@apollon01 suggested to do some soaring together in MSFS2020, to try out the newest version of Kinetic Assistant in multiplayer and have some fun, including flying towing planes and the like.
This thread will be used to organize meetings for that.
I prefer TS as I don’t want to make a Discord account but in a pinch I could try and create one (again. Last time I tried they refused my email-adress).
My possible times (generally speaking) would be 19:00-23:00 UTC on weekdays or 14:00-0:00 UTC on weekends.
However next week will be a problem on week days as I will not be at home.
So if we want to try it in the next few days, for me it would have to be Sat or Sun. In coming weeks weekdays should be fine.
@Aginor, I was wondering if you’ve noticed this behavior with the DG-808S? …
I haven’t yet installed the DG808S because it seems like a bit of a kludged MSFS2020 install to me and I’m hoping I don’t have to worry about a drop in fps.
Just finished a nice little soaring session with @apollon01 and @Elby .
@apollon01 flew the Piper and towed me up, then winch launched himself from Füssen (EDGD), we flew over Castle Neuschwanstein and then east through the Alps, to Ohlstadt. We passed that field though and continued to Benediktbeuren (EDDA).
@Elby joined us there and we did a bit of flying, testing both winch and aerotow starts in multiplayer.
Sadly my sim crashed on me after two hours, just as I was about to make my last landing in Ohlstadt, and we did encounter some problems on the way (such as me inadvertendly disabling my wind which caused a rough out landing. Also @Elby seeing me as a different plane) but nevertheless it was a lot of fun!
My route in LittleNavmap, Castle Neuschwanstein circled green.
Btw., I hope that my accent wasn’t too thick.
It tends to become worse when I don’t speak English for some time.
I write a lot but I rarely speak. And I am a bit self-conscious about it. I sometimes wish I was Austrian so I could sound like the Terminator (@sobek kinda does that a bit).
So guys which settings you use for thermals? I tryed some like 0,5 0,2 but they were much too strong because I had 8/ms + permanantly and so it wasn´t challenging.
Asking because most people I saw found the thermals too weak and not too strong.
But yeah, I usually use something between 0.2 and 0.5 as well, and they feel a bit too strong at times. But it could just be that the planes are actually too good and the thermals alright.
What works for me to make it challenging (probably because I am a terrible glider pilot) is to make them smaller instead of weaker.
You still get some good lift if you circle them just right, but finding the center is the challenge.
