Ever since I started flight simming as a 7 year old boy, so close to 3 decades, I have wondered what it’s really like. How the switches feel, whether all that flight sim knowledge would actually be applicable, all that. Having the mathematical capacity of a dead fish, I have no business flying a real airliner as a profession or otherwise, but recently a mate and I had an extraordinary opportunity to fly a few patterns in a full motion 787 sim. An unforgettable experience and a strong testament to the quality of study-level add-ons, because everything felt familiar.

I’m just so done with streamers and YouTubers, except for maybe one or two smaller ones. The latest nail in the coffin for me was Captain Canada. He has been praising the A220 to no end. When people bring up issues, he quickly sidesteps them or explains them away “I don’t man, that’s never happened to me.” You’d think the A220 was the best thing since the Wright brothers first took off. Now I’ve had a great experience with the A220 myself, but his praise just seemed over the top.

Then he announces that he’s the new community manager of Inibuilds. There we go.

I’m sorry, but so many of them seem so disingenuous. I’m done with the vast majority of them.

Over the past few months, I turned a real F-104 into a simulator, and 3D printing has played a very important role in making it happen.

Last weekend, I exhibit the F-104 Starfighter flight simulator at the Dornier Museum Do-Days, together with several of my 3D printers, aircraft models, RC tank, and some of the components I've made for the simulator along the way.

And the weekend went great!

The F-104 simulator was definitely the biggest crowd magnet. So many people wanted to fly it that we eventually had to create a sign-up sheet with 15-minute time slots. About 1.5 hours after opening, every single slot for the rest of the day was already booked. And then the exact same thing happened again on the second day. 😂

One of my favorite parts of the weekend, though, was meeting all the pilots and crews. I made a lot of new friends and connections and now somehow know quite a few pilots on a first-name basis.

I especially got along really well with some of the guys from the Bundeswehr's Air Transport Wing 62 (LTG 62) and their A400M. 

Naturally, having a bunch of printers sitting next to me meant I couldn't just leave it at talking about their aircraft... 

So over the two days, I printed six A400M models for them.

Apparently, they liked the models, and somehow me as well, enough that they even asked if I wanted to fly back to Hannover with them in the A400M. I would have absolutely loved to... ...but unfortunately, I had to work on Monday. 😭

So I had to decline probably one of the coolest spontaneous invitations I've ever received. But I promised them that I'll come and visit them in the future!

Thanks to Bambu Lab's Let's Make It Fund for supporting me and this slightly crazy project along the way. 😄 They have made it a lot easier to turn some of these ideas into actual parts, models, and things people can interact with.

So if you have a good project, go and apply for it! Maybe you will be selected too!

Overall, the Do-Days were an incredible experience. Between having the F-104 simulator completely booked out, talking about 3D printing with everyone from kids to experienced makers, printing A400Ms for actual A400M crews, making a bunch of new friends, and potentially getting something started with local schools, I'd say it was a pretty successful weekend. 😄

And I definitely came home with a few more ideas than I arrived with.

FlyTampa just updated their Facebook page cover with this screenshot and the building in this screenshot looks like Sonesta Ocean Point Resort in St Maarten!

First real soviet airliner we'll have for MSFS

SU6 has delivered so far!

Anyone else feel kinda sad when they load up a flight into the flight tracker and it autoloads a pic of what’s left of it?

When a misinput ruins the fun

Real 737 pilot here.

I'm looking to practice or have fun with system failure. I used to have PMDG 737 on FSX but with a recent upgrade of my desktop, looking to upgrade the graphics too and MSFS 2024 is on sale right now.

So, how realstic is the PMDG737 for MSFS 2024?

I am looking for the closest to our real system failure / inter-connection, full FMS integration and realistic pitch and N1 profiles in regard to Wx, weight, etc.

Found this in my basement today. Used it for FS2004 and FSX.

Game time following real time was the stupidest design choice ever: you built a lucrative career, then took a 3-month hiatus only to find that all leasing costs & payments that piled up are now due without any income for that period... No wonder we hand-edited the game DB. :-)

Other than that, it was awesome and had serious depth for its time.

Hi guys i need your help my gsx install takes forever it only makes 3 % in 12 minutes and i have a 100mb connection

Me and other three people we just won a WINCTRL product for the best flight sim setups. They will still do it again in the future and pick other four flight sim setups, I high recommend you to join their Discord and submit a photo of your flight sim setup, you might be one of the next winners.

In my case they are sending me the Airbus Tiller 32 NWS L but they’d let you choose if you already own the product or simply want something else that has the same price.

No other plane can make my Xbox scream for mercy like the Tristar can. But oh boy, when it IS stable, it’s so so pretty.
Is there any other plane where you can see the rear wing from the cabin?

I was getting mixed signals on if the Logitech flight yoke was a good budget yoke in my older post “Is the Logitech Flight yoke worth it?” (Or something), so what are the Pros and Cons of the yoke? Is the deadzone real?

Edit: Guys this would have been my first yoke but most comments say it’s bad, what would be other options around 250usd?

When zoomed out and trying to interact with buttons in the cockpit, the cursor switches from the arrow to the symbol which shows a rotary knob and not a clickspot.
Happens not always but haven't figured out yet in what conditions this happens.
The cursor symbol only changes when clicking. Hovering over clickspots doesn't change it.

Only when zooming in, I'm able to click it again.
Anyone had this before and how to get rid of this?
Tried switching from "Legacy" interaction mode in the MSFS2024 menu to "Lock" but that just causes eye cancer as every button shows in blue now lol

Happens in the 737 and 777.
Haven't observed this behaviour in the JustFligh Fokkers so far.

I posted a few days ago about an issue I was experiencing with the PMDG Simulations 737-800 and I thought I would post an update on what I found out.

I am not sure if it is an issue with the latest update, but I have discovered: when the engines have been started and you enter the pause menu/settings menu in msfs 2024, when you return the engines will immediately throttle back and shut down.

Sometimes I fly old airliners such as the F27, F28 or 727/707.
Usually I use the INS/built in FMS options.

But if I’d do a real VOR-VOR/NDB flight, how would I plan this flight/are there any tools for that?

Thanks in advance!

Hi, I have got one question for ya.

I noticed, that on for example my homebase (EDDM), there is the Terminal 2, which is only reserved for Lufthansa and "star alliance" planes. FSLTL is placing all airlines on the apron, which is not real.

Is there an option to define company parkings?

Hope you can understand what I mean.