Bernard Ducret

Any Simulator acceleration? (like x 100)...

I usually stay away from threads where this happens, but it seems to become the norm and therefore difficult to escape from: Argue back and forth without substance, express - preferably loudly - a negative opinion about somebody, a company or a product we know very little - if anything - about, so as to claim later on, should the project fail: "See, I was right and told you a long time ago!" What purpose does it really serve beside hurting people and spreading negativity? Warn potential buyers? What exactly are we encouraged to buy at this time: Be part of the testing, so why don't doubters enlist and fire at the team with something tangible to criticise: the real product instead of a list of objectives? Because that is not appealing or rewarding as it means hard work and no public forum to shine through with hasty judgement. Some people here need to take a deep breath and learn how to enjoy life instead of throwing their misery to others in fora like this one made for genuine aviation lovers, not for experts in tasseography (tea leaves readers if you prefer). This thread is (should be) about learning of a product under development, and for us to ask pertinent and constructive questions so as to guide and contribute if at all possible... not to throw mud at somebody who tries to explain his project, with some degree of passion and deft marketing - as his position would require. We will have every opportunity to judge positively or otherwise the final product when it will be up for sale. Then we will have substance.

People in Europe in general, but Switzerland in particular are in love with trains. Switzerland has the densest train network in the world (https://www.swisscommunity.org/en/news-media/swiss-revue/article/switzerland-has-the-worlds-densest-rail-network) so I am not surprised that the first MSFS train real network is from our country... He has even done train stations here: https://flightsim.to/addon/113024/train-stations-switzerland

May I ask a very simple question to those of you who have the bird please? Is there a way to completely hide the EFB and its frame, like in the TFDi MD11 for example with a simple click? The proliferation of these iPads in old cockpits is really a factor for me, I understand their usefulness indeed, but being able to completely hide them after the preflight is a must as they really kill the immersion in time (Like the GPS). If it's not there, @MattNischan could this be added in the future (again the best reference for that is the TDFi MD11, one click and it's gone, or in all Black Square planes). Thanks!

Flightsim.toZurich Train Traffic Switzerland (BETA) - MSFS Add-on - F...✓ For Microsoft Flight Simulator: This add-on brings live Swiss commuter rail traffic to Zurich in Microsoft Flight Simulator, simulating 42 S-Bahn lines operating on the real 2026 timetable with accu

Following the discussion above regarding electrical failure, I wanted to verify a few points such as how long can we run on battery alone, how would the degradation progress happen, and what were the options for recovery. Things that could not really be welcome in RL. So I started my flight at Salzburg, on the 114TC leaving my alternator OFF, went about the various checks and tasks ignoring the flashing tiny red warning light inviting me to look at the engine monitor. After the run-up and take-off, having activated flaps down and up, gear up, my battery load on the tablet was reading 73%. Hence more than one fourth of the total load had been eaten up by the initial phase of the flight! It took 20 minutes of flight to get the battery below 20% and starting to gradually loose my instruments. When reaching 16% I had a blackout. The engine of course was running fine. After slowing down I used the emergency gear extension which worked by the book in a few seconds. Finally I tested the 2nd alternator and it came on line instantly giving life to all instruments. That experiment led me to select « failures ON » in the tablet, really a great job by Nick.

In one of my regular senior moment, I thought that you might have forgotten to switch the alternator on after starting the engine and run on battery alone until it dries up, but the battery would never hold that long and allow you to fly, seing how much energy we drain with the start sequence only! So better dump this where it belongs. The tablet electrical circuits page would have shown you what was amiss eventually... but only after you crash land at Gatwick... As indicated by other posts above, if you were flying the TC, in case of need the number 2 alternator can be linked with the red square button located on the right side of the alternator switch on the console (see tablet where the linkage is shown). As for the landing gear emergency extension, you already have the answer above, pull and push down the red handle on the side of the console.

When you start the engine, do you only select Battery ON?

Perhaps the misunderstanding in the start-up procedure in the mind of some may be coming from the sequence: 1/ Pre-start (cold engine): Prime the engine with fuel on fuller tank, full throttle, full mixture, fuel pump on, then after 6 s, reduce throttle above idle, shut mixture, 2/ Engine start: Crank engine, when it starts to wake-up, bring mixture to full You would do the Pre-start with lean mixture only if you make a hot start.

I made my first flight today on this marvelous rendition of the 114, a plane I enjoyed flying fifty years ago (!) across Europe. I made my first solo IFR night landing on this beast then, so fond memories! The first surprise with this superb simulation is the avionics package requiring some work to get used to (and this is quite positive, at long last something different), I could certainly recognise the easiness of handling and the ... slow climb (I had full tanks), splendid work in textures and panel design, extraordinary sounds throughout. Like Bill I had the NAV PA disconnecting from time to time and found myself drifting off course without warning on three occasions, I honestly can't remember this kind of behaviour, but my avionic package was vastly different and resolutely classic, so how would I know. Indeed the 114 needs a bit of power for landing, like the TB21, the nose will drop fast, incidentally It was fun comparing my two favorite GA single engine planes in RL and their counterparts in the sim, the 114 and the TB21 (of the two, the Trinidad has a wider cabin about 3 inches) and were both true winners for long trips with passengers, I mention that because I'd be so happy if Nick was to make a TB21, the only one available in the sim needs some love. And yet another "chef d'oeuvre" from Nick!

I initially had the same impression until I clicked on the top mention "source" to select "Official liveries", this is where I realised I had all the liveries.

Are you sure you have the 20th anniversary version? Only that one has an update.

Bush-Ready: Engineered for safe landings on remote dirt strips. (on that very same page, please read on) I happen to have flown in Kenya and Sénégal as a pilot a good number of hours, but may be I don’t know what a bush strip is, in that case I apologise for my misunderstanding. Pilatus PC-12 taking off from a short, unpaved airstrip

Hi Ron, are you aware all those liveries are available in the livery manager that you installed with the product? Go to the Livery manager page, make sure "Official liveries" is selected at the top, and install any livery you wish.

Try this: https://www.auricair.com/General/Pilatus_PC12

If you want to live your experience as in real life dimension and do not want VR for any reason, buy yourself a 4K projector (like Epson) and a screen, you will be totally immersed and look at panels with instruments displaying at the correct real dimension with no necessity to zoom on anything, using Track IR will complete the deal. I made that choice more than 20 years ago and never regretted it.

SWS Pilatus PC12, you have it all, bush, short field TO and landing, cargo and passenger, sturdy, reliable, classic avionics with 3 different GPS options.

If you dont use SayIntentions you may want to try this, offering similar results, and it's free: GSXComms - Utilities for MSFS | Flightsim.to

I have the feeling that 2026 is going to be an expensive year for sim addons!...

Please do not take my suggestion in a personal and wrong way. It was not meant to be addressed to you in particular at all, if you think my remark was offensive, then I apologise, it was certainly not my intention. We have numerous discussions here on AVSIM regarding performance in general and we keep forgetting to indicate the VRAM, if you observe specifications under many signatures, you will notice that, more often than not, it is not there either. Unless we consider that VRAM is irrelevant for performance - I don't believe that is the case - it should be part of the discussion and parameters we exchange here so as to establish some more reliable benchmark for comparisons.

It would be helpful if you also mention the amount of VRAM you have (not only the card), as this parameter is usually totally ignored in these discussions and render comparisons - or opinions - pointless.

I have enough of airplanes flown by computers 😝 they're so boring, this one has a nice oldish flavor and all ingredients of a Dassault airplane: powerful, reactive, fast, loud, confortable for the passengers, something of a "civil fighter". Marcel Dassault used to say that "if an airplane is nice, it will fly nicely": their Falcon 50 certainly fits that criteria very well and Contrail did a good job at rendering it, especially for a first release. If, like me, you are tired watching TV screens in your cockpits with all instruments squeezed in one package, this is an aircraft for you. It is so versatile that I can't get out of it. Today I landed it at OPGT (Gilgit), an airport I am familiar with IRL, and a guaranteed good shot of adrenaline.

That could explain why I don't even know what a WASM crash looks like since I am using Addon-Linker and only a few addons are active on any of my flights. I have the INI Tristar and A350 and after countless flights with both never experienced anything like what is reported here. Would be interesting to know if those reporting this issue are using AL as well.

You can activate the following INS waypoints after the first 9 by pressing the button located on the left side of the screen behind the throttles. You can also follow your progression on the map if you wish. For a better understanding, read page 101 and 102 of the IniBuilds L1011 manual https://forum.inibuilds.com/topic/35986-aircraft-manual-tristar-airliner/

https://flightsimulator.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/21862909046428-How-to-Export-and-Import-your-controller-profiles