Gregg_Seipp

Interesting. A couple of months ago I said enough. I'm not buying any more airports. It's too much. You have all these platforms offering a section of airports, you have to remember where you installed them from, install them and deal with issues. And when a new sim comes out it can take a year or two before they're compatible again. I just took a deep breath and said no more. I just decided to go explore, even if the airport is awful (in fact, the worst scenery in the sim is the airports) I'll just fly into them anyway and enjoy the scenery all around. Yeah, they can be pretty awful but between the price, the trouble and the maintenance, it's too much. Maybe the paradigm will change. Maybe default airports will improve. I hope so.

Haven't flown on it in years. Has their coverage grown? Might sign up again.

I have to agree. So far I'm finding much to like and little to complain about. There seems to be a higher level of depth than the Longitude which is saying something. It also works really well with VR (some don't yet) and the cockpit view in VR is something to experience. I have my own list of things I'd like improved...I think we, probably, all do. But, it feels right flying it, it's single-pilot certified, and it's fun. Not to take anything away from the Sovereign for those that want a two-pilot aircraft.

I did my first full flight with the Phenom last night. I used to fly the Aerobask one in X-Plane quite a bit and had been waiting a long time for it to show up in MSFS. Overall, my impressions are good. The flight model on this one feels about right...what I would expect. It's relatively nimble and has a 'single-pilot' feel to it. It doesn't have Along Track Offset (a limitation of the implementation of the G3000 done by Asobo) and it doesn't look like CSC is implemented (autothrottle-lite in cruise). But, there are a lot of little things that it does do. I was a bit surprised by the climb angle in FLC...15 degrees nose up. My landing was with a light headwind right on speed and it used less runway than the Longitude (Thrustmaster PENDULAR Rudder Pedals) normal braking....maybe 3500 feet? I did get a pretty big 'wobble' just before touchdown. I had cut power around the threshold which may be too soon. Researching this, seems most pilots pull power at 50' or less, though, the lower you pull power, the more float you get. If you want some great videos on how professional pilots fly it and the procedures they follow, what they think about, check out this channel... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VqahmO1Oz4 Some excellent stuff in there. Highly recommended. In terms of other things, I think the click spots could use some work. I have to 'search around' the switches and knobs for a place that works. The landing lights could be brighter. In VR, the EFB location causes some neck strain...be nice to see it moved forward to the front of the window.

I'd love both the M600 and the E300. I hope that, someday, we'll have Along Track Offset in the avionics. Maybe in the next avionics update? Gregg

Wow, surprised nobody's interested in it.

I was looking to see what Avsim thought of this new product line coming out. Looks promising to me. The cost is supposed to be around $350 USD for the base units with $99 add-ons. I'm wondering if the throttle axis will be full range (as opposed to the bottom of the range being a button like we've seen in the past). A full range means you could have idle reverse, reverse prop, etc. Thoughts? https://meridiangmt.com/ Gregg

I'd think Working Title would have to fix that.

You may be right. I thought the Longitude had the G5000. The Longitude looks like the same package and doesn't have ATK offset and I'd think it would be the same. To me, it's the one big missing piece. Love to see it.

Really looking forward to this one. Also, hoping Working Title implements Along-Track Offset in the G5000. Gregg

Just an update. They took care of my issue and got me a new download. Gregg

Oh, I didn't check spam. GMail spam and trash both delete everything older than 30 days so do I need to wait a certain amount of time before requesting a new one? Gregg

I bought it for FS2020 and got a new PC. I keep asking them for a new download but they haven't answered. Kinda makes me think twice about buying KRDU, which I want. But, if this is the support? Perhaps they should think about selling through folks like Orbx or Contrail. Gregg

That's what I did. Thanks. That gives a FOV of 0.8. I have to say, though, there's a lot to like about the wide FOV. Having looked at it, it gives me pause to think.

I just ran across this thread. I'm flying the Fenix. 55" TV and 32" from the screen I get vFOV at 94 degrees. 94/57.3 = 1.64. Brought up debug mode and my default FOV was about 1.08 (ish) at 50%. I kept scaling my camera zoom all the way down to 10% and got FOV up to about 1.4. That's astonishing that 10% zoom couldn't get up to 1.64! I set up a flight and, weirdly, it looked pretty good. Some things were weird. I seemed far away from the PFD but couldn't really move forward because the dash would block part of the PFD and any adjustment to fix that would have messed up the view outside and enhance a "fishbowl" effect. Leaving my original view was the only real option. Tried a few landings. Have to say, it seemed about right...which again, to me, was very strange. Maybe I did something wrong? Are these setting similar to anyone else? Also, anyone ever hear of "Panini" projection? I wonder if that would help? Gregg