PhrogPhlyer

Merry Christmas to all of you and your families.

Cost, compared to VR goggles, probably wasn't a consideration. And VR can not give you the total tactile experience of their DIY sim. I applaud their work, amazing.

As both a real world and sim helicopter pilot I believe THE GOTO site for helicopters is HeliSimmer.com. Along with the rest of the site, his How to Fly Helicopters tutorial is the best out there. https://www.helisimmer.com/how-to-fly-helicopters

You should be counter torque with the "anti-torgue" pedals.

Agreed.

Again, that was his decision. I may not agree with it, but I can't dispute that it is his right to do what he did.

ScruffyDuck developed ADE, offered it to all of us for free, and then retired. To say he is being selfish detracts from the years of tireless support he gave the thousands of us who have used ADE through the years. With his retirement, he made a decision not to allow continued development. I believe we all should respect his decision. If people don't like it, then they can put thousands of hours into developing a "free" application for public use, and then sit back and have everyone tell you what's wrong with it and how they could do better if you'd allow it. Again, this is my opinion, which may or may not reflect the opinion of others.

What is disappearing? AI aircraft. your aircraft? What is PT? That will help us to help you.

Another FW/RW jockey here. So much going on in real aviation these days. And the mishaps that always garner attention and discussion.

SkyForce is being retired. https://rexsimulations.com/skyforce.html

Repeating and summarizing the above excellent detailed post. This is common question. Note that is says "visual" procedure. Meaning it is part of an Instrument Approach Procedure, and if when you get to a given point in the approach you can see the airport environment "visually" then you may continue in visual meteorological condition to the landing. But you are still on your instrument approach, unless you cancel you IFR clearance. Good questions, that's what these forums are all about.

A bit of the background into the development of the X-59. https://www.ansys.com/blog/how-simulation-is-helping-to-make-quiet-supersonic-travel-reality

An RVFP approach may be issued as part of an IFR flight plan. An RVFP is not published for public use and the operator is required to have a specific Operations Specification approval. Required ceiling and visibility minima are published on the procedure chart. An RVFP does normally does not have a missed approach procedure and is not evaluated for obstacle protection. This NOT a VFR approach, although it must be flown in VMC and clear of clouds. I've included a link to the Jepp trip kit for Borgata, with more info than you could ever use. https://www.airalandalus.org/sites/default/files/SKBO.pdf

I agree this will be looked at very closely. The deeper question is what parts get inspected, and to what level (visual, dye penetrant, x-ray, in place, removal and reinstall). And which parts should get inspected is always discussion. For example the average fully assembled Airbus A320 aircraft consists of 340,000 parts. A Boeing 737 MAX aircraft consists of 500,000 parts. Most of which are never looked at during the life of an aircraft. https://simpleflying.com/airliners-how-many-parts/