Posts by Phil747

  • General Discussions

    Quote from Raybo

    Although, I understand that we all want different things from the simulator. The developers cannot please all of the people all of the time. However, I would prefer that this thread stay to its point of where do other digital pilots like to fly to and what are the points of interest within the AF23 world that can shared with us.

    Good point. On that bombshell…

  • General Discussions

    Quote from Beto McFly

    People here only know how to complain and demand practically impossible things, but they don't exalt the excellent quality of the simulator.

    Agree to disagree: yes there are a few slightly unrealistic or wacky requests made, that doesn’t say all of them are. As a matter of fact I was about to ask/request a Concorde livery. Is that too much?

    In the same way, I can agree that aerofly has come a long way since 2014 or 2018, but where most people ask for something to be amended or a very small thing to be added, I don’t think it’s totally out of the question or unreasonable to ask about graphics glitches or some other bug some found with an aircraft, to be fixed. Do you?

  • Lighting no longer works.

    Quote from MetallicaRulz81

    Here’s a picture from a week before the latest update. Almost 60 frames a second dynamic lights on my iPad. Now I have no dynamic lights with a so-called update that didn’t update anything. It only took things away. The update says dynamic lights are not going to work on older devices. I have a sixth generation iPad it's only two and a half years old. Fix this please it has worked every year and it worked FLAWLESS Until your latest update.....I mean downgrade. How can I get a refund? Pay all this money every year barely any improvements and one of the most amazing things about your simulator you just took away from thousands maybe hundreds of thousands of IOS users. Please fix this..I'm so let down IPACS. IPACS Support

    What happened? My sim is pretty much okay apart from the fact it crashes about 10 minutes into most flights if I don’t restart and clear all background apps pre-departure 🙄

  • 747 rework/update?

    I was actually going to ask about this because similar to what OP mentions, the BA version in particular never came with GE CF6s, rather only the Rolls Royce RB211s. Same with the 787, BA only operate Trent 1000s. Perhaps a sound update and engine redesign for some airlines is needed.

  • Concorde AUTOLAND + MAX CRUISE

    Thought of this last night, but was just wondering, since the AUTO LAND and MAX CRUISE in the Concorde aren’t functional, whether this will ever be a thing. Of course autoland can be done with the copilot, and MAX CRUISE has been replaced by MACH HOLD, but it would be nice if these buttons had some functionality of sorts :)

    Thanks

  • 78X and 744 questions

    Quote from Overloaded

    The drag curve is U shaped. At low speed you are on the left of centre so a reduction in speed gives more drag. Try going faster to get less drag. You can set up an agressive rate of descent with full throttle and once you are at 290 knots or higher resume the climb but only at a rate that does not lose speed. Above 30,000 feet you are more vulnerable as being Mach limited your Indicated Airspeed will fall with increased altitude and you are moving left on that drag curve. Once you are that high make very small altitude increases to keep the speed up.

    Oh okay I see now. Thanks for the explanation.

  • 78X and 744 questions

    Just a quick post since I'm using the 787 for pretty much the first time, plus something I need to ask regarding the 747 on a flight I did a few weeks ago.


    So first on the 787, is there a way to change the flight number displayed next to the artificial horizon? The FMS seems partially functional on this part as it lets you type in a flight number but once clicking ACTIVATE then EXEC(ute) it does not change. Just asking because the Triple 7 lets you type anything in and it would be nice to have a custom flight number displayed rather than what I've seen so far where it displays UAL123 or BAW787 as a generic flight number.

    Second, I found the 747 struggled to keep speed at high altitude. Just on the Autopilot alone, not the inbuilt co-pilot, I took a Lufthansa 744 from Seattle to Frankfurt and found that at several points during the flight when I tried to get it to cruise higher than let's say 36 or 37,000 feet, it would just end up stalling/getting really low on speed (like 180 to 160 knots indicated, even) and I kept having to enable the GA thrust limit in order to get full power to maintain flight at FL410. Don't know what I did wrong, maybe I put it into the CRZ thrust limit a bit too early but at any altitude from 39,000 to 41,000 feet it just would not keep stable and level flight without becoming dangerously low on airspeed.

    help appreciated,

    thanks

  • Concorde cold and dark when?

    Quote from Niko Nixon

    Just started flying the Concord and it’s awesome.

    Does the VS work different on Concord compared with other aircraft?

    I’ll choose say FL10 take off click ALT/AQU and VS with AP engaged then the aircraft starts to climb at 500 ft/min but I can’t get it to climb any quicker.

    On other aircraft you increase or decrease VS with a roller control but how do I do this on Concord ???

    Take a look at the tutorial, it’s kind of wild but it’s basically a little white rocker switch near the artificial horizon indicator that you drag into place. I’ll attach a photo.

  • Notes

    Please don’t delete, this is some useful info or questions for the devs that I have found while using Aerofly 2023 recently. I’ll list them as I think:

    1) Unique A380 A/P tutorial? I was flying LHR to Boston the other day (links in to another thing I have to ask in a bit) and I just couldn’t seem to use the A380’s autopilot. I know there is a general Airbus one already, which is why I’m asking about an individual tutorial because every time I tried to enter a Mach speed or get it to hold a speed or altitude it just decides to pull the throttles all the way back so I don’t know if it was something I’m doing or the AP is slightly broken (that’s the actual AP not the copilot assistant)

    2) runways at Boston are a bit broken. Offers 22R as a landing runway for approaches but doesn’t mark it as a land-able runway in blue like all the others (screenshots attached)

    3) more fuel for the A320 and especially Learjet 45? The 320 is okayy for now but the Learjet could really do with more than a tonne and a half, I got from farnborough to Nantes, not even Bordeaux when mine ran out of fuel at 41,000 feet. Is this something that could be looked at or will it have to wait for weight and balance to be actually implemented?

    My concerns for the 320 are just since if we want to go a bit further with one, like Lisbon to Helsinki, there is no other TAP livery or Finnair livery on an aircraft in the sim with a higher initial fuel load on board. Just to have 10,000 or 15,000 kg to start with would help with longer flights immensely.

    4) the 4th one is 3D buildings in Miami. I appreciate the addition of landmarks in other cities around Europe and the US, but I guess the question here is that Miami was 3D last time it was in an aerofly sim for mobile. Will this come back or is it a question of device performance?

    (I guess the same with Seattle which only really has 2 buildings modelled. Like I said I appreciate these being added but to have a few more would be nice. Totally constructive advice and no intention to badmouth the devs)

    Lastly, speaking of performance, sometimes when I use the exterior cameras around busy areas, frame rate seems to take quite a hit. Evidence spans from taking a Baron 58 around Miami Intl, gets a bit laggy when you start to pan around the aeroplane from the outside view. Don’t know if it’s the sim with so much data, or just that my devices are slowly turning into roasted potatoes with every aerofly instalment :)

    Jet-Pack (IPACS) if you could shed some light on some of these I’d really appreciate it.

    (Cue photos of dodgy Boston runway)