Microsoft Flight Sim 2020

[DBFlyguy]

 

[DBFlyguy]

P-40F (Merlin engine) coming to MSFS:

 

 

 

Also, today is the day!!! 40th Anniversary edition of MSFS drops in about 30 minutes

Edited November 11, 2022 by DBFlyguy

[CanadaOne]

1 hour ago, DBFlyguy said:

P-40F (Merlin engine) coming to MSFS:

 

I'll take a look. The Iris PC-21 might be a purchase when it comes into the marketplace. I like the combination of the modern cockpit and the prop engine.

 

 

1 hour ago, DBFlyguy said:

Also, today is the day!!! 40th Anniversary edition of MSFS drops in about 30 minutes

 

 

Downloading now.

 

(I think I am, not really sure what's going on...)

Edited November 11, 2022 by CanadaOne

[DBFlyguy]

I'm downloading now as well, speed is really good, should be done shortly

[Bremspropeller]

What does the 40yr edition do?

[DBFlyguy]

6 minutes ago, Bremspropeller said:

What does the 40yr edition do?

 

Brings sailplanes and helos officially into the sim as well as several legacy and new aircraft, scenery and other major core updates:

 

 

 

Edited November 11, 2022 by DBFlyguy

[AndyJWest]

Lots to look at. I'll start at the beginning* with the Wright Flyer. 

 

*Sadly, we still can't emulate Cayley's coachman. ?

[CanadaOne]

Okay, now it's actually downloading. Not sure what was going on before. 

 

Looking forward to the helo support. I have the HPG145 and it's already great. If this makes it better, fine with me. 

[JimTM]

1 hour ago, CanadaOne said:

Okay, now it's actually downloading. Not sure what was going on before. 

 

Looking forward to the helo support. I have the HPG145 and it's already great. If this makes it better, fine with me. 

 

They had a server issue.

 

I tried the Bell 407 and it felt quite good; although I did not really feel any ETL as the speed built after liftoff (I have the flight model set to Modern). I'll have to try it again later and see if the ETL is there. -> Nope, I still don't feel it like in the DCS Huey.

 

Does anyone know how to set the force trim for the cyclic? I tried setting the rotor trim controls and turned on Force Trim in the cockpit, but no response.

Edited November 11, 2022 by JimTM

[DBFlyguy]

Really pleased with the update so far! A ton of nostalgia and I finally can fly a C-47/DC-3 around in a modern game...while we continue to wait for the GB one ?  They've also got a nice video series for the study level A310 included in the update:

 

 

Edited November 11, 2022 by DBFlyguy

[AndyJWest]

Don't think I'll use this for sightseeing. ?

[343KKT_Kintaro]

4 hours ago, AndyJWest said:

Don't think I'll use this for sightseeing

 

 

No... use it for a centennial celebration instead (that's 5 years away!).

 

[Blooddawn1942]

Use the periscope. At least you have a snippet of what's happening in front of You. ?

[Bremspropeller]

Anybody tried the A310 yet? It has been quite impressive in xplane.

[SYN_Vander]

This is the best new feature, by far ?. I still have my manuals from FS4 so I'm good to go.

Edited November 12, 2022 by SYN_Vander

[ZachariasX]

The gliders and thermals are outwardly amazing... If *THAT* is their first shot at thermal soaring... just wow... I just set generic nice weather prestets and thermals are mostly where they are in real life.

 

The only thing that is needed now is more air traffic. Get towed at 10 am to the ridge where they all pick up their first thermal and there should be about a dozen of gliders, half of whom absolutely don't see you. There should be a collison detection as well.

[Blooddawn1942]

Is there an option to use the winch instead of the tow plane? By default I always start with a tow plane in front of the glider. Would love to choose the winch. 

[AndyJWest]

Screenshot sponsored by Pratt & Whitney.

 

The hat is a nice touch. Morse key doesn't work though, so I want my money back...

 

Mr Hughes' exercise in making himself happy through spending lots of other peoples' money flies much as you would expect. Sedately, but with purpose.

 

 

 

 

[Enceladus828]

Fun fact, I've actually been in the Spruce Goose. When I was 6, my family did a road trip through Washington and Oregon and we visited the Evergreen Museum. I got a Spruce Goose model which I still have after all these years. I also sat in the cockpit of an SR-71 Blackbird and stood underneath the bomb-bay of a B-25. 

 

A very memorable experience there ?

[SYN_Vander]

1 hour ago, Blooddawn1942 said:

Is there an option to use the winch instead of the tow plane? By default I always start with a tow plane in front of the glider. Would love to choose the winch. 

Yes, there is an option tab under liveries. In fact you can choose from three different winches!

[Blooddawn1942]

23 minutes ago, SYN_Vander said:

Yes, there is an option tab under liveries. In fact you can choose from three different winches!

Great! Thank You so much. 

[Bremspropeller]

1 hour ago, AndyJWest said:

Screenshot sponsored by Pratt & Whitney.

 

How many horses can you fit into a single picture...

[Rothary]

Have to say I'm quite disappointed with the visual quality of the DC-3, which is a shame since it was the thing I was looking forward to the most. Was hoping it'd have been similar visual quality as the Ju-52 was but no. I cannot sit in the cockpit especially in VR without noticing all the clipping meshes and how there isn't even space for my legs between the seat and the yoke. Externally a lot of rivet textures especially on the nose are stretched and for some reason all bare metal surfaces look like they've been smeared with mud instead of being clean and polished. To be blunt, especially in VR it basically feels like sitting in a DC-3-shaped eyesore. The C-47 cockpit in IL-2 seems far superior in quality imo.

[AndyJWest]

2 minutes ago, Rothary said:

Have to say I'm quite disappointed with the visual quality of the DC-3, which is a shame since it was the thing I was looking forward to the most. Was hoping it'd have been similar visual quality as the Ju-52 was but no. I cannot sit in the cockpit especially in VR without noticing all the clipping meshes and how there isn't even space for my legs between the seat and the yoke. Externally a lot of rivet textures especially on the nose are stretched and for some reason all bare metal surfaces look like they've been smeared with mud instead of being clean and polished. To be blunt, especially in VR it basically feels like sitting in a DC-3-shaped eyesore. The C-47 cockpit in IL-2 seems far superior in quality imo.

 

From a very brief test, the flight model seemed weird too. Probably OK for the average civvy simmer who doesn't test the edge of the envelope too much, but disappointing.

[DD_Arthur]

Just now, Rothary said:

Have to say I'm quite disappointed with the visual quality of the DC-3, which is a shame since it was the thing I was looking forward to the most. Was hoping it'd have been similar visual quality as the Ju-52 was but no. I cannot sit in the cockpit especially in VR without noticing all the clipping meshes and how there isn't even space for my legs between the seat and the yoke. Externally a lot of rivet textures especially on the nose are stretched and for some reason all bare metal surfaces look like they've been smeared with mud instead of being clean and polished. To be blunt, especially in VR it basically feels like sitting in a DC-3-shaped eyesore. The C-47 cockpit in IL-2 seems far superior in quality imo.

 

Yes, it's not a particularly wonderful model anyway but have you checked the market place for the large 4k upgrade that is available for it?

[Rothary]

4 hours ago, DD_Arthur said:

 

Yes, it's not a particularly wonderful model anyway but have you checked the market place for the large 4k upgrade that is available for it?

I have and I have to admit I didn't really notice any difference. I've also tried adjusting world scale to make the cockpit more realistic scale in VR, but even at a scale where the seats feels comically large, there still isn't enough room for my legs between the yoke and the seat, which bothers me too much for me to fly it at least in VR.

[ZachariasX]

Adding thermals really took this thing to a whole new level. Just made some generic good weather... and I just could do flights the same way I did in real life.

 

 

The mountains Speer (the higer one that's close) and Säntis (the snowy one in the background) as references... Here, what's missing is the traffic of the rest of the flying club that are working their way up in the same thermal. Other gliders commonly the best reference for thermals. NB birds are as well. As long as you stay below the ridge, they often will join in. There are usually some red kites that are quiet observant of gliders, paragliders etc. The one that climbs best is always the biggest attractor of other thingy flying. Red kites don't mind getting rather close to gliders.

 

 

Default scenery has gotten rather good as well.

 

 

In real life I always found this cliff scary. When you circle the ridge and you cross from the south (left) to north (right), in one second from (usually too) little altitude above ground, you have one kilometer air below you. I usually am not prone to vertigo, but looking straight down that cliff is something.

 

Meteorological divides are usually more than what meets the eye just on their own. But I got my worst airprox here. just creeping over the ridge after coming is as on the pic, *WHAAAAAAAAAAMMMMM!* had an F-5E pass to the left and to the right, crossing the ridge going south while zooming up from down in the valley. I was dead center of the element of the flight (a Patroille in SAF-speak), the other two passing more distant. I'll never forget the look of leading pilot that passed me to the right. The closest I ever got to a Tiger II with engines on. I must have made the same face as he had. That's when I went back to have some beer and called it a day. 20 years ago, they were free to fly like pigs in the Air Force and buzzing valleys was an integral part of the game. Not so much anymore.

 

Also, finally we have weather that more easily overrides the engine capability of common GA planes and a good strategy and flight path pays off way more even in common GA planes than it did before. Especially for mountain flying where not just altitude is an issue.

[Lusekofte]

Damn sh****gs , I was sooooo over this sim. And you brought me back

[AndyJWest]

Looking for some live-weather MSFS gliding prospects right now. If I don't cheat with the time of day, New Zealand seems the best bet, though the wind seems to be all over the place and ridge lift might be tricky to find.

[Lusekofte]

4 minutes ago, AndyJWest said:

Looking for some live-weather MSFS gliding prospects right now. If I don't cheat with the time of day, New Zealand seems the best bet, though the wind seems to be all over the place and ridge lift might be tricky to find.

Imagine if one could say that as a real life glider pilot 

[Hoots]

12 hours ago, 216th_Lusekofte said:

Imagine if one could say that as a real life glider pilot 

Oh god I wish. 

[Boogdud]

On 11/12/2022 at 1:18 PM, Rothary said:

Have to say I'm quite disappointed with the visual quality of the DC-3

Did you go to the marketplace and download the 4k texture pack 'upgrade'? I know the DC-3 and 310 default interiors are limited by console, so they put an upgraded version in the store as a free download.

 

Edit: crap I see someone else already mentioned it. I still need coffee.

 

Anyway, back on topic, does anyone have any recommendations for airports/hospitals/oil docks with helipads?

Edited November 14, 2022 by Boogdud

[Veteran66]

next for MSFS2020 from Aeroplane Heaven

https://www.facebook.com/Aeroplaneheaven/

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[CanadaOne]

Need that puppy in DCS and/or IL2.

[Hoots]

46 minutes ago, CanadaOne said:

Need that puppy in DCS and/or IL2.

There’s a team doing a mod for DCS. Looks pretty good so far. Probably a good way off though. 
 

this one…

https://forum.dcs.world/topic/288121-project-lancaster/

Edited November 15, 2022 by Hoots
Stopped being lazy and got the link

[343KKT_Kintaro]

In the city of Hamilton, Ontario, there's the "Valiant Effort" project, but seems to be an abandoned project for two years now...

 

 

[DD_Arthur]

Gliders are the star of the show imo.  For any real life glider pilots out there I'd like to apologise in advance for the landing.....

  

 

[Bremspropeller]

8 minutes ago, DD_Arthur said:

Gliders are the star of the show imo.  For any real life glider pilots out there I'd like to apologise in advance for the landing.....

 

Which one? ?

 

As a hint: The yellow triangle on top of the ASI (95kph) is your suggested minimum approach airspeed - maybe 10kph on top for wife and kids at max. ?

Edited November 15, 2022 by Bremspropeller

[DD_Arthur]

19 minutes ago, Bremspropeller said:

Which one? ?

 

[JimTM]

1 hour ago, DD_Arthur said:

Gliders are the star of the show imo.  For any real life glider pilots out there I'd like to apologise in advance for the landing.....

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Blame it on that guy playing the Theremin on the radio for the whole flight!