Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

@@Boscoh_ It’s a really good start, but there’s a lot of work to be done on it still. I’ve gone back to the PMDG 737NG.

@@CaptainChairbus I’m trying to give it a fair shot. It seems cool for sure and it’s getting better the more I learn and practice in it. Not sure I’ll become obsessed with it.

It's pitchy and sensitive on that axis though - as you can see in my attempts at making a classic 727-style rotation.

Agreed. Really, really hope they'll continue to mature it.

It wasn't bad for as infrequently as I've been able to get to MSFS lately. :) The winds ended up picking up to 19009G19. Half the headwind and all the gust, I added the maximum 15 kts onto my VREF. In hindsight, I probably could have just done 10 since it was all crosswind and no headwind. Wasn't pretty, but it was decent from a technical perspective.

Unfortuantely, the PMDG 737 in MSFS is a little bit pitchy. It could use a bit more smoothing out, it's too rough. The main purpose for my two uses of V/S on this climbout was to accelerate but without going below 1000fpm. Technically, using V/S in a climb is taboo at most airlines; or at least frowned upon. But I trade that "realistic license" for the unrealistically pitchy nature of the PMDG 737. :) So it balances out, realism-wise.

Gladly!

Thanks! I find that I do my best landings on the windiest days in real life too.

You talking about the route? 99% of the time, including this time for me, it was KDEN.ZIMMR3.CHNGY..KHDN

Thanks! The other airplanes were just there at the time of replay. Usually I try to look around and make sure that my replay won't be an obvious interference to other players... but sometimes I'm crunched for time and need to get the replay recorded as quickly as I can.

As you can tell, I'm kinda touring Oceania. But I'm kinda ready to head back to the US... haha

I kinda like the gray and white scheme. Also I’m pretty sure it’s used for charter in real life - which helps justify crazy and random city pairs.

Gotta change it up a little from time to time. Otherwise what fun is simming? :) I feel like the PMDG 737 flies better than the 777, though. Gotta work on these landings - I think I flare too high and/or too much.

Thank you! I got much better at flying this thing later on.

Oh thank you!!! The Flysimware Falcon 50 is so cool! Its not the Falcon’s fault that it took me the entire equatorial circumference of the earth to start getting semi-consistent landings. :) You’ll notice that every time I switch planes, my landings go to heck and my errors go way up. That’s what helps in real life - just flying one plane.

@@tonyf652 Agreed--the FSW Falcon requires a particular skill set, as do most other complex airplanes. I'm really hoping that they eventually develop a version of it for MSFS 2020. That would be flightsim Nirvana. 😁

Yes sir.

Oh wow! You get your own dedicated non-stop with KLM. :) And with the -300ER too, from what I’ve seen!

the KLM 747-100 till 747-400 flew here until the pandemic ripped through the 773 is nice too. especially the massive GE-90 engines

Oh thank you!! I'm glad you enjoy them! The climbs-to-cruise are probably a little extra - I find myself skipping through them all the time. lol But it helps to have it recorded and saved if I forget to write down the time and fuel numbers at top of climb when I'm trying to bias the PFPX profile to be a little more accurate. :)

Eh... It's okay - I mostly have this channel to save space on my hard drive. ;)

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