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I got myself a Virpil collective and stick (the basic ones) for Christmas because they were having a big sale. I got the higher end base for the stick, though. I am still using the cheap logitech pedals. I'm thinking about a pedal upgrade, but I really can't decide what I would get ifI pull the trigger ... so many good options.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Wow, thanks!

Thanks for the suggestion, it's not the first time someone has mentioned that. I've tried to get better, and it would seem like a pretty simple thing to do, I even have a button mapped to my stick that will pop us in and out of the cockpit. But, particularly when I'm handflying (as opposed to using AP), it's a lot harder than one might think to try to navigate, track my notes, watch all my gauges, fly the plane, keep the conversation going AND remember to switch views ... much less stay outside of the plane for more than few seconds. I'm going to keep pushing myself because there are definitely a lot of spots where the views are better when we hop out. Thanks for dropping a line and I hope to see you around!

I was shocked when I saw how beautiful that place was.

Very nice!

I was hoping I wouldn't have to clean up after that one.

@@MSFSFlightPlansNick your flying skills continue to grow with each video I watch!

Yeah, I leave the Mamu packs in all the time so I don't know what is default and what it adds. I'm trying to think if I've seen a bunch of powerlines in the UK and where they would have been ... regardless, if you're not seeing them anywhere at all it sounds like something is amiss.

@@MSFSFlightPlans Can you suggest an area were you know defiantly were these power lines from Mamu would be so i can give it a go and defiantly see if they are in the same space as yours then i can say if i have an issue?

Yep, take our Ark of Kentucy flight in a chopper or bush plane (short runway). I did a group flight with one of our members and she couldn't see the powerlines in the cleared corridor we were using for VFR routing. She didn't have the pack installed. The vid is short(er), and I point them out while we're going along, so you'll know precisely where they should be.

Yeah man, VERY cool.

You can get it in the sim, it's one of the Local Legneds. The float variant comes with it.

I put it on the hit list!

@@MSFSFlightPlans I went there again today and found a POI called Reggio di Venaria that’s cool too.

The only thing I can think is that it is supposed to be swirl marks that you would see from a distance .... like outside the plane. But even that wouldn't be worth the price of getting hit in the face with that mess from INSIDE the plane.

@@MSFSFlightPlans I thought it was supposed to be wear and tear.

I do think it's supposed to be wear and tear. I think it's ok with a little, but when it disrupts the view it's overdone.

Window scratches suck so much.

If you guys haven't seen it already, there is a clean glass mod from JayDee at .to that takes care of it for most planes. I see it has been updated to include the P-47. I failed to update my file before that flight (naturally). But it covers most of the planes in the sim. flightsim.to/file/5453/jd-clean-glass-mod-all-aircrafts

Are you clicking and holding or just clicking? If you just click (and then release) it will activate. But if you hold it will move the map around.

@@MSFSFlightPlans Just tried and even a short click does nothing, i don't see the crosshair to move the line about. All i see is the little hand from the mouse click, weird. No worries.

Jeez, that is definitely strange. Unless you just installed it (or maybe even if you did), I might try totally deleting the app and reinstalling it.

@@MSFSFlightPlans Thanks for your help, i will look into it.

Thanks, Ress!

I don't know how some of these sim maps are still this bad. Lots of "missing" places in the sim look fine in Bing, Google, and whatever LittleNavMap is using.

@@MSFSFlightPlans Don't know. I have noticed that when I zoom all the way in the world map in the sim you can see ugly squares of missing data. While you zoom out a bit it looks better. But those areas usually are very bad in the sim. I have always thought it is because of bad weather and clouds covering the ground. Sometimes maybe of security or military reasons.

Right! Russia and China seem to have extremely poor coverage. But you know the US military can see every square millimeter in perfect resolution.

I bookmarked it on the satellite image at the end so you can find it without much straining. I'm pretty sure it's still there.

Yeah, I hear you, brother. People always gape when I tell them how much I spend simming. But I don't golf, hunt, drive a fancy car, or even eat out much. This is what I love and I'm a tightwad in every other area of my life. I don't think the EFB was working at all in that plane, btw.

@@MSFSFlightPlans Nice yeah it not cheap, I hope to be able to get back to flying sim wise with some upgrades when possible. Glad you're using and getting a lot from the Siming - it is amazing what's possible these days & thanks for sharing it all. 👍

HG! What's up? Some structures on the fringes are still flat, most of the buildings are still defaultish, but it's passable now. They threw in a few landmarks, too. The big thing for me was the cliffs and terrain relief.

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Imagine being the guys stranded on that place in 1840?

Thanks ✌

Oh man! That is PRECISELY the kind of stuff we need to be scoping out. I'll put it on our hit-list.

@@MSFSFlightPlans Cool!👌 In the meantime, here's some Wiki facts 🙂: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Mayen

Thabks!

You're not going to believe this ... I just flew over Jan Mayen a couple of weeks ago! I didn't recognize the name because I didn't know that's what it was called. I've now written it (the proper name) down next to my "North of Iceland volcano" entry in our hitlist book

@@MSFSFlightPlans Yes, it's one of those small spots on the map that you almost have to use a magnifying glass to see.😄 It's inn the middle of nowhere. As I write this I am uncertain if there are any freeware for it. The airfield is almost invisible in the sim as it is as dark as the black volcanic sand surrounding it.

It's going to be a long haul to get the 850 down there.

@@MSFSFlightPlans pfff lol hmm yah yes it would

Glad you enjoyed it!

Ohhh, yep. I bet you're right! So cool if they actually modeled that. That's got to be it. I already made my test pilot patch out of construction paper and safety pins.

You're welcome, Mike!

The worst parts is the landings. You start trying to correct for the oscillation, which just makes each one successively worse. That happened on the landings for both of our last two flights. I think the Tomahawk may be true to life in that aspect, I don't know about the XF.

Thanks ✌

Let me know when you head down this way, Ress. I'll give you a tour of Jax and St. Augustine from ground level!

@@MSFSFlightPlans Thanks for a most generous offer, but at this stage in my life I will have to be content with watching your videos and reading travel brochures.

I wish I had flown ANYTHING in real life. I'd love to get a sense of the difference between the sim and the real deal.

Well, the name certainly fits! I read somewhere that they also intentionally designed it to enter a spin much easier than something like a 172, for training purposes ... which sounds like a brilliant excuse if it WASN'T intnwtional.

Not to mention that they won't fly out of the spin.

@@Blxz That's right! Thanks, BLXz, you were the one telling me that. The problem with the 172 is that it would self-correct from the spin, right?

@MSFSFlightPlans yeah, if you leave the controls alone for a bit most smaller planes are aerodynamically stable enough to fly out of a spin, nose down likely but no longer spinning. The tomahawk is designed in such a way that it will spin hard and remain in that way until it either lithobrakes or the pilot puts in sustained correct procedure opposite rudder for a couple of seconds. Great design/terrible design are really just two sides of the same coin.

@@Blxz Lithobraking :D love it :D

It's a cool plane if you're into the trainer class of fliers. Very well designed, and you definitely get a different "feel" while flying it.

Where in FL are you going? Miami?

I did see it! And very reasonably priced, too!

Glad to hear it!

Awesome, man. I'll check it out tonight.

Ahhhhh ... thank you! I kept thinking it looked awfully close to the panel after the test. I wonder if that had something to do with the control issues on approach...

Thanks for the info!

No way! Have you been out here in real life?

@@MSFSFlightPlans Been to Naples, Rome, Milan and Pisa, never got to Sicily.

Thanks, Mike!

Phew ... I thought I was just blowing the landing. I wonder what makes this one so hard to dial in for the devs?

@@MSFSFlightPlans not sure why they are struggling so much either. There is a lot of discussion about it in their discord.

Thank you so much. If everything goes well, I'll have another one ready for you in the morning!

It really is a match made in heaven!