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Enjoy! And if you want a Chinook, the Miltech version is amazing. https://www.miltechsimulations.com/products/miltech-simulations-ch47d

The C-17 is good, but that’s the only default aircraft I use anymore. Most of the others I was interested in (A330, Saab 340) are quite disappointing, still full of issue, and I never fly them.

Toronto Pearson and Cancun would be my two wishes. Both could certainly use an upgrade over the currently available products.

All good for the financial health of our hobby!

Hopefully we get a marketplace update today. While I didn’t preclude buying the L1011 as a marketplace exclusive, I’ll sure be moving my purchase to INI as soon as that option is available.

I’ve had it happen in cruise sometimes, really messes up the autocruise/ time acceleration. Other times it’s perfectly fine though.

A few days in now and I’m quite enjoying the head tracking. I did try the eye tracking in some driving sims but I don’t think it’s for me. With my large display I like to be able to look around it without my eyes moving things. With head tracking only, I’m not noticing any meaningful difference from Track IR, I’m quite happy with my purchase.

I have the TQ6, I use it mostly for GA only as I have other throttles for airliners, helicopters/fighters etc. It does the job for me, and is mechanically very well done and should last a long time. The only issue I ran into was with the desk clamp, I wore one out pretty quick though the replacement seems to be holding strong. I also own the Yoko+ and Ruddo+, and bought both with the expectation they were a long term investment. They seem durable enough for that to be the case. In contrast, I had to open up the first Winctrl Airbus throttle they sent me due to a defect (they expected me to open it up and partially disassemble it to do troubleshooting/testing to diagnose the issue, which is a whole different complaint) and what I saw in there in terms of build quality and materials left a lot to be desired, and made me question the long term durability. You get what you pay for. I too saw the TQ6 Neo and love the idea of having a beta range / gate for turboprops, but I cannot comprehend how it costs $2000. I could see a premium over the TQ6 of course, but 166% more expensive is hard to understand.

Interesting, I’ll send a note to Tobii to make sure it was indeed shipped with the method I paid for. Are you in Canada as well? I have mine straight ahead, but on my desk on the camera tripod adapter. I use the Tobii Display Setup Tool to configure the location I have it sitting on my desk. It took a bit of fiddling but it’s working well now. It’s high enough to clear my hardware for driving and flight simming.

That was my thought. The INI A350 is certainly good enough for my needs (and I expect most people’s needs). What we’re really missing in the Airbus world is a decent A330.

My Tobii arrived yesterday and I spent some time last night getting it setup, figuring out the best desk placement with the tripod etc. Overall I’m pretty happy with it. I got it setup in a few driving sims last night, and tackled MSFS24 this morning. If I’m reading things correctly, it looks like I can’t use the MSFS built in Tobii controls if I have opentrack installed, but I need opentrack for another game I play (Train Sim World) so I’ve gone the opentrack route for MSFS instead. Did a bunch of tweaking this morning and am generally happy with the results, though I’ll likely keep dialling things I as I fly. I’d say the head tracking is pretty comparable to Track IR. Maybe not 100% as precise, but nothing that causes me any concern. I plan to unplug and pack away my TrackIR receiver today. I opted for the $20 express shipping. I ordered it April 3rd, and it arrived yesterday. Interestingly it shipped from Sweden rather the US even though I bought it from the US store. I’m in Canada. Not bad overall given I ordered it at the beginning of Easter weekend, though not the advertised 1-2 business days. Overall I’m quite happy and it’s nice to have head tracking without wearing anything on my head!

After skipping the -600 and the -900, this is the one I've been waiting for.

I’ve never been to any our northern territories before, but would certainly like to one day. It’s a different kind of pretty from a tropical beach for sure, but pretty nonetheless.

Beautiful shot!

Got my third full flight in today and starting to feel more comfortable with it, a few things I’m still not sure about: - I had a few cases where I was descending and the altitude capture did not work, it just kept descending. Not sure if that’s a bug or a feature of an older autopilot. Other times it worked fine. - On final approach, I had a pretty big discrepancy between the PFB calculated Vapp (140) and the speed commanded by the auto throttle in AOA mode / VTH (155). Not sure if this is normal or how close they should be? I disabled the auto throttle and landed at 140 without issues.

I saw that Tobii was on sale 15% off so I went for it, looking forward to some non headphone head tracking! With my desk/monitor setup I also bought a small tripod and the tripod adapter so I’ll need to do some fiddling to get that going but I’m happy to have this heading my way. I prefer simming without headphones so never bothered using my TrackIR with MSFS very often.

Ahh ok, that makes sense! Will give that a shot this afternoon. A rainy long weekend here is perfect for flight simming and getting in some reps in a new aircraft!

i have had that on one flight yes. I’ve come across a few little things (nothing game breaking) but TBH I haven’t flown this enough to be confident they are bugs or something I’ve done wrong. The other one I’ve seen twice now (but not on my first flight) was in the PMS takeoff page, when I enter the GW, fuel and SAT, the number do o appear on the PMS, however the entries seem to be working as it still calculates the correct EPR. Other entries (cruise altitude, BOD figures) work as expected.

The organization of liveries in MSFS2024 is a huge annoyance and the PMDG file structure is particularly annoying. One shortcut I find helpful though is if you type the name of the airline, it will (depending on how the aircraft is named) often show you exactly which aircraft you need to click on to find the particular livery.

I’m looking g forward to SP1, but even as is it’s one of the best airliners in the sim.

Ahh perfect thank you, so VOR on the AFCS utilizes the GPS, that’s what I was missing. Thanks!

Is it possible to switch the autopilot inputs from INS to GPS with both installed? I know there is a switch for NAV/INS but I’m not clear how one would tell the aircraft “ok stop listening to the INS now and start taking horizontal guidance from the GPS instead”. I looked through the manual and couldn’t find an answer to this. “INS (GPS): INS (or GPS) capture and tracking - This switch will display either INS or GPS depending on the navigation instrument option selected in the PFB” Not clear on what happens if both are selected in the PFB.

Ha good one. Forgot what day it was and was looking forward to the fireworks this would bring 😂

Thanks very much for those answers. I’ll look to plan my flights in this without RNAV SIDs and STARs in that case. Or perhaps to bend reality a bit I’ll switch over to the GNS530 for terminal procedures. Is there a way to set up a Simbrief profile so it knows you are not RNAV equipped?

No time for a full flight tonight unfortunately, but I did do an initial preflight and take-off…very nice on first impression! It took a bit of reading to figure out the PMS and INS setup, but I stumbled through it and had my aircraft flying toward the first INS point when I had to shut down the sim so I’ll call that a day 1 success. One thing I was wondering, how would pilots deal with a last minute change of STAR / approach with the INS? I can’t imagine trying to punch in a bunch of coordinates on the fly in congested air space. Or was it the case that most STARs from this era were simpler / more VOR based? Or was ATC more likely to just give vectors?