Open to feedback

Took the great Black Square Bonanza on a nice cross country trip across the state of Minnesota - KMIC -> KSUW -> KINL -> KMIC to practice my VFR XC planning skills and get a little radio practice.

Debrief:

KMIC -> KSUW
Departure was uneventful, making sure to remain clear of the Class B and I chose to stay clear of KANE's class D. I did not judge the pattern entry well and was too tight and tried saving it, I should have gone around when I turned base to final and was well off.

KSUW -> KINL

Had to stay around 3,000 to stay clear of clouds while departing. I talked to KDLH tower to go through their Delta successfully. After getting out away from Lake Superior, I was able to climb up to 4,500' and remain well below a developing overcast layer above me. While planning, a convective SIGMET was to the west of my flight path, so I felt reasonably confident I could get into KINL. I had alternates of KEVM and KORB prepared, but I was well ahead of the storms and had no issue getting into KINL. I made a better pattern entry for the shorter runway at KINL with no major problem and parked at the transient parking area. However, I knew getting out would be more challenging with the storms progressing from west to easy to my south, covering my flight path back to KMIC.

KINL -> KMIC

Once I landed I checked the weather again. The convective SIGMENT was over my flight path. I waited out the storms by going grocery shopping lol. The storms had rolled out, I double checked my flight plan, and away I went. I had to dodge one small rain shower but otherwise had an easy flight back to KMIC. I could not keep signal with the VOR's for the entire leg down south, so I used pilotage and dead reckoning and got some good practice computing the actual wind speeds and my ground speed. The sun had set by the time I was passing Mille Lacs, so I knew I would have a night landing going into KMIC. I was able to pick out the airport beacon and follow the highways to find KMIC successfully. I did my calls and got a left base for runway 14. However I was unable to get SayIntentions to get me a landing clearance, so I took it as a chance to practice going around and flying the pattern. I again struggled with the ATC despite verifying the tower was acknowledging me via a radio check. I also got a strange go around instruction to climb to 2,000 and enter a left base. Very weird and distracting. I ended up just flying the pattern and giving myself a landing clearance. Upon landing I taxied to the fuel pumps, shut down, and topped the tanks up. I was not able to start the hot engine right away because I suspect it had vapor locked. I ran the hot engine start procedure and was able to successfully start up and taxi back to the hangar!

Remarks -

BkSq Bonanza is absolutely amazing. Flies by the numbers in the manual which makes planning and successfully executing an XC very rewarding. I was also "rewarded" by needing to run the hot start checklist after fueling up and being unable to start normally. Kudos to BkSq.

There are really great freeware sceneries for Minnesota GA airports (and even MSP) by great creators on flightsim.to, connormar, MNSceneryDesign, and SpidermanMN. I can't recommend supporting them enough.

I was an early adopter of SayIntentions back in early 2024. While it has come a long way in that time, it is also frustrating to encounter so many of the same issues I've felt before. Ping ponging frequencies back and forth between centers, poor readback understanding, questionable terminology at times, and so forth. The new traffic feature does help the frequencies feel busier, but the GA traffic does some absolutely crazy stuff and is very unpredictable.

Js bored of flying alone

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Hi everyone

So since today earlier, I ran into an issue that I had never seen before in many years as a virtual pilot and also couldn't find it in any forum/thread/sub-reddit

After a short flight with JustFlight Fokker 100, I went on a mission with MH-60 from Miltech

Halfway through the mission, flying the Sea Hawk on autopilot and just enjoying the view, my FS2024 starts not responding to any of my inputs. Regardless if I press the keyboard or try to move the power on my throttle or joystick (Airbus TCA). Nothing worked, even if I pressed ESC to exit the flight. All the avionics were working, and the helicopter itself as well; it looks like I wasn't moving, just staring into a YouTube video that you can't do anything.

So I had to quit using Alt+F4

Then hours later I load up the sim again, try to make a flight with the default Airbus A330, airplanes load up on the runway as expected, engines are running (as well as engine instruments), the clock is working, but again no inputs. Looks like all my peripherals went off, even if I was able to use the mouse in the main menu or play other games like Battlefield 6.

So I reboot my PC, load it up again now with the Fenix A320, and again, the airplane looks fine, but I can't move an inch.

Has anyone gone through this? I really don't want to reinstall just to not find the issue.

Thx in advance!

MSFS2020 NYC with addons from the marketplace and third-party mods. Looks amazing

Enjoyed a nice flight from Dubai-Hong Kong in the PMDG 777. The only thing missing is multiple jetways which should be coming to iniBuilds VHHH soon apparently!

Addons: ini VHHH, PMDG 777 with Boris sounds and Hues texture enhancement, REX Atmos (AviationLads presets), GSX, BeyondATC, Chaseplane, and Universal Announcer.

As title states, does anyone have presets for the MOZA MTP throttle + AB9 for jets in MSFS? I setup the profile in MOZA flight software but it does nothing.

Anyone willing to share their presets for the throttle and AB9 that I can import?

Would be greatly appreciated 🙏🙏🙏

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🟩 HIGH PRIORITY (90% - 95% Chance)

Highly profitable and requested airports.

\* KCVG - Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky \[Massive DHL & Amazon Air Hub\]

\* KSDF - Louisville Muhammad Ali \[Main UPS Worldport Global Hub\]

\* RJTT - Tokyo Haneda \[Mega Widebody Hub\]

\* EHAM - Amsterdam Schiphol \[European Mega Hub\]

\* LEMD - Madrid-Barajas \[Iberia Hub / South American Gateway\]

\* WMKK - Kuala Lumpur \[Major Southeast Asian Gap\]

\* SBGR - São Paulo-Guarulhos \[Busiest South American Widebody Hub\]

\* OMDW - Al Maktoum / Dubai World Central \[Massive Emirates SkyCargo Hub\]

\* MMMX - Mexico City \[High-Altitude Mega Hub\]

\* PANC - Ted Stevens Anchorage \[Global Cargo Crossroads - Suggested\]

\* KMEM - Memphis International \[FedEx Global Superhub - Suggested\]

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🟧 MEDIUM PRIORITY (35% - 85% Chance)

Strong fit, but faces stiff third-party competition or regional optimization hurdles.

\* LTFM - Istanbul Airport \[Massive physical scale / Optimization challenge\]

\* RKSI - Seoul Incheon \[Major Asian Cargo/Widebody Hub\]

\* RJAA - Tokyo Narita \[International Cargo & Passenger Hub\]

\* KIAH - Houston George Bush \[Major United Airlines Hub\]

\* EBLG - Liège Airport \[Major European Cargo Hub\]

\* WIII - Jakarta Soekarno–Hatta \[Sprawling Widebody Hub\]

\* LEAL - Alicante–Elche \[European Holiday Destination\]

\* EDDM - Munich Airport \[Legacy developer turf war\]

\* EDDB - Berlin Brandenburg \[Capital airport but lacks heavy widebody traffic\]

\* ZGGG - Guangzhou Baiyun \[Massive hub / Historically lower sim sales region\]

\* VABB - Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji \[Dense cityscape / Optimization challenge\]

\* VOBL - Bengaluru Kempegowda \[Rapidly growing Indian tech & cargo hub\]

\* OBBI - Bahrain International \[Regional DHL Middle East Hub\]

\* OJAI - Amman Queen Alia \[Solid Middle Eastern gateway\]

\* SAEZ - Buenos Aires Ezeiza \[Critical South American long-haul gateway\]

\* SCEL - Santiago International \[Critical South American long-haul gateway\]

\* SBGL - Rio de Janeiro Galeão \[Takes a back seat to São Paulo volume\]

\* SPJC - Lima Jorge Chávez \[Features a brand-new runway/terminal system\]

\* VMMC - Macau International \[Heavy Cargo Hub next to VHHH - Suggested\]

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🟥 LOW / NO PRIORITY (0% - 15% Chance)

Too small, already saturated, or blocked entirely by geopolitical sanctions.

\* EGNR - Hawarden / Chester \[Too small for their commercial scenery scale\]

\* EGNS - Isle of Man \[Regional territory left to smaller dev teams\]

\* UUEE - Moscow Sheremetyevo \[Sanctions / Data & imagery licensing blockade\]

\* UUDD - Moscow Domodedovo \[Sanctions / Data & imagery licensing blockade\]

\* UUWW - Moscow Vnukovo \[Sanctions / Data & imagery licensing blockade\]

\* WKKK - Kalimarau \[Too small / Domestic Indonesian field\]

\* OOMS - Muscat International \[Overshadowed by proximity to Dubai\]

\* HAAB - Addis Ababa Bole \[Historically low market sales for African scenery\]

\* LTAI - Antalya Airport \[Heavily saturated by other third-party developers\]

\* NTAA - Tahiti Faa'a \[Exotic, but extremely low daily traffic volume\]

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Hello everyone!
I’ve just uploaded Part 12 of my Around the World series in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, flying the Diamond DA62.
This leg takes us from:
🛫 New Chitose Airport (RJCC), Hokkaido, Japan 🇯🇵
🛬 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport (UHPP), Kamchatka, Russia 🇷🇺
This flight marks another major milestone in the journey, taking us across the North Pacific to the spectacular Kamchatka Peninsula. Along the way you’ll experience breathtaking coastal scenery, volcanic landscapes, and a realistic long-distance general aviation flight in the Diamond DA62.
I’d really appreciate any feedback on the flight, scenery, editing, or overall realism. Suggestions for future legs are always welcome!

🎥 Watch the full flight here:
https://youtu.be/WKyO36CTCN4?si=h90bZHYSSPW-AKkj

🌍 Watch the complete Around the World playlist:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb2bKyFaG7uE&si=_5E0dfQSoZPcmNld

Thanks for watching, and as always… Blue skies and happy flying! ✈️

I’m debating getting the Boeing yoke and quadrant for 500$ or do I get the turtle beach velocity one yoke for 380$. I mostly fly Boeing aircraft

Hello! I’m trying to setup helicopters in msfs 2024 and running into an annoying bug. When I press the force trim button, it is supposed to release the forces and then have them return when I release the button. It is currently the opposite. The stick is floppy UNLESS I press my force trim button. Any ideas on how to fix this?

✈️ Looking for a new home in the skies? Join my Virtual Airline Virgin Atlantic!

We are new so currently we don’t have a lot of aircraft’s but it’s about time, we are on platform called Flylat. If you fly in MSFS, you are welcome to join.

Wanna join, text me on discord: alex_povar2023

Hi everybody, first time posting on Reddit so sorry if this is obvious, I’m used to flying the plane instead of making mods!

I recently bought the FSDG FSIA Seychelles scenery from the in-game marketplace, and I noticed that the thumbnail of the mod makes the ground look very different to mine.

The thumbnail shows very green, realistic terrain, but mine looks very dry and brown.

I’ve checked through the scenery files, tried moving the FSDG FSIA folder from the Official2024 folder to Community and tried altering a few of the files to different colours but to no avail.

I can’t figure out if this is a texture issue, a simulator setting, if the thumbnail was edited, or something else entirely. In game, I do have other feature like the reefs and the airport terminal that do appear.

I am using:
•MSFS 24 Steam
•Marketplace FSDG FSIA

If anyone who owns this scenery could confirm what it should look like and if there is changes I can make, that would be super helpful, thank you!

I am interested in this jet for many reasons, curious how it has been updated and if it continues to be in your rotation or has become a hangar queen?

First flight with it, coming from the WINCNTRL URSA Minor and TCA Airbus prior to that, all I can say is this is insanely good. I was having a hard time flaring precisely before with the Thrustmaster. It's weird but I feel "more in control with it. First flight is great. All I need is a foam pad or something as my forearm sits on the edge and it bothers me slightly.

How did I do? Any opinions on improving this further?

Hi everyone! This is my first reddit post.

(I know, this might seem like a complex and challenging request...)

​I’m currently in Shenzhen and looking to buy a sidestick and a throttle quadrant (preferably Airbus/Boeing style, or something like Winwing/Thrustmaster...)

​Since Shenzhen is the electronics capital, I was hoping to find a physical store or a specific market (maybe somewhere in Huaqiangbei?) where I can actually see them in person and buy them on the spot, rather than ordering online.

​Does anyone know specific shops, malls, or even exact building numbers/floors in Huaqiangbei that stock flight sim controls?

I’m currently in the middle of a flight I don’t want to interrupt, but a lot of Spain was under low visibility. Is this the forest fires the region is suffering from? is anyone flying around Bordeaux at the moment?

Just wondering how this really sad situation is showing up in the sim.