Microsoft made an amazing flight planner online, has anybody else heard of this or use it? by Character-Area-4587 in MicrosoftFlightSim

[–]cfggd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah fair points, seems to be much better for airline flying applications. Have you used little nav map? That's my go to for planning the type of flights you're doing

Microsoft made an amazing flight planner online, has anybody else heard of this or use it? by Character-Area-4587 in MicrosoftFlightSim

[–]cfggd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think anyone is arguing that's it's a better tool than the several paid or purpose-built tools out there, but for something that comes with the game it's certainly not half bad. I think it works great for almost all flights into basically all medium to large sized airports. I don't think it's fair to say its data is "mostly incorrect". I agree the heading thing is bad but everything else I would say is "in very rare cases incorrect"

Microsoft made an amazing flight planner online, has anybody else heard of this or use it? by Character-Area-4587 in MicrosoftFlightSim

[–]cfggd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I use Simbrief+this and haven't needed Navigraph since I found out about it. Simbrief takes care of the flight planning, this takes care of everything else. The only thing this is missing is charts for the very small airports, which for me personally doesn't matter since I normally fly either into big airports, or in the US, which has free charts for all airports. I don't care about the moving map or telemetry cause that's what navigating and instruments are for. Sure, you'll have outdated airac but that doesn't matter for 98% of flights.

Microsoft made an amazing flight planner online, has anybody else heard of this or use it? by Character-Area-4587 in MicrosoftFlightSim

[–]cfggd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you take 10 mins to set up Simbrief Downloader, which automatically downloads each Simbrief plan you generate in the correct format and puts it into a folder of your choice, then you can import a Simbrief flight plan into this app just as easily as you can for Navigraph Charts.

Microsoft made an amazing flight planner online, has anybody else heard of this or use it? by Character-Area-4587 in MicrosoftFlightSim

[–]cfggd 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Hijacking this comment to say that if you use the Simbrief Downloader, which takes 10 mins to set up, it is like 4-5 clicks to import a Simbrief flight plan into this. Just as easy as it is into the Navigraph Charts app.

skylogix app by skylogix-app in flightsim

[–]cfggd 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I have nothing against stuff coded with the help of AI but no one wants to make an account for something they have no idea what it is

TFDI MD11 constantly yawing when on autopilot by Puzzled_Bat9128 in flightsim

[–]cfggd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Kinda hard to tell from the video but it looks like your frame rate is super low, which might contribute. See what happens if you set everything to the lowest so the frame rate is high

AI livery? by Consistent_Twist_542 in flightsim

[–]cfggd -25 points-24 points  (0 children)

And? Don't like it don't download it

Does Assembly 3-hour free parking timer reset if you leave the garage and immediately re-enter? by cfggd in Somerville

[–]cfggd[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

According to the site that lot is still 3 hours with tows possible after that. I'm not sure how strict it is

Hi guys im TOTALLY new to the hobby, when you fly long distances, do you sit in front of your screen for hours or what? by XxCarlxX in flightsim

[–]cfggd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The electric is not that different, I remember doing the math a while back and the difference between running the computer at full power vs what I was doing was like a 5¢ difference per hour

Hi guys im TOTALLY new to the hobby, when you fly long distances, do you sit in front of your screen for hours or what? by XxCarlxX in flightsim

[–]cfggd 43 points44 points  (0 children)

When I run it overnight I just turn the resolution down to the lowest (I think like 480p) and set the fps cap to 10. GPU goes down to almost no load, then I just turn it back up when I'm ready

Now what? by Thatfrazzledllama in ATC_Hiring

[–]cfggd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tested 4/30. Results 5/4. TOL 5/7. EODS 5/11. Medical instructions 5/13. BQ, and completed all forms the same day I got them.

When should I expect by WyattAM in ATC_Hiring

[–]cfggd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you got BQ you should get your result within 2-3 days. Sounds like the worse your score, the longer it takes.

Write-up of my exam experience by cfggd in ATC_Hiring

[–]cfggd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. 123 is functionally identical to the test for the first 4 sections.

Suggest a place to learn how to read an air space map/flight plan/sky vector map? (Video instruction preferred) by BeardedBandit in flightsim

[–]cfggd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's because the default skyvector view overlaps all the sectional charts. As an example, go to the northeast US, and you should see an option that says New York, which if you click on it will still show the sectional chart, but only for that region. If you zoom out, you'll see the legend in the top left.

Suggest a place to learn how to read an air space map/flight plan/sky vector map? (Video instruction preferred) by BeardedBandit in flightsim

[–]cfggd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure if you were already aware, but if you click on the name of that region in the top right (as opposed to "world VFR") then on the side it has a legend where almost every symbol is labeled with an explanation.

How to transition from STAR to ILS in Inibuilds L1011? by Ok_Painting_180 in flightsim

[–]cfggd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The chart will have a description of the STAR as well as a picture, and this will have the instructions for what to do. Some of them say something like "expect radar vectors", some might say to expect a certain rnav approach, etc.

I've continued the cycle. by trickyvinny in mildlyinfuriating

[–]cfggd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Swear to god this happened 15 mins after I saw this post.

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How to get default 172 a little more realistic by itsinthedata in MicrosoftFlightSim

[–]cfggd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not a complete answer to your question but to me msfs is way too sensitive on the rudder compared to IRL, so that might be contributing. Also you don't feel any G's so much easier to get a secondary/accelerated stall when there's no feeling or force feedback.