Steve Dra

Mike, I sent you a PM to see if I can help off-line.

It's technically an "iFly Pad" 🤣. You can also move it to a real iPad (or tablet, 2nd monitor, etc) if you'd like. In addition, there is a clickspot on a screw of the FMS to move it above the FMS while you're inputting data, so you don't have to swivel your view back and forth....and a click spot to hide it (and the FO's) altogether, to get them out of the way, and to reduce the GPU's workload (although I have not noticed any impact of having them displayed). And....pure "quality of life"-type things.... The icons in the upper right (the "sun" and "headphone") are clickable, the "sun" pulls up the brightness settings. And yep, there is a "Night Mode" too. (and the icon changes to a moon...too cute!)😉 And as you can see I pulled out the charging cable...and the iFly Pad is discharging (showing 96% on the screen above the FMC, and 93% a bit later when I moved it back to the window). The Headphone icon turns on "headset mode"...so it gets quieter. No menus to dive into...just right there, very intuitive. This is a very welcome, free addition to the plane.

Thanks. I've enjoyed painting, but reaching the end of my career. As far as the diversity in the team, I wholeheartedly agree that folks from all different backgrounds can be a more productive team than one with only experts in the field. Like you said, we all see different things, and when we cross-check each other...a "suspected" bug can be quicky identified as a real issue, or just a knowledge issue. Just about every one of my reports begins with "I don't know if its supposed to do this..." LOL. And I rarely post a bug into the bug-tracker before running it by the team. Some bugs are obvious, like a reproducible crash, others could be nuances that the tester is not familiar with. And the human factors standpoint is fascinating...I too love watching the interaction and seeing a diverse team collaborate. 😉

My specialty is inhaling virtual paint fumes, which leads to the hallucinations that I somehow know how to fly a commercial airliner. 🤔 I just point out what I think looks/feels unusual and wait for the real pilots to tell either me that's how its supposed to work or yes...that's an actual bug and report it. Then I go back to my paint booth to add or touch-up another livery as the hallucinations have faded by then and I realize that I'm on the beta team for painting, not for validating systems or flight fidelity. 🤪

Thanks Ryan. Real life gettin' in the way of simming....you know how that goes. 😉

I enjoy flying her....very well put-together package. Devs are great to work with and listen to feedback from rated pilots and other contributors to the project. @Jviation and I made numerous suggestions to enhance the textures which were considered and frequently incorporated. His environment maps grace my paints in the livery manager (we collaborated on the project, and he graciously let me add his Ev maps that we're way better than mine to enhance my liveries.) 😊

Glad you're enjoying it. Watch that rotation on the A321. 😉 I like flying them all, and like I mentioned, doing real world flights with the proper model (and livery).

I enjoy flights to and from Key West....fun airport to land/take off from. I did a KEWY/KATL in the Delta A319 in the past...will have to do the return trip! 🙂

For the cost and what you get for it....solid no-brainer for adding the 319/321 to your fleet. I use real world routes and aircraft (thanks flightradar24), and with the full Airbus line-up, I don't have to pretend the A320 is a 19 or 21 if the route I want to fly calls for one. Plus, they do handle differently...and the one thing that'll get ya is that the A321 has a potential tail strike if you try to take off like an A320. Most instrument panels even have a placard noting that you're in a 321 and beware of a tail strike. You gotta' rotate her slowly, and almost every takeoff (as far as I know) is a flaps 2 vs flaps 1 on the other busses. And a slightly higher rotate speed. All this so she lifts off the ground as much as rotates, to avoid that dreaded tail strike.🤔 The A319 is a blast to fly....loads peeps and paxs faster (of course), and is a welcome addition when I find a route that calls for her. I'm flying the Fenix Busses more than Boeings now (unless I'm testing)...and this is the 1st time in my long simming career that I can say that...a testament to how good the Fenix Busses are. Can't wait for the NEOs...and whatever else Fenix brings to market. 🙂

If that doesn't fix it....load the default PMDG liveries and see if they display ok. Also try different models like the freighter or BBJ. If they all have purple wings then its probably a texture that went corrupt or missing (never could figure out how that happened randomly, LOL). If the PMDG default liveries are also bad, you can go the OC, click the 3 dots (...) and select verify files to make sure your install is ok. (The latest build is 4.00.007. "The James Bond" build, LOL). If the file validation comes back with errors...click the "Remove product", and reinstall it. If that fails, it will be time to submit a ticket at PMDG.

Same here...but it was a military charter from Naples, Italy on an ATA L1011....about 20 pax on board...we all sat up front, LOL. Flew a World Airways DC-10 over there (and was just as empty). Tri-Jets on both trips...pretty cool I thought.

I see in the video that you were on an ILS approach...it captured the LOC and trying to turn on to the centerline, and you're coming in from the left from about a 20 degree angle. That should be a fine intercept angle, but it seems that its snapping back in forth, which is behavior I've never seen before. The wind was 065/04 so that's not a factor. Does it happen with any approach? Only when on an ILS approach? Or during other phases of flight?

In my case....after extensive troubleshooting (i.e. pulling the remaining 3 hairs out of my skull), I realized that I had a button on my Bravo throttle set to the rudder trim and it randomly spiked and pushed the rudder into a hard-over, causing the issue you describe. Check your rudder trim indicator the next time it happens... if you've already checked for and cleared random rudder trim assignments on all of your hardware controllers. If it happens again, or if you see the needle jittering....that could be your issue. To add to @Stearmandriver 's info about locking out your controls when the AP is engaged....Here is where you find that page on the EFB...and where the info is in the excellent iFly manuals.

IMO....every plane looks good in that version of the Cathay livery. Even from the P3D days, this was one of my favorite paints... I added so much detail and weathering to it, and I love the look of the 747 BCF in general. 🙂 Even in bare metal...the livery was fantastic. (of course, the 747 is an excellent canvas, and I love painting her).😊 Can't wait for the 747-400 to arrive in 2024!

I'm on the fence with this one. Curious to know who stills flies it? I can't seem to find them on flightradar24 or other flight route sites we go to, looking for real world flights. I don't know if I'm not looking for the correct aircraft identifier or what. Does FedEx, DHL, etc still fly them? Any of them fly in the US? Half-hoping that they don't fly anymore, hehe....I don't really need another plane to get wrapped up in (like that has ever stopped us before, LOL)