Marc Collins

This actually has already been addressed on the sim side in SU13 for MSFS 2020. An option for volumetric fuel flow was added in engines.cfg, and developers can enable it to prevent the old behavior where fuel flow *increases* when leaning the mixture at altitude. Very few developers have taken advantage of the new option, but it's there. Asobo has been wisely implementing changes like this on an opt-in basis (developers need to explicitly enable them in the cfg files). That way, the changes won't break any existing code which developers have written to work around old bugs.

I just hopped in the Turbine Duke for the first time since the update yesterday and enjoyed it once I got up in the air. Getting set up for the flight reminded me of why I sometimes get tired of Black Square products, though: the checklist is so mind-numbingly long. Especially for a multi-leg flight (e.g., land, shut down, walk to the FBO for lunch, then start up again and fly somewhere else), I suspect that it wouldn't be realistic to run through the entire list of pre-takeoff checks for every single leg of the flight. What would be a realistic way to handle this which is true to life? I know there are checklists out there on flightsim.to which label the essential items for just getting going, but are there any that give guidance on how often each systems check should be done?

In my opinion, yes. It has everything I like to see in a quality add-on: 1. Excellent flight model 2. Excellent sound pack (Boris Audio Works did the sounds) 3. Systems depth for normal operations (custom engine and checklist pages in the G1000 and custom engine and systems simulation) It doesn't have a tablet with every conceivable failure point like Black Square. But for normal operations, it is outstanding. And it has improved significantly since release. A flight model update within the first few months of release took it from good to exceptional. This is a plane that requires rudder trim for takeoff, and rudder trim adjustments are smooth and controlled in a way I haven't seen in most other GA aircraft in the sim. I should clarify that I've only flown it in MSFS 2020 so far. I'm going to transfer it over to 2024 soon.

Oh, excellent information! Thanks for sharing this. It's great to know there is a way to access the contents of the virtual file system while the sim is running and view any content that is unencrypted.

In the September Dev Stream, Jorg was non-committal about allowing config files to be edited for stock aircraft in MSFS 2024. He said that "spiritually" Microsoft would like to allow it, but it's hard to know how to do it when aircraft are streamed rather than stored locally. Here's a YouTube link to the exact question and answer:

One thing which can cause this problem is keyboard input on an EFB (or something similar. It also happens with keyboard input on the WT G1000NXi). I've had it happen with the EFB in the FBW A32NX. If I use the keyboard to input data on the EFB, the EFB is programmed to block normal key assignments from triggering sim events while typing. But for whatever reason, ALL inputs are blocked during that time, including throttle and yoke controller inputs.