First and formost fix that blasted flight model! lol  If they wanna know  how to get it really RIGHT, they should look at the dynamics in GreatPlanes RC flight simulator!  It even models the propwash over the airframe!   It would be nice to do some, at least, semi-realistic aerobatics in the game.

Another thing I'd like, as mentioned earlier, would be better ATC system.  It'd be sweet if you could request vectors for the different approaches at airports, or just request the approach via an arc, or procedure turn... something different.

and also improve the GPS.  At least make it so you can program in your own flight plan in the unit itself.  It's much more realistic that way, and can be handy if you need to go to an alternate real quick. 

If you are all serious about getting microsoft to make improvements in the new version of FS2006 then send your ideas to microsoft's flight simulator division. the email address is Tell_FS@microsoft.com

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Don't ya just love the way they route you all over the place. I sometimes wonder if ATC knows which airport I'm flying to. They've had me on what looked like an approach to a totally different airport than the one I filed for.

I also think they need to improve emergencies. right now if your engine fails there is no way to notify the ATC, and he could have you circling the airport for five minutes, when in reality you only have two to spare! ???

I will again use that example except this time there is no airport nearby, uh oh you say, so you tune your transponder to 122.5 and squawk 7700, except nothing happens!!! ???

I honestly don't see a point in quibbling about scenery or aircraft wishes when these things can be so easily downloaded.

Flight Simulator has two MAJOR barriers to being as real as it gets.

1. Flight Dynamics - for instance, there is not a single plane that realistically simulates stall/spin characteristics in ANY MS flight simulator. This has to be a limitation of the Sims, as I simply don't believe that no-one out there has actually spun a plane before and therefore doesn't know what it's like. It's a reflection of an inadequate set of parameters available for us to work with.

2. Atmospheric Dynamics - in short, this is 2 dimensional at present, I'm sorry, but that just doesn't cut it. As sure as an aircraft climbs and descends, so does the atmosphere itself.  For those who are not aware, the only restrictions of vertical movement of the atmosphere in real life are the ground and outer space. I think they forgot a very basic element here and this needs to be addressed well in advance of any other aspect of the simulation.

There are many aspects of atmospheric phenomena that are missing, understandably, in FS, but to deny the entire 3rd dimension of air movement is ignoring a basic reality and results in a flawed simulation. An airmass in FS needs to dynamically interact with itself as well as terrain and not pretend it doesn't exist. At the moment, Air and land are invisible to each other in FS, and only a boundary 1 point deep exists between the two.

Current Status- as real as it gets as long as you ignore some very basic physics.

Micro-Flight manages a Fluid 3D atmosphere which "flows" around and over terrain with a 7mb download of an entire simulation, why can't MS make an effort towards this basic concept?

Forget about the electronics, aircraft, and scenery; this sim needs some basic developement or we back the lie.

Hi guys! Im new here.

To start off, I love this sim.  It is mindboggelingly cool. Thank you MS for bringing us this far and opening up for 3rd party development.  

Im really surprised to not hear more from you guys about the virtual cockpit! The current virtual cockpits leave a LOT of room for improvements.  Especially when compared to LockOn or IL2 (Have you seen screens from BoB!?) Granted, I havent purchased any 3rd party planes yet, but I feel that the sim overall needs to up the quality in this area.  I think if they could really get a great 3D Cockpit right we wouldn’t need the panel anymore.  There could still be the possibility for sharing equipment and doing custom layouts for add-ons.

Heres a few from my wish list.

- Starting at gate/parked (if selected). - This would add MUCH realism.  I hate dialing everything in on the runway.

- Better virtual cockpit. - My idea is using a 1 pixel curser (moves around on the inner area of the screen freely, but when the curser moves to outer edges of screen it turns head or pans view).  Head movement/Tiny Curser would get you to all controls the panel would give.  In a much more realistic manner.

- Axe the panel. - Add-on planes can still share avionics in custom layouts. Virtual cockpit would be much more realistic overall.

- Head Shake - I know the human body levels our eyes, but in animation, everything needs to be magnified if were going to perceive it.  Stall speeds would be much more obvious if our cockpit starts moving around on us.  G effects on the head should be modeled in all aspects of flight.  Even slight turns. We would all turn out heads a bit in a bank.

- External Views - More options here.  A big reason we all fly the sim is to watch the planes.  A flyby view is MUCH needed, no other views show speed like a still camera flyby.  Flyby while taxi would be awesome.  Padlock other planes or ground objects and landmarks would be fantastic too.

- Detailed 3D atmosphere. - There are obvious changes visually in air density/humidity/particles at different altitudes. Attached a pic of this below...

- Stability - fs9 has to be the most buggy, crashable, frustrating app I have ever used... period.  But it is amazing, Ill restart it 10 times if I have to.

- Flight Model - far from realistic,  this should ALWAYS be a priority for improvement through time and new technology. Always... it will never be perfect.

Ahh thats enough. The future is coming though... Why not make is as good as possible!?

*Atmosphere example - Ive shown this to friend MS already.
http://www.futurastic.com/MS-FS/4_HazeStopsAtCloudbase.jpg

*Cool photo of extremely hot and humid atmosphere in Tampa Fla., look behind nozzle.
http://www.futurastic.com/MS-FS/Hot&Humid.jpg

Later! =b=

While we're talking all this realism here, let's not forget the main goal...to have fun!!!

Some people don't like hardcore realism...