Review: Taburet - Fishburn Airfield For MSFS 2020Little country airfields are great destinations if you're flying a light plane and out doing some sightseeing. Taburet has created a nice destination on the east coast of England with Fishburn Airfield. Reviewer Neil Birch loved the experience of visiting with all the little details, bringing back memories of visiting the real field years ago.
Ratty's Ramblings - Trim and TrimmingAuthor Ian Radcliffe has been flightsimming for a long time -- since 1984 and FS2 on a Commodore 64. In an effort to give something back after all these years of enjoyment, Ian has offered a series of articles that will offer hints, insights and suggestions to enrich the flight simulator experience. This time the main topic is trim, what it does and how to use it. Briefly mentioned are FS2020, hangers/hangars and everything finishes up with a nice 170 mille "ramble".
Review: X-CPL-PilotIf you ever fire up X-Plane and wonder "where am I going to go now?", X-CPL-Pilot provides a great solution. It is a GA business simulation that lets you create your own company, starting small and working your way up. You can do multi-point trips, sightseeing, sky-diving and more. Recently an airliner component has been added as well. Reviewer Andrew Parish really enjoyed the structure it added to his flying.
Review: Boundless Simulations - EGNS Isle of ManReviewer Paul Mort takes a look at the first payware X-Plane 11 scenery from Boundless Simulations. The scenery features EGNS Isle of Man, a British Dependency located in the Irish Sea. He found the scenery to be very immersive, with lots of little details that bring it to life. Buildings, runways and taxiways were nicely textured, and good night lighting is included as well.
Review: Orbx Dundee Airport for X-PlaneOrbx adds the third biggest airport in Scotland to the X-Plane 11 landscape with their version of Dundee Airport (EGPN). Reviewer Stuart McGregor found the airport had many of the details and little touches that Orbx is well known for. He considers it a keep that he will enjoy visiting again.
Review: DC Scenery Design - SNPJ Patrocinio AirportIt's nice to see designers trying the new Microsoft Flight Simulator and here we take a look at SNPJ Patrocinio Airport in Brazil from designer DC Scenery Design. It's a fairly simple airport, but also very inexpensive. Reviewer Neil Birch finds flying there an enjoyable experience, with good models and textures and a good fit into the surrounding scenery.
Simworks Studios Halloween SaleSimworks Studios Halloween sale is now running through this weekend, with all of their products now 50% off at the FlightSimCom Store. SimWorks Studios is a developer of high quality flight simulation add-ons, aimed at creating not just a simulation, but the experience! Their specialty is military aircraft and aircraft carriers to fly them from.
Sierrasim Simulation - SKCC Camilo Daza Airport For MSFSNew from Sierrasiim Simulations for Microsoft Flight Simulator is SKCC Camilo Daza International Airport. Located in Cucuta, Colombia, the airport is named after the Colombian aviation pioneer Camilo Daza. Features for MSFS 2020 include photoreal ground textures, PBR textures, airport objects, sloped runway, realistic night lighting and more.
Drzewiecki Design - RJAA Tokyo Narita for P3D v1.1 ReleasedDrzewiecki Design has released an updated v1.1 for their RJAA Tokyo Narita For P3D scenery. The package is a highly detailed version of the airport in the capital of Japan. The update includes a number of fixes plus the addition of animated handling vehicles on aprons and Orbx Global Base color range blending.
Flysimware Halloween SaleToday is Halloween and Flysimware announces their Halloween Sale, with all their aircraft now 40% off the regular price at the FlightSim.Com Store. Flysimware makes a variety of FSX and Prepar3D planes including GA planes, helicopters, amphibians, bizjets and more. This is a great time to expand your hangar with a new aircraft.
X-Crafts Offers Free Preview Of E140X-Crafts is offering a free preview of their E140 for X-Plane. While it will allow you to judge how it looks and test frame rates, the preview is not actually a flyable aircraft and has no instruments and a bunch of other limitations. Is this really useful? Try it and decide.
REX 2020 Weather Force Technical Update 1.1 ReleasedREX brings their advanced weather technology to MSFS 2020 with REX Weather Force 2020. This is a new METAR-based dynamic real-time weather engine that will let you experience automated, dynamic and smooth weather transitions. It also offers weather scenarios and other features that let you take control of the weather. Technical Update 1.1 has just been released to resolve issues in the original version.
MSFS October 30th, 2020 Development UpdateA day later than usual, the Microsoft Flight Simulator team issues their weekly development update. The just released Update #5 has been causing problems and a hotfix is scheduled for this weekend. In further news, work continues on the SDK and a new video has been released, Around The World Episode 6: South America, Central America, And The Caribbean.
FlightSim.Com Store Halloween SaleThis weekend is Halloween and at the FlightSim.Com Store we have hundreds of add-ons available for you, on sale at up to 50% off the regular prices. If you're looking for a new place to fly to, or a new plane to fly in, now is a great time to enhance your flightsim experience with a new add-on.
Airfoillabs Updates King Air 350 For X-PlaneAirfoillabs announces an update for their King Air 350 and Product Manager for X-Plane. This is a major update, making the plane compatible with Vulkan and Metal as used in the latest X-Plane 11.50 release. Several other fixes have been introduced as well.
CloudSurf Asia Simulations Releases Singapore DowntownHere is another city landmarks scenery for MSFS 2020. New from Cloudsurf Asia Simulations is Singapore Downtown, hand built from scratch for Microsoft Flight Simulator. It features hundreds of authentic 3D models with full PBR materials and stunning night lighting effects. A wide variety of locations around the city are enhanced.
SamScene3D Releases Hong Kong For MSFSSamScene3D announces that they have released Hong Kong City Times scenery for Microsoft Flight Simulator. This is another of the city landmarks sceneries that many have been creating, this one with over 300 custom buildings in the city, plus major bridges, an animated ferry, night effects and more.
Gaya Simulations Teams With Terrainy StudiosGaya Simulations announces that they are teaming up with Terrainy Studios to develop Samos Airport (LGSM) for the new Microsoft Flight Simulator. No further details are provided, just a few screen shots of the terminal.
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Thread Starter: AndyB54It is NOT the sensitivity of the joystick. I can tweek that. I have flown the 172 without problems prior to the newest update 1.10.7.0 Even if I...
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