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Red Bird sells FAA approved BATD's, but afaik they use Prepar3D v5. https://www.redbirdflight.com/

U.S Patents are valid for 20 years. In 2002, Microsoft and Sony were sued by the Immersion Corporation for patent infringement. Immersion held 140 patents specifically mentioning FFB. Microsoft decided to settle out of court and agreed to purchase a 10 percent share in Immersion, while Sony instead decided to fight and subsequently lost. The judgment cost Sony $90.7 million US dollars, and they were ordered to suspend sales of devices containing Immersion's technology. Sony lost their appeal in 2006. For 20 years FFB was paywalled behind licensing fees that nobody wanted to pay for what was effectively a niche market product. It chilled the market overnight, because profit margins on FFB devices were already marginal without the fees. And fear of potential litigation more or less stifled independent development for the greater part of 2 decades. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immersion_v._Sony https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immersion_Corporation I have admit that looking over at my now useless Reverb G2 is not making me happy, windows updated itself before I even heard about it. Even more annoying, I just bought a new G2 cable which cost me 100 bucks. This time it is definitely Microsoft's fault.

Is the horizon line a thing of the past now?

Anyone else notice the BMP textures in FS-Base with names like "sky_afternoon_0", "sky_dawn_3", etc

Nobody beats their visuals, beautiful models.

Hynix P41 for the win.

It's an interesting product, but I can't imagine sitting on a pad for 3 hours. I'm 6'4" and close to 280 lbs, so long term durability / comfort would be a concern for me. I bolted two Aura Pro's under my seat and power them with a Dayton APA 150 (2x75w rms). https://www.parts-express.com/Dayton-Audio-APA150-With-2-Aura-Pro-Bass-Shakers-Bundle-300-9004?quantity=1 https://simshaker.com/ Transducers are fairly inexpensive, which is nice if someone happens to have an old home theater receiver unit laying around. It's cool that the flight sim community has so many options right now.

Stunning!

Don't miss out on Bagolu's 172, it is super nice, https://flightsim.to/file/42097/rf172-reims-rocket-cessna-r172-hawk-xp-ii

I don't have a motion platform, just throwing this out there. If you're a big person, the Corbeau Racing Seats FX Wide is extremely comfortable.

I'm a very simple man, when I see you release something, I download it. 😁 /Looks like glider country anyway, right up my alley.

They serve an 8 month contract with their employer, MT Maritime, followed by 4 months of rest at home. When their time is up they either rejoin their current vessel, or if it's out of range they might be assigned to another MTM vessel. In the US prior to 9/11, seafarers were allowed to disembark whenever their captain permitted. They could even travel moderate distances about the countryside. There are so many restrictions now that most crewmen never set foot off their ship in the US. There are exceptions. I always think about the seafarers the I see. Hearty bunch of people, smart, tough, with only themselves to rely on.

Good morning, Henrik! Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas to all avsim members. This morning finds me approaching the end of a midnight shift loading the Strategic Entity. Chief Makoi of the Strategic Tennactiy posted a Christmas video this morning, I worked the Tenancity in April.

Yep, the marketplace is where projects go to die. The induction process was temporarily halted a few weeks ago, and even when it wasn't halted, it was 3-4 weeks behind 3rd party devs. And that doesn't even mention updates, which take forever.