What did you do in MSFS today? (Part 2)

[dagwit00001]

I’ve just been in in Los Angeles, landing on elevated helipads including default, payware and photogrammetry, to see if the SU 15 helicopter physics update has got rid of the sudden updraft you would get when crossing from free air onto the elevated helipad - caused, I believe, by ground effect being asessed at one point and so suddenly kicking in as that point crossed onto the helipad and its surroundings.

I tried HPG’s H.145 (custom flight model, so you might not expect much difference) but also the Shrike MD 530F and Cowansim’s H.125. I didn’t experience the old sudden updraft problem with any of them.

Never mind, though, any of that. It was a dull day in Los Angeles but just look at those mountains in the distance!

[TrippleSeven515]

Gorgeous evening in Dublin…

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[fswt4410]

I’ve been away from the forum for a long time, but here I am again, with what I expect to be the first leg of a very, very long world tour: Luziânia (SWUZ) to Formosa (SWFR), flying over Brasília. I’ll release a short of the beautiful takeoff from Luziânia at my YouTube channel soon. By now, some screenshots and the flight path:

[RhoBee99]

The plan was VFR from Ellensburg WA (KELN) up to Kamloops BC (CYKA). I’d hang out in the valleys.

I didn’t check the weather when planning the flight, simply opted for live weather. Steady rain with a few miles viz. Departed to the southeast, no visible horizon toward the west.

Staying in the valleys kept me VMC as I headed north. Abeam Vernon conditions were gorgeous if I had to divert.

At the north end near WP Scotch Creek the weather is looking ugly to the southwest along the South Thompson river. I could maintain terrain clearance down in the valley, but turning around would be ugly the closer I got to CYKA. I cruised the last 10 NMs down the valley at MDA for LOC Z RWY 27. Finally picked up those ULTRA bright runway lights.

[edit] Apologies for too many jpegs initially.

[DanRoman56]

Berlin to Malaga. I think BATC is working well enough and look forward to the updates.

[duracellko]

Legs 8 and 9 of the Baltic bush-trip in WB-Sim C172 in real weather: OSMZ ESSW ESSP
Again nice sunny day for flying, but windy.

Departing from Öland island:

And arriving at Vastervik:

Then just following road:

to Söderköping:

and final Norrköping:

Kungsangen airport was under clouds and it appeared dark:

[kenniekayoz]

Was watching Ferris Bueller’s Day Off when I got the idea to fly around Chicago.
(Videos removed, closed my accounts)

[monkiesandtools]

Over the weekend I ended up getting a HF8 haptic feedback pad. Boy is it fun having the motion element as part of the setup. Ended up flying the 208 with it, and you definite feel a difference between the various prop pitches. It’s also slightly asymmetric due to the centerline of the PT6D in relation to the seat.

I just wrapped up a flight from KPVD to CYUL in the Working Title CJ4 (it’s been long enough I forgot how to program the legs in the proline ) Climbing up to 16.5, I had a constant buffet (only to realize the speed brake was set), once corrected the buffeting disappeared.

Had some Airforce95 Illuminati (stuff) going on when taxing around Trudeau. I had a A21N subbed out as a small low wing GA aircraft circling me doing paparazzi like stuff no more than 20 ft AGL, doing some physics defying stuff. Crossing 24L to get over to Aviation Etectera, he drops behind the facade only to rise back again a couple second later (props to @Fredzachhugo for the spectacle).

Wanted to get a picture, but ‘aviate, navigate, communicate’ (then maybe file a NASA report, hoping you don’t get labeled as a loonie )

[Monkfishman3086]

Tried for an hour to get Beyond ATC working with my headset. Neither bluetooth nor USB would work. I have no idea what exactly was going wrong.

Windows was super confused about the audio devices. Beyond ATC froze a lot of times, MSFS froze a bit, … beyond frustrating, never left the airport in the end

It’s all very confusing because last time everything went extremely smooth and nothing was updated. I completely do not understand. Better luck next time I guess

[s0cks182]

Took my new C414AW out for a spin in icing conditions (not used to flying aircraft that have de-icing!). Really enjoying flying the Chancellor.

[Waterman7031]

Nice video! Gave that right tire quite a workout though!

[PilotMonster126]

Flew my FBW Airbus A230neo from KPDX to KSEA. Major improvements after SU15, including faster loading time and FPS on my ancient Alienware Area51 laptop.

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[duracellko]

Finished the Baltic bush-trip in WB-Sim C172 in real weather: ESSP ESKN ESSU

Going around. Someone owes me a beer, but I didn’t see car plate.

[dagwit00001]

Altisurface Grand Terrus (LFTG) in easy mode.

It wasn’t so easy yesterday when I brought the Skyvan here (which is why there’s a picture of my H.145 rather than my Skyvan).

The problem with the Skyvan wasn’t the landing or taking off - they went OK. The problem was that while the Skyvan offers a panoramic view in straight and level flight, the moment you bank you’re in blinkers (maybe the odd glimpse out of the left upper window, but nothing out of the right). I kept losing the airfield and struggling to find it again while I might still be a position to land.

Incidentally, this version of LFTG is freeware scenery (it’s a really nice container!) by SBWorks, found in the usual place.

Edit: So LFTG is on the north slope of a valley running east-west.

A road runs along the bottom of the valley. Follow it east, keeping it on your left side.

You’ll come to a village, and beyond that a low hill, and beyond that you’ll see the airfield on the northern slope of the valley - runway 02 runs up the slope.

At that point it should be a gentle turn in to land - make sure you haven’t let yourself get too high, though you will at that point be flying over the south slope.

Following this procedure, I had no trouble finding the runway and landing the Skyvan, even at max takeoff weight.

Rather more surprisingly, I also managed to take off again at max takeoff weight, with full flaps, throttles to the wall and red lines be blowed, and just managing to squeak (literally, though I think that was the stall warning) over the trees at the bottom of the runway.

[kenniekayoz]

Easter Island

[DanRoman56]

Bayonne-Anglet to Quiberon

[monkiesandtools]

Another day, another XC Flight into CYUL

have to say though, the visibility started to drop (not as bad as last June/July with the wildfires) but def made the approach a little harder, trying a base and final between the Airport and Mount Royal

As for the beauty shot

(from https://x.com/PALairlines/status/986970221247250432/photo/1)

[SlabsFly]

Wow, now that was hard work! I decided to do an IFR flight from SeaTac (KSEA) to Vancouver (CYVR) with real weather, FSLTL and FSimStudios CYVR. And clearly I did not think this through: after 16:00 at KSEA and there would OBVIOUSLY be a lot of activity! So I patiently lined up, very much feeling out of my depth…

The lineup shrank quite quickly: I clearly got preferential treatment ahead of some of the big boys!

And boy oh boy, was that takeoff ever hairy! I had a 23kt crosswind from the right: I had the left rudder pedal to the floor, full aileron into the wind, hard on the left brake and STILL I went off the runway to the right! Was it ever a relief when I got airborne! Never had anything like that in real life, thank goodness.

But finally I was up in the air. And it was quite bad up there as well. This was once I was on top…

And this was the wind up there: 41 kts almost directly from the left. Look at that crab angle!

But it was pretty up there.

Descending into CYVR I finally saw some ground. I used RNAV for runway 26L and the approach required me to descend some time before the in game ATC saw fit to allow me to descend. So I broke some rules, I am sorry to say. And even though I was spot on on the glideslope, a Dash 8 breezed past below me!

Sure is pretty!

On the ground and heading to parking

Shut down and ready for a beverage at the Flying Beaver across the road: I think I earned it!

[duracellko]

I crossed Britain on my tour around Atlantic in TBM-930 in real weather: EGPO EGHC
Departed from Scotland, flew over Ireland and landed in England.

Luckily, there were no clouds, because Garmin had only visual approaches to Land’s End airport, no RNAV approaches. At first I tried rw34. However, I couldn’t see the airport. I found it too late and I realized, it’s much smaller than previous airports on the tour. Then I got assigned visual approach 25. That is shorter runway, with very little margin for landing distance. But surprisingly I nailed it with approach speed 85kn.

[CraderBug]

Santa Barbra (KSBA)> San Francisco (KSFO)
United (UAL) 645
Boarding at Santa Barbra