Swe_Richard

Man I hope you are right.

Just got it myself and did a short inaugural around ESNU. Man, I love it! Really nice to hand fly. Regarding the A/P there is a switch to the left in the cockpit (A/P master or something to that effect). Might that be it? I then used the A/P to keep an alt of 5k feet during the circuit. Worked perfectly fine.

I would say the Alpha/Bravo.Really like them.

Well.... After SU14 I kind of had this growing feeling things weren't as fluid as they used to be. Small, intermittent hesitations when quickly panning among other things. I was kind of sure I hadn't had this before. I still got great performance and visuals, but I felt something was off. I've done lots of flights out of ESNU (one of my hubs in NeoFly) to ESMS, ENBO and EFIV. I stumbled upon the Youtube-clip that spawned this thread (finding said thread after the fact) and thought it would be worth the five minutes it would take to check versions of named DLLs and update if needed. I've done that now and doing the inaugural from ESNU to ESMS. Now, take this from the guy that is WAY more prone to nocebo as opposed to placebo. I, for example, NEVER go to the latest GPU driver if the one I have functions good and the shiny new one doesn't in any way state specific improvements for MSFS. There is a tangible improvement for me after updating the DLLs from 2 point-something to 3 point-whatever-the most-recent are. No hesitation when panning for example. MSFS feels kind of like when I'd built the current rig (in my sig) a number of months ago. There is no credible explanation to this what so ever besides the change I did with the DLLs.

Amusing to see the usual suspects scream though.. 🤪

Then just don't buy the 'least popular' ones...? As @Stearmandriver told you that is not a 'con' in any way what so ever?

Looking sweet and the definition of an insta-buy.

Probably not(?) related to the update but I just had the strangest thing happen in MSFS. Flying EFIV to ESNU (a flight I've done several times) in the 146-200. On approach the sim kind of semi-freezed. Alpha/bravo yoke unresponsive. Couldn't move the view with the mouse. I could, however click buttons in the cockpit (the ones in my view). The sim continued flying with no issue. However landing was impossible as I could not change view to my throttles etc. Had to abort the flight.

Agree with you completely. Here on Avsim, though, the incessant nagging about all things PMDG will wear you out.

I got to tell you about the most scary flight I've even been through when revisiting this thread upon reading @mjrhealth recent post. I was on a flight to ESNS a number of years ago (pre 2014 as it was before my kids). On approach I looked out the window and all I could see was milk. Everything was white. I thought to myself (and told wifey) 'I think we still are a bit high, we can't be THAT close to the airport'. One second after I told her this, I just suddenly saw tree-tops. Uncomfortably close, like I could actually reach out and touch them if it weren't for those windows. In addition to this we got buffeted by some rather uncomfortable winds. I've been in those kinds of situations before while flight simming, and thought to myself 'man, I would absolutely soil myself if I went through this in real life'. But there I was, experiencing this by myself. We obviously were close to the ground. I was confident the pilot was established on the ILS and thought to myself (rather hopefully) that he/she was on top of their game and would divert or go-around if needed. I obviously couldn't see the runway, but I could clearly see we were below the tree line. At this point in time we must have been hit with some rather nasty winds because all of the sudden I could see the ground out the window. One second later I just saw milk again. I felt the rather 'hands-on' corrections the pilot made and actually thought 'this might actually be it'. The landing was the hardest I have ever experienced (not saying much at all as the total number of flights in my life are probably <50). I bet the pilot slam-dunked and then just stepped on the brakes. It was totally uneventful to be honest (at least in retrospect), and I realised I was going to live another day. That visceral feeling, when the pilot did a hard left (making me see the ground) and then a hard right (making me see the milk) just moments before a touch down, is something I'll never forget. 🤢

Man, I think I love you! Thank you!

Hmm.. I have the tablet in the 738BCF and BDSF but not in the 'standard' 800? Haven't yet checked the 6 and 700

Hmm.. Might actually get P3D v6 if I get all the ORBX-stuff in there along with the old Q400.. 🥳

I second @tull above. Great aircraft!

What?! I seem to be living under a rock.. 🤪

Wait, what? What have I missed?

Well.. thousands of hours as a pretend-pilot gives some perks, that's for sure.. 😉 Got to say, though, I was cursing the administration of ENEG for not cutting down those obviously dangerous trees. 🤪

So, approaching the coast of Norway, I was buffeted by some really hard winds (provided by ASXP). This flight would probably have been uncomfortable for human passengers.. 🤢 The view was great, though, with the sun setting behind me as I was nearing the T/D. I got no METAR for ENEG so I was kind of not knowing what I was getting myself in to as ENEG don't seem to have an ILS... As luck would have it, though, visibility was great so hand-flying the approach was easy and enjoyable. However. Approaching RW04 into ENEG I kind of noticed some rather tall trees close to the threshold. That made me do 'a bit' of a slam-dunk when landing (only some 6800ft of runway and with a flap 40 approach speed of 139kts I was slightly uncomfortable). I would say the landing was 'slightly' too hard for comfort at neg. 4 meters per second. Ouch. Well. I survived. Every landing you can walk away from is a good one...? 🤣 This little bird will see some regular usage that is for sure. After some repairs that is...

I've put this off for too long. Got this old gem as soon as it was released for XP12, but tonight I'm doing the inaugural flight. BIRK to ENEG. Have just taken off from ENEG. Climbing to 33k feet, slightly above the recommended 32.7k for the current weight (thinking 33k will be the recommended when I arrive at the altitude). Leaving Iceland as we speak (man, I love Iceland. Been there just one time and all the time felt like I should move there. Fell completely in love with it and have missed it ever since). Got to say XP12 has matured quite nicely. My initial problems with XP, such as horrendous AA, seem to have largely been put in order. This really is a stonking great sim and I am a happy supporter along with simzilla. I'll leave this post for now. Will do an update when I am down at the ground at ENEG.

Update looping for me. That is a first. Tried everything suggested but still loops the first package.. 🤪

Well, yeah... each time I hear about UFOs I kind of tend to think 'DISTRACTION' for some reason... 😉

@filou never ceases to amaze me with his gorgeous screenshots!

Whaaa? I posted a thread that it seemed close some... months ago...(?). Have we finally arrived?! This is an instabuy for me.

Only played for maybe a couple of hours yet, but I have to say I am slightly underwhelmed. For some reason the world doesn't feel that big. I keep getting the feeling of jumping from fishbowl to fishbowl.

Yeah. It sure seems to be badly optimized. Out in open areas, I got stuttering with a 4090. Bonkers.