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42 minutes ago, jcomm said:

I got un update yesterday, and after applying it through the Operations Center, on my first flight I stumped into a stubborn steering tiller which didn't want to work, even with the correct settings on the FMC Menu / PMDG / SImulation Options 😕

After a restart of the sim it started working.

Don't even know what's supposed to be fixed by this update though.

Last couple of updates for the PMDG 737 line have been bug fixes for the UFT/EFB.

49 minutes ago, MrBitstFlyer said:

Overall, I feel the blackSqure TBM 850 is the best turboprop addon, it just doesn't have any flaws.

- PT-6 Engine simulation

- Flightmodel, specifically how floaty it is.

It probably went the way of the dodo.

Sorry ill show myself the way out now.

I would not get my hopes up for the fenix Block 2. Dev said October is still the target but not a hard deadline and it will change if they decide it is still not at the quality they want.

Just manage expectations and it will be a pleasant surprise when they do deliver 😄

Love the changes with the 1.1 update.

The takeoff roll feels much better using the recommended takeoff trim settings.

A couple of issues noticed during first flight though:

- Why is the NG rising during climb to cruise level? NG should remain constant due to the PT-6 being an NG Governed engine.

- Pressing the TOGA button still does not give a TO pitch guidance.

1 hour ago, james42 said:

So the tablet is out of beta and almost ready to be released. Yet we haven't seen a single screenshot shot of it working. I don't get it, what have they got to hide? Its nothing new, most high end addons have them now and they all do roughly the same thing. 

Also regarding the takeoff trim setting. Setting the rudder trim to the recommended takeoff range made for a very sketchy takeoff roll. The flightmodel seems to not have enough yaw tendency to the left  when on takeoff power.

First flight so far, great plane but it really needs an improvement in the PT6 Simulation.

1. Taxi Range is unusable, it needs too much throttle to break away and start rolling forward. Even Taxi range should be enough to taxi as that is the purpose.

2. Noticed not much TRQ decrease during climb to cruise level.

Im really glad to finally have an analog TBM so I hope the PT6 simulation gets improved and it will then be the perfect plane 😄

What in the.... I thought I woke up in a parallel universe where McDonnell-Douglas merged with Airbus instead of Boeing.

No need to worry, the Majestic Q400 is one of the best planes in P3D in terms of Performance (FPS)

My reason for having P3Dv5 still in my rotation is because it still provides me the best and most stable airliner experience among the 3 desktop flightsims. The PMDG 777 and 747 is still not yet in MSFS and also the FSLabs A320 family is still unmatched so far. There is also the Majestic Q400 that I keep coming back to. On the GA side, P3D has the entire A2A fleet which i find more immersive than most MSFS GA planes so far (This will change when the A2A comanche releases for MSFS).

Also I cannot bring myself to uninstall P3D, because of the upcoming FSLabs Concorde which I have been waiting on for a longtime.

The plane seems to be just a little bit too big right?

12 hours ago, iFlySimX said:

Hey all! 

Am I supposed to be going this slow with the ATR?

 

 You can even go full flaps, throttle to flight idle, and it can sustain level flight during cruise and save fuel 🤣

Just now, btacon said:

Howdy all. The KA is not seeing my TDS GTN750 but the Caravan does and displays the gauge. Manual sez it’s  all supposed to be automatic and it is with Caravan but with KA nothing installs for me. 
 

Anyone else?  Ve reached it to TDS support and I thought I’d check here. 
TIA,

-B

Same here with the PMS50. Not switching automatically.

8 hours ago, Joseph29 said:

Didn't they say the light source flashing was going to get fixed with this driver? Also did anyone notice this driver is not mentioned on the official Nvidia forum? 😕

516.93 is mentioned as a Studio Driver. I think we have to wait for the Game-Ready driver.

PMDG has been teasing development of a 757. Probably after they port their entire product line though. So maybe looking at 2-3 years away.

On 6/19/2022 at 10:45 PM, byork said:

Here's the correct Pushback Express / Fenix demo video:

 

Hi @byork,

Enjoying using Pushback Express so far, really useful utility.

But in the 1:33 mark of your video, I cant get my pushback menu to appear like that inside the FS2Crew Command Center menu, I always have to use the external window that opens in the desktop to setup and start the pushback.

Is there an option I can change to make it appear like in your video? Thanks!

You have to select APP in order to arm the FINAL APP mode and for it to follow the glidepath down. Do it before the FAP which is BO708 in that approach.

1 hour ago, RobJC said:

The A320, 737 or Maddog? They aren't making this easy on us. 

Flightsim hobby is like pokemon. You have to buy them all! 😆

28 minutes ago, 320Driver said:

Ermmm, I am seeing not authentic display fonts, pitch attitudes of 19deg during initial climb, fuel flows around 800 during cruise, a questionable landing behaviour (AC almost flares itself). Sure this might eventually be fixed with customer flight/engine models in the future. But how on earth can people rate Fenix better at that point ?

Abnormals seem to be more comprehensive in the Fenix, but who has evaluated them all yet ?

Also don't forget the many innovations FSL came up with, e.g. winter operations with first serious icing simulation. I have yet to see this kind of innovations in the Fenix.

Don't get me wrong, the Fenix is avery nice product at that price tag. Just these kind of "Better than..." statements are useless at that point.

In addition to this, I'm finding some complex procedures that the Fenix fails to draw correctly in the ND and fly correctly. Hopefully this can be improved with feedback from general users.

Texturing and Modelling though, it is heads and shoulders above the FSLabs. It just loses out on the Flight model like you mentioned. With further refinements, im sure it can surpass FSLabs, but not yet at this point.

13 minutes ago, bendead said:

Update from Aamir on Discord : 

Final release candidate on it's way to the tester, if nothing is broken we should have the aircraft in a day or two 😁

Not exactly, they said the testing of the RC is expected to be a day or two.

But the release itself is TBD. Aamir said they will announce in advance if they are confident in a release date and time.

19 minutes ago, Konterhalbe said:

Regarding Panel States: what I loved most with PMDG aircraft back in P3D, was the option "last panel state".
Really liked it to have all the cockpit settings as I've left them yesterday.

Does the MD82 have "last panel state" panel state too? Couldnt find anything on Leonardos homepage.

That last panel state is present in the P3D version. Turnaround mode. Unfortunately it is not yet implemented in the MSFS version, but it will be in a later update 🙂

Up to $140 is acceptable in my opinion, similar price to the FSLabs A320X.

Below $100 would be excellent though 😄

21 minutes ago, DaWu said:

Text only should be banned already on vatsim. Flying in an atc online network without speaking. Makes sense yeah

I know of a couple of simmers who have speech problems who are able to fly on Vatsim because of the Text only feature. Removing it will only alienate and be unfair for simmers like them.

It can also be an important step while learning vatsim because new users might lack the confidence to immediately go to voice transmission. I started the same way until I gained the confidence to actually speak to ATC using the mic.

If you really want an all voice ATC network, then Pilotedge is available anyway.

That is hilarious 😄 On some of the screenshots, it still says "BOEING 777" under the center display 😄 talk about low effort/laziness 🤣