Not long ago, the community would of been OUTRAGED that something like this could be in flight sim. Im glad to see that people are more accepting of something out of the ordinary like this. Its free, and you dont need to fly it.
Oh, just look at the MSFS forum, they are there and they rage, but ultimately it is an optional add on. So let them rage... It does not affect anyone's experience, if they don't want it to. 😂
Well its a simulato meant to simulate real things....so I dont see why they didnt spend this time doing another aircraft maybe? But its still a game so I dont see why anyone would care.
The reason why there's not a lot of tech is Thinking Machines were made illegal in the Dune Universe after the Butlerian Jihad, so a lot of dune technology is barebones and lo-fi
@@alexmukets6769 it kinda is, folding space is an actual scientific theory, i wonder if ormithopters would be posible in a planet with less gravity than Earth
They have easy to use anti-gravity technology which can manipulate objects without touching them with a fair share of uses from levitation of machines to personal shield technology; it's easy to visualize this tech is used to make the ornithopter work.@@BluishNomad
Well the question then becomes what: What is the material of those wings made of and also the formula for the right ingredients to create such a marvelous piece of scifi flying craft.
Ugh, no, that version was heavily limited by FX budget and just had a couple of stubby tilting winglets and two inset fans for lift. The wings didn't 'beat' at all.
There's actually another trick it's got up its sleeve, though I haven't figured out what it's *for* necessarily. In the control bindings, in addition to Dive Mode, there's also a Glide Mode. At first, I thought that was just the name for the standard flight mode, but it's actually something different. As the name implies, it kind of turns the ornithopter into a glider by locking the wings in the extended position. I guess the idea is that it conserves fuel?
Man I remembered that setting when I was binding my buttons and even saw it in a trailer but I forgot about it completely. Well, just means I have more cool things to try tomorrow!
So clever, not so sure. In reality, insects can fly because of a very specific ratio between their mass and air viscosity. Some people have studied this phenomenon in length, and you will never see and aircraft size dragonfly, because of... physics. In the non scientific field, Stephen Dalton has made incredible books on high speed photography, showing how insects fly. And that was on film...
@@fabiena1787 Dragonflies used to have a wingspan of almost a meter, so it's definitely not restricted to 'insect sized'. I'm not a big fan of saying something isn't possible because of one factor. Or even multiple factors. Of course, with todays technology it may not be easy, practical or sensible to make an ornithopter. If not designed perfectly it would probably break after a while. But with better materials and proper engineering and precise control of the wing movements something like this could be possible. Whether it's practical is another topic. But I could totally see someone making an RC controlled model of this that actually works.
@@fabiena1787 It's certainly possible, just as it is possible to replicate bird wings for aircraft too, especially 24,000 years in the future when material science and engineering is obviously orders of magnitude better than today considering there is a vast human interstellar empire, whether it would be practical however is a different story. Engineers have long been fascinated in the ways birds and insects fly because it far more efficient and agile than our aircraft but they've always had trouble replicating that efficiency and agility due to material and size constraints, it's not inconceivable at all that such a craft would be possible so far into the future, especially on a non-Earth planet
Why is it when some has an opinion other people feel like they are obligated to always correct someone else with their version of facts. If the dude thinks it's clever then good on him..if you don't then it's not your job to correct his opinion.
I'm so thankful for this expansion. It gives me a bit of hope for good things about this world too. I know it's to promote the movie, but as a fan of the first Dune movie all I can do is be super happy with this update. This is such a fun aircraft to fly around and explore, not to mention the challenges that came with the expansion are really cool too. Well done Asobo and Microsoft.
I love the attention to detail with the all analogue controls the thopter has, there are reasons for that pertaining to the world building of dune, and its nice to see that they were included in the cockpit.
I love it! I can already see myself crash everywhere with it as I try to aerobatic. But frankly, even though I know Dune was before, this design reminds me a lot more of the insect ships in Lexx.
I don't care if this is from a sci-fi movie that I've never seen, it flies amazingly and is PERFECT for sightseeing areas close-up without fear of crashing. You can take this thing anywhere and is just plain old fun to fly. Let me add, I recently took the thing down into the Grand Canyon and flew only feet above the Colorado River, twisting around the steep canyon walls. It was a blast!! Try it out!
Microsoft should keep this up, at least once an year they should add an iconic sci-fi aircraft, imagine having something like an X-Wing or Tie Fighter in the future.
I want them to add Orbiter's DeltaGlider DG-III-S, orbital physics and at least the moon to go to. That thing is absolute nuts, but still heavily requires you to know what to do.
I absolutely love this aircraft. It's definitely my current favourite and I expect it will be for some time. I actually only found out it was being added a little while ago when I was doing a search of add-on sites to see if anyone had tried building an ornithopter in Flight Sim - and there this was. I do wish it had at least a little in terms of navigation and autopilot, but I guess we have Butler to thank for their absence: "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a Human mind". I've also noticed a tendency for the thopter to move very slowly across the ground when it's landed, even with the engines off - though as best I can tell this seems to be a response to being put down on a slope: given a level surface it doesn't seem to do it. Still, hugely good fun, and promotional movie tie-in or not, I'm very glad it's included now. Though... I'm pretty sure it should be an anisopter because it's basically a dragonfly, but that's Dune's problem, not Flight Sim's. 😋😋
The Dune 2020 ornithopter (or odonapter?) is single handedly one of the best vehicle designs of 21st century science fiction, on the same tier as the War of the Worlds 2007 tripod. The cool factor is just unbelievably cool. A mechanical warbird dragonfly!
Definately worth the money as it's free just like Top Gun: Maverick expansion. What's going on Squirrel, you are out of touch with MSFS these days, hopefully MSFS 2024 will perk your interest and certainly I can see an amazing series of videos looking into the aviation activities. 👌
Hey Paul I've been known your channel for a couple years in first time that I looked into your channel I saw that video and I was thinking it is a insect simulation but now I've just realized that it is amazing going so realistic and beautiful I wish to see more of that game peace and love ❤
It's free! So, that can't be a bad price. Nice flight Squirrel! Been a subscriber of your videos of early Train Simulator, Euro Truck Sim and American Truck Sim.
It's free, and it flies like a bat outta hell. Must have, especially if you like aerobatic flying. She does things I've never seen another aircraft do. But, given that it's fictional, I can see why. Love flying this thing. Don't try to use the AI pilot with it, it won't work. Incidentally, I have yet to get her to stall, and I've tried.
Technically, the wings-folded flight mode is a stall. I guess if the lift is generated by the wings flapping, I can't see how it would stall. But, maybe in glider mode?
@@semidhimmi3184 - Split hairs much? :P Yes, she'll stall in glider mode, but in standard flight mode, she can recover from almost anything except insufficient lift at low altitude. Also, boosted glider mode is kinda fun; but yes, in that mode she can stall as well, due to no flapping of the wings. This thing makes me wish we could build real ones that do the same thing. But we'd have to figure out how to keep the wings and flapper joints from destroying themselves, amongst other things. I kinda want to get a group together on Discord to fly these birds together.
@@RetinaBurner There are R/C Ornithopters , but they flap wings like a bird or birds do (not like a dragonfly). In X-Plane, there used to be a plane called the Dragonfly which was basically a Gulfstream-type business jet, but with engine nacelles in the front and back (on the left and right sides) and the connectors to the fuselage could be rotated from straight forward to 115° (backwards and up). X-Plane is a physics simulator, not a flight simulator, so the planes fly like they would in real life. It was pretty interesting.
@@semidhimmi3184 - I think I know which one you're referring to, and I love X-plane for that kind of thing. I doubt that we'll see insane experiments like that in MSFS, but I'll be happy to be proven wrong :)
damn i want avatar designs in this game now I'd get into it in a heartbeat if they did, cool shit like this is what draws in new players, this design is just so damn intriguing and fun looking to fly around in
Noticed last night there was a lack or rudder control. Really hard to make smaller trajectory adjustments, and the hard perpendicular turns you need to make to get them are pretty harsh (mostly relevant when you're going through the canyons and tight spaces). Oh and this was a free update for me, I assume you made this before it was released.
This is a really neat device, the flight simulator should be more than just normal aircraft their should also be some unique aircraft that might not work in the real world but are still fun to fly. My one complaint about this is the lack of instrumentation it needs a more interesting cockpit.
you forgot glide mode, this thing have a glide mode that is the best part, also you got a lot faster with the afterburner in the glide mode, try it guys
At the bottom right there are 4 switches, the one at the top right is the glider mode, I suggest you put it on some real life button that you have on hand, it is very annoying to have to press them there@@cmterocco3442
Free Expansion! Downloaded! I gotta fly this thing with the DUNE 2021 music going, sweet!! Thanks Microsoft! (Been a long-term Sublogic/MSFS fan since the 1980s)
Very surprised to find the flight model of this thing as interesting as it turned out to be, especially after the Pelican. I wish it had the instrumentation for at least basic VFR flight; I might actually fly it more than once in a blue moon. I appreciate having the silly or speculative on hand, but I'd like to have enough equipment to fly a cross country in a reasonable way.
Thanks for a great video! I flew it yesterday for the first time and what a blast it is! The landing is tricky. I have to switch a couple of “keys” to my X56 (anyone have settings for that?) Great flying too, thanks again!
Amazing! You're an axe! Bravo! I've spotted this 'thing' just yesterday wihin th Sim... I still haven't understood if it's a payware add-on or it is added to the flyable aircrafts by default, but if it's the latter, will give it a try. I guess.
My theory on the very limited cockpit is that the vast majority of information relayed to a futuristic pilot would be through their helmet and that the cockpit relays the most basic of analogue instrumentation incase of electronic failure, then again I know little about the Dune universe.
@@JTelli786thinking machines being outlawed is also the reason why the drug spice is so important in the universe. Without a thinking machine it's pretty much impossible to chart interstellar faster than light travel. You can get around this by giving your starship pilots a drug that allows precognition and seeing more into the future the more drug you take.
"i expected something a bit more futuristic" (rephrased) my man, the whole point of dune is that computers were banned due to an ai uprising houndreds of years into our future
I never quite figured out exactly how they made those wings flap like that. They must have been made out of materials that don't exist in OUR universe. They're meant to look like dragonflies.
Given it’s 20,000 years in the future, where they have force-fields, anti-gravity, and interstellar travel, I think it’s reasonable to expect some advances in physics and material science.
I'd like to start playing Flight Simulator. How good does your pc need to be for it to look like in this video? Otherwise, if you run, say on a laptop, is it playable? Does it look good? Thanks!
Seems like a great vehicle to review terrain details etc but not great for much else. With the massively enhanced graphics MSFS offers though it's still a very valid use case
The books makes it clear too, there are no real "computers" as we know them as the major religion outlaws them. There is a fair bit of handwaving on how they can make some of the more complex equipment even work without computers, but it is still sci-fi fiction so that is OK (not everything needs to be explained).
@@Swarm509 Computers are replaced by humans with special mental powers. In the French translation of the books they are called mentas. Don't know the name in English.
Somebody also has the bug, that the afterburner fireanimation just went missing? I had it for a couple of days, then someday it was just gone. It still glows slightly to indiciate the afterburner, but the real flame is gone. Somebody knows this and how to fix it?
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Not long ago, the community would of been OUTRAGED that something like this could be in flight sim. Im glad to see that people are more accepting of something out of the ordinary like this. Its free, and you dont need to fly it.
Oh, just look at the MSFS forum, they are there and they rage, but ultimately it is an optional add on.
So let them rage... It does not affect anyone's experience, if they don't want it to. 😂
Well its a simulato meant to simulate real things....so I dont see why they didnt spend this time doing another aircraft maybe? But its still a game so I dont see why anyone would care.
It's because MSFS isn;''t really a flight sim... It has become more of a game.
oh its only because a lot more people, "casuals" have gotten msfs since it includes the world and also is a bit more accessible (plus on consoles)
God forbid you make something fun 😂
The reason why there's not a lot of tech is Thinking Machines were made illegal in the Dune Universe after the Butlerian Jihad, so a lot of dune technology is barebones and lo-fi
soo-soo-sook!
Yes, if he whipped out his Orange Catholic Bible all computers are forbidden!
@@skburke2000 "“Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.”"
its important to note that they are not against any kind of automation and computers, just against thinking machines.
It's also not bear bones. Incredibly advanced analog tech
"No Frank Herbert! Ornithopters are so unrealistic! The stress on the wings would be immense!"
Frank: "Haha cool dragonfly aircraft gor BRBRBRBRB"
Like space travel is realistic in Dune. 😃
@@alexmukets6769 it kinda is, folding space is an actual scientific theory, i wonder if ormithopters would be posible in a planet with less gravity than Earth
@@rodrigobogado8756 or just stronger/unique materials that can handle the stress
They have easy to use anti-gravity technology which can manipulate objects without touching them with a fair share of uses from levitation of machines to personal shield technology; it's easy to visualize this tech is used to make the ornithopter work.@@BluishNomad
Rule of cool
The air brake and wing fold are elite features. Love the sound design as well.
That wing brake is INSANE!! Never encountered a better brake!
Well the question then becomes what: What is the material of those wings made of and also the formula for the right ingredients to create such a marvelous piece of scifi flying craft.
Adamantium@@soundsurgen3293
In reality, the stress on those "wings" would blow our minds.
Depends on the material characteristics of the engine, coupling, transmission and wings... Likely made some progress in some 10,000 years.😂
I wouldn't worry about wing stress, and more Joint/motor stress on whatever hydraulics flutters those wings 😅
@@shagrat47 Actually the first book starts roughly 24.000 years from now, so even more progress
Well dragonflies pull it off, so ... But of course the have the size laws going for them.
@@shagrat47 Don't forget energy sources.
i'm so glad a videogame version of the Villeneuve ornithopter exists. one of the most fun and inventive translations from the books
This machine was also in miniseries of early 00s.
Ugh, no, that version was heavily limited by FX budget and just had a couple of stubby tilting winglets and two inset fans for lift. The wings didn't 'beat' at all.
There's actually another trick it's got up its sleeve, though I haven't figured out what it's *for* necessarily. In the control bindings, in addition to Dive Mode, there's also a Glide Mode. At first, I thought that was just the name for the standard flight mode, but it's actually something different. As the name implies, it kind of turns the ornithopter into a glider by locking the wings in the extended position. I guess the idea is that it conserves fuel?
ive tried it out, you can actually go faster in glide mode if you go full afterburner, etches out an extra 60 knots or so
Man I remembered that setting when I was binding my buttons and even saw it in a trailer but I forgot about it completely. Well, just means I have more cool things to try tomorrow!
I would guess its for riding out dust storms 8)
@@kltyklrt Neat! So I bet it trades the loss of thrust from the wing beats for drastically lower drag, which could be useful in a number of ways.
And it provides some kind of stealth mode (low noise), but then it isn't armed, like in the movie 😂
In the dune universe there aren't many 'coomputers', instead computers and stuff like that were all banned. This is why it looks simplistic.
its subtle in the movies but you can tell almost everything is clockwork.
To imitate a dragonfly is so clever! When I saw it in the movie it almost seemed plausible. Great video. Thanks!
So clever, not so sure. In reality, insects can fly because of a very specific ratio between their mass and air viscosity. Some people have studied this phenomenon in length, and you will never see and aircraft size dragonfly, because of... physics. In the non scientific field, Stephen Dalton has made incredible books on high speed photography, showing how insects fly. And that was on film...
@@fabiena1787 Dragonflies used to have a wingspan of almost a meter, so it's definitely not restricted to 'insect sized'. I'm not a big fan of saying something isn't possible because of one factor. Or even multiple factors. Of course, with todays technology it may not be easy, practical or sensible to make an ornithopter. If not designed perfectly it would probably break after a while. But with better materials and proper engineering and precise control of the wing movements something like this could be possible. Whether it's practical is another topic. But I could totally see someone making an RC controlled model of this that actually works.
@@fabiena1787 its a clever bit of sci-fi not engineering. i bet ur fun at parties
@@fabiena1787 It's certainly possible, just as it is possible to replicate bird wings for aircraft too, especially 24,000 years in the future when material science and engineering is obviously orders of magnitude better than today considering there is a vast human interstellar empire, whether it would be practical however is a different story. Engineers have long been fascinated in the ways birds and insects fly because it far more efficient and agile than our aircraft but they've always had trouble replicating that efficiency and agility due to material and size constraints, it's not inconceivable at all that such a craft would be possible so far into the future, especially on a non-Earth planet
Why is it when some has an opinion other people feel like they are obligated to always correct someone else with their version of facts. If the dude thinks it's clever then good on him..if you don't then it's not your job to correct his opinion.
I'm so thankful for this expansion. It gives me a bit of hope for good things about this world too. I know it's to promote the movie, but as a fan of the first Dune movie all I can do is be super happy with this update. This is such a fun aircraft to fly around and explore, not to mention the challenges that came with the expansion are really cool too. Well done Asobo and Microsoft.
Flew it from Denver to Aspen and dive bombing those mountain faces into the passes was a ton of fun
I love the attention to detail with the all analogue controls the thopter has, there are reasons for that pertaining to the world building of dune, and its nice to see that they were included in the cockpit.
I love it! I can already see myself crash everywhere with it as I try to aerobatic. But frankly, even though I know Dune was before, this design reminds me a lot more of the insect ships in Lexx.
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@@semidhimmi3184 😱
It flies like a dream, you actually won't be crashing that much.
I don't care if this is from a sci-fi movie that I've never seen, it flies amazingly and is PERFECT for sightseeing areas close-up without fear of crashing. You can take this thing anywhere and is just plain old fun to fly.
Let me add, I recently took the thing down into the Grand Canyon and flew only feet above the Colorado River, twisting around the steep canyon walls. It was a blast!! Try it out!
Just imagine if War Thunder added these exactly as shown. That would make for some crazy fun and interesting dogfights.
Microsoft should keep this up, at least once an year they should add an iconic sci-fi aircraft, imagine having something like an X-Wing or Tie Fighter in the future.
I want them to add Orbiter's DeltaGlider DG-III-S, orbital physics and at least the moon to go to. That thing is absolute nuts, but still heavily requires you to know what to do.
I absolutely love this aircraft. It's definitely my current favourite and I expect it will be for some time. I actually only found out it was being added a little while ago when I was doing a search of add-on sites to see if anyone had tried building an ornithopter in Flight Sim - and there this was.
I do wish it had at least a little in terms of navigation and autopilot, but I guess we have Butler to thank for their absence: "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a Human mind". I've also noticed a tendency for the thopter to move very slowly across the ground when it's landed, even with the engines off - though as best I can tell this seems to be a response to being put down on a slope: given a level surface it doesn't seem to do it.
Still, hugely good fun, and promotional movie tie-in or not, I'm very glad it's included now. Though... I'm pretty sure it should be an anisopter because it's basically a dragonfly, but that's Dune's problem, not Flight Sim's. 😋😋
The Dune 2020 ornithopter (or odonapter?) is single handedly one of the best vehicle designs of 21st century science fiction, on the same tier as the War of the Worlds 2007 tripod. The cool factor is just unbelievably cool. A mechanical warbird dragonfly!
When you were talking about ABs and Helicopters I suddenly wanted Airwolf in the game :) (and yes I know the Bell helo it is based on is available)
You're not alone. _Airwolf_ needs to happen. In all the glory.
THIS.
I’ve been flying it in VR; really awesome for sightseeing. Fast when you need to get to places, slow when you want to look around!
I want the bubbleship from Oblivion!
We got the legend when we needed him the most. squirrel please continue making ets2 videos theyre really good.
He doesn't want to play it though
He only plays really gamey, arcadey games now. Check the video feed. No real sims or even decent games.
@@DavidR_192 he doesn't do much with YT anymore, only Twitch
@@kempo_95 Twitch is such a dumpster fire... XD
@@CakePrincessCelestia why?
Ich habe lange nach einem Streamer gesucht, der den Dune Ornithopter in Cockpitansicht fliegt, danke dafür und Daumen hoch.
I haven't seen Dune but that thing is cool as hell. Love the way it looks, sounds, that landing gear and the ability to fold the wings like that.
so much quality, so much works and this is free.
MS will probably add Tie Fighter, X-Wing or something too sometime.
The canyon challenge reminded me of Pod Racing. That'd be a good free addition/expansion. But Lucas Film / Disney would never.
@@ImmortalThor13 Legendary "Monkey Island" (Lucas Film) license from Disney is in Sea of Thieves, so it's possible.
they could use mine from FSX
_Airwolf_ when?
Thank you for this overview. This add-on is amazing!
Would be neat if they added a Carryall and some harvester rescue missions ....
hold on to your seats....they did it!
That would be awesome.
I hope the Sahara desert looks nice with sand storm and stuff now
I was expecting him to head straight out in the desert from the start. I believe many of the outdoors scenes were filmed in the UAE.
This amazing machine flies so smooth in the game I legit watched an hour fly by last night just cruising around.
If I was into flying in a game like MS Flight Sim I'd get this for sure. Such a cool toy.
What a fun aircraft to bring to "life".
That canyon rush looks so fun, wish we had like free-roam places like that so you can do it with any aircraft.
Definately worth the money as it's free just like Top Gun: Maverick expansion. What's going on Squirrel, you are out of touch with MSFS these days, hopefully MSFS 2024 will perk your interest and certainly I can see an amazing series of videos looking into the aviation activities. 👌
If this was real world it would have been really way ahead our aircraft technology. Looks really fun! Thanks for the video
Hey Paul I've been known your channel for a couple years in first time that I looked into your channel I saw that video and I was thinking it is a insect simulation but now I've just realized that it is amazing going so realistic and beautiful I wish to see more of that game peace and love ❤
That is unbelievably cool!
It's free! So, that can't be a bad price. Nice flight Squirrel! Been a subscriber of your videos of early Train Simulator, Euro Truck Sim and American Truck Sim.
Its one of the most surprising and cool crossovers I've seen.
It's free, and it flies like a bat outta hell. Must have, especially if you like aerobatic flying. She does things I've never seen another aircraft do. But, given that it's fictional, I can see why. Love flying this thing. Don't try to use the AI pilot with it, it won't work. Incidentally, I have yet to get her to stall, and I've tried.
Technically, the wings-folded flight mode is a stall. I guess if the lift is generated by the wings flapping, I can't see how it would stall. But, maybe in glider mode?
@@semidhimmi3184 - Split hairs much? :P Yes, she'll stall in glider mode, but in standard flight mode, she can recover from almost anything except insufficient lift at low altitude. Also, boosted glider mode is kinda fun; but yes, in that mode she can stall as well, due to no flapping of the wings. This thing makes me wish we could build real ones that do the same thing. But we'd have to figure out how to keep the wings and flapper joints from destroying themselves, amongst other things. I kinda want to get a group together on Discord to fly these birds together.
@@RetinaBurner
There are R/C Ornithopters , but they flap wings like a bird or birds do (not like a dragonfly).
In X-Plane, there used to be a plane called the Dragonfly which was basically a Gulfstream-type business jet, but with engine nacelles in the front and back (on the left and right sides) and the connectors to the fuselage could be rotated from straight forward to 115° (backwards and up). X-Plane is a physics simulator, not a flight simulator, so the planes fly like they would in real life. It was pretty interesting.
@@semidhimmi3184 - I think I know which one you're referring to, and I love X-plane for that kind of thing. I doubt that we'll see insane experiments like that in MSFS, but I'll be happy to be proven wrong :)
Presently my favorite "aircraft" in FS2020. So much fun to play with.
Man this thing is so much fun. I flew around things for hours. Wish it was real. What a beast
This would be great if change the world setting too , to be Arrakis , those are fun looking challenges that should be in a dune game
Im really enjoying the Ornithopter 😊 it is really fun to fly and the sound design is awesome
Kinda surprised they just added the one ornithopter and not the smaller one as well.
I guess it behaves more like a VTOL than a helicopter.
Maaan, so now we can all feel like Duncan Idaho
Im not really into Dune but i went ahead and went to see the movie and i have to say that the vehicles in the movie impressed me
Somebody needs to build this for real!
damn i want avatar designs in this game now
I'd get into it in a heartbeat if they did, cool shit like this is what draws in new players, this design is just so damn intriguing and fun looking to fly around in
I'm wondering if this will be in DCS? This would be fun to fly in a combat scenario I'd also like to see this in ARMA 3.
Aerial combat in an ornithopter would be so cool!
I'd love to have one in VTOL VR. Chances might be better there than in DCS XD
Do you know what causes the Vision Jet and other planes to load on runway without avionics and frozen throttle?
Love this thing, can’t wait to play it in VR
Thanks for the video Squirrel.
Noticed last night there was a lack or rudder control. Really hard to make smaller trajectory adjustments, and the hard perpendicular turns you need to make to get them are pretty harsh (mostly relevant when you're going through the canyons and tight spaces). Oh and this was a free update for me, I assume you made this before it was released.
This is a really neat device, the flight simulator should be more than just normal aircraft their should also be some unique aircraft that might not work in the real world but are still fun to fly. My one complaint about this is the lack of instrumentation it needs a more interesting cockpit.
you forgot glide mode, this thing have a glide mode that is the best part, also you got a lot faster with the afterburner in the glide mode, try it guys
How to glider this thing?
At the bottom right there are 4 switches, the one at the top right is the glider mode, I suggest you put it on some real life button that you have on hand, it is very annoying to have to press them there@@cmterocco3442
Oh, is that what the glide mode does?
@@cmterocco3442 one of the bottom right switches activate the glide mode
@@Tobascodagama Yes. It stops the wing "flapping" and turns them into regular control surfaces.
This reminds me a ton of flying my drones control wise
Where were you. Hope you doing well.
Free Expansion! Downloaded! I gotta fly this thing with the DUNE 2021 music going, sweet!! Thanks Microsoft! (Been a long-term Sublogic/MSFS fan since the 1980s)
This is insanely awesome
Very surprised to find the flight model of this thing as interesting as it turned out to be, especially after the Pelican. I wish it had the instrumentation for at least basic VFR flight; I might actually fly it more than once in a blue moon. I appreciate having the silly or speculative on hand, but I'd like to have enough equipment to fly a cross country in a reasonable way.
You are crazy good at that!
I've must try this in VR.
Thanks for a great video! I flew it yesterday for the first time and what a blast it is! The landing is tricky. I have to switch a couple of “keys” to my X56 (anyone have settings for that?) Great flying too, thanks again!
It's a free upgrade, by the way.
Amazing! You're an axe! Bravo!
I've spotted this 'thing' just yesterday wihin th Sim... I still haven't understood if it's a payware add-on or it is added to the flyable aircrafts by default, but if it's the latter, will give it a try. I guess.
My theory on the very limited cockpit is that the vast majority of information relayed to a futuristic pilot would be through their helmet and that the cockpit relays the most basic of analogue instrumentation incase of electronic failure, then again I know little about the Dune universe.
Computer AI is also outlawed in that universe
@@tubeloobs Ah, well I just learned something.
@@JTelli786thinking machines being outlawed is also the reason why the drug spice is so important in the universe. Without a thinking machine it's pretty much impossible to chart interstellar faster than light travel. You can get around this by giving your starship pilots a drug that allows precognition and seeing more into the future the more drug you take.
they could have made clean windows for earth variant
This thing is super fun
"i expected something a bit more futuristic" (rephrased) my man, the whole point of dune is that computers were banned due to an ai uprising houndreds of years into our future
This thing is too much fun
I'd love if you could fly the Ingenuity Mars lander aircraft in MS Flight Simulator. That would be interesitng!
I never quite figured out exactly how they made those wings flap like that. They must have been made out of materials that don't exist in OUR universe. They're meant to look like dragonflies.
Given it’s 20,000 years in the future, where they have force-fields, anti-gravity, and interstellar travel, I think it’s reasonable to expect some advances in physics and material science.
*Zoom in on a fruit fly muscles or the dragon fly muscles to see how the wings flap without wear and tear, and then just get ultralight wings*
It's great fun plus It's totally free in MSFS Market place
I'd like to start playing Flight Simulator. How good does your pc need to be for it to look like in this video? Otherwise, if you run, say on a laptop, is it playable? Does it look good? Thanks!
thats so cool
The wings do not create lift? Maybe think about that statement again.
It has glide mode too
Downloading it rn
I could see this replacing the Osprey V-22. If dragonflies can do it so can we.
Is there a button map for the Nose dive?
Directional pad up, and then directional pad down to get out of it, I think (or the other way around).
Also, directional pad left is glider mode, right is gear. X is the boost and Y is the wing brake. A throttle up and B throttle down.
Seems like a great vehicle to review terrain details etc but not great for much else. With the massively enhanced graphics MSFS offers though it's still a very valid use case
Waiting for the addition USS Enterprise NCC-1701
omg thats amazing
Great stuff.
4:04 - I can see my house!
Faaaather! The Sleeper has awakened!
Now i want a Dune Ace Combat game...
I foresee bunch of these flying around as commercial flights are trying to operate 😂
Bro… it’s a fucking dragon fly you can fly! Sick
11:34 you said it has no radio but when I played I'm pretty sure it had buttons to change radio frequency?
'Expecting more out of the cockpit for a futuristic aircraft'
You sir have clearly not seen the movie, watch that first
Miniseries of early 00s had those.
The books makes it clear too, there are no real "computers" as we know them as the major religion outlaws them. There is a fair bit of handwaving on how they can make some of the more complex equipment even work without computers, but it is still sci-fi fiction so that is OK (not everything needs to be explained).
@@Swarm509 Computers are replaced by humans with special mental powers. In the French translation of the books they are called mentas. Don't know the name in English.
You mean the guild navigators?@@CapitaineNautilus
@@BizmutFortin I checked. The English name is "Mentat". Thufir Hawat is one of them, working for the Atreides.
im still waiting for native shared cockpit
what button is used to fire the AB?
Nice video
Wait with some modifications this can be airwolf
Does anyone know what altitude this will hit? It seems like it would be good for chasing airliners...
Fast enough but can't fly well above 31,000ft
@@cmterocco3442 31k works, there's only a couple mountains in the world I'll hit at 31k. An autopilot would be nice...
Somebody also has the bug, that the afterburner fireanimation just went missing? I had it for a couple of days, then someday it was just gone. It still glows slightly to indiciate the afterburner, but the real flame is gone.
Somebody knows this and how to fix it?
Do these missions count for decathlon achievement ?