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Got it! Many thanks for that information. Most helpful and much appreciated. Cheers Mark

A question, I recently stumbled on the fact that Spain, France and Belgium operate the North-South rule for IFR RSVM flight levels while The Netherlands etc employ the East-West configuration. So when you transit the airspace between those countries, (let's say heading northeast from the Belgian coast heading into Netherlands) are you expected to be at the new FL at the transition/ border waypoint or after it? What does ATC normally instruct you to do?

It's a free market i guess . I don't think there is any exclusivity if your products are sold in the Inibuilds store. Like Chris said, I feel for PESim. I hope the additional competition has motivated them to produce an outstanding LFPG.They still have the advantage but Inibuilds will be quick to put this one out. Not only are the detail and accuracy going to be key as to which one becomes the market place favourite, but also on the performance front too. Here's a question for ya... If you were PESim right now, how would you try and differentiate your LFPG product against the competition? Hopefully it doesn't come down to used Burger wrappers that can be found on the floor of the terminal building for adding extra realism!!

Remember there is a Slew toggle function. Typically it's the "Y" key but depending on your bindings profile selected it could be different. Press it once to enter slew mode and once more to exit that mode.

A cargo A350F would be something I would definitely be interested in, but i suspect it's operating characteristics and handling could be different and the RW variant has not even entered commercial service yet, so i think that's some way off for Inibuilds.

That Ray is the ultimate question. I am glad you asked it because that same question has been on my mind. Don't get me wrong. I can clearly see the benefits even in the work I do however AI can also be misused and abused if there are not proper controls put in place. Look at the recent reports of AI going rogue and infiltrating other business systems. And does it have a long term, detrimental effect on peoples learning behavior if AI does all the thinking for you? These are questions the human race will need to consider and hopefully answer. But I digress...let's come back to the original post...which I think is of smaller proportions. Hopefully Anil will return and provide us some more info and details of how ACE will work. I do have hopes that his journey into providing a top- notch ATC solution will prove successful. I do think that on the realism and accuracy of having ATC control traffic at demanding, high traffic, complex taxiway system airports, it means that potentially each airport has to be trained with the AI model, likely over time. Taxiways and airport layouts continue to change, operational aspects change ( e.g. a runway is out of operation due to 1 months maintenance work), so much the same as Navigraph, if you want the ultimate realism then having some type of subscription may (?) be the way to stay current, but you are not forced into it. And with subscription, which I know many people object to, it all depends if you are locked into a weekly, monthly or annual model. If you can subscribe and unsubscribe when you want, that in my mind provides the ultimate flexibility for users. Again those are my thoughts and ramblings of how this could play out, but i don't know enough about what Anil has planned, so I could be completely wrong here.

I think that general topographic maps are not really used by pilots in their EFBs. They have other layered aeronautical charts that help identify obstacles and terrain. For me I use the Navigraph charts and the online tracking feature but what I am displaying on the moving map is an en-route chart most of the time for IFR flights and of course the SIDS and STAR/approach charts when flying commercial airliners. The traditional features of topographical maps are not so useful for this type of flying. I assume you are flying airliners most of the time since you mentioned the B787. VFR may be a different story though.

I have jetways working. I was using the last but one revision (4.0.16) to define new parking positions at LTBS and the A350 creating my own GSX profile and they were working for me. Have not tried the latest GSX Pro release yet.

BTW next version is out ... Version 4.0.17 – August 20th, 2026 GSX Pro NEW: MSFS 2024 — GSX messages are now shown even when the GSX toolbar panel is closed. GSX Pro NEW: Wingwalkers now meet you on arrival, walking your wing tips in to the parking and leaving once you are parked. GSX Pro NEW: Arrival Wingwalkers are enabled by default, and can be Disabled globally in the simulation settings page or overridden per parking spot in the airport profile, together with the distance at which they wait for you. GSX (all versions) Fix: Boarding could report itself complete, and close the airplane doors, while a baggage loader was still loading. GSX (all versions) Fix: Boarding and deboarding stopped with an internal error when a jetway docked to a door set to "No open/close check", as on the iniBuilds A350. GSX (all versions) Fix: GSX no longer operates airplane doors once airborne, which could leave a door opening and closing during the flight. GSX (all versions) Fix: The menu hotkey went back to the default combination after the menu was closed by timeout or with the X icon. GSX (all versions) Fix: A service that stops on an internal error now says so, instead of appearing to do nothing. GSX (all versions) Fix: The Marshaller stopped with an internal error when the parking brakes were set while it was still saluting. GSX (all versions) Fix: The fuel truck could remain stuck at the aircraft for many minutes after refueling, with the baggage trains and loaders waiting for it and for each other. GSX (all versions) Fix: With "Loaders stay until departure" enabled, Refueling requested during Boarding never started. Loaders that finished loading now temporarily make space for the fuel truck. GSX (all versions) Change: A vehicle blocked by another vehicle's work area now waits for it to finish instead of eventually driving through it, and a vehicle done with its work gives up its right of way within minutes instead of ten.

Just out of interest which GPU do you have installed?

I agree! Kudos to Umberto for adding new features for free, but I am having a hard job remembering what GSX can do. Its mind blowing! The GSX manual is becoming a full blown instruction manual. I keep having to find additional tutorials on how various aspects of the functionality are working.I really wish there was a tutorial list of the main GSX functionality. Usually the Youtube videos show a glimpse of the capability are not enough for me. I need more step by step instructions.

For all those that are skeptical, (and I completely understand this sentiment given that ATC control in sims has been a woefully underserved capability in most sims until very recently) and feel there is a "proof in the pudding" experiment to be validated here, Anil did in fairness put an offer on the table in his very first post for 10 beta testers to try and break the product. Those were his words. Now is your chance to prove that Anil's value proposition for the product is actually valid or not. For me, I am still trying to maintain an open viewpoint and not misjudge what we dont know or have not experienced yet. AI can do some really clever stuff, but its also has its limitations too. I am genuinely curious to learn what it can do in more detail. Yes I have some reservations how this can be done if I am honest, but I am not an AI expert. I want to know more. So my suggestion is, lets get the views and opinions from the beta testers on what the ACE solution has to offer and lets chart its progress. If Anil is happy to publicly share that information, we will all be better informed. Have a great simming weekend everyone!

I would very much like to meet Jenny at some stage, perhaps when she is not so busy! 😜All in good time. Thanks for the additional response and sharing those insights Anil.

Anil, thanks for responding to my questions and I think you hit the nail on the head with the comments above. Glad you are testing the ground logic at specific, demanding airports. I would suggest looking at some others that you may have on your list e.g EHAM, KATL, EDDF etc.where multiple runway operations are dictated by weather, peak arrival/departure waves and so on.. I am truly curious about how the app can honor the different ground rules in terms of permitted taxi flows around the airport . It's more complex than what I thought. Why do I so that? Well at the weekend I was using Google Gemini and I asked it to give me a route at EHAM from Gate D43 (which has explicit pushback instructions for specific gates) to runway 36L. To cut a long story short, Gemini actually gave up after 8 attempts to give me taxi instructions step-by-step. Each time it provided an answer, it busted one of the operational rules or gave me nonsensical taxi routings. While it was supposedly referring to the aerodrome charts (it claimed) it appeared to me it could not ingest or interpret the real operational rules, limitations and restrictions for that airport. Anyway, I am genuinely interested to hear how ACE can manage these ATC taxi operations, Would love to see a future blog (just a suggestion) for a specifc airport and how ACE deals with these complexities, which in my view it needs to do to make it the best, most realistic ATC app. This is why the intelligence is important not just the LLM. Look forward to hearing more on what you are developing. Regards Mark

Anil, Any thoughts/comments on the PC hardware needed by sim users to run the app(s)? I imagine you have some idea of compute power but I imagine you will exploring this in more detail as development and testing proceeds? Can you share anything on this point? Also, I like your description of the complete ATC workflow, but am wondering about a few specific things when AI traffic control typically goes AWOL. Will ACE be able to sequence AI traffic via holds and go-arounds? Will ACE be able to instruct AI traffic on crossing taxiways that intersect runways? Will ACE be able to determine priority/preference for specific runways where aircraft and runway limitations apply? What controls are in place for users to apply certain runway configurations of their choosing? As you move forward, if its possible to create a catalog of FAQs that we can refer to, that could be most helpful to us. Wishing you all the best on this new journey! Regards Mark

That issue should be solved Christopher based on the confirmation from users in the 777 PMDG forum today. Looks like a navdata update went awol which increased the folder size in Asset_77L_Common folder by many GBs.🫣

Complete totality looks to be closer to Spain based on the map posted above. I only remember vividly one solar eclipse (cant remember when though) and it was a very eery feeling to have darkness for several minutes during the daytime. Looking forward to some of the photographs that will be taken around the world for this event. A number of us here in the forums are avid photographers.

So MK Studios announced on there Discord channel that both Vagar and Tenerife South should be released sometime shortly after 17th August. Currently testing is complete and they are just wrapping up. Looking forward to GCTS and will likely purchase their KMIA which will be following up on the 2 releases mentioned above. I will be interested to see the performance for Miami as that in the past has been a busy, commercial airport scenery that can challenge many sims. So plenty of new destinations to look forward to. cheers,

If it's just a question of watching a plane fly from A to B, then you could watch some of the Ai traffic that is spawned at various airports. This would not involve any controlling of the target aircraft itself. If you think that is sufficient for your needs, then read up about Chaseplane from Parallel 42. They have just released a new feature for their product where you can lock on to a specific aircraft and follow it in the sim. It's about $30 but it obviously contains way more functionality than just this feature.

I know Cod is considered really tasty but my fave is Plaice and Chips whenever i am over. Mmm..tasty....

Finally! Max 7 will be soon flying the friendly skies. Source: https://airlinegeeks.com/2026/08/03/faa-certifies-boeing-737-max-7/

Welcome back to the forums Stan! Glad to hear you had a great time in the UK and had time to sample some traditional delights. I haven't drunk cider for a long time now but back in my youth I preferred drinking this over the lager. After 3 pints though, I was not in a fit state to either walk or drive home! Somerset is a great place for sampling the ciders. What other British delights did you partake in? Anything of interest that we should know about? Maybe you tried some Spotted Dick or a Treacle Tart for desert or perhaps the odd banger for breakfast? How did you get on with driving on the wrong side of the road or did you not chance it? Cheers, Mark

On a purely speculative and possibly provocative question, I wonder if the forthcoming Vector 787 models this specific behaviour in the sim??? 🤪

Update.... So the interim report was released by the German authorities and apparently the incident was caused by the nosegear downlock pin not being inserted which prevents physical cycling of the gear. Looks like maintenance technicians who were troubleshooting a reported nose gear issue were on board and someone forgot to insert the pin! Source: https://www.gatechecked.com/user-error-lufthansa-787-nose-gear-collapsed-after-required-locking-pin-was-not-installed-during-test-11984?ref=flightaware I wonder why there is no fail safe in place like a sensor that detects pin insertion when the aircraft is on the ground when the landing gear is cycled from the cockpit? Am I missing something?? Failing that, surely there should be a checklist of maintenance tasks to prevent this from occurring?

Hi John, Wishing you well on your recovery from your op and hope you will be flying the friendly skies soon. All the best! 🙂