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So there I was, a seasoned A350 Captain with over 1000 hours in the logbook (don't ask how many of those were spent on 4x sim rate)

We’re barreling down the runway, closing in on V1 when I notice something slightly concerning: my airspeed indicator is completely dead Zero. Zilch, But as a highly trained A350, I made the split second incredibly professional decision to... just keep the throttles at TOGA and yeet it into the sky anyway. Who needs actual numbers when you can fly on vibes, right?

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Turns out my F/O completely half-assed the exterior walkaround the pitot cover were still on 😂

I used to play Geo-fs for two years (July 2023-July 2025) until I got X-Plane 12 last October. I revisit Geo-fs every once in a while to realize just how good I have it now.

(and it's totally not because X-Plane 12 is super hard to get to work properly and my computer struggles to run it lmao)

Jerrivel over the the Just Flight forum is previewing a possible aspen avionics integration for the Black Square and A2A planes. If you like that too please chime in an let nick know that we would love to see this integrated into his planes with full system support.

Ever since I started flight simming as a 7 year old boy, so close to 3 decades, I have wondered what it’s really like. How the switches feel, whether all that flight sim knowledge would actually be applicable, all that. Having the mathematical capacity of a dead fish, I have no business flying a real airliner as a profession or otherwise, but recently a mate and I had an extraordinary opportunity to fly a few patterns in a full motion 787 sim. An unforgettable experience and a strong testament to the quality of study-level add-ons, because everything felt familiar.

FlyTampa just updated their Facebook page cover with this screenshot and the building in this screenshot looks like Sonesta Ocean Point Resort in St Maarten!

Over the past few months, I turned a real F-104 into a simulator, and 3D printing has played a very important role in making it happen.

 

Last weekend, I exhibit the F-104 Starfighter flight simulator at the Dornier Museum Do-Days, together with several of my 3D printers, aircraft models, RC tank, and some of the components I've made for the simulator along the way.

 

And the weekend went great!

 

The F-104 simulator was definitely the biggest crowd magnet. So many people wanted to fly it that we eventually had to create a sign-up sheet with 15-minute time slots. About 1.5 hours after opening, every single slot for the rest of the day was already booked. And then the exact same thing happened again on the second day. 😂

 

One of my favorite parts of the weekend, though, was meeting all the pilots and crews. I made a lot of new friends and connections and now somehow know quite a few pilots on a first-name basis.

 

I especially got along really well with some of the guys from the Bundeswehr's Air Transport Wing 62 (LTG 62) and their A400M. 

Naturally, having a bunch of printers sitting next to me meant I couldn't just leave it at talking about their aircraft... 

So over the two days, I printed six A400M models for them.

 

Apparently, they liked the models, and somehow me as well, enough that they even asked if I wanted to fly back to Hannover with them in the A400M. I would have absolutely loved to... ...but unfortunately, I had to work on Monday. 😭

 

So I had to decline probably one of the coolest spontaneous invitations I've ever received. But I promised them that I'll come and visit them in the future!

 

Thanks to Bambu Lab's Let's Make It Fund for supporting me and this slightly crazy project along the way. 😄 They have made it a lot easier to turn some of these ideas into actual parts, models, and things people can interact with.

 

So if you have a good project, go and apply for it! Maybe you will be selected too!

 

Overall, the Do-Days were an incredible experience. Between having the F-104 simulator completely booked out, talking about 3D printing with everyone from kids to experienced makers, printing A400Ms for actual A400M crews, making a bunch of new friends, and potentially getting something started with local schools, I'd say it was a pretty successful weekend. 😄

 

And I definitely came home with a few more ideas than I arrived with.

First real soviet airliner we'll have for MSFS

When a misinput ruins the fun

SU6 has delivered so far!

I was getting mixed signals on if the Logitech flight yoke was a good budget yoke in my older post “Is the Logitech Flight yoke worth it?” (Or something), so what are the Pros and Cons of the yoke? Is the deadzone real?

Edit: Guys this would have been my first yoke but most comments say it’s bad, what would be other options around 250usd?

Found this in my basement today. Used it for FS2004 and FSX.

Game time following real time was the stupidest design choice ever: you built a lucrative career, then took a 3-month hiatus only to find that all leasing costs & payments that piled up are now due without any income for that period... No wonder we hand-edited the game DB. :-)

Other than that, it was awesome and had serious depth for its time.