Is your secret flight plan going through a secret tunnel below the rockies ? 
That would be epic if such a shortcut shielding you from weather and altitude climbs existed
Or is there such a heavenly bug that exists ?
You never knowā¦
Like in the Avengers movie, you fly through a mountain and boom your inside a secret passageā¦
Shh, most people donāt know about that tunnel! Just find Cheyenne Mountain. NORAD wants you to believe it just goes back to their underground control center, but it actually exits at the parking garage of the Luxor hotel in Las Vegas. You didnāt think that hotel being pyramid shaped was innocent did you? No, its all part of the Masonic conspiracy..
Good, I had to bang into a 1000 mountains before I got the right entrance to the tunnel..
Letās keep that passage between us.
Since the OP doesnāt have a rule explicitly prohibiting the use of that passage we are still good
Seriously, visions havenāt escaped me of putting an ice cube tray below the PCI slot. Iām so bummed!
Now that I canāt fly Iām thinking of spinning up betting odds on who will win. Looks like you are onto something 
Crank the graphics to low and use the g1000ās PFD and MFD to do all the flying.
Now that would make a stream worth watching..
Or use various supporting nav apps and data points to see the world.. Like Little Navmap and others like it.
Stream title.. āData driven flying..ā
Really cool ā¦ Too bad I just saw this ā¦ I wish I had one for the Cub Crafter X Cub I will be flying in MSFS ā¦ the one I have is not correct ā¦ it shows I have a Fuel selector that allows both tanks to fuel the carb ā¦ not just the right or left tank ā¦ which makes it a little more interesting to keep track of fuel usage per tank and remembering to switch between right and left, and not off ā¦
Bad things happen quickly turning off fuel ā¦
Also, xCub doesnāt like to be upsidedown like the Savage Cubā¦ and if it had the G1000 and autopilot ā¦ I would have flown it ā¦
Not all aircraft are study level. So even if you get a hold of the POH, itās not necessary the sim would accurately simulate all the aspects as mentioned in the POH.
The C172 is study level, and so itās quite close to the handbook.
Has anyone successfully done a fuel stop while practicing? I flew a first leg until I was on fumes, landing at KVTA using GPS 27 approach. Once on the ground, I taxied back to the runway threshold and tried entering a new FPL on the G1000 and got an instant game crash.
My biggest issue is that SimAir.io log failed to record where I landed:
https://simair.io/logbook/Capt%20Grogbeard/flight/4542
I was hopeful Update II was going to fix some of the issues, but in all honesty, the game instability and inaccuracies makes me want to do this challenge less and less. I really do not want to restart the game and maybe the computer with every fuel stop. Each time will be another instance for Live Weather to fail, or for a route/fuel load issue.
Iāll try doing some flight plan loading tomorrow, but If I can expect a crash on every stop, I really donāt even want to attempt the run. Thereās enough to worry about with fuel consumption and weather.
I have been observing CTDās quite often and noticed that whenever you focus out of the sim to anything else, the load on the GPU for me showed a spike. That in return resulted in a small temperature climb swell. Like 50 C to 65 C. Iām not certain if this is what causes CTDās but I have been testing doing flights where I do not leave the sim while flying.
Not even pressing the windows key. I havenāt had enough testing to be certain yet, but this is one observation I have had with stability.
I have also been trying not to interact with the in-game map using āVā. Coz most of my navigation maps are anyways outside the sim in the form of different programs.
Every crash Iāve had in game was when messing with flight plans on the G1000. Either fiddling with approach selections, Direct To, or FPL. Buggy as hell
Maybe the GNS430 in the 6-pack C172 would be more reliable, but the issue seems to be with how the game is handling waypoints.
I have experienced crashes when changing direct to / selecting approaches.
In the past I did not have access to charts data, and so I had to try out a particular approach first and see what it looked like in the map.
However with access to approach charts, I can make exact choices on the approach I need using the g1000 approach system, thus minimizing the chances of bugging out.
which is why the majority chose it over all others. And I didnāt want a set it and snooze flight. for me there is no challenge ā¦ as a temporary deal ā¦ yes. And in the cub and 172 ā¦ I have had some strange things happen when disengaging AP ā¦ I survived ā¦ but this could be an issue ā¦ enough where I will be doing a few touch and goās more than I planned. Especially with my 4 hour flight from Flagstaff @ zero dark thirty, to LAX last night ā¦ 
I would rather have wished we were flying the other way ā¦ LAX to JFK ā¦ once you fly over the rockies, there is nothing worth looking at the rest of the way ā¦ its a fly flat out snooze fest.
Thereās a good reason its called āFly-overā country ā¦ lol
There were a lot of G1000 bugs addressed in todays patch.
I wonder if you might try it now with better results.
The G1000 has been a little wonky all along with MSFS. I donāt really use its flight planning functions for that reasonā¦ I either set a direct, or just use heading hold to get what I want.
Iāve discovered that once an approach is loaded (and possibly after any flight plan is loaded), you cannot clear out the flight plan or make a new one in the G1000. You can use Direct-Toās, but attempting to rebuild the flight plan simply closes the sim.
Time for bug reporting
I always thought manually entering the waypoints for the flight plan was too slow.
Perhaps they should just allows us to read a new .pln file to change flight plans mid flight.
Nevertheless they should fix manual flight plan entry into the g1000.
Agreed. Iām fine if advanced (well this is basic) features of the G1000 just donāt work, but any CTD from pressing UI buttons is unacceptable. Asobo REALLY needs to up their testing. Iām not doing anything that crazy. Itās pretty common to have to change your FPL if given an IFR clearance different from what you filed. Itās basic operation that worked in FSX.
/rant
Anyways, you can only use Direct-Toās after initial flight plan build/load, so everyone beware of trying to make a brand new flight plan. Maybe loading would work, but youād have to import a file with your current airport to get a meaningful route.
I donāt think anyone is going to argue with you about that. But the sim we have is the sim we have, at least for now.
Has anyone tested out if slipstreaming is possible?
To those that are not aware of the concept of slipstreaming here is a quote on it.
Drafting or slipstreaming is an aerodynamic technique where two vehicles or other moving objects are caused to align in a close group, reducing the overall effect of drag due to exploiting the lead objectās slipstream .
Besides reducing drag slipstreaming also improves fuel efficiency. The question is does slipstream mechanics exist in the sim with multiple players flying one behind each other. (Possibly following the same flight plan)
Fighter / Acrobatic pilots are well aware of the effects of slipstream, while this concept is rather non existent for regular flying.
Update: This phenomenon is something birds / fighter pilots take advantage off.
A related effect used for lift rather than drag reduction is vortex surfing for airborne objects. The extended formations (V formation) or āskeinsā in which many migratory birds (especially geese) fly enable the birds (except, of course, the bird at the front) to use vortex surfing to take advantage of one anotherās vortices
Thereās no wake turbulence, so Iām guessing there is no slipstreaming.