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This was my first thought when background updates were mentioned.

AI is being used by hackers to breach cybersecurity, and by cybersecurity analysts to prevent breaches. One example is both Google and Mozilla have recently used AI to find many high-severity security flaws in their browser code. Businesses are using AI to create apps, bots, and agents, and to automate processes; these all reduce human involvement and save them money. Love it or loathe it, AI is here to stay.

BATC works fine with a full SimBrief flight plan including SIDs and STARs. BATC will descend you to the altitudes in the STAR. This makes it straightforward to manage energy using VNAV, and cope with a late instruction to descend. The same with the approach. If BATC gives me a tight angle to intercept the ILS, then I use LNAV / HDG to perform a smooth turn onto final before engaging APP - this avoids S turns. I record my flights, so I can review a failed approach. Usually, it was a mistake I made.

Leftis posted on 30th May that FSL are working on an update that includes performance improvements, however he also posted on 11th June: "The performance improvements will come when the modeling turns to 2024 native mode - a longer-term process which I've discussed in the past if you read my previous texts. I will, however, say that the most notable improvement will be if you up your RAM to 64GB which will feel totally different for you - I understand that's not something everyone can subscribe to, at this time, but it's the honest reply."

I like the PAYG model you get with BATC premium voices. A subscription costs the same every month even if you've haven't touched the sim.

That was my experience when I last used FSLTL injector, I'm not sure if I configured something incorrectly. I also saw aircraft taxiing through airport buildings and heading off into the city...

Yes, but is that the same data FSLTL were using before?

Am I right in thinking this will make FSLTL the same as before the plug got pulled, or will the 'official' FR24 data be more detailed and accurate?

I bought a 5090 last year before hardware prices went haywire. I was going to buy either Quest 3 or Pimax Crystal but I've decided to wait for Valve's Steam Frame.

Black Square have released v1.2 of their Caravan v1.2 - Engine Damage & More Sound Improvements 2026/05/05 New Features: Added numerous sounds pertaining to engine damage during startup, shutdown, at all power settings, and several turbine specific engine failures, like compressor stall/surging. Added dynamic under-wing registration to default liveries with better feature support for livery painters. Sounds for all exterior interactions, like opening and closing doors, are now audible during walkarounds. Added seamless support for the native water rudder keybinding while still supporting the tablet interface triggered water rudder cable failure. Engine damage will now influence ITT beyond 40% damage. Previously, only crew members consumed oxygen, so as to extend the effective range of the aircraft at altitudes where only crew oxygen was required by regulations. Now, passengers will only consume oxygen when the indicated altitude is above 14,750 feet. Bug Fixes: Rewrote code relating to the ventilation blowers, as unexpected electrical behavior resulted from old code from the Analog Caravan. Fixed visual synchronization problem with the tablet failure interface when failures were triggered from HTML events, in preparation for collaboration with online services. Further refinement of propeller and engine sound leveling inside and outside the aircraft. Turbine propeller blade angle animation was mistakenly driven from simplified code from previous Black Square aircraft, which has now been replaced with improved behavior in all other Black Square aircraft (except the TBM 850, which will also receive this update). The fuel selectors off warning system will no longer activate when the firewall fuel cutoff handle is pulled. The fuel selector off warning horn will also be deactivated when the START CONT circuit breaker is pulled, as the two circuit breakers were previously configured in parallel, not series. Increased empty weight of the Cargomaster to 4,040lbs to reflect inclusion of the Cargopod. Useful load and full fuel payload numbers have been adjusted accordingly. Yoke-mounted electric trim switches will now only function when the autopilot is powered in addition to the electric trim actuator circuit.

Or press the 'clean plugs' button on the tablet 🙂 I just found it interesting that the Comanche engine accurately modelled plug fouling and cleaning.

You can clean fouled plugs on the Comanche by running the engine full rich at ~2,200 rpm for 30 - 60 seconds. If still fouled, allow the engine to cool and repeat. I wonder if this works on the Bonanza.

This training outfit use A2A's Comanche to demonstrate techniques in their engine management course Airplane Engine Operations. Everything works like the real engine, how to clean fouled plugs, etc.

I think those are aircraft with IFR flight plans. I hope its possible to generate some random traffic flying VFR.

That's very educational, thanks!