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Frankly, I don't get what is new right now for the SI subscriber. This seems more like a new product for non-subscribers. I like the people there and the developer is energetic and knowledgeable about AI. However, if you fly airliners, this is no different from GSX or FS2Crew, and if you own these, there will be significant duplication. I would rather have SI focus on the ATC portion of the product, as there is still a lot to be accomplished here, eg, traffic injection, and consistently good departures and approaches. This product seems a bit gimmicky.
First off thanks for watching the video, I don't disagree with you that some of the features mirror other products. That's the nature of competitive business. I don't work for say intentions so I can't speak for them but I think they are offering Entourage as an alternative to gamers who may not want a monthly subscription or all of the ATC features as far as the gimmick thing the sales of this feature or product will ultimately help fund the overall development of the company. And you are right that it is geared to new customers because current subscribers already obtained all these features
Thomas, Thanks for watching and commenting on the video. I do not have any experience yet with Beyond ATC but I can say that SI is getting better all the time and there are a lot of exciting things coming in the future.
This is not my product I am just a user passing the good work of a great company @sayintentions is working on it but traffic injection is not available yet.
Nice video Dan. You didn't mention how you filed the flight plan. Do you HAVE to use Simbrief? I really don't need 37 pages of flight plan for GA. I'd much rather use the built-in Navigraph flight planner since I pay for it and I have it right there anyway.
Mark, Thanks for watching. I do use Sim Brief. I am not sure if you do it in the built in flight planner if SI can pull it from there? You can put a simple flight plan into Sim Brief and generate the report and then just not use any of the added stuff from the OFP. I will do some testing and see what I can come up with.
I reached out to a friend that knows more than I do, and this is what he told me. "For now you have to file the plan in Sim Brief. You can then import it into Navigraph if you want to use it there. Building the plan in Navigraph will not push it back to Sim Brief and therefore there will be no proper IFR plan for SI to work with."
@@WingsandWrecks Thanks for the thoughtful reply Dan. That's what I thought. Too bad. I really like the Navigraph built-in app and I enjoy using it to build a flight plan and import it into Pilot2ATC as well as the G1000. Pilot2ATC can import from any of LittleNavMap, SkyVector, Navigraph, etc. I guess because it's been around so long, it makes sense that it would be so mature that way.
yes, I agree that it takes some repeated practice to get smooth with a 172 in the sim. if I change planes and come back to it I seem to have to kind of relearn it.
I recommend just going to smaller airports. Controllers there are always happy to get some traffic in and especially S1 controllers are still learning just as much as you wont bother anyone if you e.g. take a wrong taxiway or if the controller has to repeat things multiple times for you. You can always give partial clearance as well and then ask for the rest or ask for people to talk a bit slower/clearer to you. I started being confident in no time from taking like 10-15 minutes to press the button despite me being ready already long time ago xD What I did in the beginning was just launch towards uncontrolled airspace / airports, so I could get some experience with clearance+taxi. I can recommend "Little Navmaps", its free and a real gamechanger. Sometimes the map data isnt 100% accuracte, e.g. when I landed in Bremen they renamed some parking spots to be gates and i got confused. That being said you can always request progressive taxis from controllers as well, again, especially if not so much traffic is going around, most controllers are very happy to have someone to interact with, instead of having like 1 departure an hour. Later you can start landing in airports (practice some ils landings beforehand and know your aircraft well so you wont have any problems) and once you got that down you can start flying to/from airports where the airspace is controlled as well or a lot of traffic is happening. There are some example dialogues covering nearly everything that could happen to you online as well. I always them open on a 2nd monitor and it helped me a lot. Hope to see you in vatsim soon ;)
That's not any ordinary overcast, it's "solid overcast" Interesting. Did Harley say your Skyhawk has a fuel capacity of 152 gallons? You got auxiliary tanks onboard? Besides that, I think this AI ATC is vastly better than any currently offered ,, (besides real people on Vatsim)
Hi! Love the video! Feels like a real world flight. Uncle Harley is great and I'm looking forward to you asking him more questions in the next video. And that ground scenery with Orbx is looking AWESOME!
Great Video Dan! First one I've watched with the combo of X-Plane 12 and Say Intentions! Looks like you had a nice flight. Say hi to Skidrock for me!!!
Hey yourself! It is great to see SayIntentions and Xplane working together so we can use some of the great addon aircraft with it like this Airfoillabs C172.
Thanks for the comment, is there a conspiracy? that is for you to decide. We had a big debate when making this video and through our research we fell pretty far down the rabbit hole, but it is hard to really prove anything. Personally, I still wonder if there was just too much coincidence.
