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I am seriously impressed with the Phenom. FSR has really done a fantastic job here. Every aspect impresses and it's loaded with a raft of (good) surprises. Great hand-flying too. Excellent job and if you flight light jets (or heavy GA) why are you here reading what people thing? Go buy it and find out for yourself. 10/10.

Theoretically it probably can be done, but will be an enormous processing overhead. Considering the energy and water requirements to drive AI I cannot in good conscience support such a thought. Let the server farms process medical problems, not enhance silly little games. 😑

I occasionally have the same issue as OP describes. It seems to shake out if I alt+tab to another window outside the sim and back. Yesterday the sim loaded with everything just perfect, except no map (but could see airports/aprons), no world rendition whatsoever, just all black. 😂 Microsoft can be so amusing.

Fantastic. FWIW his UH-1H (the Taog original, not the Stranger Things version which is very different) is also excellent in MS 2024. You really do feel the wight of the heavier Huey. While it is not yet native MS 2024 it is still a great way to explore rotary wing flight in the sim. And yes, the little MD is a real gem and utterly satisfying to fly.

As a longtime heli-head I can wholeheartedly give a double thumbs up for Taog's 500. And once you have learnt to enjoy the 500 go play with his UH-1H (the Taog version, not the Stranger version which has completely different flight characteristics). I love the Alouette too but the Lama is also a fantastic rendition of a helicopter in a sim not geared towards rotary wing.

Precisely. Thanks for posting those. Oh look, a black glare shield. And you missed my point entirely re budget-basement; refer back to the glare shield (and other subtleties about the interior). And FWIW I don't disagree: the flight dynamics are excellent and pushing the envelope in other areas is to be applauded. For me it simply falls short of what I would consider One of the Best. Others think it's perfect, I'm happy for them.

Absolutely agree with the addition to the Cows DAs to this list. Brilliant additions, both of them. Their flight model seems to be a lot closer to the mark than just about anything else that size (in terms of how the airframe 'feels' in low-altitude air). And of course difficult to fault the Comanche.

+1 for the 500C/Cayuse. It was developed only for MSFS 2024 (thus not 2020 compatible). It will march a little to one side when the skids starts to settle but this is an MSFS restriction. Otherwise it flies really beautifully and has a little bit of system depth (engine damage, hot start) if you choose to have it. The Huey is also excellent, but the 500C is on a different plateau IMHO. It's X-Plane good (a statement I realise grinds a lot of folks here, but the XP heli model has been far superior for a long time). What I don't like about the 500C: for some reason my sim installation will not remember that I last flew it and will always preload some native MSFS bird for the next sim session. Plus the GTN doesn't remember my custom screen settings (which I'd imagine is related to the aircraft selection issue and an Asobo glitch, not a Taog glitch – same problem with the Citation X ... and of course both via in-game store and cloud). Some of the sounds are a little annoying – my controller for the collective has a bit of noise/movement and this results in a repeating sound during flight. I haven't been able to isolate the sound channel for it so I just live with it. I still frequently fly the Lama and its younger sister and love both, but find some of the modelling a little lacking compared to the Huey and 500C. I tried the Cowan 500D again yesterday and that test alone, and the fact that Cowan updates are rare, is enough for me to comfortably ignore his S76; spent enough wasted money there. Will rather wait for future Taog releases. So, er, yeah, I think the 500C is worth it. 🙂

Since I find tubeliners a little dull these days I will comment on things in the GA sphere. Cannot comment on the Starship (yet), but the Duke (both of them) is just beyond comprehension. It is utterly brilliant from mesh to textures to sound to procedures to flight dynamics. I have spent dozens of hours in the C414 and can absolutely echo all the positive things said about that one (but haven't touched that for a while). Busy learning systems on the Citation X, opinion on hold (but if the P.180 is anything to go by I expect an airframe that 'feels' right" representative of the power and weight, lands like only a not-asobo bird can). In helicopters we have, at last, a real contender with the Taog 500C (both versions, of course). Barring a few niggles thanks to the restrictions of the MS flight modelling the Magnum chopper is right up there with the best of them. The Huey was brilliant, this is better (my perspective is obviously solely MSFS 2024). @ryanbatc if you are on the fence with this one (and happy to occasionally stray outside FW) then you can safely buy the 500. Special mention also to the Flyboy Rans S6S. Not the type of aircraft I would normally spend money on, but a forum recommendation convinced me to try it and ... excellent. Better than excellent. Try it for yourself. I've agreed with most of what most have said here but just cannot get my head around the followers of the FSR500. Yes I agree Raul has pushed the envelope in many respects, but (for my liking) there is far too much of it that feels like a budget-basement add-on, and that ego ... 🤔 [insert shrug emoji]

Camera custom views work when flying more than one airframe per session. No more sound-not-working issues (for me, so far).

Have both. Duke, without a shadow of a doubt.

I disagree with most of the comments above: IT IS interesting. Because Brazil can only happen with the Marketplace, meaning the Marketplace will be here in 11 March (and I rattle this out on the keyboard being blissfully unaware of the MP release date prior to reading this, but gather now it is widely known). So thank you to @CFIJose.

I thought MSFS 2024 was still in Beta. 😂

I hate MSFS 2024. Yet I fly it every day (in spite of still having my '20 install intact, but untouched). There will be frustrating times and frustrating aircraft, but when the cheese holes line up it's fantastic. Go upgrade and enjoy the journey.

I'd say much depends on WHAT you intend to fly. Like others have pointed out, FS 2024 is the future, but at present many, many of the aircraft have hopelessly glaring issues. If you fly, for example, general-aviation offerings then far too many of the MS/Asobo defaults in '24 have major issues. If you like helicopters then '24 is probably a good option. Can't comment on tubeliners as it's not at all my thing (any more). FS '20, on the other hand, has a functioning online store. '24 doesn't (yet). FWIW I have clung to '20 as I continue to frustrate myself (and curse the developers) with '24. BUT I also have not launched '20 even once since '24 was released. Have you considered X-Plane? 😂