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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

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.

So it does include variants without the mufflers, and the sound is good. Really nice little bird. If anyone on the fence wants to read the manual, https://www.got-friends.com/pages/flight-manuals Super nice package. Glad I bought this.

I wonder if they are still doing the Draco, https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/f4f-4-draco-gliders-got-friends-development-roadmap/454755/2

Decided to buy it because of the radial, the airframe's funky shape, and it's relationship with Patey's Draco. /And because I've appreciated GFs freeware. Flew over the solar farm next to EGH2, said to myself, "This fight model is really decent. Let's hold this right bank we're in, land on the right main gear between the hedges at the end of the runway, stay on the right main up to the hangar doors". The Wilga didn't break a sweat. Starting this thing is a nice experience too, especially with it's doors open. Would love a version with open exhaust stacks instead of collectors and mufflers. But it's probably not realistic, they'd have to find audio to record, and that's a lot to ask for.

nvm

https://discord.com/channels/889527263366877185/889527266537791511/1030944312109846608 https://discord.gg/ntvjgtgU

https://discord.gg/ntvjgtgU He's still MIA as far as I can tell. Shame, hope he's making out alright. Think I remember something about a death in the immediate family.

This ship was so awesome. I've said it before, but TV audiences had never seen anything like it before. Cousteau blew us all away, he might as well have been an astronaut with how cool we thought he was.

MV Calypso has gulls flying along with it. (this vid from V1, so no smoke or wakes) Forgot the 1902 Paddle Steamer Unterwalden, still in service on Lac Lucerne.

If it were me, I'd scan your content folders with MSFS Addons Linker and let it resolve any potential conflicts. https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/615663-sim-update-8-is-out-now-go-get-it/page/6/?tab=comments#comment-4731417

It will be here when it's up, https://flightsim.to/file/9529/global-ai-ship-traffic-msfs-v1 Henrik tried to upload it earlier today, but ran into some technical difficulty with the site. https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/global-ai-ship-traffic-v2-native-version-and-great-lakes/459135/456