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Finally got a chance to give the trial a whirl and I really like this aircraft. Not necessarily a real aircraft that I would seek out, but it is so fun to fly. One big question - I really struggled after touchdown holding the centerline. I know ground looping is a real problem in taildraggers, but wondering if it is my old rudder pedals/lack of skill or what? I can land this on a full runway, but a tigher strip with trees would not be possible. I was practicing a bit and trying to manage speed better (this thing is hard to slow down) and doing ok. I just have an ancient pair of CH Pedals that I've been using forever. I tried adjusting the sensitivity, but messing with the curves seemed to make it worse when I needed full deflection. It seemed better leaving it linear. I've been thinking of replacing my old pedals, they aren't the best but get the job done. I've learned to take off ok, smoothly applying power. I'll probably get it and keep practicing. Again I know ground looping is a real problem. I was doing some research on the real plane and they say that they've all been ground looped at least once by now. If this is realistic, great! Otherwise it is a ton of fun to fly, even low and slow. It is just great to hand fly. It only tries to kill me on landing only!

Having more than one site is great, but ultimately it becomes an endless loop. Site A starts up doing something well, gets bigger and bigger, monetizes more, Site B pops up offering to do it better, gets bigger, etc. It happens all over IT. There's actually a term for it I probably can't type, but something like en-poop-ification. It isn't just a joke, but an actual problem where as things get bigger they tend to get worse for consumers. Again, not preaching against an alternate site. I registered there and will check it out. I'm just saying, the cycle will keep going. One site will "win", get worse, etc.

Do you have Chaseplane installed? If I am remembering correctly, it does something to change the default flashlight and you need to map the key in Chaseplane itself.

A few people here recommended uBlock Origin light for Chrome. I've been using it for awhile now and have not had a single problem (and fs dot to works just fine too).

It puts my identity at risk if I have to share out my personal data. Major corporations already can't keep their data safe, I don't want to have to send it to even more companies. IT jobs are getting cut all over, IT security is getting worse, not better. I can't repeat any of the stories I hear, but I'll just say, you should be very afraid at how these companies mishandle your data. You might not even be aware what companies have your data. Your employer could contract out to a payroll company that has everything on you. Maybe your employer chose the cheapest one instead of the best one. I won't go down that rabbit hole, but let's just say many of these companies will gladly hand your data over to a government without question. There's plenty of programs that parents can run to limit what their kids can interact with. Parents stick a screen in front of a kid instead of parenting them.

Interesting, it was just gone by the time I logged in so I never knew the price. I definitely don't want people paying full price for sure if they already have the wheeled version, I know not everyone follows Discord.

Just a heads up, FSReborn released a float/amphib version of the TL3000. However only the stand-alone package is in the marketplace. There's a bundle that includes both wheeled and this new version, and it should have a significant discount for anyone who owns the wheeled version. There was a marketplace issue with the bundle, so if you already own the TL3000 wheeled version, wait until the bundle and your discount. Also you might want to hold off on the floats if you want to get both. They expect the bundle should appear Monday hopefully. I was almost going to buy the float at full price, but then I wondered where the discount was. I did some digging around their discord and found this out. I figure not everyone is on Discord and might be interested.

I have used Bijan's addon for awhile now, but I gave this a try. My casual observations: I flew in Florida and the northeast US. I don't think it is easy to pick which looks "best", because that's subjective, dependent on conditions and probably varies all over the world, and time of year, etc. Burning Blue trees are definitely clearer and more defined. While Bijan's does more to capture that "forest" look. With BBD, individual trees stand out more, and the height seems a little more varied. Bijan's trees seem to blend together a little better. It is a little hard to describe, when you look at a bunch of trees, you don't "see" individual" trees, but a blending. Maybe it is just more shadows and darkness in Bijan. I guess Bijan's captures the forest look a little better, while BBD the individual trees? The fewer trees, BBD looks better, more - Bijans. Long story short, which am I using moving forward? I'm going with BBD for now, the trees do look very nice. That said, if you already own Bijans, do you need to upgrade? Of course not. That said the cost isn't very high if you are interested in checking them out. Again though, I don't think there's a "right" answer. They are both good addons and I'm interested to see where both go.

Is SA GA traffic flying proper traffic patterns or just straight in?

Did you know? Boat is an acronym for "bust out another thousand $$$"

That's interesting. I stick with BATC because of the cost, and I like it, but it really doesn't touch GA airfields at all. Hopefully the BATC VFR additions change that in the future. I don't think I've ever seen an AI plane at an airport that wasn't also running airliners.

For people who don't want static GA aircraft, what do you use to get a lot of GA traffic? I know there's multiple options for airliner traffic and there's always some GA mixed in, but never enough (at least for me). Personally, I like the static aircraft in GA because otherwise the parking might be completely empty. I get why people don't want static airliners, but fields like this simply won't have much traffic. Anyway, fantastic work as always Vincent!

I assume you downloaded addons and not just streaming them? Lately I've had nothing but problems with downloaded addons, and completely random things. Long story short, I've just un-downloaded and gone back to streaming. I think there's something going on with the MSFS side of things. One example - I have the Miltech carriers downloaded and they were working just fine. One day I fly over and notice those pink textures indicating missing ones. I removed the download and everything was back to normal again. I've had similar issues with aircraft too. Some won't even download at all. I've used the marketplace for awhile but only noticed this stuff recently.

I've been tempted to get Vagar, but there's already good freeware, and of course, how often will I get to fly there? I really like MK Studios airports and of course it is a great place to fly. I just flew from northern UK to there recently in the Commander 114 and it was fun. Just not sure how often I'll do that.

The Taog Dauphin is a fantastic addon, but I would not recommend that for a beginner just trying to get a feel for things. I would stick to something without all the automation and stability (forget what that's called). At least get a feel for things in a smaller and simpler heli. I basically learned on Taog's MD500, however that heli is known for being very twitchy and nervious, and it is. However it is also supposedly very accurate as far as flight dynamics. If I had to do it over, I'd stick with the default Cabri and maybe R66, at least to start. I am a HUGE fan of Taog's addons and they are on my "must buy", but for someone just learning from square one, I'd say put the credit card away for now. Check out some training videos to understand the basics, then find a nice quiet field with very low winds and just try and pick up and set down.