I don’t know about everyone else but, I love realism like the next simmer but, it becomes a chore to methodically go through all the checklists, through every phase of flight right down to shutdown, If you know the plane isn’t going to fail. The incentive to be that thorough just isn’t there as it obviously would be in real life.
The thought of having a plane that could genuinely fail through careful and thoughtful random coding is an awesome thing and I think, something a lot of us have been craving in our simulation pastimes.
I will definitely keep checking those lights, as long as there’s a chance that they might fail to reveal an actual failure underneath that might bring the plane down, like in real life.
It might be useful to also consider making maintenance decisions as you would in real life. While it is easy to “fix everything” in the sim and keep it just like new, in reality it would take very deep pockets and a strong commitment to maintain any aircraft in a constant state of factory-fresh condition. It is much more likely for an owner to consider the limits on wear per the manual (as communicated by a maintenance professional) and make a decision that takes into account allowable wear before paying for maintenance. Just a thought.
So far I have been adopting this principle. Leaving things that are looking a little bit worn but not letting anything get too bad.
Having thought about it for a bit, I think…I am overthinking the whole thing. What Milviz have done is awesome but you can’t make a sim like the real thing when the only consequences of a mistake are having to start the flight again.
I guess I just want to get a rough idea of what it feels like to be a real pilot, where a mistake could be a very serious business indeed.
Anyway, thanks for indulging my line of questioning.
One example I’d forgotten about with the old A2A 172 in FSX was the need to lean on the ground to prevent sparkplug fouling. It’s one of those nice touches Milviz has brought back, the need to ‘baby’ the plane a bit for realistic handling of an owned aircraft. It’s making the entire experience much more enjoyable for me.
EDIT: And with Milviz if you don’t want to worry about all that, you can set the realism to whatever you like.
We thought about adding “freeze” time where you couldn’t use the plane for several days if you broke it… AND, then the thought came that we could also add a meter where you’d have to put money in to get it back…
I guess the question is… Will these wear and tear/failures/ownership/depth of systems etc. features be coming to the Beaver and the Huey?
You’ve set the standard with the 310. This is quite frankly how all planes in the sim should be. The 310 has ruined the majority of my fleet as I hate flying without the “realism” features now!
Disappointing to hear (realism of 310 will not be in other aircraft), but, I accept their decisions. It certainly won’t stop me from buying the Beaver, as, currently, it will be the only one, and that’s a must have plane for me. Maybe somebody else will pick up the realism ball with their Beaver release?
Ahh, thats a real shame. I’ll pick up the Beaver anyway, because Beaver! I’ll pick up the Huey because we need a great payware big Heli with a good flight model which I have no doubt we’ll get from Milviz.
I guess after that it’ll be keep the wallet in my pocket until A2A arrive on the scene. After the 310 I cant go back to “basic” GA planes, with the exception of the Beaver and Huey of course
EDIT: ahh, the Otter is getting the treatment as well… great news! Please do something on the Huey. Ill pay double!!
Looks like there’s a bug in the 310, it has an invisible spoiler that can be accidentally triggered by the spoiler key.
I just got the Milviz 310 and ran into some issues on takeoff where I was only able to climb at a few dozen FPM if I finessed the mixture and trims. After lots of troubleshooting, manual reading, and head-scratching I started flipping switches and found that the spoiler/speed brake switch on my honeycomb bravo was to blame.
Hopefully this gets solved in the next release and this comment helps anyone who runs into similar problems.
I there something I need to do to “save” the tablet settings on the 310? Every time I load the plane, I check all the realism settings, and check the “owner” box, but every time I load the plane it is set to “default” with all the realism options unticked.
ETA: Figured it out. Had to exit out to the main menu before the settings are saved…
yes after i landed i checked the EFB and the left fuel pump was in red. i thought it was just the gauge failing while i was in flight because the engine seemed to be working fine.
