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I have downloaded Cumulus X and installed it into P3D v4.2. If I start a flight without it connected it is fine, but when I connect Cumulus X to the sim, it quickly reloads the flight, and places me somewhere probably about 10 - 20 miles from where I was before. After that it will quickly (it takes about 1/2 to 1 second to load) go though the flight loading process and repeat every 20 seconds or so, nothing changing when it completes. I know Cumulus X is not officially compatible with P3D, but I have never (that I can remember) had an FSX only addon not work in P3D. I'm wondering if this is because I am trying to use it in P3D or if this is just something wrong on my end. Has anyone else tried Cumulus X in P3D? If so, does it work? Thanks in advance.

Maxing out the autogen while touring around Rio De Janeiro in the Avro 621, scenery is Orbx with a few addional spices. Cheers Al Shipping, an amazing piece of freeware no one should be without, brings the water to life, the efforts of those who contributed make the package what it is. And finished for the day's flying.

This is a realistic flight from Skagit KBVS to Redding KRDD in the Xtreme Prototypes Lear 25 SE v3.0. I'm still using P3D v4.5 so unfortunately I wasn't able to check it out in v5 with the nicer skies /atmosphere. If you don't like reading lots of words, my recommendation is to buy the plane right away haha....it hand flies beautifully and accepts the Flight1 or Reality XP GTN units in a few different configurations. It's also very powerful and cruises at a respectable .82 mach (MMO). I found no real issues with performance either. Moving on to the mini review.... This is version 3 of the Xtreme Prototypes Lear 25... I've owned all of them, and the changes in this warrant the price for the upgrade - especially the dense manual and the numerous liveries. I can understand though, why some users think it's a little high. I'm currently quite active in P3D and XP11 (and the other thing hah!) Sometimes actively using both sims, with payware addons, makes you appreciate the wonderful options we do have. This Lear is one of them. Anyway, I hopped into the Lear 25 sitting on the ramp in Skagit WA (Orbx), and I had to review the manual for startup. I was spoiled with the simplicity of the small GA props I've been using lately. The lear is a pilot's plane - there are many switches to flip just to get her in the air. Routing was KBVS SEA J65 LMT KRDD at FL410. The lear can go higher but I picked a typical business jet altitude. FL450 is the service ceiling but the absolute is FL510! You'd have to be very light with just the right conditions and step climb for that to happen. Once started, I program the GTN's - just love entering waypoints in those units....so simple - if you don't have the RXP GTN, I highly recommend it! Then I taxi out to runway 4. With covid, air traffic is quite diminished, so ATC initially gives me a climb to FL230. I hand fly the entire climb (albeit with FD enabled) - 250kias under 10k is just an insane climb rate - I really have to push forward and trim heavily. I breathe a little sigh of relief passing 10k, where I nose over slightly gain airspeed to 280 kias for the rest of the climb (I used mach .70 up to FL410). There are no autothrottles on the Lear. A note about the SPD-P climb mode on the autopilot. What I initially thought was this mode was similar to FLC in modern aircraft. Apparently this is not so, and verified by the actual Lear pilot who tested with XP. The SPD-P mode was very unreliable and so unfortunately in this older aircraft, VS is the preferred mode of pitch change. I had some issues using it in P3D as well, and opted for VS mode in climb and descent. I've never flown a Lear (but have a small amount of turbine time) - the aircraft feels great with my controls, heavy but stable, yet controls are responsive. Hand flying is a real pleasure. I did engage autopilot for duration of cruise (I'm pretty lazy ha - but the idea of me holding the yoke for that long sounds terrible). Aside from the mode above, it's a pretty typical autopilot, it's got your lateral NAV/HDG/LOC/APR modes and the VS pitch mode, along with ATT which just holds pitch when pressed. You can change pitch in this mode with the command wheel on the lower center pedestal. You'll see a SPD and MACH button as well - these aren't true to the aircraft but user requested speed hold modes. Pressurization is simple to operate as well - nothing real different from other jets/king airs. Happily at FL410, I'm doing about mach .81 - .82 - and nearly 500 knots over the ground. In a little bizjet that's pretty fast! I can think of maybe one or two other bizjets that would go faster for this size. The Falcon 20 with a MMO of .86 and I think the original Lear 23 did about the same. Up here I'm thinking about the ATIS at RDD, and I'd like to shoot the RNAV (GPS) Rwy 16 via WARSU for practice. The Reality XP GTN 750 easily handles this - I Direct To WARSU after passing LMT, and ATC gives me a "PD" pilot's discretion descent to FL170. I use VSR (vertical speed required) on the GTN to see how to efficiently descend into KRDD on the approach. I'm setting pressurization for field elevation, and for descent, having to definitely pull back the power levers! I get approach clearance from ATC. Passing WARSU, the IF, I'm getting vertical navigation from the WAAS receiver on my GPS, this RNAV 16 approach has LPV minimums, so the glide slope balls appear on my HSI, and I just follow it down like an ILS. Speed-wise, after WARSU I'm still doing 250 kias but starting to slow to 200, for flaps 20 and gear, near the final approach fix I slow further and put gear down and flaps 40. I'm not certain what touchdown speed is but I held 150 kias till short final, then bled off speed for about 135 kias touchdown. Much past that and she drops like a brick. What else can I blab about? Modelling is exquisite in this bird - the instruments and textures, the exterior and cabin look great. The panel lighting is impressive, with a few different flood types, map light and gauge backlighting. It does use dynamic lights and they look superb from the exterior. There was one thing I was a little bummed about - no PBR textures on the exterior. I can understand how creating them could be time consuming - I've done a few repaints in the past and it took forever lol. Still though I just love the extra touch of realism external PBR brings to these old birds! The sounds are amazing as well (I almost forgot to mention them). From the clicks, to engine spool up, to cruise and touchdown. Overall the addon is impressive! I'm a bizjet lover and a GA lover - so this is a no-brainer! Hopefully this helps some of you on the fence and here's a few shots from the flight. Additional products used on this flight: Reality XP GTN 750, Orbx BVS and RDD (and the regions), Active Sky, ENVTEX//SHADE. 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Just showing off the crisp clear aircraft and scenery as I pushback and taxi out for departure at KMSP Ry 12R (Delta was kind enough to let me park my corporate 787 at the gate haha) Addons used: Flightbeam KMSP, Quality Wings 787, Active Sky 4, ASCA, ENVSHADE/TEX Untitled-1 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-2 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-3 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-4 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-5 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-6 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-7 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-8 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-9 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-10 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-11 by ryan b, on Flickr Going to an exotic location! Untitled-14 by ryan b, on Flickr

My Vrinsight TT-panel does not show up under Joysticks? Thanks Michael

I've owned the Flysimware Learjet 35A for quite some time. Recently the aircraft received an extensive texture/sound/PBR and overall upgrade. If you don't like reading reviews but you enjoy quality addons, I'd go to the Flysimware store and purchase this right away! It supports a myriad of addon avionics units (I'm running dual Reality XP GTN 750's). Other options are both Flight1 and RXP GNS430/530 units along with F1 GTN as well. There is also a standard "default" GNS from Flysimware. I've read there is a "Pro" version of the Lear coming later with FMS and perhaps a EHSI/PFD. If I'm not mistaken the FMS will have VNAV. I believe it's based around the Universal FMS 3000. Another huge improvement over the old version is the switch sounds, engine sounds, startup/shutdown and many other smaller sounds. I used headphones for my short flight and it sounded great! Perhaps the largest upgrade is the new incredible textures done by @Wickedbacon92. PBR has been added to the Lear's exterior and the interior is vastly improved, especially when viewed from the cabin. There are some cosmetic changes that the astute pilots will notice such as window shape and engine/fuel tank angles and sizes. Finally the flight modelling as been tuned and feels lovely while hand flying! There may some minor items remaining but response from the developer has always been positive. I would expect any outstanding issues to be addressed with a small service pack. This is a quick flight from my old place of work to my current location. Routing is KDLH AGUDE AGUDE5 KFCM. As I approach the Minneapolis area, the M98 tracon will vector aircraft directly over the MSP airport then descend them towards FCM. There is a very narrow "corridor" for this operation and they do a great job in real life! Enjoy! Untitled-1 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-3 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-5 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-6 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-7 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-10 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-12 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-15 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-16 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-18 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-20 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-22 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-26 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-27 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-31 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-33 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-35 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-36 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-37 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-38 by ryan b, on Flickr

A quick flight in the Mooney from Block Island to Chester, CT Untitled-1 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-2 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-3 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-5 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-6 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-7 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-8 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-9 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-10 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-11 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-13 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-14 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-15 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-16 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-17 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-19 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-21 by ryan b, on Flickr

A few weeks ago, I found out that the website that publishes European photoscenery for free, now has also all of New Zealand on offer (also for free). I have downloaded all 16 files (size: 1 GB each), combined them to a single folder and installed them in my sim. They can be used for FSX, FSX-SE and all versions of P3D. I have stored all my photoscenery on an external 5 TB hard drive (standard HDD, no SSD). Within the flightsimulator, the scenery sits on top of my ORBX entries. The files come with their own autogen and in case you have ORBX NZNI and NZSI installed on your system, all ORBX airports plus all POI will show up. Next to ORBX, I have also installed payware from Godzone (Auckland and Tauranga). As you will see, all of this blends well with the photoscenery. This first part shows the North Island, the second part concentrates on the South Island. I have chosen as weather “clear skies”, so that the scenery is better visible. Here we are at the most northern tip of NZ: We follow the western shore to reach the 90 mile-beach Having crossed over to the east side in order to get a closer look at the Bay of Islands Now it’s on to Auckland, the city of sails North of Tauranga Further in the south of NZ’s North Island. Taking off from Wellington Intern. The autogen that is visible here is from ORBX Thanks for viewing. I have to admit that the scenery looks more impressive on my (larger) computer screen. If you are interested in downloading the scenery, here is the link: http://italyphotoreal.weebly.com/download.html You have to scroll down to the bottom of the page to find the NZ scenery. Btw, it has also scenery for the UK!

We depart from the famous Red Bull “Hangar 7” in Salzburg, which does not only house some perfectly restored vintage planes, but also an excellent restaurant The scenery is from Austria Professional and the plane is the superb Ultralight Mitchell Wing U2, which is available free from the Aerosoft website: https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/55526-get-your-free-mitchell-wing-v101-here/ Thanks for viewing

I find myself enjoying the sights and sounds of the PNW over any area of the flightsim world. Here's a stunning paint by EightyFiftyFive from the a2a forums 11S - 0S9 Untitled-1 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-2 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-3 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-5 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-6 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-7 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-9 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-10 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-11 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-13 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-14 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-15 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-17 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-18 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-20 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-21 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-23 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-24 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-25 by ryan b, on Flickr

Continuing my journey in the PNW region, I'm having a blast flying between the clouds near Orcas Island, and then finally landing at KORS. Most of the work is between 10k and 16,500 ft. I've got dual Reality-XP GTN 750's in this bird! Untitled-1 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-2 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-3 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-4 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-5 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-7 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-8 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-9 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-10 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-11 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-12 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-13 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-14 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-15 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-17 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-18 by ryan b, on Flickr

I'm just really partial to this aircraft. It has everything I'd like in a plane, AoA indicator, fully IFR equipped, and it's FAAAST! It also luscious curves A speedy flight from Twenty Nine Palms to PSP! Untitled-1 by ryan b, on Flickr The field I left is just a mere thought as I rocket over to Palm Springs Untitled-2 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-3 by ryan b, on Flickr Skyward! Untitled-4 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-5 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-6 by ryan b, on Flickr 268 kts! Untitled-7 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-8 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-9 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-10 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-11 by ryan b, on Flickr Overshot! Untitled-12 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-15 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-16 by ryan b, on Flickr Love this one Untitled-17 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-18 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-19 by ryan b, on Flickr

Just one... right after this shot I lost my engines for some reason and declared and landed at John Wayne. This was all done on Pilot Edge online ATC (which I highly recommend!) la by ryan b, on Flickr

Hello, only tested it in P3D v4 and the PMDG 777 and 747 (CP version 0.3.0), but the issue is with both planes: when in cinematic mode in 1 out of 5 new views (when it automatically switches the view) the airplane is not inside the frame. Thanks for any help, Jan

Hi Everyone, I had to do a reinstall of P3D v3, and the picture shows how so the American midwest and heartland are covered with all of these brown farms with ORBX FTX +OpenLC North America. This wasn't like that before, everything was nice and green, and this is not a seasonal thing because the textures are the same in spring and summer. I don't remember there being so much brown everywhere, and I'm wondering if it's a problem related to the new installer and updated files. I also don't have any other landclass or mesh products installed, and as far as I know, the order in the scenery library is exactly as it was before. One thing that I thought would be the problem was installing ENVTEX grass, but the problem remained after I undid that and reinstalled everything again. So, I'm stuck. I was using v3.4 for 6 months with beautiful green until yesterday when this started showing up, and for the life of me I can't figure this out. Anyone have any ideas? And, yes, I did post this in the ORBX forum, but I thought I'd throw it in here to see if anyone else encountered this difference. This screenshot is from p3d v3, just south of Chicago...but this patchwork seems to be around the region. Thanks, John

From page 38 in the manual: "EGT3_INC, EGT3_DEC: to increase/decrease the timer value or selector handle position EGT4_INC, EGT4_DEC: to add/subtract 5% of the percentage" Is this the way to select the drop % (25-50-75-100) from your controller? Thanks Michael

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that a new version of Live ATC Chatter is coming soon. If you like to listen to ATC Chatter via the browser, this utility allows you to create a few streams and use the radio to access the streams while in flight by typing the chosen frequency. You can certainly do this with your browser, but this method saves time and is more efficient.

I have the iFly GPS App on my mobile device for use in the real world, and I was wondering if anyone has any experience or knows how to connect this app to Prepar3D like you could with the Garmin Pilot app. Thanks, Caleb

Leaving Redding, CA in the Mooney Ovation I headed south towards Charles Schulz Sonoma County. I planned on 7500' cruise but the weather was broken to overcast leaving Redding. I stayed low and once the clouds broke up I climbed to 9500 with a pretty decent ground speed averaging 180 kts. I used the Reality XP GTN 750 with some personal mods I've been working on (they don't work 100% yet but they work pretty well for me). The clouds and skies are default with some tiny HDR post tweaks. Approaching STS I had to divert more south easterly to avoid low hanging clouds over the mountain range. Around the eastern tip of Clear Lake I turned back SW, past Mt St Helena, and then a left base for Ry 14 STS. On the last cockpit shot you can see the RXP GTN is setup to provide a psuedo lateral and vertical path for a visual approach Ry 14 - kinda neat! Anyway hope everyone likes them... Untitled-1 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-2 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-4 by ryan b, on Flickr I really like the lighting in this shot - sort of a broken layer with sunny spots poking through Untitled-6 by ryan b, on Flickr Now climbing above the SCT layer Untitled-8 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-12 by ryan b, on Flickr The Ovation is a real looker! Untitled-11 by ryan b, on Flickr Found a hole for descent Untitled-14 by ryan b, on Flickr At this point I was feeling a little squished by the clouds and the mountain ranges but was able to maintain VFR Untitled-15 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-16 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-18 by ryan b, on Flickr Just north of Clear Lake where I had to turn SE - you can make out the scuddy layer around that mountain - that's where my original course left me Untitled-19 by ryan b, on Flickr They look older lol Untitled-20 by ryan b, on Flickr Leaving the murk behind Untitled-21 by ryan b, on Flickr One more ridge then I should have Sonoma in sight - Mt St Helena in the frame Untitled-22 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-24 by ryan b, on Flickr A change in scenery Untitled-25 by ryan b, on Flickr A little high on final Untitled-27 by ryan b, on Flickr Over the numbers Untitled-28 by ryan b, on Flickr Off to enjoy a wine (or adult beverage lol) Untitled-30 by ryan b, on Flickr

A short trek from O85 (outside of Redding, CA) to Eureka, CA KEKA. I planned a higher cruise but clouds enroute kept me at 12,500. It became gloomy approaching EKA with raindrops falling on my wings on final. Untitled-1 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-2 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-3 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-4 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-6 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-8 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-9 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-10 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-11 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-13 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-14 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-15 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-17 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-18 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-20 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-22 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-24 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-26 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-28 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-29 by ryan b, on Flickr

Hi, today i installed the Update for the A320X (P3D v4.1) and unfortunately Linda doesn't seem to work with the new version. I installed the latest profile and Linda seems to find it (Its preselected in the dropdown near the sync button) but the connection to the aircraft doesn't seem to work (Linda recognizes my buttons and switches but nothing happens in the aircraft). I also recognized that my VRInsight Combo says "Linda Init... FSX Default" instead of the actual name of the aircraft. I'm using the Hotas Warthog + Throttle and the VRInsight Boeing Combo II (None of the devices are working). FSUIPC is updated. It worked perfectly in P3D v3 and it also works with the PMDG 737 in 4.1. Are you aware of the issue or have an idea? Thanks in advance and best regards Florian

https://imgur.com/a/SRAjX AIRAC Cycle 1804 is current, yes?

Imgur is refusing to embed... Leaving at -22° C with the sun beginning to set. https://imgur.com/njBh1Xt https://imgur.com/bVlkoJN https://imgur.com/htkzFjb https://imgur.com/aFkc2Bt https://imgur.com/eO6ipm4 Arriving Denver. https://imgur.com/oM7A8V9

For the past 14 years or so....since I was 15 years old. I always do domestic flight around Europe and then do a long haul flight back to the states on Thanksgiving day. I usually do a lot of Europe flights up until new years day. It started out as a random thing to do because it seemed so new and fresh. (I usually only stay in the states when doing domestic flights). It ended up turning into a tradition of mine. The first flight to start the over the pond season was a flight from Frankfurt to Madrid. I then took a 747 from Madrid to San Francisco. Here are some screenshots of both flights.

A short air taxi flight (to deliver a turkey!). My last screenshot post here for some time! I'll be monitoring the forums! Happy Thanksgiving everyone :) Untitled-2 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-3 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-4 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-5 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-6 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-7 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-8 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-9 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-10 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-11 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-12 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-14 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-15 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-16 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-17 by ryan b, on Flickr Untitled-18 by ryan b, on Flickr