Everything posted by Gulf76
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Airport question
I own the MK Studios version and think it’s outstanding.
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World Update 22: US National Parks out on 4th July
Home ownership is the American dream! Much better than living in a sub 30 sq meter nondescript state owned apartment! 😉
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Orbx Atlanta
Definitely a hard pass for me! While I don’t mind entering a serial number to activate a product, I refuse to keep a program opened external to the sim just to use a single airport.
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From PDX? Maybe This Is For You!
He’s also a very kind and generous person. He donated his entire library of present and future products to a friend of mine battling health issues.
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next world update?
Greece, Turkey, and South Korea are the top three places I would love to have too. I also look forward to when they add PG for the Rhine River from Mainz (also Wiesbaden) to Koblenz, Bath in England, new PG for Paris, and the Loire Valley in France along with Avignon, Orange and Arles in an expanded Provence; in the US definitely Utah and finishing Hawaii which was their original intent. I would think they could get the required data for those areas so I didn’t include other countries that might be out of reach such as Kenya, Tanzania, Egypt and Morocco or additional countries in South America such as Peru, Columbia and Chile. The issue with Greece and Turkey, as stated by Jorge, is that the data can’t physically leave the country and must reside on a server within each respective country. He said that is something they’ve considered doing so there is hope. Edit: Also Lyon and Manchester definitely should have PG.
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next world update?
I haven’t seen anything, but I would love an update for Utah to cover the Big 5 National Parks there. Some of the most distinctive landscapes anywhere in the world and they don’t look great in the sim.
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BlackSquare Caravan Professional out
Thanks, yes I’m aware. My point was adding too much fuel then increasing torque can cause an ITT spike which can damage the engine. Therefore sequencing is important and something people new to turboprops may be unaware of.
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BlackSquare Caravan Professional out
No problems here. I always ensure with turbo props when adding power, to increase propeller RPM first then the throttle. Then at cruise, decrease the throttle first before lowering the propeller RPM. Also, make sure you properly use the Initial Separator on the ground if on an unimproved runway surface, during taxi and during icing. It should be pulled out.
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BlackSquare Caravan Professional out
Open the small side window and it gets really loud in the cockpit. 😂 I flew on one in real life in Belize and don’t recall it sounding loud in the cabin.
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Black Square Caravan Pro First Look
Has anyone actually gotten their discount code? It’s not in my account under order details/activation as described in the email notification so I submitted a ticket. Edit: Wow Just Flight has fantastic Customer Support! They responded to my ticket within ten minutes.
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Kodiak 100 (MS2024)...Is it over?
I understand that view, but I like both planes, bush flying, and having the option of analog or G1000. Plus already owning both in 2020, they are discounted so that helps a bit. Kodiak includes all variants and is cheaper than the Caravan so might be the better option if you only want one. The Kodiak has consistently been rated high by the community since its release over at MSFS Forums Monthly Top Ten Plane thread.
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Black Square Caravan Pro First Look
It has passenger seating, but no visible passengers. He may not have added them to the load out.
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Black Square Caravan Pro First Look
This isn’t a bundling of two separate planes like the Bonanza/Baron combo. It’s one plane. The bundle is just for an additional variant so no there is not a discount for the bundle already built in. Most people would not spend $48 twice for the same plane just to get another variant. Although many in the flight sim community have been conditioned to do this by PMDG. Before any discounts you’re paying $17 for a different load out. After discounts, you’re paying $20 for the additional variant. So the policy is flawed. At a minimum it should have just been a flat dollar discount. The price of the other variant should not have increased. I’ll just fly the amphibian version when I want to haul passengers. Easy math $38 versus spending $58. But for those who feel compelled to get the bundle, go for it. I own every Black Square product and have lots of Just Flight products as well so I am a huge supporter of both companies. My comments are solely focused on the discount, nothing more.
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Black Square Caravan Pro First Look
Anytime a discount policy motivates your customers to spend less, it’s flawed.
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Black Square Caravan Pro First Look
This discounting makes zero sense. You save $6.50 if you buy the bundle and $9.60 if you buy a single variant. It should have been the other way around! I was planning to buy the bundle but I think I will skip it and just grab the Cargo/Amphibian variant.
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FFX Piaggio P180 2024 Native is phenomenal!
This one really hasn’t been on my list since I have the Starship and love it, but for $25 I’m buying it. Sounds like an excellent plane with phenomenal value!
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Trying to decide my next aircraft…
Sounds like an excellent plan! JF Caravan, MD-11, MD-80, then the ToLiss A340 is the exact order I had written down for my next purchases along with the Flying Iron Spitfire, Taog Dauphin and new Blackbird Corsair when they are released. Also plan to upgrade my SimWork Studios Kodiak when the native 2024 version lands, which is supposed to be soon.
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Trying to decide my next aircraft…
I picked up the Starship several months ago, but just really got into flying it about a month ago. It has become my favorite plane. Fly it down low like a GA plane or fly it high like a biz jet. It’s such a unique experience with great versatility. In his year end best MSFS add ons video, Into the Blue Simulations called it a once in a generation or even lifetime plane. That says it all!
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October 2025 - The Last Asobo Dev Update?
Clearly you’re reading this post and responding to it so you are concerned by the lack of dev updates. If you choose to cope with the uncertainty by not offering any insight, then fine. But no need to tell other people they are wasting their time if they want to offer their view on the situation.
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October 2025 - The Last Asobo Dev Update?
From my business experience, senior leadership goes silent when changes are on the way or there is a high degree of uncertainty about future direction. So my speculation is: 1. New XBox CEO so every product is under review and must be rationalized with financial projections, plans, etc. by the leadership of each product.This obviously places a lot of demand on the time commitments of senior leadership, plus creates a degree of uncertainty around budgets, product plans, etc. until this process is completed. 2. Until this is done, Jorge can’t really comment on future plans until they know if they will need to reduce headcount and third party support. If budget cuts are coming, it will take them time to adjust their product strategy with MSFS as a platform. So we get silence until this is figured out. Alternatively, and on a more positive side, maybe they are experimenting with some new features and until they have confidence in them, they don’t want to set expectations they can’t keep again so we get radio silence. Regardless of what’s underway, Chewy responded to people’s apprehension on the MSFS Official Forums by confirming that there are no plans to discontinue MSFS. But something has definitely changed there and let’s hope the cloud is removed soon!
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I can’t wait for the Black Square Caravan Professional
So excited to read this news today! Of all the BS products, the Caravan is the one I wanted updated the most. https://msfsaddons.com/2026/02/18/black-square-caravan-professional-targets-march-release-product-pages-imminent/
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Aircraft addons expected in 2026 - please add
- Flyinside Gazelle - Miltech Bo 105 - Flying Iron 2024 Native Spitfire - Blackbird 2024 F4U-1D Corsair -WIP, hopefully this year - Blackbird DHC-3 Otter - WIP no release date
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Which Military Jet ?
Jaguar is excellent!
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Waiting for PBY Catalina in MSFS 2024
Freeware version available here for 2020 and 2024: https://frenchvfr.free.fr/download.php?lng=en&pg=808&tconfig=0