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Wow! The Canyonlands National Park area looks amazing! I was just there last summer doing lot's of back country hiking, and wow, did Asobo nail it. Beautiful terrrain!

I have flown two flights using the PMS GTN and in both cases, it tracked the routing flawlessly. That said, I did not try in "direct to path" mode, rather I was following a planned flight plan. But in my case, it worked.

Well, I don't have the funds for a 500-series, but I do own two Jeeps that I take on off-road adventures all the time, loaded with my camping gear of course. Many times, those adventures take me to National Parks. 😊

Yup, sight seeing MSFS style 😁 Going to spend a week in the Grand Tetons in August (real life) so definitely need to fly around that locale. Also, Grand Canyon, Rocky Mt. Natl Park, Yellowstone, Mt. Rushmore, Bryce and Canyonlands are all places I've spent time at the last few years (one of the many advantages of living in Colorado) so I will need to tour them by way of fltsim chopper as well 😉😁

@ryanbatc I just visited Badlands National Park two years ago myself. Quite an interesting and awesome place. Will have to check it out in the sim in my Taog Dauphin 😉

Oh, you're all good friend, I took it all lighthearted. No harm no foul 😊

Well, I just loaded up MSFS 2024 and got a banner notification that it was available with a green GET IT FREE button. So, I did the normal process and now it's installed. So unless I am in dreamland somewhere, it seems to not be a mistake 😊

I just logged into MSFS 2024 and the World Update 22 US National Parks update is released!

I look at a few of the pics before I decide to download a livery. I definitely like more than one, but I don't need nine shots to decide if I like it or now. Three to four would be good for me.

I have also conducted a flight with the Garmin and it tracks and follows NAV as well. It seems it is just the TDS that has the problem. But, Good to hear they are on it. I was told the same on their discord last night.

@vbazillio Okay my friend, set out from KRNM in my new Taog AS365 Dauphin chopper and conducted a short flight to KBNG. Before taking off, did some drone exploring around Ramona. Wow Vincent, you are really getting good at this scenery development thing. I mean, you've been good, but this is next level for you. Great work! And free! Thank you!

I am loving this helo too, but I am also having a NAV/GPS issue. Not necessarily a TDS GTN issue, but when in NAV mode and following GPS guidance, I have everything set up properly, but the CRS in the ADI cannot be adjusted so my helo keeps going due north. HDG mode works fine, and I can adjust the HDG bug in the ADI. But once I am in NAV mode, the CRS bug cannot be adjusted. I asked about this on the Taog discord, and I was told they are looking into the issue as others have reported it too. Not sure if that is the same problem that @ryanbatc is having. Overall though, this helo is amazing and I have only delved into the AS365 so far. So much to dig into!

This sounds amazing @vbazillio! Ramona has always been one of my favorite airports of yours, and I have been using it through many iterations. I have enjoyed seeing it grow and improve under your hand. Need to go download the update and check out your latest amazing work 😊

I am loving this Taog release as well. I have not had the time to dig too deep into a flight using the TDS GTN yet (on this bird....I've used it many others and love the TDS GTN). In one of the preview streams I watched the other day, the streamer used to fly the Dauphin for real and he was one of the test pilots for this release. He said the Taog Dauphin WILL fly an approach, all the way in, but the 3 axis auto pilot does NOT control the collective, so the descent has to be managed either through airspeed or angle (I think...trying to remember the details). Collective will still have to be managed manually on descent. I don't know if that helps you at all @ryanbatc but something to think about. The Dolphin on the other hand DOES have a 4 axis auto pilot, so the situation might be a little better on that side.

@sd_flyer I posted a link to download the manual from the Taog discord (see above).

And it's RELEASED on the MSFS Marketplace as of now. 👍

Thanks again for more information on the Mission Hub. I have decided I am going to go ahead and purchase soon. Your input helped me decide 😉 And then of course, I am just reminded of the soon to be released Emergency Dispatcher Pro that is releasing soon, which looks very interesting indeed. It is only regional to the U.S. coastal areas where the U.S. Coast Guard operates (it has been a developer partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard actually), but it looks very deep feature wise. @Zangoose just posted a YouTube trailer for it here: EmergencyDispatcherPro for MSFS 2024 - Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020/2024) - The AVSIM Community Looks very interesting and looks like you can use a variety of aircraft among other features. Now, back to trying to decide...lol

Taog just posted on their Discord that Microsoft has confirmed everything is on track tomorrow, 30th June between 1700 UTC and 1800 UTC for release. Taog also posted that if there were any delays to this it would be posted on their Discord. https://discord.com/channels/1035835002245619712/1452978848005226618/1521242850937929740

I have been very interested in getting the Mission Hub for a while, but I too was hesitant because I was concerned about mission variety. Your information is helping push me towards getting it. Thank you for your insights into the Mission Hub. I also watched a stream with the MilTech developers a few months ago where they laid out their development road map for the near future, and Mission Hub updates were a big part of it, as was a big update (their words) for the MH-60. Hopefully that means they will be adding some new features to it. They seemed excited when talking about it, fwiw.

@UrgentSiesta I don't disagree with all of your thoughts above. That is why is put them below Taog heli's. I want more from the MH-60 as well, as I said earlier in this thread. At any rate, I DO think the Taog Huey as it is now flies noticeably better than the Stranger Things Taog Huey, but you are right, it is free. And maybe it just feels different for me. But, it does have all the little Taog extras from the clipboard, which the Stranger Things one does not have. At any rate, I think we are generally on the same page as far as what are the best helicopters currently available in MSFS 2024. 😊

You do know that the Taog Huey from 2020, and all the rest of Taog's helos are fully compatible with 2024, right? I assume you know, but since you mention the Stanger Things Huey, I wanted to bring it up. The 2024 compatible Taog Huey is better than the Stranger Things one. Granted, for a free addon it is decent, but if you already have the 2020 version than why not fly it in 2024 instead. @blueshark747 Besides any of the Taog heli's, based on your comments above, I would easily recommend the MilTech Ch-47 Chinook, the MH-60 Seahawk and also the Bo-105, which is the newest one of the three. All very different helo's, and not quite to Taog quality, but probably next best thing in 2024.

As per my comments above, you can IF you have Chaseplane. But, I know not everyone has CP or wants it, so that is what it is. Also, yes, Opentrack does have some extra functions that are not included natively. However, in my experience, Opentrack did not always work, and I was constantly having to fiddle with it. Now, maybe that was user error, but I did lots of research when using Opentrack and I just could not get it to work well all the time. Someone else's experience might be better than mine. What I like about the SU5 native support and also Chaseplane is that it was all easy to setup and works well. Curves are not yet available natively, but they did add limits so that when you lean your head it does not pop outside the aircraft and such. Also, when looking over your shoulder, it now behaves properly. All without Opentrack.

I switched from TIR to Tobii about 1.5 years ago, and it works really well for me. SU5 added much more native support for the Tobii, so Opentrack is no longer needed. Also, with Chaseplane, you can easily enable a function for your Tobii to freeze when you pause it so it stays looking at whatever switch or control you were looking at. Overall, the Tobii is much more refined now than it was even a year ago. It is so nice to not have anything attached to your head, and it now requires very little fiddling to get setup nicely. These are of course my experiences only.

I am watching the first preview stream for the Taog Dauphin right now. LIVE PREVIEW - MSFS AS365 Dauphin from Taog's Hangar

My money is on Taog's as well, easily. Every helo they have developed for MSFS 2020 and 2024 has been solid and a hit within the helo community. As for MilTech, I want so bad to love the Seahawk but they just have not done enough to make it enjoyable to fly long term. They promised a huge update for the Seahawk was coming after the BO-105 was released, but we have not see said huge update nor seen any real improvements to the BO-105, which still will cannot use a TDS GTN and also still has the problem of both engines being linked when you shut one off. I generally like MilTech, and I want to give them the benefit of the doubt, but lately they make lots of promises and then are are extremely slow to deliver. The BO-105 was a decent release, but it needs some more love. When you look at a developer like BlackSquare (a one-man developer) who pumps out great aircraft for the sim and then updates them pretty quickly and routinely after release, it is hard for me to have such extended patience for MilTech. In the helo world, Taog is very similar to BlackSquare in quality, customer service and support, so it's no question in my mind which one is better right now. Taog all the way.