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@JYW Welcome back! Sorry to hear what happened and caused this major issue for you, but good that you were able to figure out the root cause.

Yes, AMD has absolutely sold out to AI. Lisa Su is the little AI pushing sister to Jensen Huang of NVIDA. AMD and her as the leader at AMD have pushed AI almost as must as NVIDA. It has been all over tech news for the last year. Just one example: AMD CEO Lisa Su on AI demand and hyperscaler spending: 'We're seeing the returns'

Both seafood and glass are also good in my book. Surf and turf anyone? Now I am hungry...

That IS the proper method to prepare a good steak. No discussion otherwise. And it best be medium rare or rare. 😉

@JYW I sure wish I had something to offer you in the way of assistance. This sounds like a very frustrating situation. I will keep racking my brain and see if I can think of anything.

Awesome report, thanks! I will never stop flying helos, but if there are other exceptional aircraft out in the sim than that does pique my interest and why I wanted to ask. I am a fan of both modern and old school systems and avionics, so long as they are modeled well. Take the H145 and the MI-2 for example. I love flying both those aircraft, but they could not be more different. The fact they are modeled well (even though the H145 has not been fully updated to an MSFS24 version) is what matters to me. So, now that I have that information from the both of you @UrgentSiesta and @mmcmah I will most likely be getting the Rafale here soon. Thank you both!

@UrgentSiesta So, would you recommend the Azurpoly Rafale to rotorhead sim jockey like me? Do you think I would enjoy it? Would you consider it high fidelity? It does have my interest.

There is actually a new app just for this kind of thing I saw last week. I was interested but then other things popped up and I forgot about it. Now I cannot remember the name....let me see if I can find it. EIDT: Found it...it does music but you can also build and assign custom sounds too. Looks interesting. Just Flight - Wee Tune Beastie

The problem that no one seems to be talking about in this thread in regard to consoles and PC's is the dramatic rise in cost of ALL the hardware involved. The selling price for a PS5 has been raised twice in the last year and is close to the $800 range. The Xbox price has also been raised a couple times. We are all aware of the RAM and GPU prices. Well, consoles use RAM and GPU's as well. AI and data centers are sucking all of the RAM and many of the GPU's and silicone needed for home desktop PC's, and consoles. All that has to affect the possibility of who is using MSFS on what platform as we move forward from here, as it is getting harder and harder to afford to enter on ANY platform. Also, any new version of MSFS will have to take advantage of CURRENT hardware, because less and less people are going to be able to afford the future hardware on the road we are currently stuck on in regard to silicone hardware. 😉😊

Looking good @Nandengo12 !

Appreciated! Was not aware of the community mod.

Nothing about the absurdly bright POI lighting....bummer

Lol!!! 😁😁😁 My two other main hobbies are alpine skiing (very expensive) and overlanding/off-roading in my two Jeeps, which I have heavily modified...and did you also know that "Jeep" is an acronym for "Just Empty Every Pocket $$$" 😁

I spent the morning putting together a new cabinet 😁

@vbazillio Well Vincent, stunning work on KSEE. I have downloaded and spent around 40 minutes exploring and hovering in a heli all over and you have done a cracking update on this one! Great stuff!

@JYW Hmmm, that sounds very frustrating, and I usually don't have a problem with MP purchases. That said, it is not my preferred way to purchase addons for MSFS but I will use it when it is the only option. I was ready to go ahead and get this, but your experience is giving me pause.

I have been following this aircraft development for a few weeks now and am very interested. I plan on getting it, maybe later today if I get around to it. If I do get it soon, and get some time to fly it, I will post my thoughts here.

Exciting @vbazillio Vincent, great stuff as always. I applaud your efforts! Will be downloading later today and checking it out via helicopter 😊😉

Hmmm, interesting. Will look forward to hear some feedback from some of the adopters.

Lol...there are some liveries where the cockpit has English labels. Trust me, that does help 😁 But yes, she is something else to fly. But the more you do, the easier it will become. Now, when I fly the Mi-2 it feels normal to me. Just keep at it, although I don't know if learning it at Rotorland is the best idea.

Good looking work!

Indeed it does! Had no idea they were developing something like this.

I'm curious as what that could be, because without question the Taog Huey (non Stranger Things) flies so well for me.

Those elevated small landing pads are difficult to say the least. I was practicing my landings (crashes?) on them yesterday in 23 mph winds. It was next to impossible...lol. I tried in several helicopters to include the HH-65, Mi-2, Bo-105 and even the CH-47, which is much easier to control. I did not have much success. And I was using the descending down on them at an angle method like you mentioned and still struggled. I had much better luck when I changed the weather to 4 mph winds 😁 The better Huey is the Taog Huey that came out before the Stranger Things version. It generally flies better and has more features, even though it is not a native 2024 product. It is still compatible without any issues with 2024 though, just does not have the 2024 features for walk arounds etc.

This is looking amazing!