Please can we have a user controlled pushback system

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I know this has been a constant irk of many simmers which was kinda addressed with some mods and payware aircraft in MSFS2020 - But PLEASE can we have a pushback system that we can control with rudder/tiller inputs/hardware.

Having to request each turn via atc and wait for the pilot to say the request, then ATC to respond to the request before the tug actually changes direction is painful to say the least and usually has me ending up way off where i want to be.

More than happy to request the tug via ATC but would love to be able to steer the tug while in motion to get me exactly where i want to go.

Thank you :slight_smile:

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Also fun at a busy airport, where the commands are locked during communications from other traffic

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A function similar to BetterPushback in X-Plane would be incredibly useful. Set desired position and just have to request when to start push.

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toolbar pushback (pro and none pro) need to make a comeback

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They will, as soon as the MP opens up again. They may have a community folder version available now? but haven’t checked their site.

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I have the non-pro version, and I think it was working on FS24 for me. Not sure when the next time I’ll be able to get on to double check, so maybe someone else will be able to verify for me. Only tried it once and used manual pushback. I know the pre-planned pushback was broken on FS20, so I didn’t try that yet on FS24.

Either way, I voted because a native option seems only logical and is something that’s been requested on FS20.

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I agree, though I can’t think of a single sim which didn’t depend on 3rd party apps to fix pushbacks.

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Voting, but also hoping it includes pushing back GA aircraft into a parking spot.

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A tow bar for preflight when flying GA might be cool as well. Just moving my plane around and then forgetting to remove that thing. :grin:

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The in sim pushback in FS24 is the worst it’s ever been. Think the tug driver has been taking something the way you zig zagging away from the gate.

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I assume you’d rather that MSAsobo creates an internal system, but in the meantime Pushback Helper might work for you. I’m still using it in 2024.

https://flightsim.to/file/853/pushback-helper-v2-0