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  1. On 12/14/2021 at 5:42 PM, GeorgeBJR32 said:

    So you are saying that with all those large downloads that I have already downloaded, iniBuild Manager would have to download all these large products all over again, taking up my time and resources. I believe the product needs some adjustments, I don't want to redownloads all over again, someone had to have seen this as an issue. My internet isn't fast like most, did anyone in the iniBuild took that into consideration? Also, my current install of add-ons are in specific directories in X-Plane <custom scenery> folder, why couldn't you guys give us the option to move what we already have downloaded to mark the location and identified by the iniBuild. I find that so much work for the end user and not the iniBuild Manager. I have downloaded the manager, but not using it, because of that. I am not willing to redownload all that all over again.. that's a waste of my time.

    I see where you're coming from, but the way I see it it's still a vast improvement from the status quo: Up until now you were required to download full packages with every incremental update, there was no other option. So if the A300v2 gets released, if you wanted it, you would be required to redownload the full package anyway. Now you can do it as follows: All your inibuilds planes you leave as they are until the next update is released. If you would like that update you redownload the aircraft via the iniManager. From this time forward there will be no full downloads any more, hence you save bandwith. 

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  2. I don't know about those linking drive issues, but just to be sure, did you consider the following, especially @matrosov (from the inimanager download page):

    "In order to detect your products correctly and ensure they're kept up to date, you're required to remove your current addons that were installed manually from the iniBuilds Store and install directly through the iniManager. Going forward, you'll be able to update your products directly through the iniManager"

  3. 14 hours ago, SPLKA said:

    X-Planes ATC sometimes just doesn't work

    There is no such thing as "ATC" on any standard sim.. Flight Unlimited 2 was an exception, the older ones will remember 😉 I was talking about either flying online on VATSIM or IVAO or maybe using Radar Contact (freeware now, still the best ATC addon in my opinion) or Pilot2ATC. 

    As to the trim issues: as soon as you initiate the autopilot trim should be handled by the automation. So when changing altitude in cruise that should not be an issue and level change should do the trick. But I agree, V/S can be better for step climbs, especially if it's only 2000 feet or so. There's a simple rule of thumb: 3000 feet below target altitude it's 3000 feet per minute vertical speed, 2000 when 2 below, 1000 when 1 below. Helps not overshooting the runway and, if step climbing, doesn't call for excessive trust for only half a minute or so. 

  4. 12 hours ago, SPLKA said:

    Yes, if my flightplan has differeng altitudes in a leg, I was hoping the aircraft's autopilot system would follow that with climbs or descends. However in my flight the plane will remain on the same altitude as iniitialy set with the ALT knob, eventhough the PROFILE button is activated. 

    That doesn't work on any aircraft to my knowledge, at leased I don't think it's the encouraged way of operating airliners.* Regardless whether you planned and filed step climbs these will always be requested and approved / disapproved by ATC, so in real life you never want the aircraft to start climbing and descending on its own. Entering step climbs in the FMS allows for a more accurate fuel prediction, but the pilots still have to dial in the new altitude and commence the climb. There are slight differences depending on aircraft type (e.g. the 737 will descend at TOD if you dialed in a lower altitude, *after* having been cleared by atc to descend at pilots discretion; other aircraft in the Airbus Family calculate and alert you for the optimum step climb position..), but the logic is basically the same for all airliners. So you're not doing anything wrong :-) 

    While were at it, does any airliner have VNAV in climb and if yes what does that mean? To my knowledge managed climb in all aircraft I know only refers to target airspeed, and the climb rate then is a function of speed and calculated thrust. True?

    *if real world pilots would care to elaborate I'd be interested

  5. 3 hours ago, SPLKA said:

    AP, AT/THR, PROFILE and NAV modes are activated.

    If that is the case you should be in VNAV/LNAV. Could you please specify, with "automatically following" do you refer to the aircraft automatically initiating climbs and descends based on what you entered in the FMS?

  6. Pulling knobs generally lets you select your desired value for e.g. Speed, overriding FMC calculated values or route constraints. For instance when in profile mode you might be given a ATC speed restriction and can pull the speed knob to tell the aircraft to maintain that speed.

    Pushing, on the other hand, does different things:

    • Speed: Preselect mode; doesn't change the speed that is presently dialed in but sets a speed target that will be selected if changing the vertical navigation mode (for instance you might set your V2 speed before takeoff, then pressing the speed knob and dial in the green dot speed after flap retraction. After takeoff, even though green dot is displayed on the FCU with the PreSel light illuminated, the aircraft will fly the V2 speed until you select Level Change, at which point it will accelerate to green dot speed, so you can retract the flaps
    • Heading: Your present heading will be dialed in, so when you press heading select it will maintain your present heading. Very handy.
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  7. Use "Mixture Ratio 1" to toggle the engine master switches on and off (i.e., depending on your hardware, set both "Eng x on" and "Eng x off" to "Mixture Ratio x").

    Make sure to check that your hardware switches are in the off position before loading the aircraft or otherwise obviously it will be in reversed order.

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  8. 1 hour ago, Ubaid said:

    You should see something pop up on the FMS, saying 'Align IRS'.

    .. and let me add that unlike other A/C you need to input a departure / arrival airport combination in order for Align IRS to appear. You can change the arrival airport later on if you so please.

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  9. 1 hour ago, gfsa said:

    "Pretty damn" good is PMDG or FSLabs. Ini is still O.K.

    They also charge pretty damn good! One of them just released a goodies upgrade for a price some xplane devs sell whole planes for. Different story of course, but just because you mentioned it.. 

    That being said, very happy to see new features coming to the current ini fleet for free 🙂  

  10. 10 hours ago, lewbob said:

    Thanks but how do you install them? What is the step by step process? 

    You find the step by step process above - there's really only one step? If you don't count unzipping the file you downloaded (for instance with winrar. Not sure how the inibuilds liveries are packed, but make sure to copy the folder containing the "objects" folder, not a folder containing the folder containing the objects folder.

  11. 15 minutes ago, BillUp said:

    So in total for me to fly the A300 I would have to pay £60 for X-Plane and £70 for the A300. £130. I would rather pay just £70 for the A300, and that would be money very well spent. Hence why I will run around my local housing estate naked if inibuilds decide to release it for MSFS2020. 👍

    First of all the price of the aircraft is 81 Pounds, what you're seing on the store is a discount without taxes. And also 60$ isn't 60 Pounds it's 44 Pounds. So the aircraft is about double the price of the simulator, which was your point initially, wasn't it? Also: Is MSFS free? Since when? 

  12. 5 hours ago, BillUp said:

    I am fully invested in MSFS2020. I have been down that rabbit hole before, spending £100's and £100's of Shackles on P3D, and do not intend to make that mistake again.

    I understand what you're saying so much, however, if I were using MSFS as my primary simulator at the moment I'd be very disturbed by the statements of PMDG saying release of their airliners for the platform are at least one year in the future (aka: expect them in mid 2022). Other than what they said before release, during the influencer campaign, there seems to be a significant lack in SDK features for developers. I'm not saying spend hundreds on x-plane, but rather: Maybe wait a bit before you spend hundreds on MSFS 😉

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