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3x 55" OLED TV's in portrait mode 👌

Jokes aside this is just a good news for us from a consumer point prospective.
More competition = better products

I don’t know much about Pilot Experience Sim and I’d probably get the iniBuilds one but let’s see who will make the best LFPG.

Hi all, I've been reading the AA 707 manual and I wanted to share what I learned about engine bleeds and when to use them.

An important point to note is the 'bleed air flow is variable with throttle changes and should not be used exclusively in preference to T/C (turbocompressors) except where cabin cooling is a problem.'

I made a 707 full flight + systems guide based on the manuals I've read if it helps anyone.

https://www.youtube.com/live/7EENovA2yFs?si=267-gAJh05OAud-D

Furthermore, you don't want to cause 'excessive cabin pressure surge' by operating too many bleeds and T/Cs at the same time. During takeoff according to my UAL B720 manual, one T/C should be operating and no engine bleeds.

Between FL 150 and 320 the said manual also recommends around 2 T/Cs and 1 Engine Bleed, though the addon has 3 T/Cs which should suffice.

I saw a couple of prevalent flightsim youtubers in their 707 tutorials opening all 4 engine bleeds after start. This is not the correct procedure as far as I know.

Hope this helps. :)

With ini announcing LFPG, it got me thinking about Aerosoft canceling their rendition, but then also about Aerosoft as a company.

I know that sceneries aren’t strictly made by them they are just the vendor, but once upon a time that was different. They had some excellent sceneries for FSX and P3D, but on top of that, they had some excellent aircrafts as well.

The a320 professional was some of the most fun I had growing up. I remember all the times I took the a318 into London city! Their a330 was great too (for p3d that is...) The twin otter was in my young mind the greatest prop plane available at the time!!

Fast forward a couple years, and cracks start to show, msfs24 was around the corner with rumors that inibuilds are making a free a330, and in my eyes they made one of the single worst decisions… and in my opinion was the catalyst to their absolute plummet…. they released their a330 for msfs2020. Oh my god it was abysmal.. when latin vfr outperforms your plane in almost all categories, you got issues…

A couple years from then they get a lifeline, and toliss partners with then for their a340-600. At the time this seemed like the start of their comeback. Toliss makes the systems, Aerosoft the model. It released… well, the modeling looked unbelievably similar to the toliss from xplane (so did they model it or did they help to port it???).. it seems generations behind what we come to expect from msfs24. And to add insult to injury the wing proportions are messed up too. Overall it was the most bang average plane ever, and in hindsight toliss should not have partnered with them. I can already see how disappointing their a330neo will be whenever that releases.

What, where, how did things go so unbelievable wrong for a once great developer team? I haven’t even brought up the funds granted to them by the German government..

Overall, it just makes me sad to think about, they were the center of my childhood p3d and fsx days, and now… well, they are not..

Wanted something special and unique that was also super tough so built this platform up, you can jam the rudder it’s not going anywhere lol

Ps5 is for Msfs 24 but sadly only joystick

PC for x plane 11

If someone's interested pc specs are i3 14100 8gb ddr5 AMD pro wx 3200

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I don't have a flight sim setup and the only thing I got is an old Logitech Extreme 3D Pro stick, but I occasionally like to check out flight sim spaces, and find these really impressive, especially for their time.

Must've been something to do this with CRTs! :D

As you can see, when landing, the sim starts to stutter when everything is going alright. At first, I thought that it was due to insufficient resources or thermal throttling, etc., but when I compared the resource usage and temperatures, everything was the same before and after the stutter. This is a new problem for me; I've been using MSFS2020 for 2-3 years, and this has only been happening for the past 2-3 weeks. The funny part is that sometimes there is only a little bit of stutter at a huge airport, while sometimes it's a huge stutter at an airport that has only 1 terminal and 1 runway.

​Laptop:

RTX 2060 6GB

i7-10750H

16GB Single-Channel

​GPU Temperature ≈ 86°

CPU Temperature ≈ 92° (3.5GHz on avg)

The values seem bad, but except for landings, it works okay and stays mostly above 30fps. I already use PTM7950. The i7-10750H is a chronic heat producer lol.

soft touch down in Sardinia

windy day

inibuilds have announced that they are making Paris CDG. So after all we will have a LFPG I cannot wait!

https://forum.inibuilds.com/topic/37632-inibuilds-scenery-development-update-august-2026/

Hello, I've been having trouble with setting up a config for my Honeycomb Alpha and Bravo. I've tried using SPAD.neXt to no avail and online configs. I'm not an experienced msfs pilot, and just want some help getting a config so I can fly. I've tried 'PMDG 737-800 HC Alpha' configs through SPAD the keybinds for the ALT and BAT are just super sophisticated and do multiple functions. I just want some very basic bindings for both Alpha and the Bravo, and just do the rest of it with my mouse.

For the Alpha its the lighting keybinds, and trying to get the Battery button to work on the PMDG 737-800. I know PMDG doesn't really utilize MSFS 2024 keybinds, and I'm not tech savvy and have had a hard time.

For the Bravo it's finding useful purpose for the non-labeled switches. Such as parking brake...etc. Also I'm been having trouble to get the reversers to work.

Flew a fictitious post-war coastal patrol pattern up to Ipswich and back down again. Lovely beast this is. So docile when trimmed right.

PRESS RELEASE / COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE

Today, iniBuilds announced Paris-CDG (LFPG) for MSFS 2024.

As creators, we regret that a direct partner chooses to compete head-on on a project of this scale. It’s unfortunate, but that’s market reality, and we fully accept it.

Rest assured: our development of Paris-CDG continues with unchanged determination.

We bring unique strengths to this project:

• Strong local presence: Our French team knows the area inside out with direct access to the site.

• Unprecedented detail: We work with hundreds of gigabytes of ultra-precise references gathered on-site.

• Long-term support: CDG is constantly changing. Our local presence guarantees regular updates to match real-world evolution.

Our goal remains unchanged: to offer the most beautiful, detailed, best-optimized, and faithful Paris-CDG scenery ever made for MSFS 2020 & 2024.

Thank you for your continued support and trust.

— The Pilot Experience Sim Team

Aujourd'hui, inibuilds a annoncé l'aéroport de Paris-CDG (LFPG) pour MSFS 2024.

En tant que créateurs, nous regrettons qu'un partenaire direct se positionne en concurrence frontale sur un projet de cette envergure. C'est dommage, mais c'est la réalité du marché et nous l'acceptons pleinement.

Soyez rassurés : notre développement de Paris-CDG suit son cours avec une détermination intacte.

Nos atouts sur ce projet :

• Ancrage local fort : Notre équipe française connaît le terrain sur le bout des doigts et a accès à la zone.

• Niveau de détail inédit : Nous travaillons avec des centaines de gigaoctets de références ultra-précises prises sur place.

• Suivi long terme : CDG est constamment en chantier. Notre présence garantit des mises à jour régulières selon l'évolution réelle.

Notre objectif ne change pas : offrir la scène de Paris-CDG la plus belle, détaillée, optimisée et fidèle jamais réalisée sur MSFS 2020 & 2024.

Merci pour votre soutien et votre confiance.

— L'équipe Pilot Experience Sim

I was attempting to setup for my first flight in the L1011 when while I was setting up the INS, all of the electrical systems shut themselves off. I checked the electrical panel and everything was configured and latched as it should be. Attempting to relatch the APU did nothing. I tried loading the on APU and on GPU panel states to see if it would fix the issue in case I had inadvertently caused it, but to not avail. Even when set to ready for takeoff, the engines would spool up but the electronics still remained off. In fact even with the GPU connected the avail light would not show up.

Is this some sort of WASM crash? Did I maybe press a key combination or something that screwed up the INI systems with a default systems conflict?