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Thank you so much. I'll read it.

Hi there, I am really sorry if I am disturbing you, guys, but I really would love some help, if possible. I am trying to learn MSFS, using a Daher TBM 930 for some short flights, around 200 - 200 NM only. The problem is that I plan all the flight, and I can also check the flight plan on MFD. Everything seems to be OK, VNAV points set, autopilot on (being activated after the take off, around 500ft from ground), etc. Well, when I am approaching the TOD point, I try to activate VNAV and I can see that on PFD the next low altitude appears, in magenta. But when that point is reached, it seems VNAV (that VNV button) does not works, despite being active, because I have no altitude decreasing. So I start a lot of (wrong, I know) things, trying to prepare for landing. I turn autopilot OFF, turn off that ALT button (which, I think, serves to maintain altitude) and click on VS (vertical speed), to decrease altitude manually (following what is asked in each waypoint), through that "sliding" button. This causes a lot of trouble, like over speed, etc. From now on, I also notice that I "escape" the route, because autopilot is off. So I activate it again, checking the flight plan and asking for activation/following of the next displayed waypoint. Well, this is a process very contra-productive, I know, also because it does not works very well. Despite I got to reach destination sometimes, a few moments ago I ended reaching the ground at high speed and had to terminate the flight. That APR (approximation) button, also, seems to not work. When I am approaching destination I press this button, but nothing happens, no indication is given in the PFD, etc. Well, any help here would be greatly appreciated, if possible. How to properly use VNAV and APR in order to better do approximation and landing? Thanks in advance.

Understood. Thank you. I'll take a look.

I am a bit confused with all of that file types. Flight plans are .flt files, right For pause and resuming, so I assume this is not possible, am I right? Thanks again.

Thank you guys. So, I don't get to save my flight plans. I mean, I am unable to save them and load them at a later date, for example, resuming my flights. Is that possible?

Understood. Thank you. I thought there was an option for that on PC.

Yes, but I would like to save the game now, for example, and be able to resume/load it tomorrow. Save a flight in its current state, and be able to resume it at another date.

Oh, so for long flights, for example, we can't play and resume, right? This is very sad.

Hi there, Someone knows how can we pause and resume long flights? For example, a couple of days ago I started a flight which would take around 2:30 hours. I exported through MSFS some files (.SPB, .FLT and .PLN, I think). But, when I load them, all I get is to "spawn" my plane in the middle of the flight without any navigation info. Even the MFD, by what I was able to see, is empty, with no flight plan. Do you guys know if is that possible, please? Thanks in advance for your help.

Hi there, Maybe someone could help me on this matter, please? Because I think I am missing something. I wanted to run backups of my Microsoft Flight Simulator save files. Well, I play on Linux, the game is running very well, etc. I just can´t find the files, or I don't know what they are, where to find them, etc. I was able to find a folder which, I think, is correlative to the Windows's folder: /home/my_user/drive/SteamLibrary/steamapps/compatdata/1250410/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft Flight Simulator I tried to locate saves inside the above path, without success. Well, any help here would be very appreciated. What do I need to save/backup, moreover? Thanks in advance.

@pzl 104 That's really great. I will leave it as it is. I also set trim to that buttons you suggested, near the hat switch. I confess it's being a little difficult to use trim, but I still trying. I now get to take off successfully. I just find some problems while trying to gain altitude and maintain speed. But I know that here I have to combine somethings you all suggested, and I still trying and practicing. @nsproles Amazing explanation! Thank you so much! I will leave auto mixture enabled for now, and as I gain experience I'll start playing with it. Well, I'll play with several settings as well. I am now a little more comfortable with somethings, and starting to appreciate the experience a lot.

I just checked settings and auto mixture is enabled. But I was trying to play with it before, and noticed variations on RPM while I was pushing or pulling the knob. Very little variations. I also checked settings and noticed that trim is set to the buttons 5 and 6 of throttle (I use a Thrustmaster T.flight Hotas). So maybe I need to change this to the hat switch. The problem is that the hat switch currently is in use for the camera/view (I use it to look left, right, to see the panel, etc). Well, let's keep trying. Thank you very much!

@pzl 104, So, is that I am doing that training sessions. I think it's impossible to choose the airport there, isn't it? Or do you recommend to not use the training center and instead try to learn doing "real" flights, through the world map? About trimming, I got to identify the keys through which I can use it, but I am still trying to understand its usage. One thing I need to understand is how to properly use that mixture knob. I know it's probably something simple, but as I am new to everything of this, things tend to be a bit more complicated. I just don't understood very well why these pulls and pushes. @ViperPilot2 I was not using the parking brakes at the beginning. Yesterday I started to use them and everything changed a lot. --- Well, once again, thank you so much, guys. Sorry for the large amount of noob questions. I am just trying to understand all these things. Yesterday night, moreover, I got to successfully take off. I am now struggling while trying to find locations. I need to reach another airport in VFR, but that course/heading indicator seems to not be really useful. At least for now, and for me.

Hi guys, I would like to thank you all for all the help and kindness. MSFS is the first flight sim I play, and so I am struggling a bit. I confess that somethings you said I don't understand very well yet, but I am annotating everything in order to continue studying and learning. Tonight I'll do that flight lessons again and hope to be able to take off accordingly, using all the information and tips provided through this thread. Trim, moreover, is something I am not using yet, and I know I need to take a look on this and start to use. Thanks once again, to all of you.

Thank you so much. Much appreciated. I'm currently struggling to reach the speed of 75 knots whiling trying to climb and reach 8500 feet. The speed simply does not grows up. My speed never surpasses 40 - 50, and in that tutorial mission I am failing because I reach a point very far from the airport (and this training mission asks us to reach 75 knots). Also, I am constantly hearing that AOA bip and having to maintain a low altitude due to that. Do you know if that first Cessna we flight in the training center has some kind of instrument through which we can see the AOA, so we can maintain the cockpit view instead the external view? Well, I will also try to follow your last tips, hope I get that tonight.

Hi @Nels_Anderson, I am very grateful for your support and kindness. Thank you so much. And sorry for posting this kind of question. I was just a bit desperate because nothing seemed to work. But reading your post I began to understand things a bit more. I have not changed anything in the Hotas settings, but maybe I need to calibrate it. I'll try to see that. Also, I think I was pulling the stick too much. If I remember well, it was at those moments the plane was starting to fall. Now I tried to be more gentle here, and I got to maintain the plane on airr, despite having to do a couple of "curves". I'll try to follow everything you said in a couple of moments. Many thanks once again, and sorry for the disturbance.

Hi there, First of all, thank you very much for accepting me in this forum. Also, sorry if this is not the correct place to start this thread. Well, I would like to know if someone could help me here in Microsoft Flight Simulator, please. I am almost desperate, because in the middle of the training sessions/tutorials, I can't fly anymore. I am in that first VFR solo flight. And here, after taking off, my plane falls down. I don't know what is happening, but while I try to gain altitude, a bib begins to sound. If I change to the external view, I can see an indicator mentioning AOA. I could even see that this is the angle of attack, but this is everything I understood. Now, also it seems I "unlearned" everything I learnt: because even in the first missions my plane, the Cessna, is falling down, no matter what I do. I am playing using a Thrustmaster Hotas, but this is my first time with a flight simulator. I don't know what is happening, neither why is that AOA bit sounding a lot when I try to get higher. Anyone could help me, please? I would be extremely grateful. Below is a screenshot of one of my bad times, which I think shows what is happening here: https://imgur.com/kkMQR0r