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After a long time and several posts asking about study level aircraft, I finally purchased the PMDG 737-800. I'm totally lost now and have a lot to learn but I'm glad I made the purchase. I was following along with a video and managed to start, taxi and take off. However, I couldn't figure out how to use heading (since I needed to vector) and for some reason the nose pitched down and I crashed due to overspeed.😱 It's all a learning curve though, so Ill get it eventually. I found the PDF and will use that. Video's tend to ramble a bit and I can follow along with a PDF so much better. I just hope it is as good as the one FBW has for their A320. I also purchased A Pilots Life 2 and like what I am seeing so far. Havn't been able to do the first flight due to not knowing how to operate the 738 so can't say much about it right now. Anyway, had to share my excitement. Hopefully Ill complete my first flight tomorrow!

Dear Simmers! I would like to share a story with you all because something has amazed me a lot. And the developer behind this product has shown, an GA Plane can truly become not only study level, but also outstanding visual quality, system depth, immersive and have so many features wich even convinced me, as normally a P3D A320 and PMDG fan, a P3D beta tester, to step out of my comfort zone and fly GA in MSFS. Some of you may know me, some not. I'm a passionated simmer especially in VR. I love being actual "there". The MSFS start was hard, not really convincing for me. I sticked at P3D first, thousands of euros invested in that platform. Some of you know what I'm talking about. Some not, that's ok. But this is NOT about me. It's about a developer and true friend of mine. He became visible to me via P3D Beta testing. His name is @simbol. He is known from products like AILRP (P3D) and also does a lot behind the scenes, out of love, for level42, freedom FOX, immersion packages, etc. Simbol, his passion for development has reached me, other beta testers and others behind that and he has shown us things never shown before. He took us on a trip of his development, made us to beta testers and Involved us beta testers without hesitating, left handed and full of ideas, ups, downs, he worked in night shifts over more then a year, tears, persistence, courage, politeness and never stopped making his dream, development of a very high level Sting S4 GA, for MSFS, come true. When I sleep, he works, and we live in almost the same time zone ;-). We spoke about his plans. It was risky. Because MSFS was full of issues, full of limitations and full of changes from month to month. He was actually trying to develop something on a moving target. We have seen this more often. But Simbol is different. He does not stop. He finds ways of making his ideas come to reality. Simbol is a developer who wants the thing perfectly. No way he would not solve a problem. He has so many contacts. He helps others, others help him. He thought about this all before starting, invested lots of money BEFORE even 1 single copy can get sold. I'm talking about thousands of euros. Something we as users often do not see. Devs need tools, models, licences etc. Expensive stuff. But Simbol didn't hesitate. He got the needed approval of his other half (:-)) and started. He said...I will start developing a plane with features never have seen before. One of his, for me now well known words, from Simbol: "I need learn to walk first, then run!" Well, his learning curve was more like a runner being born. We had contact every single day over the whole development period. I heard him yell, getting angry, being MAD about the lacking SDK, he puked almost every day for the first weeks. But at some day his mind has changed. And then it happened. His positiveness, persistence, emotion, and motivation became to a standard. Since that day his learning curve was steep, the outcome is a masterpiece. I'm not making marketing here. I don't need it (I do this out of my passion as a user to thank him) and he doesn't need it as well. Because he has found his own way to reach his goals. But one thing is important. Money was not the main reason behind this. It was his passion and his dream. That is what he stands for. That is what is making him a top tier developer! Not only his products are great and have outstanding quality. But also his support. I know him. Support is important he told me. "I need to tread my customers well, they make this possible". "And this will help me being successful". That's @simbol! A true one man company delivering his first GA Plane Sting S4 with the quality level at least at PMDG Level or even above! Even I was confessed now, that GA is fun, especially in VR. Yes, the interested simmers need a good performing product too to use it in VR. Here are some features which are only a handful: - Superb textures almost photorealistic - Outstanding Audio\Sounds - Realistic flight dynamics tested by real life pilots - Exact 3d model developed with real data directly from the production company! It can't be done better! - Top notch reflections - Too Notch system depth - A EFB packed full with features like wear and tear, tire pressure related to air temperature, maintenance pages, coolant wear and fill, oil wear and fill, battery drain and needed battery load, etc. Etc.... - Tires can blow at hard landings - tired will wear more of at hard landings, depend on surfaces - tires will drag if to soft - brakes will wear off dependend on your usage. More hard braking is more wear and tear - canopy could be opened at flight and you will get shocked! Sounds are blowing your head of! This is really immersive. How many pilots do forget to close the canopy at hot days - Failures can be used with different features to set - the animations are super smooth, stick, brakepedals etc. - Brake pedal reflection on spring are even modelled! - Rain at the canopy is super real - powerfully 100hp engine fully realistic handling of the plane. - A BRS will save your life when the engine brakesy because you forgot to reduce power? Or did not check the oil? Pull the chute! You will be shocked when the rocket fires the chute out and you thumbling down. -3 realistic flight models. One for the ground handling, one for the flighty one for the chute - and I surely forgot the most to mention here. All of this has convinced me, if a dev puts in his true emotions and passion, the product will be outstanding. Combine this with hard work, more then a year, much more, night shifts, tears, etc.....you will get a study level superb looking GA Plane from a dev who supports you when needed with never seen features before! And this all for Dollar 24,99! Here are some links to convince yourself. Some parachute impressions here Article here FSElite https://fselite.net/content/fsreborn-announces-sting-s4-for-microsoft-flight-simulator-comes-with-full-brs/ Twitch stream 3 hours with Simbol explaining his "Dream"! Not 1 minute boring! Twitch Stream 1 with the developer explaining Today streamed by Twitch Stream 2 by BeMint Discord link to join us and have fun with us https://discord.gg/XC82TqvKQ3 Or at Facebook search for FSReborn I know from him there is more to come....and the quality will for sure be equal to what I've seen here. The features? Under NDA 😉 I wish you all happy flying....and a nice Sunday! Marcus

Hey all! I'm curious to pick the vast knowledge here on Avsim. Mostly I fly G.A. generally A2A airplanes, as they are extremely realistic which I love. Lately I have been getting the itch to fly quicker on vatsim, and higher faster etc. I currently have the A2A connie, This is a perfect airplane (I am an old school steam gauge person) but it isn't that well suited for short hops...Or is it? I purchased recently the extreme prototypes Learjet 25. It is a great plane, but the VC night lighting only has 1 setting, and it is almost too powerful for me at a standard 3-4K FPM climb rates, and almost an instant 300KTS after takeoff I am looking to play around going from KMEM - KDFW or hops as such. (Even KXNA/KLIT to KDFW / KMEM etc) I have been looking at the Aerosoft CRJ7 I have been reading on the forums about it alot. I have seen both sides of the argument, it looks okay but there may be still some bugs here or there. Also it is fully glass and I am not that comfortable flying RNAV / SIDS / Arrival procedures. I looked at the new MD-82 It is more analog but still relies on RNAV to some extent. It also looks like quite an undertaking to learn. Similar story with the Dash - 8 More of a glass cockpit, and larger airplane too. I've looked at king-airs, but it looks like the main "best" one is still being converted to P3Dv4 and that was also equipped with the glass cockpit. I've read that very sadly the Real Air turbine duke is no longer available too. Should I just continue to fly the Conni and my current G.A. fleet around? Or is there another alternative aircraft I haven't heard of? (Keep in mind I would like study level or the closest to it) Thank you much, looking forward to reading what thoughts everyone has!