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  1. Thanks for all your feeddback. I really don't like to encounter problems in flight. There is nothing worse when about to land, and get a CTD, or in the case of the Comanche, I am prevented from successfully completing a flight. I have been flying PMDG 737's, 777's and 747's for years and have never turned on the failure feature in these planes for the same reason. It should be noted, that I attempt to fly all these A/C realistically. I feel pretty good about my simulator skills (I was a real world pilot, but no longer fly now), as I have been flying for many years in FS9 and earlier sims, plus FSX, P3D, and now MSFS 2020. I actually rented a Comanche back in 1970 at Gillespie (KSEE) airfield, then flew my sister and her husband to and back from KVAX (Catalina Island). I rented the Comanche several times later. On one flight, I did experience a circuit breaker issue, when the gear didn't extend. Fortunately, I remembered what the FBO told me after calming down a bit.....pushing the breaker in solved the issue. I am still amazed the folks who rented this particular plane had not fixed this problem? The beauty of high end payware aircraft, is that they meet the needs of many customers desires, particularly those who like failures and those who don't. The A2A and PMDG A/C are very "customizable." This is a great hobby because of this flexibility!!!!
  2. Thanks, I turned off failures and wear and tear. I plan on skipping the walkaround to save time, hope that doesn't trip me up? BTW, I never do a walkaround for my PMDG 737 either! Bill
  3. I to would like to see the civilian version P-51 produced. I flew that a lot in P3D. Loved the integration of GTN 650!
  4. Unread Content still not working!
  5. Unread Content is not working....beendown for 2 days! Bill Clark
  6. This is not good! Microsoft Lays Off All Its VR, Mixed Reality, and HoloLens Employees: https://www.extremetech.com/electronics/342480-microsoft-lays-off-all-of-its-vr-mixed-reality-and-hololens-employees These cutbacks have already begun. On Friday, AltspaceVR—a virtual reality company Microsoft acquired back in 2017—tweeted that it would shut down on March 10. Microsoft had dumped the entire team. Microsoft additionally laid off its “Mixed Reality Tool Kit” (MRTK) group, which was responsible for the company’s open-source mixed reality framework for Unity. MRTK was due for a new version release next month; instead, it’s being put to rest. Bill Clark
  7. I use Navigraph data in addition to charts! So I fly in a current environment. Bill Clark
  8. Since I fly primarily in the US, I have been using ForeFlight, a “real world” flight planner used by GA or Commercial pilots. It displays all the data you will ever need, such as SIDS, STARs, approaches, including airport data. It displays weather on map in real time, makes active runways in use available, plus head/tail and cross wing information. It runs on my iPad, works great with touch screen. It has many other useful features, and will display aircraft’s position and motion on flight path if feature activated, and small utility running in sim to transmit position data via Wi-Fi. Once plan is developed, FP is entered into SimBrief. When inside aircraft, either in monitor or VR mode, I can get Navigraph charts or FP progress following. I usually use iPad when in monitor mode. The only drawback to ForeFlight is $110 yearly subscription service…..but it’s power and ease of use more than offsets the expense! Bill Clark
  9. Since I fly primarily in the US, I have been using ForeFlight, a “real world” flight planner used by GA or Commercial pilots. It displays all the data you will ever need, such as SIDS, STARs, approaches, including airport data. It displays weather on map in real time, makes active runways in use available, plus head/tail and cross wing information. It runs on my iPad, works great with touch screen. It has many other useful features, and will display aircraft’s position and motion on flight path if feature activated, and small utility running in sim to transmit position data via Wi-Fi. Once plan is developed, FP is entered into SimBrief. When inside aircraft, either in monitor or VR mode, I can get Navigraph charts or FP progress following. I usually use iPad when in monitor mode. The only drawback to ForeFlight is $110 yearly subscription service…..but it’s power and ease of use more than offsets the expense! Bill Clark
  10. I believe VNAV will be fixed when WT "refreshes" the G3000, along with a bunch of other enhancements. WT refresh should occur during Jan 2023, and FlightFX will incorporate the latest G3000 into the V Jet in Feb 2023. Hopefully, sooner? This is going to be a great product! Bill Clark
  11. Godwisper, If you are familiar with SimBrief, you can save some effort by loading a flight plan directly into MSFS using the Simbrief downloader. I created the following flight plan (Catalina Island to Santa Barbara) in SimBrief: LAX VTU GOLET I used the RVAN (GPS) RWY 07 Procedure with GOLET Transition. The flight plan will load directly into the G1000Nxi, there is no need to manually enter the departure/arrival airports or the two VOR's as MSFS automatically loads them into the A/C. If you look on YouTube, there are videos showing how to use keyboard to input data. However, I am not sure if the G1000Nxi will accept airways from SimBrief, maybe someone can respond to that? As to VR, the cockpit is very nice, and as far as I am concerned, it is much easier to fly the plane in VR. The one comment is the landing at Santa Barbara, the A/C seemed very light, there is no heft to plane when touching down. Bill Clark
  12. I have been flying the 510 on a number of flights recently, my observations: 1) Takeoff run - I'm quite surprised at the Mustangs acceleration on takeoff....it makes me feel like I am in an F-18. 2) The initial climb rate, if I set the FLC speed to 150 or 200 kts, I see 6,700 feet/min, which is sustained for a period of time, but drops off to 4,400 at 10,000 ft. This is well above the real plane climb specs, I believe? 3) If you want to efficiently climb to the the high flight levels, take a look at page 7 of this pdf file that can be found in the link below here where it states 150 kts. I tried a higher speed like 200 kts and the rate of climb was unacceptable after about 27,000 ft (150 appears to be the sweet spot) NOTES ON FLYING THE CITATION MUSTANG https://aerocitygroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Notes-on-Flying-the-Citation-Mustang.pdf 4) If you set a cruise altitude to 10,000ft, the G1000Nxi will not hold this altitude, it will show something like 9,300 feet for example. Not sure if this is an MSFS, 1000Nxi or Mustang issue? Summary - developer needs to assign Beta tester to aid the team to iron out performance issues over the A/C's flight regime? Bil Clark
  13. Made my first IFR flight in the Mustang From Sam Diego International to Palm Springs. The flight plan: KSAN 09.BRDR7.JLI TRM RNAV (RNP) Z RWY 13R KPSP This particular approach is quite interesting, given its curved nature. The flight went well, and the G1000Nxi worked flawlessly, as there is no detectable degradation in my first experience. I did notice that the climb rate seemed excessive, maybe more than I remember when flying the F1 Mustang many years ago. I will check it out tomorrow. Bill Clark
  14. The Cessna Citation Mustang is days away from release: C510 Mustang Release on Sept 30, a few days from now. https://cockspur.eu/ I had the Flight1 version of this jet in FSX and P3D I believe. The Cockspur version will have the G1000, and I believe they support the G1000Nxi. This plane is great for both small and large airports. Really looking forward to it! Bill Clark
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