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I want to thank BATC for really committing to improving their product and giving us the best possible Air Traffic experience. I’ve used the program for about a month now and I’ve been nothing but impressed. BATC keeps making smart decisions and I think this program has a really strong future. I’m excited about this new feature and Keep up the great work!

Thanks for the clarity on this! I’ve been flying for 15 years into all different types of airports( except class B) and the scenario I described only happened 1 time. Good to know it’s actually 3,000 feet- that’s actually pretty close together!

To answer your question regarding separation when the tower asks if you “have the traffic in sight” the answer is yes while you are airborne but no if the conflict will cause a loss of separation while on the runway. So for example, if you turn base and then final and are overtaking the aircraft in front of you, ATC will notify you of the overtake and they will make you go around if you are going to land too close behind another aircraft. I believe the reg is “5,000 feet” of runway is the minimum separation from 2 piston class aircraft but I’m not 100% sure. I know this is true because this happened to me in real life. A plane in front of me was taking forever to exit the runway and I was on short final and the controller said, “no need for a go around, still cleared to land as separation is more than 5,000 feet.” I doubt BATC gets that technical but I’d thought I’d help answer your question around the responsibility of the pilot while airborne to maintain visual separation from the traffic.

I really appreciate this thread as buying BATC to replace the loss of FSTL was my plan. I mostly fly airliners in the sim so it sounds like it might still be a viable option for me but it does sound like it might not really fully replace the FSTL traffic injector which put flights all over. It’s really a terrible shame FSTL won’t be able to continue to do what it has done for years. It’s a real loss to the hobby and it really seems like there is no real replacement for it. AIG is the closest but I’ve been looking into that and the workload around downloading flight plans and managing that product has me wanting to avoid it all together. I don’t have the time to keep up with everything needed to make that functional so I still do think BATC is my only real option here.

Turbulence in the sim is non existent let alone at all close to realistic. Until that’s done with any level of accuracy, it’s going to be difficult to make it important to divert around any weather.

Live weather makes the sim come alive but trying to simulate and replicate every possible cloud formation is next to impossible from a visual standpoint. The part of the weather system that still feels off is the wind. At times a small amount of wind particularly from the side on landing can push the plane so much. While I’ve never flown a 320 in real life, I’ve flown a 172 for over 600 real world hours. Crosswinds are rough in a 172 but, to me, cross winds in a 320 feel like they have the same impact while landing as they do in the 172 and that just does not seem correct. Maybe it is- but I do think the sim can improve on wind effect.

I agree- I think the worst looking scenery that I ever see is the Florida eastern coastline. I think it’s not helped by the total flat terrain but it always looks terrible.

For airline flying “A Pilots life” is great. It’s essentially the way I do 95% of my sim flying. The add on is easy to use, very stable and gives a sense of purpose to the flight. Obviously the only issue is you are restrained to the airline you chose actual route system so you do go to the same airports a lot but that does not bother me.

It’s also impossible to consistently have smooth landings as any pilot in real life will tell you. So cut yourself some slack here. A solid 200-350fpm landing is typical in a lot of flights in real world. I’ve heard real world airline guys say that they really only care about G load and anything under 2.0 is not even a worry. As far as technique, I pull the power at 30 ft and then actually try and level off for a few seconds before allowing the plane to settle into the runway. It’s probably because I’ve flown a 172 for 600 hours IRL that I do it this way but it yields consistent 150-300 FPM touchdown well under 1.5G. If you immediately start to flare at 30 you actually will drive the mains into the ground causing a pretty firm touchdown.

The airbus everyday and twice on Sunday. First, because Fenix is the best airliner developer in the game and provides a totally amazing product that is without any issues. Second, the Airbus is a “simple” aircraft to learn and once you get how to program the box and start the engines( which is simpler than a 172) it’s just a dream to fly. It’s so simple and relaxing. If flicking 50 switches is your thing than Boeing is the way to go but that’s not my thing at all.

I actually momentarily got booted from the server mid flight yesterday for the first time in forever. About 3 minutes later I got reconnected and it was a non issue for the duration of the flight. I suspect with a lot of people off from school and work the servers are more crowded than usual.

Just flew the fenix yesterday with 0 issues. I don’t think I’m on the most recent update of the fenix though- maybe that’s the solution.

I still fly 2020 and have no real intention of switching to 24 anytime soon. I just don’t see the need. 2020 is great in every way and I have it set up and running exactly as I like. I’m fine with whatever sacrifices I’m making as long as 2020 continues to perform and look as great as it does- I’m very happy.

I was watching a lot of V1’s stream yesterday and man do these planes look incredible. The sounds are also off the charts! It looked like these will certainly be on par with the dukes and possibly even better. The PT6 Bonanza was literally insane!

I have the dukes and love those aircraft. Everything about them is spot on amazing! I’d be curious in buying the Bonanza for sure as a single engine piston on the level of the Dukes would be great to have!

These betas seem to be coming out very quickly. Practically one per month. Seems pretty quick to me but I don’t participate in them. For those that do, has these frequent beta releases been standard for ASOBO?

I don’t have 24 so I can’t speak to it personally but apparently during sim update 3, 24 would not always save the bindings correctly and some streamers were constantly having to rebind controls. Glad it worked for you but I saw how challenging it was for them and that kept me away.

I use TAA and NVDA and I’ve not had any issues but then again I have not updated drivers in a while under the idea of if it ain’t broke don’t fix it! I might try rolling back the drivers if you want to use TAA but I am not even sure what driver version I have.

I’ve not yet bought 24 and maybe im missing out. If so, that’s ok with me. I watch a fair amount of YouTube streamers on my train commute into work and their experiences have me hesitant to switch over. The horrific control binding experience being the main reason in my eyes. 2020 looks incredible and I’m fortunate that it flies so stable. To me, stability is the number one factor I want in a sim. I’ll eventually move to 24 but I’m in absolutely no rush!

I’ve had my PPL for about 15 years and flown around 600 hours- I say that just to say that if I stepped into an airline cockpit even with my MSFS experience I could certainly keep the airplane wings level and use the autopilot to turn and descend and all that but the main issue I’d have is using the radios and flying a jet at the same time. If I was able to figure out what frequency to use, and be able to program the ILS correctly( assuming it’s not an airbus) and if it was in daytime VFR with a 50 mile straight in approach to a very long runway I could probably get the airplane on or near the runway but it’s a fantasy to think even someone with basic airmanship and 100’s of hours in a GA aircraft would know what they are doing in a airline cockpit.

This is really well said and those of us who grew up with video games that were never updated after they were released aside from an entirely new version of the game being released might appreciate the “finished product” aspect a little more. The games( sims) nowadays are constantly being updated with new features and new aspects that I totally agree with your sentiment- it’s very hard to just appreciate the “now.” That leads to a psychological condition we’ve all been forced to encounter which is, “well if they are going to make it better why should I be content now?” The truth is we all should appreciate the now way more in our everyday lives but especially in our hobbies and passions. This is time we choose to spend doing something we enjoy- so why be miserable or not content with what you are choosing to do?!? I enjoy flight sim when I have the time and as long as the sim is stable and looks decent, I’m a happy man!

I’d uninstall in NVDA app if you use it. A few months back this happened to me and it solved the issue immediately. Sim has flown flawlessly since.

Update working and looking great for me. Now flown several flawless flights. I will say, I took the time to install every update in the content manager even if I suspect I’ll never use them. For those having issues that might be an option to try.

You are correct. I’ll work on that tomorrow.

Just downloaded- man was the download quick!