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We've all been there, done that. Flight simming is all about quality time. If you don't have much time for simming, only fly those aircraft that actually are worth it. These days - unless it's something safe like Fenix Neos or PMDG 747 - I will not buy any more addons unless all reports coming in make it sound like it could actually be better than one of the aircraft I already fly regularly. I do have a couple of hours for simming almost every night, as it's my only hobby, so I do have a couple more aircraft I use regularly. Fenix, PMDG, iFly and the A350. Even then I e.g. use the PMDG 777 maybe once or twice only a week. Now imagine I'd only have one day a week to fly - I'd have to cut that list down to 1-2 aircraft. So tldr: Whenever something new comes out, just think "It's not going to be as good as what I already have, so I will not buy it." If that turns out wrong, you'll (happily) find out soon enough. If not - saved some money and even more important precious simming time.

You mean the exact distribution of pallets etc.? Hm yeah that would currently be a bit above the focus; can you even load the cargo that precisely in the FF 777? What I do have at the moment is a simple, slightly randomized load distribution info (below the total payload section), so you can spread the weights between FWD & AFT + [if applicable] MAIN DECK & BULK. That will give a bit of variance in regards to the CG% you have in your flights (and consequently the trim settings). It also recognizes some airline-type-specific load tendencies (e.g. [U]LCCs filling one hold completely first before using the other one, to save turnaround time etc.).

It's a website, no need to download. As for your question: You would use RPC (Realistic Pax & Cargo) during (or before) your Simbrief flight planning and enter the pax number and payload from there into Simbrief. Then the rest as usual - the iFly will consequently get those pax number and payload from the Simbrief import. So RPC -> Simbrief -> flight sim is the work flow.

"Oh no - not another app!" Yeah well but this time it's not AI slop, but made by a fellow Avsimmer of yours - me ;) So what is is about: A thing that annoyed me for years was that the pax numbers and additional cargo you get from Simbrief (or several other VAs I've tried) were totally random and more often than not did not fit the "narrative" of my flight (e.g. a holiday charter 737 at the start of the local holidays filled up to the takeoff performance limits, a 777 freighter out of Hong Kong carrying lots and lots of low-priced Asian products, an A320 city-to-city with mostly business people with a small laptop as hand baggage etc.). I therefore build myself a PC app half a year ago which would create fitting passenger numbers and baggage and additional cargo weights that fit the narrative of my flights. While I was at it I even added some other things that could create some sort of story background for the flight, like a simple MEL system and a turnaround time generator (with e.g. random slot delays). Then two weeks ago I thought that might be something that other simmers might be interested in, so I thought I should share it and that's what I did. I made a webapp (= website) out of it and released it yesterday. It's of course free. I hope it's something that can improve your simming experience and immersion, enjoy! And feel free to give me feedback / report bugs via the form on the site. Thank you for your attention :) realisticpaxcargo.com

For most people switching from Jeppesen to LIDO (including myself) it was: At the start: Ugh, so many colors, too many things put onto a single chart After some time: Oh actually a lot of the important info is presented in a much better and clearer way! I find the approach and ground charts vastly superior with LIDO, like leaps and bounds. SIDs/STARs I like Jeppesen a bit more, but only slightly.

No worries, this will be fixed in the ATR compatibility update for MSFS 2028.

The 777 is more high fidelity currently (mostly because of the Fenix having some VNAV problems, which hopefully get fixed), but overall the Fenix is the vastly superior addon. It's the best in flight sim history, I'd even go that far. EDIT: That said i fly the 777 more because I'm more of a widebody guy and it's a very good addon, like all PMDG aircraft.

Yes that's because the approach waypoints are not official waypoint but are created custom waypoints by the charts provider. If you had a LIDO navdata they'd be called like on the LIDO charts, but since Navigraph is Jeppesen, they follow the Jeppesen conventions in the FMC.

Uhm the missed approach altitude is right at the bottom box of the approach chart, in bold blue text. It's significantly easier to find than on the Jeppesen charts, how can you miss that? DH is right there too. SIDs/STARs are complete (although they put more SIDs/STARs on single plates while Jeppesen usually does one plate per SID/STAR).

Because that's not what constitutes absolute superiority in an A340 addon?

It is a tad worse yes. Hopefully will be better once it's 2024-native

Charts are not installed locally, they are fetched via the API e.g. when opening them on the EFB. So all "updates" will happen without you having to do anything or even noticing it frankly

Assuming you have the EA version and fly no-star arrivals - those (and in general vectoring) got some pretty big fixes on EXP. I suggest trying it again once they come to EA soon. Also keep in mind you can always post a log on the discord support channel and let someone take a look at it, if you find something happening consistently to you but not to others apparently

That was the theory of one of the ATR pilots over at the MSFS forums. I haven't tried the 42, just the 72. The 72 is definitely severely underpowered, I mean you can just compare it with the MSFS 2020 version. The 2024 version can't even reach 200 kts during level flight at cruise.

Yes it does. Apparently they put the 42 engines on the 72 and viceversa. It's an ridiculously awful update