Piston & Turbine Dukes

Nick, I'm sure that you've been heads-down on the Starship for a good while now, but I was reminded of this issue yesterday when I pulled into the ramp at Nashville yesterday. I selected external power and went to play with the avionics after I shut everything down, and found myself eating through the battery instead of being connected to the power cart. Fortunately, it gave me an opportunity to play around with hot starts and vapor lock (and watch it all on the tablet as I went through the hot start checklist!), and I could always just click "recharge battery," but having the power cart would still be nice. Have you had a chance to look at this for the next round of aircraft updates?

No need to apologize, I’m sure you are very busy these days, with the upcoming release of the Starship (looking forward to it!). I suspected it was something like the situation you describe, that caused this. It was obviously not a problem, but I can also understand why someone with your attention to detail wanted to fix this. And somehow found the time to do so. Do you ever sleep? All the best!

Ok, thanks for clarifying

Here's a little sneak peek. I got the dynamic reg numbers hidden with the method you suggested - although MSFS 2024 still tries to put a tail reg on the aircraft unless I go into the in-game "Identification" menu and remove the reg number. Although this might look like a fictitious paint it's actually real - although there only seems to be one reference photo and apparently the aircraft has since been repainted! [image: b4tRohu.jpeg] [image: K1Dm109.jpeg]

@SebAvi Yep that's the current plan.

That's exactly correct. The yellow band would allow you to fly the aircraft faster in smooth air, but in a turboprop aircraft, there is no such band, meaning that VNO and VNE are the same speed. Unfortunately, I have been unable to locate the logic behind this regulatory decision, but there are several accident reports of structural failure in turboprop conversions flown beyond VNO in turbulent conditions.

Again, I'm not an expert, and I might be wrong about this, but I think you are approaching this in an overly difficult way. That's not a criticism (I seem to approach everything in my life from a difficult angle too), but there are numerous applications that should allow for very easy L:Var manipulation. I'm sure FSUIPC can do it too, but I'm not sure that it requires register manipulation. The B:Var is the new MSFS interaction system, which can be very useful, but it's also incredible abstract and convoluted for developers to set up, so it tends to be underutilized. Not all 3rd part applications have access to B:Vars, so I would try to avoid them wherever possible.

That's correct. Here's a snipped from my manual with an interesting tidbit: Unlike the reciprocating engine version of this aircraft, the combustion heater does not provide any heating to the aircraft, and will never be activated by the temperature controller. The heater has been disabled, because it is not certified for use with jet aircraft fuels, as opposed to aviation fuels. All heating in the aircraft is accomplished via the P3 engine bleed air.

You just need to: Create directory "Microsoft Flight Simulator" inside directory "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming" Copy file "UserCfg.opt" from "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Limitless_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache" into newly created directory above (1.) That's it - then you can run installer and after install you can remove directory from 1.

I neglected to check the failures tab. The left magneto had failed on and the right magneto failed off.

Yup found it. Thanks. I was actually looking at the A2A Comanche Tablet for it lol

Just resurrecting this old post. As far as I can see there's still no paintkit - is that correct? Any chance Black Square could release one please? I can make do with the plain white aircraft but a paintkit would be easier, to separate out dirt layers and other details (if one exists!)

That’s great, thanks very much.

I was recharging it from the tablet.

I like Elizabethton and Roanoak, cheers

@Black-Square Thank you!

Just experienced this myself. I was definitely not parked on a parking spot. I agree with @seipp that the restriction should only be chocks or brakes, to accommodate airports with crap parking design.

@Noob21 My father purchased the second Piper Navajo Chieftain off the production line (saved from the Lock Haven flood by being in the paint shop). In its first year had de ice boots, radar, and King KN74 RNAV installed. This was 1973. I remember watching the numbers roll up or down when he would change waypoints.

Thanks! @Black-Square