So you port a free aircraft from 2020 and charge money for it!? It’s not like you had to pay for the license like with Dune or Top Gun. Microsoft owns Halo. This is a free aircraft for all players in 2020. Why are you charging money for this? Did you guys go nuts and fully upgrade it with a ton of new functionality? Did ya rebuild it from the ground up? Sorry to sound ungrateful but this is kinda weird. I know Satya Nadella said that Xbox need to be a profit first company now but dam. Please rethink charging 10 bucks for this.
Only changes I can see, the textures appear to be higher res, maybe the modelling as well, the cockpit window is transparent from the outside, there is new Engine FX in the trailer and store page but it’s not showing up in sim (I’m making a bug report)
Not noticing any new functionality. Can’t walk around with the ramp open it closes when you exist the pelican, no click spots on the outside that I can find
The New Mombassa Police markings were replaced with white square-ish things, not sure if that’s intentional or a bug. They’re also there in the tumbnail and marketplace screenshots, so maybe intentional.
Oh yeah I forgot about that. Sadly you can walk up the ramp, but not inside
HAH! You thought you could keep me away by slapping a price on it?! Take my $9.99!
(Also: HELLOOO 24 fly-in friday gang!)
I think the Pelican is cool and great to see it finally in 2024. Didn’t expect to have to pay for it, not sure I will be willing to pay money for a spaceship in a flight simulator.
Isn’t it free until the 17th? 
Edit: oh wait, AFTER that you still need to pay… Huh…
I’m loving this, great to have this as a fun item in the sim. I’ll gladly pay this small fee for having outstanding fun with this.
Only bad things are: that you will have to pay for it, while in MSFS2020 its for free (but the price not terrible at all) and that the aircraft is not fully ported. I mean, i cannot enter the Pelican as i do with helicopter or planes by clicking on the entry. Also, issue with the wheels not working is still present. Id like to taxi to runway or helipad for take off. Not hover above ground.
Even if “bought” now in the marketplace?
Yes, apparently. It’s “Free” only for this first week on the Marketplace, then will transition to a $9.99 purchase - it seems everyone that is getting it right now is actually getting a trial product.
Better spend some time with it while it is free, to see if it would be worth getting.
It was free on FS2020, should really be free on FS2024 too.
Great news. Really love it. Would’ve been nice if existing FS2020 users would’ve gotten it for free on 2024. Got to do a flight with it again.
Kind regards
Just in case anyone was wondering: the “Flight Mode” switch can be mapped to the TOGGLE AFTERBURNER binding.
LOL. I obviously didn’t read the release closely enough.
Well, I did fly it once! That will probably be it then…
Has anyone flown this aircraft on autopilot for any extended period? I engaged the autopilot during a flight last night and after reaching the assigned altitude of 55,000 ft, the AP had a hard time keeping to it - it started to drift downwards at ~ 1,500 fpm, while the aircraft’s speed also dropped over time from ~ 300 knots to ~ 90 knots for no apparent reason, even when at 100% throttle. Disengaging the autothrottle allowed the speed to increase, and a return to the higher altitude.
I also noticed that the panel lights seem to be inop. One cannot see any of the non-illuminated switches or rotary knobs at night:
Other general observations:
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No clickspots on the exterior, so no walk-around to do. The cargo hold door can be opened in walk-around mode using the EFB ground services app.
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I could not find any way to switch on/off lights in the cargo bay. This is the cargo hold cold-n-dark:
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I could not find a way to turn on / off the white lights in the cabin. This is the cabin cold-n-dark. Note the lights are on, but they do not illuminate the cabin:
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This switch is functional, but has no tooltip & does not appear to do anything:
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There are two throttles, but they are bound to a single throttle binding & cannot be independently controlled (probably by design).
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Passengers can be loaded into the cargo bay, but they are the default MSFS passengers that you see in any aircraft, and so look very out-of-place. It would have been nice if they had been Halo-specific characters.
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Lots of inop switches in the cockpit - it’s a pity that they could not be mapped to some cool Halo-specific effects or functions.
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The various computer terminals around the aircraft (I’m not referring here to the pilot & copilot MFD / PFDs) all are inop with static images. Some creative & fun functionality could have been programmed for these.
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The two interior door keypads work, but no keypad entry is required. For example, they could have been programmed only to open when the numerals 4-2-5-6 were pressed (H-A-L-O).
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The interior & exterior model & textures are good, if basic. There are no extras like an EFB, or other clickable objects to explore / discover.
I think this is a good - but basic - aircraft and the $10 price tag is reasonable, but this type of “fantasy” aircraft cries out for more creativity, as real-world considerations need not necessarily appy!
I had just assumed this was going to be free. It’s a freaking ad for Halo, and was free before.
Oh well, I’ll get it out of my system with the free trial; only flew the original after the initial “this is cool!” flights when @LordFrites would release a new enhancement version for it:
I have to imagine the FS2024 version isn’t as cool as the 2020 version with the side of fries.
Charging $10 for it now is certainly a choice…
Honestly, I’m pretty disappointed with it, and I was hoping that when or if they brought it back, they would do more with it.
My biggest gripe is that we still can’t “go to space” with it. Other add-ons have cracked the code of going 200,000+ ft, but for whatever reason, the Pelican tops out around 60,000 ft if you’re lucky. Just like in 2020, everyone thought there was a code to unlock the throttle so we could travel higher and faster especially since the description mentions again how it can be remotely unlocked. Instead, they gave us practically the exact same “spacecraft” from 2020, and only made it free for a week. There isn’t even a good justification for it; it’s an easy cash grab for minimal work.
Half the buttons in the cockpit are INOP, and the switch from flight mode to VTOL is very jarring, like snapping into place. We got absolutely nothing new from this version. Such a letdown.