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I was prepared to never fly again! haha Got to test out the Fenix Block 2 after a about a 25 second download of all those MB's! The annoying thing with MS is that it really doesn't matter your internet speed, its always so slow to update. My internet is 1GB, on a speed test its pretty good, about 800 mbs average. But when it comes to MS, you end up with about 4 if you are lucky!

I’m afraid I have made a rather embarrassing discovery…remember that one time when I told everyone I had a 688 GB update. That may not have been entirely accurate. It is 688, that was all correct, it’s MB though, misread that small detail! Apologies all! Thanks for the help though! I will leave quietly now.

Hey Mspencer, switched it to the D, although the content folder is in my C drive. It lowered it down to 160 GB, I feel like I am missing something? Worth maybe emptying the content folder and launching again?

I'll hang up my raybans...I refuse on principle! haha

Imagine I was a moron...what would the steps be that I should take in order to accomplish this?

Hey all, Quick piece of advice before I commit to something I really really do not want to! I updated the Fenix and then started the sim and was greeted by that wonderful splash screen "Mandatory Update" Showing me a full 688 gig install...my answer to that was a hard nope! So I reset my pc and tried again, and up it popped again. Going back a year or two I remember someone telling all was not lost in this situation and you did not need to actually do the update, could anyone remind me what I can do to get around this? Happy to try anything but really do not want to have a ten hour ordeal of a download! I await patiently for a hero! Go!

Until the moaning starts...so that is about 5 min into the release?

And speak of the Devil! Apparently Fenix block 2 will be with us tomorrow! I take full credit. Aamir could not live with my sad little face any longer! But if there are any major bugs I deny any involvement!

Absolutely don't disagree, its in fact what the national carrier and probably most others do insist upon over here in the UK. However, saying that, do you not think there is a danger in skill fade if you are on automatics at 400 feet and then Autoflight off at 1200 ft? I will admit that I did not realise that autothrust off was actually a thing until I saw it. I'm guessing you have time on the 320? Would this be to compensate for slow autothrottle responses in challenging conditions? I can't remember but I think that was one of the things my buddy didn't like about the aircraft, he now flies larger Boeings and seems to prefer them and their logic. Again spending years flying 500 feet over the North see in storms at night looking for submarines probably shapes what you enjoy to fly! haha!

Yes I get the same sense. I think Dave made another gross error of judgement on 1st of Jan when he said its weeks not months, sadly long periods can also be measured in weeks! I mean it could be 53 weeks for all we know! In all honesty I am ok waiting!

I enjoy Stefan's videos. I think that Eurowings clearly encourage disconnecting most of the automatics on landing, obviously situationally depending. I notice a lot of the time its Autoflight off, Auto throttle off and Flight directors off. As mentioned, airlines who don't allow this type of flying do so at their peril. A friend of mine used to fly for a national carrier and they were against anything being switched off, he came out of the military flying Nimrods (really old kit with very few automatics). He absolutely felt skill fade as a result of these types of SOPS on the 320. Whereas the orange airline is again much more open to pilots hand flying. Seems to be in line with what Eurowings appear to encourage. Again you can clearly see the pilot arresting the nose up moment going from Flap 1 to Flap 2 in the above video. Now...where have they put my Fenix block 2??

I was quite impressed with the Premium voices that are sampled on their site. The standard ones were ok, the free ones were what I would expect, better than a few years back, but not something that I will use. I do like the idea of switching during the flight as well. A few years back a started a thread with offering my thoughts on what I would love to see available as far as traffic and ATC for MSFS. I would say that this appears to tick all the boxes. But...proof will be in the pudding. I am old enough and wise (ish) enough to never fully jump into something until I see some honest reviews after a new product is released.

Thanks @AndreMP I have never gotten around to getting their discord to work properly for me, I get their announcements, but not the chat since they made some changes earlier this year. It is not great news, and I am sure that they are as frustrated as we are by the delay. By the sounds of it, its not just a delay but a rollback on completed work which must be a real mood killer in the office for them! With luck either Asobo with make the change in the SDK or Fenix will find a work around soon! Anthony

And the fact that the Fenix tablet was built by pretty much one person (I’m sure she had some help but still mainly done by Katie) who also happens to have a full time job flying with an airline in the UK is really a testament to how good it really is! Saying all that I’m sure the PMDG one will come along nicely and should hopefully be included at launch with the 777. Personally I just think it’s so much easier to control doors, pushback, loading and all other sim actions from there. I know Emi sort of had a bit of a pop about it not being realistic in one of his videos, but then again doing the same actions from within the FMC is just as unrealistic.

Awesome thanks man! I wasn’t sure as it still had a few other options in the fmc so wasn’t certain! Just about reprogramming my brain from one way of doing things and remembering another! Sadly it gets more difficult now that I’m in my 40s!! Haha