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Sure, I agree that it is a bug and should work properly, and I get that you use the feature but given that the time is still there and sunset times are easy to find, it seems no more than an inconvenience. Not trying to be contrary, but I guess we have a different idea of what constitutes a "serious problem". But no worries. Scott

OK, perhaps I'm missing something but why is this a serious problem. A bug yes, but in the grand (or even not so grand) scheme of things, serious? The time is still displayed, isn't it? So... But again, perhaps I'm missing something. Scott

Are you talking about outside or inside the plane, because I clearly hear ground roll sounds in these videos inside the cockpit. But again, I'd stress not to make too much of what you hear in these. I was impressed with the startup sounds in the "Dreams of Wings" video and especially so because he did compare with default - and hopefully using the same techniques. In the "Avangel" video, however, I found it hard to tell much about the sounds at all due to the way the audio was mixed and the fact that she talked over many of the sounds. And, of course, even in the "Dreams of Wings" vid which I did find somewhat useful, he had to stop himself and re-do some things as he kept talking over the sounds and then catching himself. Scott

The click spots for enter and exit are surprisingly cool, but the things I'm really geeked about are: The mixture changes, which in addition to allowing a proper Lycoming start procedure have the added benefit of allowing a realistic idle cutoff simulation when stopping. It is SOOO nice to not have combustion just STOP the moment I move to cutoff. Well done and hope this migrates to other Black Square piston planes. The increased polling rate on the EDM-800 which makes the leaning simulation much better. The new dynamic mag drop which helps make the mag check more than just a checklist item you do because... And finally... The increased speed! Ha, ha just kidding. Had a big tailwind on my flight today and saw over 180 kts groundspeed for the first time - but honest - nothing to do with the update. This plane is making it harder and harder to want to fly any other piston plane I own! Scott

Yep, I agree. The guy is just not my style - at all. As for the sounds though, I've not yet had a chance to listen to any of it with my headset on and I'm not gonna read (listen?) too much into how the video sounds anyway since we're talking about audio that's been processed by Mr. Murphy (and that's kinda funny now that I think about it!) and then further processed by YouTube's compression. Hopefully we'll have some better examples to hear before release, but even the short sections I've listened to on speaker seem an improvement over the insipid 930 sounds. And I'm afraid that any implementation by Black Square (and I am glad to hear it's still a possibility) is gonna be waaay down the road. Scott

Sure? No, but I specifically recall being surprised when he referenced Echo-19. Wish I could find the comment again but no luck so far. As I recall, it was not in a discussion about the 850, just a few words about things occupying his time. Scott

Yes, forgot to mention the headphone simulation as that's another of the 850's weaknesses. Kinda like that they're tying it to the Pilot intercom selector - if I understand their meaning here. Not sure about being able to remove the 930, but fingers crossed. Scott

Sometime back I seem to recall Nick mentioning working with Echo-19 on new sounds for the TBM 850. This caught my attention as the sounds (derived from the default TBM 930) are one of the few weak points in the otherwise excellent TBM 850 implementation. I had hoped this meant a new version directly from Black Square, but apparently not. Echo-19 have announced the upcoming August 27th release of the sound pack at a cost of $19.99. While not what I'd hoped for, I'll still be picking this up. The plane is worth spending a few more $$ for me. A link to the announcement: https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/announcement-black-square-tbm-850-sound-pack-by-echo-19/774006 And the livestream YouTube recording for those with the patience: https://www.youtube.com/live/mcn3Ex34AkM?si=1IOAQrlPxHDycYbK Scott

Yep, me too - something I never thought would happen. Special is the right word. Scott

Also flying Cali with the update and performance is about what it has always been. My biggest gripe remains the colors, not the performance. Scott

Wow! The best just keeps getting better. Installing now! Scott

That was my reaction as well. I certainly see different representations, but only the last set seems significantly degraded in '24 as opposed to simply different. "Flintstone's" eh? Ouch! I enjoy this hobby, but it's not my only one and, like most, I have to prioritize. I wish I had done an upgrade before RAM and GPU prices went completely stupid but I didn't and quite frankly the value proposition just doesn't play for me at today's prices, and other things take precedence. With care, my "Flintstone's" system actually does remarkably well because I AM willing to live with 1080. My settings are almost universally higher than I would have thought possible with this age of system while still running smoothly with no stutters. That said, I do think 1440 is the sweet spot today and its what I would target in any new system. And whenever these discussions occur, I'm careful to admit that I'm running 1080 and that I might feel differently if I were running higher res. Might. 🫤 Scott

I can only echo this. And he's working on some updates that will make it even more amazing. I've not flown another plane since its release, and I'm having a hard time talking myself into flying anything else. Nope, not fast - just awesome! Scott

My performance, and in particular VRAM usage, seemed dramatically improved on my first flight in SU6, but I did see some degradation in IQ and in the way things seemed to load in. A quick look at settings told the tale. One key thing had changed - dynamic settings had mysteriously been enabled. Turned that back off and things were pretty much as they had been on my system. YMMV and all that. Curious as to how you're checking this. Things may well have been nerfed a bit, but I'm not seeing anything this noticeable on my system. But as I've noted before, I'm running 1080, not 4K where things may well be more apparent. Scott

Then you're not flying either way. Your plane or airport being stored on a local HD does nothing to help in this situation as 2024 itself requires a functioning internet connection either way. No internet - no fly whether your addons are streamed or local. I see no difference in performance between streamed MP assets and downloaded. None. People who are downloading to "protect" themselves from an internet or server outage are kidding themselves. Scott

If my textures looked like that image I'd be pretty unhappy as well. I mean that looks bad. Really bad. But the thing is... they don't. Did my first flight in SU6 yesterday and everything looked and ran pretty much the same as it ever has. I'm on an aging (creaking and groaning, really) system so I run 1080p. But at 1080, I can also easily run terrain LODs of 400 or more (with AutoFPS so I don't get myself in trouble) so - given my monitor size and distance that works out just fine for me. Perhaps I'd see things differently if I was running 4K, I dunno. This is yet another case of me sometimes feeling like I must be running a different sim. I mean, when I see people quitting, or feeling nostalgic for P3D or comparing what they're seeing to FS98 (all things mentioned elsewhere in this thread), I feel like I'm living in a different world. Scott

I thought I'd primarily use it as my "old school" plane for VOR (and original RNAV) navigation or VFR pilotage style flying, but I like the plane so much I've also been using it with my TDS gear and enjoying it for that too. It's just so well done in so many ways. As for the backup alternator - yep, only on the turbo-normalized version with air conditioning. The alternator is there for the air con system but can be switched in as a backup as well. I've been flying mostly in the western US, and with the heat this summer the turbo has been almost a necessity for the high'n'hot airports I've been using. Having a backup alternator is the icing on the turbo cake. Scott

To be honest, I lumped them together which wasn't entirely accurate. A request for an enter click spot has been made. I don't recall anyone mentioning an exit spot in the discussion, but it seems like the same logic applies, at least to my mildly warped brain. Scott

Well done! 😁 I'm good with 1, 2, 4 and, of course, 5 which is a staple in Black Square's piston planes. I just haven't had the urge to tackle 3 yet. Now see what you've done! Interestingly, there's been quite the discussion on the Just Flight forum around the EDM-800 and the fact that, while it works in terms of getting an accurate lean ROP or LOP, it doesn't necessarily behave as the real unit does leading up to this. Sounds like Nick has already re-vamped the code for a more accurate modeling of the RW instrument for a future update. This guy! Scott

There are no enter/exit clickspots, though suggestions have been made to add them. Shift-C is the only way I'm aware of. Scott

Yes, absolutely. I'll just say this - starting at the runway will cause you to miss one of the most amazing things about this plane. The startup sounds are simply incredible. They're layered, detailed and responsive to throttle, mixture and temps. Every time I start this plane it leaves a big ol' grin on my face. As I mentioned before, I recommend either a high quality 5.1 sound system, or good quality headphones with Dolby Atmos for Headphones and the "Home Theater" setting enabled in sim. It is incredibly immersive! Scott

With respect, I think you misunderstand my friend Ryan's frustration. What threw him off-kilter (and honestly did me too) was the idea that someone would reject this entire, most excellent, aircraft package completely because of that single issue. An issue which has no real workaround other than to take the "nuclear" route that A2A does, which just isn't practical (or even necessarily desirable) for most developers, or to possibly break other things. I don't disagree with wanting that detail to be correct, and I don't think Ryan does either. Nick is obviously an extraordinarily talented individual and perhaps he can eventually come up with a workaround - and good on him if he does - but as others have noted, ultimately the ball is really in Asobo's court (or Working Title, or whoever is working on the engine model) to make improvements. The correction of the mixture issue has been a good start, but I hope the sim team continue to make what the base sim allows even better. Nuff said. Scott

Yep, this one had me confused until I played with it for a while. Kind of a bummer, as the auto-on when selecting a mode feature is pretty slick, and mildly annoying that it doesn't work with hardware activation. But not a huge deal either and easy to work around. To stay in the spirit of real-world operation, I just do that first activation with the mouse and then revert to hardware after. The auto approach feature is also pretty slick and generally does what most want it to do. Does make me feel like I'm forgetting to do something though. 😅 There is a light on the GPS Annunciator Control Unit which lights to let you know that APR has been armed, which helps to alleviate some of the anxiety. All in all, I really like this unit. In part, because of its uniqueness, but also in part because it has some very interesting features. One other note I'd add which was discussed in the initial 114 topic - if you use the "Control ALT SEL with Hardware Events" option in the tablet, the standard MSFS barometer setting applies. Since the AP's barometer setting only resolves to the tenths, and not the hundredths, this means the final digit will be truncated with this option set. This can lead to some fairly significant AP ALT discrepancies. If, for example, you have a barometer setting of 29.99, the AP will see it as 29.90 with the option enabled. This is the main reason I decided to program all of the thumb wheels using the documented lvars instead so that I can set manually and round rather than truncate. So, for example, for 29.99, I'll manually set 30.00 in the AP. Unfortunately, it's an all or nothing configuration. If you turn it on, you can't use the more accurate lvars for hardware on any of the AP thumb wheels. Hope that's not too confusing. Scott

Wish I could steer you towards something, but... nope. I'm using this one: https://flightsim.to/addon/62381/ksun-friedman-memorial-airport Listed as 2020 only but I haven't noticed anything egregious in '24. Not to complain about freeware but it's just OK. Miss the old Orbx from P3D. Scott

Which is great! I hope he can come up with a solid mechanism to do so. The guy is simply amazing in my book. And following up on something I'd written earlier - I did break down and put my TDS 750/650 pairing in the plane just to do a test. Did a fairly extended flight from 7S3 (Bill Womack's beautiful rendition of Stark's Twin Oaks) to KSUN on a GPS flight plan making extensive use of the autopilot. I did not see a single disengagement of the AP in NAV mode the entire flight. Whatever is going on is restricted to NAV mode tracking a VOR radial. And again, to be clear I know what to do (and not do) using NAV mode tracking a radial. It's not a big deal, but a curiosity and as noted earlier, this may well be something the RW unit is prone to. I also have to note that for this particular plane, I had much more fun using the vintage avionics. I love and appreciate modern avionics, but... nostalgia and all that. For multiple reasons, I think this will become my go-to plane when I want to revert to the spirit of my early flying days. Scott