No speed limit exists in real life… Maybe for specific airlines?
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30 kts is the usual limit but only on a wide taxiway.
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Thanks, this is all just from me googling everything. I couldn’t find any hard FAA speed limits, seems to be a “safe for conditions” kind of rule and typically doesn’t go above 30kts on long, wide, straight taxiways. Airlines set their own speed limits more to limit wear on tires/brakes. I’m not a pilot and definitely don’t know everything (but I’d love to get my ppl someday), but it doesn’t seem realistic to be penalized in the game for going 21 kts. Moreso, it’s not really fun staring at groundspeed while taxiing to make sure you don’t get penalized.
If reputation means nothing, put your foot down. Grand Theft Auto has rules too, they are just made to be broken. 
Meh, I’m ok with it. If I want to hotrod around, I’ll do it in free flight. If I am playing career mode, I’m going to simulate a career and taxi sensibly regardless of the penalty or lack thereof.
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It’s more the realism/immersion aspect of it for me. You probably wouldn’t take a sharp turn at 20kts, but you won’t get penalized for doing so in the game. Maybe if they replaced the speed limit with an accelerometer instead, so you’re not ripping around the airport lol.
There’s not any kind of FAA speed limit, but most airlines have SOP’s limiting it to ~30kt on straights, and significantly less turning corners, or if the surface is contaminated at all.
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The speed limit would be ok for me if it was at 30 to 40 knots. This 20 knot limit is not fun because it’s really easy to go faster for just a sec and it’s hard to tell when you are at 20 knots.
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Rather than a 20kt speed limit (which ATC wouldn’t notice or care if you went 22) it might be better to implement a 35 or 40kt limit that ATC would then say… hey dude, this isn’t a race track and penalize you for unsafe taxi.
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Even if the limit is 20, there needs to be a buffer - almost NO planes , especially GA, are even capable of measuring their true ground speed.
Many planes cant even get an airspeed reading below 30kn.
if you gonna enforce 20kn speed limit, a 5kn buffer is needed ( ding at 5 over, not at exact )
This is also a problem with the Under 10000 250kn limit.
Getting dingles at exactly 250 because VNAV wants to fly 250 on some planes == constant dinging in windy condisions .
You should ding at 5-10 over
Not at exactly 250 - a sudden change of wind direction and speed can get us penalized. Especially with the current 30-70knot winds.
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If the plane has a GPS then it’s no problem. The GS can also be read from the EFB.
I however fully agree that it’s not good with a strict speed limit. Maybe give us a warning first, or at least implement a buffer of, say, 5-10 seconds before a ding is given.
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Besides a threshold for the speed, there also needs to be one for the duration. It’s like they are monitoring you like a hawk, one knot over it for a second and BAM, you get a penalty. Get back to below 20kts and over it again and BAM, another penalty.
Would be better if you only get a penalty when you are exceeding the upped speed (to 35 or 40 knots) for over x seconds (30?). Also one penalty per airport should be a max I think.
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I also get dinged for responding cleared to land while reaching for my landing lights… I usually run the checklsit right after clearance… why would I do it before when there is a possibility that I wouldn’t receive the clearance.
its such habit for me that I literally get dinged every time… and every time I go… doh!
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yes also on the way into an airport getting dinged when you are like 20-40 nm out still at altitude it’s so bad
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At least raise it to 30kts.
And either give us a way to tell our ground speed or give us a 5-second warning before giving the overspeed punishment…
- Raise speed limit to something more accommodating of often long taxiing.
- Display a warning when that is exceeded.
- Penalise only if speed isn’t reduced to below the limit within a certain time - 10 seconds?
None of that seems even slightly complicated from a development point of view.
I guess to prevent repeatedly exploiting the warning, a penalty could be given immediately if the limit is exceeded again within a minute or so.
Yep, make it 40