. Now I know I will. The more the merrier, right?

Blue skies,

-B

I'm pretty sure whoever tested it was using very short simple routes which didn't expose a lot of issues. Definitely this release is more like public beta.

@Christopher Low - I have now done two full 'starting from Cold and Dark state' flights...and the difference in timescales to get 'ready to taxi' compared the 'starting from Turnaround state' is just a few minutes...indeed, probably less!

This video is worth watching...even with the whole blurb and explanations, the whole video is only 22minutes long. And in it, the actual set up to taxi stage without the blurb and padding is less than 10mins, including the 5min wait for the APU pressure to build up enough for engine start!

https://youtu.be/CA2eYhZe884?si=KEcIWg0cyuHGXvSP

• The EFB process to load the plan and aircraft is logical and efficient

• The additional work at the MCDU to get everything else sorted is also quick and efficient

• For start up, the F70 and F100 aircraft have an impressive number of automatic features which makes getting to 'Ready to Taxi' a quick and efficient process. Kudos to Fokker! And Kudos to Just Flight too...