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Yup, North American aviation not having a good 2025 so far. Fortunately, all on-board have survived: https://x.com/TorontoPearson/status/1891577633747386756 One passenger even managed to livestream whilst strapped in seat and inverted 🙄

The simpler answer, without jumping on one's preferred political soapbox, is that there's only sufficient demand for one big flight sim event in Europe (the continent), which is FlightSimWeekend in the Netherlands. AFAIA, there's no equivalent-sized FS expo in Germany or France either. FlightSimWeekend covers the European flight sim market. So much so that Skalarki Electronics and LoungePilot (both UK companies), WinWing (a Chinese company) and Cockpitturk (a Turkish company) will be exhibiting home sim hardware options, in spite of all the 'difficulty of cross border transits'. Instead, you have to ask why neither Microsoft or Asobo, Laminar Research or Lockheed Martin have deigned to make an appearance at the World's second largest FS expo. Edit: @kevinfirth this was meant more as a general response to this thread, which was rather political, than you in particular. @Christopher Low I don't see a UK-based FS expo taking place again unless its somewhere conveniently located for both UK *and* continental European visitors. RAF Cosford isn't that location.

There's no 8% VAT rate in the UK, only (currently) 0%, 5%, 20% and exempt. Goods and services 'consumed' outside the UK do not typically have VAT applied to them. Therefore, by keeping the price the same for everyone, each UK owner of Fenix products has effectively cost Fenix 20% of their revenue.

I doubt it's going to be ready anytime soon. There's not even an 'In Development' page up yet and JF take their time. While it's a somewhat risky bet going for a MSFS24 product releasing right now, by the time JF's LearJet is completed, the market might have fundamentally shifted. Planning a MSFS20 aircraft for 6+ months from now is likely to be a very poor move.

While it's fine to be unhappy with them and the state of MSFS24's release, we should all prefer that they have "gone underwater." Like all devs, spending several hours each preparing for and appearing in a Q&A / update video takes away from spending valuable time on getting on with the tasks at hand. We don't need weekly updates. No news usually means dilligently getting on with the necessary fixes and improvements. I think most people would appreciate faster improvements than another 'dev update' / marketing video.

Yes, you can. Under the Wx Control tab are three choices: Live weather (Active or Passive mode) Historical weather Custom weather Custom weather allows you to click on an area on the in-app map and manually add the weather you like either from individual weather parameters or by defining a METAR. Under the individual parameter 'Set surface visibility' you can set by the nearest 1/10th of a statute mile from 0.1 mi (160m) all the way beyond 150.0 mi (241,401m). Visibility set at 0.1 mi or 160 metres. See larger image here: https://ibb.co/rmLhYmw

FTFY Was in a similar position to you when I tried using the MCDU for the first time. The Boeing FMC appears more logical because you have far more experience using it. Once you practice and get your head around it, the MCDU is just another box to control the aeroplane, just like the UNS-1 is a different box again. BrammyH's post shows you how you can get the Fenix Airbus up and running in 5-10 mins after clicking 'Fly Now' in the sim.

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Conversely, when they do align, they're taken as gospel (by some). Neither is a healthy response. Yup. I've been lucky enough to have had an hour on a Level-D 737NG simulator over a decade ago. That's the closest I'm ever going to get and my half-decent yoke and PMDG / iFly 737 add-ons are, at best, a facsimile (albeit the view through my virtual cockpit window is light years ahead of what was projected on the screen in front of me in the trainer). I find that the Fenix doesn't float on landing like some people like to complain about. But then I've set my reactivity settings and sensitivity curves in the MSFS controls page to be a lot less reactive than for other Airbus add-ons. Which controller is being used also plays a huge factor in feel. Back onto FSLab's A321. If they've managed to deliver the best flight model of an A321, then kudos to them. It will hopefully elicit a response from Fenix. As I've said previously, the MEL and icing depiction are interesting concepts that I'd like other devs to think about. I think we'll have to wait until the FSL A321neo releases before a much wider audience picks it up and we have more user reviews. Then we can argue over who's right and wrong all over again!

Your comment should be pinned on this sub-forum. While the release was far worse than anticipated, I think some people here love complaining more than flight simming. A few love regurgitating their pet peeves and some spectacularly bad takes on every thread.

No. With Microsoft continuously losing out to Sony's Playstation, Xbox Cloud Gaming is the future Microsoft is betting on. The ability to game on any device without having the user spend either thousands on PC hardware or hundreds on Xbox console to navigate the barrier to entry to Xbox game platform. And as already pointed out, no 'hardcore' flight simulator features have been removed from the title. In fact, more have been added: Tell me how these elements appeal more to Xbox gamers than flight simmers. Just because 'gamey' missions have been added and a new, Xbox-friendly UI has been implemented, does not make MSFS24 any less of a flight simulator than MSFS20.

Wonder if it will catch on with other devs or be seen by flight simmers as a bit of a gimmick / a source of frustration when items are regularly unavailable? I think it's an interesting feature.

Read @Farlis response to you one post above yours. Sounds 'service-based' to most people unless you're being pedantic.