2 year anniversary, total hours

Good evening all,

 

Just a general question.

I have had MSFS since it became avail on day one. Built a new machine for it. A few issues over the past 2 years but nothing major and it got me to thinking.

 

What hours are you up to "flying" wise. Right now per the internal logbook I am at 998.5 hours TTL. I know unofficially I passed the 1000 hour mark a while ago as I operated it in developers mode and the hours/flights originally didn't log (not sure if that was on everyone's or just mine).

 

Most of my flights are around 2 hours at a time and the vast majority have been in the FBW A320NX which i really enjoyed. I did just purchase the PMDG 737-800 and remembered how much I loved flying that back in FS9. It took me a bit but now I am back feeling pretty comfortable with it. The Airbus is a engineer/technicians wildest dream while the Boeings sure feel more like a pilots plane (even though it is FBW now too).

 

 

So, what are you others up to in time wise? Just curious to see where I fall in range.

I know it's of topic but the 737-800 is not FBW it uses traditional hydraulics to operate the control surfaces, the same goes for the newer 737 Max. Edited September 6, 2022 by PAULCRAIG

Although I've been using and enjoying the sim since near day one, only very recently did I "discover" that unless I completely shut down the aircraft after landing none of my flight time is logged. So........ I've logged 2 years and 48.5 hours - LOL Oh well..... such is life. I now try to remember to shut the GA beasties down after arrival.... but I gotta admit it's not a priority.

Although I've been using and enjoying the sim since near day one, only very recently did I "discover" that unless I completely shut down the aircraft after landing none of my flight time is logged. So........ I've logged 2 years and 48.5 hours - LOL Oh well..... such is life. I now try to remember to shut the GA beasties down after arrival.... but I gotta admit it's not a priority.

 

First, let me preface this with, Don't be upset after you read this :D :D

 

I have over 400+ hours in my logbook, and I NEVER have shut down my aircraft (heck, I've never started it either), When I land at the airport, I just quit the sim, and the hours (at least for me), do add up in the logbook. Now I do run it in easy mode, perhaps that is a factor??

Thanks for the heads-up. I guess I'll have to watch the flight log much closer than I have been.... which is pretty much not at all - lol My piston GA flying is never more than 45 minutes to an hour per session, and often even less than that.

I was a late bloomer, having bought it in February of this year. So my hours are small but I fly just about every day.

Now I do run it in easy mode, perhaps that is a factor??

I have the same experience i.e. I never go through the shutdown process. My hours still log and I, too, have accumulated around 400 hours. I operate in Hard mode, so I doubt your running it in Easy mode is a factor. What I have found is that the many hours I have flown training in FSAcademy have not been added to my logbook.