UrgentSiesta

It’s nice to see the guys at ThresholdX have a sense of humor 😂

My fond memories of Wyoming 😁:

The unbelievably great SimCoders Marchetti is 50% off - only $23!! Yes it’s old, but still looks very good, and it’s just received a major systems update. Truly fast, fully aerobatic, and (very) High Fidelity. Probably the best value on the entire site right now 🤙 Gonna add the JRX Bell 407 and Colimata F-104 to the “would buy again” list. F-104 at 40% off is a No Brainer I bought the Thranda PC-6 + REP last sale. A turboprop taildragger has been a lot of fun to come to terms 🤣 The only other thing that possibly tempts me is the PAE A36 Bonanza with REP built in. But I have so many REPs and piston GA’s already that I dont see the point… (not to mention having the lovely A2A Bonanza still running well in P3D 🤙). Which is also to say that I have the ToLiss 346 and Flight Factor 757, so no need for anything beyond those! 😎🤙

The problem is going to be that the UUID (your actual username according to Windows) is going to be different. And whether you had disk encryption enabled. It’s also possible you could boot from the old C drive in the new computer. all in all, it is indeed better to bite the bullet and do a fresh install of everything. Unless you’ve got data on that old c drive that isn’t also somewhere else. FWIW, paying someone to service your computer is utterly without warranty, as it should be. there’s so many completely old computers and drives and such out there that could fail at any moment for any reason that it’d be unreasonable to expect otherwise.

Not that I’d hold much hope, but since you do already own the 744, it couldn’t hurt to ask them via PM…?

Hard to believe that’s the ONLY airport in or very close to a natl park…? Even a Forest Service strip or two would be great.

came across this on thresholdx.nettoday announcing a regular update to the Flight Factor 777. I saw the photo credit, chased down the source and just had to re-share it here! (for those of you who missed the news, this just happened IRL!) IRL video: Commentary by IRL pilot:

Yup! I’m just a workin’ stiff, too 😎 I had a nice Wrangler Rubicon Unlimited awhile back. It was quite capable and never let me down (thank god, because I went places only another Rubicon could’ve rescued me! 😂). I’ve since switched back to a pickup - a Tacoma TRD Offroad. It’s a heckuva sight more comfortable/practical, especially since I can throw my wet and/or smelly dogs, gear, and Home Depot stuff in the BACK! 😁👍

Well, I’m Gonna give you my usual “it depends…” answer 😂 Generally, I do look at the multiple pictures. BUT, I’m usually looking for ONE specific view: I want to clearly be able to see the entire fuselage and tail, and whether the wings are painted (Most of the time it’s the rear fuselage and tail treatment that turn me off a paint). Also one of the reasons I really dislike the MSFS livery preview angle - can’t see the aft section. And the lighting is bad. So, my request would be for a single shot 3/4 angle with around 10 deg of bank. It’d also be nice to see the belly, so perhaps another taken just by slewing the view downwards - or banking away, since that’d only take a few extra secs to capture. other than that, I couldn’t care less about multiple scenes, esp if you’re actually changing locations/weather, configuration, etc. So I did vote for multiple screenshots, but I could be entirely satisfied with just one or two at the correct angles. 👍 And, as others have said, I do personally REALLY appreciate your efforts in our behalf! And now that I know you take commissions, I’m gonna reach out via PM (my requests are boringly simple and repetitive - just like ME! 😂).

curious if you’ve tried walk around in VR? I did it back in XP and it was awesome to get the true sense of scale, especially a jumbo obviously, you’re well acquainted IRL, so perhaps that’s not a thing for you 👍

When I win the powerball, I’m going to get a 500-series, throw my camping gear in, and I’m OUTTA here! Oh, and a blue water yacht with a helipad, of course! 😂

I personally don’t have any of the Flight FX addons. And it’s because I’m a study level snob. I just don’t have the time or patience for a bunch of very similar civ jets. So, I end up only buying addons that are regarded as genuinely High Fidelity. (And just to be perfectly clear: this is a ME problem😁) I ran the Longitude once it got the AAU update, and even more once it was further upgraded for v2024. And it had everything to do with learning how very deeply the Working Title team simulated the Jet. Ground handling is pretty good (better than PMDG for sure). And my only real nit pick with it is performance in the flare (and this is common with many MSFS addons). So if money is a consideration, I’d argue the Longitude is impossible to beat, particularly when on sale. Based on my experience with the outstanding FSR500, I bought into the Phenom immediately. I specifically did NOT wait for the Sovereign because it’s the first plane from a new team. And TBH, it’s a subset of the Longitude, so I wasn’t that excited for it. BUT now that it’s been out and has gotten solid reviews across the board AND is getting a steady stream of meaningful updates, I think it’s in the list for later on. But TBH, and again: the Lear, regardless of its smaller size, is the sweet spot out of all of them for me. It’s really a “Goldilocks” addon, IMHO.

Sight seeing? Still doors off on the Taog’s Hughes for me 😁

Curious how you guys view the 900? It’s basically a longer 100 with street tires. The roughly 30kts higher speed is interesting…

Oops - corrected! 🙏 But I’d say it goes double since it’s MilTech and not iB. MT’s flight models are Meh. SWS had/has FM issues, but they’ve been getting progressively better. The latest 2024 Native Kodiak is quite pleasant to fly.