Gilandred

Personally I think the inclusion of these science fiction aircraft, either on the loading screen or in game, cheapens the MSFS brand. I get why they do it however. Money.

You can use the TMS (thrust modulation system) to fine tune your throttle, but I wouldn’t leave it alone for more than 10-15 minutes at a time without checking your speed. It’s a fantastic plane though, but not “set and forget” like the maddog.

Money isn’t always everything. Doing what you love can also be a powerful incentive, especially when owning your own business.

Ini’s announcement on discord lists 6pm UTC (1800z) or 12 pm Central time for the NDA drop.

How was the NDA pushed back? I thought it was 1800Z which is less than 2 hours away.

Here is the text of the patch from Amir on Discord. Note the part about it potentially affecting electrical and failures. This may be why it’s not something they want to patch via their app, as it seems to be a use at your own risk fix for now. “Hey, just dropping in here for a moment as I know some people are frustrated with not being able to use icing with the aircraft. This systems.cfg should fix it as a quick patch, but bear in mind we cannot warrant the electrical behaviour of the airplane alongside failures/pitot failures/etc or any abnormals. So, please back up your original and if it is problematic, roll back.“

On the very rare occasion GSX bugs out, you can simply restart it. Otherwise it’s a fantastic add on for immersion.

There is no default flight model for a Duke in MSFS as that aircraft doesn’t yet exist in the sim. I doubt they’ll pull a Captain Sim and attach the C152 flight model to it.

Unfortunately I’ve had to put Rex out to pasture for the time being. The draw distance of trees is fairly low in MSFS, and especially in the fall, it feels like you’re flying above a small orange circle as the leaves only change within a short radius of your aircraft. This is even more apparent when flying in VR. I’ve kept the terrain masking on however to mute the brighter greens inherent in the Bing imagery.

How are the sounds now in AIG? FSLTL uses some custom sounds which are pretty good. Does AIG use default or custom?

You don’t need simbrief downloader anymore. Enter your starting airport ICAO code in the FMC, then flight plan request, and it will show you all the flights from simbrief. Select the one you want and it will dump the plan into your FMC route. But first, make sure you load the plan into the EFB first. That functions the same way as the downloader used to do.

Very true, and also creates a higher level of business risk for those “legacy” developers. If someone else brings a study level 737 classic, Challenger 650, or Q400 to MSFS then there could be far less reason to buy and fly those same products in another sim.

I don’t think it’s a matter of hating on MSFS. Imagine if you will that you are part of an exclusive club with only a handful of members. Every Sunday you’d all gather for dinner at Austin’s house and plot the course of XP’s future. Now, along comes MSFS and instead of being invited to the dinner party, you have to make reservations along with thousands (millions) of others on a first come, first served basis. That would be a perceived step down on the social ladder. In other words, it can’t just be about the money. The above is just one possibility (that no one will admit to of course), but who knows for sure what motivates one person versus another. I too wish some of the top tier developers (Ixeg, Hotstart) would bring their excellent products to MSFS, but they have both appeared to rule it out completely. But hey, if they can make a comfortable living over there, more power to them.

Actually, it’s 60 days at the earliest. It could be much, much longer depending on when the developers decide to release it. Caveat emptor.

I don’t think that’s accurate. The collectors edition gave those folks at least 60 days advance access prior to general release. The key words being “at least.” In other words, it could still be 6 months away from release, depending on how many bugs are found and fixes needed (or when the money runs out).