I read a few reviews that say this created more problems than it created, ie: artifacts and other weird things. Any thoughts on that?
A couple of the smaller airports like HI01, HI13, and HI25 have rollercoaster runways. I think the 10m DEM might be causing them, as I had a friend without the DEM check out HI01, and itās was perfectly flat. What I need to do is go through all the Hawaiāi airports and see which ones have problems. Itās gonna be a bit of a project though, ācause my MSFS flight time is limited. I will see if I can get started on that today. Once I have the data I will figure out if I need to contact Taburet or what.
The bigger airports, and even stuff like PHUP, PHMU, PHSF all seem to be ok though. As long as you donāt fly into places like HI01 all the time I say itās worth it. Especially for Oāahu, it adds definition to the Koāolau Mountain Range (I see it all the time so Iām pretty familiar with how itās supposed to look.)
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Hello: I would be grateful for memberās opinion on the best Hawaii scenery for MSFS, pay ware or freeā¦Thanks a lot!
This may be of interestā¦ Aloha , any recommended addons for Hawaii ? Mahalo - #9 by Latka
I have several including the Flyndrive4D (which has duplicated some payware airports I purchased but you can pick and choose what to install). All the packages are all good. Just keep in mind that flying over Hawaii doesnāt quite capture the real world magic of it.
Follow-up on this one. I got a message from Ray Taburet regarding the 10m Hawaii DEM. Theyāre actively working on a fix, and it should be out āsoon.ā Now that folks are coming back from the Holidays break I would imagine weāll start to hear information again from all our developers! 
Oh - FS Elite mentioned today that the Aerosoft Twin Otter (DHC-6) is being released for MSFS on the 19th of January! Head over there for a little more info (pricing too). I used to dispatch DHC-8-103s for Island Air out here on Oāahu. When I got there in 2002, unfortunately the DHC-6s had been retired. We had an all DHC-8-103 fleet (4 lines, 5 aircraft). Many years after I left, Island Air even took delivery of a couple of DHC-8 Q400s. Island Air shut down in 2017. Iām definitely going to be on the lookout for a proper Island Air livery!
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Happy New Year everyone!
Any updates/news concerning Hawaii and airport addons?
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Good day
Hawaii mesh is all been fixed and made compatible with any airfield you like to install
lanai upgraded to 5 m resolution
The updated package is already available
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I know of one in development, but Iām not sure if Iām allowed to say anything yet.
Still waiting for an accurate PHNL to hit the market, whether it be freeware or payware. I think the last one I checked out was missing the new Hawaiian Air terminal (where the old interisland terminal was, that was demolished and construction started in 2018. Just finished late last year). Iāve not been to the airport since the pandemic start (on the HAL side) so I havenāt seen it 
It looks nice from the freeway / Nimitz Ave though.
If you like flying in Hawaii, I can recommend the Taburet DEM + Water for Hawaii. Iām in-between computers at the moment, so I havenāt seen the update for the DEM yet - They fixed a handful of airports that became rollercoaster runways 
Ooh - thereās a DeHavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter from Aerosoft coming Soonā¢ - thatās important because my first airline that I worked at, Island Air (WP), flew them. Unfortunately they were phased out by the time I started in 2002, but Iām for sure grabbing it and finding an Island Air livery! (I think itās coming with a wheeled & float version) Hereās a WP bird:
When I get my new gaming rig up and running (this week, please Thor) I will get everything installed and snap some shots of Hawaiāi with everything I am using. Iāll have to link to the payware stuff off-site, but will make sure to post that link here.
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Ooooh, a secret! Hopefully itās Kona!
Waiting for PHNL as wellā¦FSDreamteam should be making theirās, but itās a bit behind schedule according to their forums. I am not aware of anyone else making one.
Thank you so much for all the great info!
You are most welcome. I like helping out where I can (I work for a Technology Consulting Services Company, so itās kinda what I do all day) - especially when it comes to Hawaiāi stuff for MSFS!
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Great info Latka. Iām flying via an Xbox Series X, so Iām stuck using only the official Marketplace.
That being said, thereās only a handful of airports available to me and Iāve picked up a few, but I hope more gets released to the Marketplace eventually so I can experience some of what the PC folks currently have access to.
My dream (thatāll likely never be realized on Xbox), is seeing a bunch of 737s in Aloha Airlines funbird āflower powerā livery at the terminal!
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Oh trust me, I am right there with you! Milviz has shown a WIP 737-200 before, so I know itās out there - I asked for an update in their discord, and they pointed me to the #announcements channel.
Iād love to see more early jet airliners period. It seems like right now itās a stream of new models of 737s. :\
Carenado did a Shorts-330 for FSX/P3D (not sure about Xplane, didnāt check) - I asked them if they were going to bring it over to MSFS, and they said they plan to bring their entire catalog overā¦ so, itās a āwhenā not an āifā I think. HAL had 3 Shorts-330s (and then thereās TransAir who flew them and the -360) out here out of PHNL.
Ok, because Iām a nerd, here they were:
- N371HA, Delivered in 11/'78, removed from service, 08/79. It was named āPikake.ā
- N372HA, Delivered in 01/79, removed from service, 04/84. It was named āPua Melia.ā
- N373HA, Unknown service daes. It was named āPakalaua.ā
I even offered money to Carenado to help finance the 330 coming to MSFS. 
Unfortunately, they turned me down politely.
(edit) - I verified with Ray Taburet that the Hawaii 10m DEM is updated and on all servers you can get it from. All the āroller coasterā runways were fixed as well as some other fixes. LÄnaŹ»i has been updated to an even better resolution, 5m!
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Since installing the 10M DEM Iām getting weird artifacts off the Napali coast.
Rolling back tomorrow to verify.
Check you have latest updated version
1.4.2
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Yeah. Like @BoilingCaesar4 said - are āya up to date? They did release an update that fixed all the airports. I went through the whole state and logged which ones were in need of a tune-up. I think they were already working on things, but I emailed the Taburet folks, and Ray Taburet emailed me back saying they were working on it. A couple of weeks ago, someone posted the update was indeed out and on the various sites.
(In other newsā¦) I got my new gaming rig together, and the m.2 NVMe Gen3 SSD (4TB, from ADATA / XPG) was dead on arrival. Tested it today to confirm that was the case and got a RMA to send it back. Didnāt want another one of their drives, and at the 4TB size, I was finding very limited choices. Ended up going with the same size, but a Gen 4 drive from Sabrent. Lots of really good reviews on them. It was several hundred dollars more (just under $800 with taxes and such) but I am confident Iām going to be happy with it.
Hope to be back up in the virtual skies flying my virtual cabbage around by this weekend if all goes well!
I just re-downloaded and installed from Flightsim.com but the Manifest shows v 1.4.0.
I will test and see if anything changes. Thanks.
EDIT: After reinstalling, the artifacts are gone. Mahalo!
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Hey Hawaiāi gang!
Just a heads up if you werenāt already aware. Aerosoft.com - they released their DeHavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter today! Hereās Aerosoftās blurb that came in the email to me this morning:
Aerosoft brings you 13 model configurations of the go-anywhere DHC-6 Twin Otter for Microsoft Flight Simulator, each with its own flight dynamics:
- DHC6-100 Floats Passenger
- DHC6-100 Wheels Cargo
- DHC6-100 Wheels Passenger
- DHC6-300 Amphibian Passenger
- DHC6-300 Floats Passenger
- DHC6-300 Floats Passenger Short Nose
- DHC6-300 Ski Cargo
- DHC6-300 Tundra Wheels Cargo
- DHC6-300 Tundra Wheels Passenger
- DHC6-300 Wheels Cargo 3-Blade Prop
- DHC6-300 Wheels Cargo 4-Blade Prop
- DHC6-300 Wheels Skydiver
- DHC6-300 Wheels Passenger
MSFS checklists are implemented and the aircraft feature a complete avionics stack, Wwise sound set with close to 300 spatially placed sounds, complex icing modelled on almost all surfaces, functional de-icing systems and fully featured fuel systems.
I knew there was going to be a wheeled and float version. I must have missed the Ski,Tundra, and Skydiver versionsā¦most in -100 and -300 flavor. Cost for me was $34.99 USD.
Iāve heard thereās been some grumbling about the plane (but honestly, what MSFS release DOESNāT have people complaining?) - I decided Iām going to pick it up regardless, because Island Air (WP / Callsign āMokuā) here on Oāahu flew 'em from 1980 to (I think) 2001. I got there in 2002, and they were gone by then. I asked one of my buddies that flew there on the Twin Otter. Because details are important, I will make sure to find out.
So youāve probably figured out by now the reason why I want the Twin Otter is that they flew here in Hawaiāi. Now I just need to hit up my livery designer and have him make one for the community. Iāll let you all know when thatās released!
Aloha Kakahiaka (good morning) from KÄneāohe on Oāahu!
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Aloha, cool to see this thread! im in Hawaii also and would love it if MSFS did a world update to the Hawaiian Islands/pacific Oceanic region. Honolulu really needs a facelift and pretty much all of the islands. seems like Hawaii got neglected from all previous updates. im on xbox series x and I really wish Waikiki would look more realistic. I know pc has a lot of cool addons (Waikiki etc). Iāve got some south oak airport addons but canāt wait for a PHNL scenery. hope something comes soon enough, aloha and happy flying
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