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Fwx Heli Flight Dynamics & Rotor Effects
FWX Heli Flight Dynamics & Rotor Effects: the flight dynamics add-on for every helicopter in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, with rotor shadow and rotor blade haptics
The helicopter no longer holds itself in the hover. It comes alive under the pilot and wants to be flown.
What is this package? Three add-ons for helicopters in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, with the flight dynamics at their heart. It does not move the camera, it moves the machine: every reaction is generated in ... FWX Heli Flight Dynamics & Rotor Effects: the flight dynamics add-on for every helicopter in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, with rotor shadow and rotor blade haptics
The helicopter no longer holds itself in the hover. It comes alive under the pilot and wants to be flown.
What is this package? Three add-ons for helicopters in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, with the flight dynamics at their heart. It does not move the camera, it moves the machine: every reaction is generated in the same moment from the simulator's flight data and your control inputs. The simulator's flight model is not replaced, it stays in force. The flight dynamics work on every helicopter, the rotor shadow on seven types, and the rotor blade haptics work through an audio device in your seat.
The flight dynamics: the hover and the flight becomes work again
Over the spot you are aiming for, the machine no longer holds itself there. It wants to be held, and it shows you that every second. Pitch, roll and climb follow the actual attitude of the aircraft, and your control inputs have an immediate effect on its behavior.
Seamlessly on into translational flight
The transition from the hover into translational flight is seamless, with no jump and no switching. Every direction is treated the same way: forward, sideways, backward. The aerodynamic influences and the pilot's influences become clearly noticeable.
Everything happens in the same moment
Airspeed, attitude, control deflection: every reaction is generated continuously from the simulator's flight data and your inputs, at every moment of the flight. Nothing is pre-calculated, nothing is played back.
The simulator's flight model stays in force
We do not replace it. It keeps calculating exactly as intended, our technology reads those values and adds extra motion on top. Everything is executed by the simulator itself. The original data is left untouched.
Tuned to your machine and your taste
You decide how far it goes, and you decide it in flight. That applies to every helicopter in the simulator, including types from other developers.
- Strength infinitely variable from zero to full, at any second of the flight
- Each axis can be switched on individually
- Hover and forward flight can be adjusted separately
- Profiles you can save for each helicopter type
- Tested presets for the simulator's own types, your own values for helicopters from other developers
- The factory setting can be restored per helicopter at any time
Also in the package: the rotor shadow, the shadow add-on for seven types
This part brings the shadow of the turning rotor back to where the simulator drops it. On seven well-known types it is there at first and then disappears completely above a certain rotor speed. For exactly those seven the package brings it back, following the rotor speed: on the ground, on the fuselage and on the surroundings, tilting with the machine, main and tail rotor shown separately instead of one dark blob. Each of the seven types has been calibrated individually for it.
- Airbus H125
- Airbus H135 (EC135)
- Airbus H225
- Guimbal Cabri G2
- Robinson R66
- Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane
- Boeing CH-47 Chinook, both rotors
Also in the package: the rotor blade haptics, which make the rotor felt in your seat
The haptics make the rotor felt in your own body. They send the rotor beats as deep pulses to an audio device that works in the seat or on the seat frame and that Windows recognizes as a playback device. So you do not just hear the rotor, you feel it, and every type feels different.
In detail: instead of a uniform hum that feels like a washing machine, you feel every single blade passage. The beat follows the real rotor speed, with two to eight pulses per revolution depending on the type, from the two-bladed R66 to the six-bladed S-64 Skycrane.
All of the simulator's stock helicopters are included automatically, you do not have to set anything up for that. On helicopters from other developers the haptics detect the rotor blades on their own, and anyone who still wants to do it themselves can set them by hand there. Without such an audio device, though, there is nothing to feel. If you do not want to use the haptics, you leave them off and still have the full package.
Based on our market overview, there is currently nothing for MSFS 2024 that makes helicopter flight behavior more immersive and adjustable in this form.
Reviewed by SimFlight, Threshold, MSFS Addons and MSFS Gateway.
What it cannot do
- It does not replace any flight model and does not rewrite any flight model files.
- The flight dynamics work on helicopters only, not on airplanes.
- The rotor shadow works on the seven types listed only, all others are left untouched.
- The UH-1 and the Bell 407 do not need it, they have their rotor shadow out of the box.
- For the haptics you need an audio device in the seat or on the seat frame that Windows recognizes as a playback device. Without such an audio device there is nothing to feel.
- The pulses go to that audio device as an audio signal, not to your speakers.
- This package changes nothing about the simulator's sound.
Works with your other add-ons
- Compatible with ChasePlane and FSRealistic: those two work on camera and sound, this package works on the flight behavior underneath. Camera tools apply their values on top, undisturbed.
- No changes to the aircraft files.
- Runs alongside your own liveries and other utilities.
- Requires Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.
Operated from the toolbar inside the simulator, in mid-flight
A full control panel sits in the simulator's toolbar, exactly where you open every other panel as well. One click and it is in the cockpit in front of you. In the FWX Manager each of the three add-ons has its own tab, each with a master switch and the sliders below it. Every slider takes effect immediately, without a restart. No second window, no switching to the desktop.
VR compatible
In virtual reality everything works exactly the same, because we move the machine and not the picture. And because the panel sits inside the simulator, it stays reachable with the headset on: adjust in flight without taking the headset off.
Installation and uninstallation
Installation runs through a click-through installer, and the package then starts automatically with the simulator. You can uninstall in two ways: through our own FWX application or through the Windows program list.
Updates
Free updates, new features included. If another helicopter without a rotor shadow appears in the simulator, it is added free of charge with an update.
Also available as a bundle
These three add-ons are also available together with our sound pack, and the sound pack is available on its own:
- FWX HELICOPTER ALL-IN-ONE BUNDLE MSFS24: everything from this package plus the EC135 Real Turbine Sound Mod.
- FWX EC135 REAL TURBINE SOUND MOD MSFS24: the turbine sound of the EC135, works on that type only.
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Passenger Experience
Simple Missions Passenger Experience
Turn every passenger flight into a complete airline experience.
Manage passengers, cabin crew, announcements, services, ground operations, flight scoring, and airline progression while the program automatically follows what your aircraft is doing in Microsoft Flight Simulator.
Key Features:
- Dynamic Passenger Reactions — passengers respond to turbulence, G-forces, rough taxiing, hard landings, delays, and overall flight qualit... Simple Missions Passenger Experience
Turn every passenger flight into a complete airline experience.
Manage passengers, cabin crew, announcements, services, ground operations, flight scoring, and airline progression while the program automatically follows what your aircraft is doing in Microsoft Flight Simulator.
Key Features:
- Dynamic Passenger Reactions — passengers respond to turbulence, G-forces, rough taxiing, hard landings, delays, and overall flight quality.
- Professional Announcements — cabin crew and captain voices with synchronized checklists, takeoff callouts, and flight-phase announcements.
- Complete Cabin Experience — boarding, deboarding, seat-belt management, meal and drink services, passenger events, and cabin satisfaction.
- SimBrief & Ground Operations — quickly load flight information and simulate fueling, baggage, catering, ramp operations, and arrival services.
- Airline Career & Flight Scoring — track passenger satisfaction, comfort, safety, service, profits, achievements, flight history, and professional grades.
Just fly the aircraft and let the passengers, crew, and airline operation come alive around you.
Enjoy and have fun flying.
Cockpit2Ground
Cockpit2Ground replaces the default GSX ground crew audio with a complete, dynamic ground-to-cockpit communication system for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. Authentic phraseology, professional voice talent, regional accents and realistic radio effects turn every turnaround into something that sounds like real airline operations - from the first call at the gate through pushback, engine start and de-icing.
This is more than a sound pack. Cockpit2Ground actively reads your aircraft, your fli... Cockpit2Ground replaces the default GSX ground crew audio with a complete, dynamic ground-to-cockpit communication system for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. Authentic phraseology, professional voice talent, regional accents and realistic radio effects turn every turnaround into something that sounds like real airline operations - from the first call at the gate through pushback, engine start and de-icing.
This is more than a sound pack. Cockpit2Ground actively reads your aircraft, your flight plan and your environment. It knows which engine start sequence your aircraft uses, whether the GSX tug is a towbar or towbarless type, whether it is raining, what time of day it is and where in the world you are parked. Every call is triggered by what is actually happening in your simulator, and you hear the cockpit crew respond as well - not just the ground crew.
With over 180 unique voices, eight fully localized language packs and airline-aware logic driven by SimBrief, no two departures sound the same.
Dynamic Communication
- Every call is triggered by real events in your aircraft, GSX, flight plan and environment
- Cockpit crew responses included in all phases, not just ground crew calls
- Interactive INT / intercom communication - turn up the volume knob in the virtual cockpit to hear the ground crew, and they will call or ring the cockpit if you do not answer
- Male and female voice sets, automatically matched to the GSX ground crew avatar
- Time-of-day phraseology with multiple variants for the same action, so every pushback sounds different
- Personalized sign-offs and flight wishes based on your flight, destination and time of day
Pushback & Engine Start
- Complete pushback workflow from headset connection to ready for taxi
- Towbar and towbarless pushback detected automatically, including the aircraft lifting procedure, with matching phraseology
- Aircraft-specific engine start profiles based on real-world procedures (A320: 1 to 2, B737: 2 to 1), fully customizable per aircraft with voice scripts adapting automatically
- Live engine parameter monitoring - the ground crew stays connected until the full start sequence is complete and the cockpit confirms a good start
- Actual off-block time announced during pushback, in UTC or your local PC time zone
- Automatic ground power disconnect - switch off external power in the cockpit and Cockpit2Ground commands the GSX operation for you
- Weather-based engine start delays for rain, snow and slippery surfaces
- Taxi-out positions supported where no pushback equipment is required
De-Icing & Arrival
- Completely redesigned de-icing and anti-icing communication with realistic procedures and phraseology
- Fluid type and concentration selected in GSX are recognized and called out
- Anti-icing start time reported before the ground crew releases you back to ATC
- Arrival ground handling continues after landing, covering ground power, chocks and confirmation that the aircraft is secured
Language & Regional Voice System
- Over 180 unique voices with authentic regional accents from around the world
- Fully localized language packs: English (base), German, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Polish and Turkish
- Location and airline awareness - flying into Paris with Air France gives you French, while Lufthansa at the same airport triggers English
- SimBrief integration reads your airline, departure and destination airports to select the right language, accent and greetings
- Cockpit crew voice accents can be matched to the airline you are operating
Application & Audio
- Guided onboarding on first launch - configured and ready to fly in a few steps
- Live communication transcript showing who said what and when
- Status page for MSFS 2024, SimConnect, GSX and the active aircraft profile, plus version and changelog
- Independent radio effect configuration for ground and cockpit audio, with presets or fine-tuned manual settings
- Background noise and ambience control including radio static, PTT and click sounds
- Dedicated audio output device selection and crew call alerts so you never miss a ground crew call
- Volume control through the aircraft INT / intercom knob on supported aircraft
- Optional automatic start with Microsoft Flight Simulator and built-in automatic updates
- Option to hide GSX text messages for a clean simulator display
Important
- GSX by FSDreamTeam is required and must be legally purchased and installed for Cockpit2Ground to function
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 only
BGJN - Ilulissat Airport
Welcome to Ilulissat! The "Iceberg Capital of the World" and the most touristed city in Greenland!
During our research expedition across Greenland, part of the FSimStudios team had the opportunity to extensively survey Ilulissat and its developing new international airport. With the incredible cooperation of Air Greenland, we are proud to present what we have been working on: a fully up-to-date, ultra-detailed rendition of Ilulissat Airport (BGJN/JAV), as of September 1, 2026!
Ilulissat is... Welcome to Ilulissat! The "Iceberg Capital of the World" and the most touristed city in Greenland!
During our research expedition across Greenland, part of the FSimStudios team had the opportunity to extensively survey Ilulissat and its developing new international airport. With the incredible cooperation of Air Greenland, we are proud to present what we have been working on: a fully up-to-date, ultra-detailed rendition of Ilulissat Airport (BGJN/JAV), as of September 1, 2026!
Ilulissat is one of Greenland’s most important tourism destinations and the gateway to Disko Bay and the UNESCO-listed Ilulissat Icefjord. Its existing airport has long relied on a short 845-metre runway, limiting the types of aircraft able to serve the city. That is about to change. The new Ilulissat International Airport, officially scheduled to open in October 2026, features a new 2,200-metre / 7217 feet runway and modern terminal facilities capable of accommodating significantly larger aircraft and direct international operations.
The opening will be marked by an Air Greenland A330neo flight, followed by the introduction of direct scheduled service between Ilulissat and Copenhagen. The longer-term goal of the airport project is to make Ilulissat considerably more accessible from abroad, opening opportunities for additional destinations throughout Europe and North America while strengthening the city’s position as one of Greenland’s principal international gateways.
For a period of time, the existing and new airport facilities will continue to operate simultaneously as operations transition to the new international airport. Our rendition captures this unique moment in Ilulissat’s aviation history, representing both the established airport and the nearly completed international facility as they exist immediately before the official opening.
Coverage
- Fully up to date as of September 1, 2026, with both the new and the old airport modelled
- Ultra-detailed rendition based on extensive surveying, airport photography, and reference material.
The new international airport
- The complete new Ilulissat International Airport, including its 2,200-metre runway, apron, taxiways, terminal complex and associated infrastructure
- Detailed interior and exterior modelling of the new international terminal, with accurate architectural details, signage, lighting and layout based on the latest available references
- Detailed airport buildings and infrastructure throughout the airport area, including service facilities, hangars, operational buildings and the tower
- Detailed runway, taxiway and airport lighting based on the latest construction information and airport references
Terrain and surroundings
- Custom terrain and extensive work around the airport perimeter, reproducing the dramatic Arctic landscape and the substantial terrain modifications made during construction of the new airport
- Several custom landmarks and POIs throughout Ilulissat — Hotel Arctic, Hotel Hvide, the Ilulissat Cultural Center, Pituffik Market and the new Icefjord Centre
Performance
- Optimized modelling and texturing throughout the airport and surrounding scenery, delivering extensive detail while maintaining performance
Recommended companion Freeware
- We highly recommend pairing this scenery with the free Definitive Greenland Megapack by Garf, available on flightsim. to. It adds tens of thousands of icebergs across Greenlandic waters, along with lighthouses, heliports and landmarks
NOTE: The final navigational dataset for the new runway has not yet been released through Navigraph. Once the applicable navdata becomes available, the product will be reviewed and updated if necessary to ensure compatibility with the published navigational data and procedures.
Atr 42/72 Autopilot Panel For Sd+
Control your aircraft's autopilot systems with a push, tap and twist.
With the Flight Panels Autopilot Panel for the Microsoft ATR 42/72-600 you can manage your aircraft's autopilot systems using the physical buttons, LCD touchscreen and rotary dials on your Stream Deck Plus (+) to create a truly immersive experience.
Flight Control Panel 1 (FCP)
Button Controls: Flight Director 1 (FD1), Heading Mode (HDG), Approach Mode (APP), Flight Director 2 (FD2), Auto Pilot (AP), NAV Mo... Control your aircraft's autopilot systems with a push, tap and twist.
With the Flight Panels Autopilot Panel for the Microsoft ATR 42/72-600 you can manage your aircraft's autopilot systems using the physical buttons, LCD touchscreen and rotary dials on your Stream Deck Plus (+) to create a truly immersive experience.
Flight Control Panel 1 (FCP)
Button Controls: Flight Director 1 (FD1), Heading Mode (HDG), Approach Mode (APP), Flight Director 2 (FD2), Auto Pilot (AP), NAV Mode, Back Course (BC), and Standby (STBY). Rotary Dials & LCD Screen: Real-time values for speed, heading, altitude, and vertical speed. Rotate the rotary dials left or right to increase or decrease values.
Speed: Press the rotary dial to toggle SPEED Auto/Man mode; Heading: Press the rotary dial to toggle HDG Select/Hold mode; Altitude: Press the rotary dial to toggle Altitude mode; Vertical Speed (V/S): Press the rotary dial to toggle VS mode.
Flight Control Panel 2 (FCP) / Communications
Button Controls: IAS, VNV, YD, CPL, VS, ALT, SPD. Rotary Dials & LCD Screen: Real-time frequency values for COM1/COM2 (Active and Standby). Rotate rotary dials 1 and 2 to change the standby frequency for COM1 and dials 3 & 4 for COM2. Tap the screen or press a standby rotary dial to swap between Standby and Active.
Flight Control Panel 2 (FCP) / NAV
Button Controls: IAS, VNV, YD, CPL, VS, ALT, SPD. Rotary Dials & LCD Screen: Real-time frequency values for NAV1/NAV2 (Active and Standby). Rotate rotary dials 1 and 2 to change the standby frequency for NAV1 and dials 3 & 4 for NAV2. Tap the screen or press a standby rotary dial to swap between Standby and Active.
Transponder
Button Controls: RCT, TGT, STAB, SECT, Nav SRC 1, Nav SRC 2. Rotary Dials: Rotate the rotary dials to increase or decrease each of the transponder digits.
EFIS
Button Controls: RCT, TGT, STAB, SECT, Nav SRC 1, Nav SRC 2. Rotary Dials: Real-time values for WX Mode, EFIS Mode, EFIS Range, and BARO. Rotate the rotary dials left or right to increase or decrease values. BARO: Press the rotary dial to enable STD mode or tap the screen to toggle HPA/InHg.
Lighting
Button Controls: Beacon, Nav, Strobe, Logo, Landing, Taxi, Wing. Rotary Dials: Rotate the rotary dials to increase or decrease light intensity.
About Flight Panels
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Datalink Pro - Acars Dispatch
Datalink Pro is a dispatch office for Microsoft Flight Simulator. It watches your flight through SimConnect and sends you the company messages an airline crew actually gets: performance cards, loadsheets, fuel slips, clearances, maintenance traffic. They travel over a live ACARS network, so they arrive in the aircraft the same way real ones do.
Load your SimBrief plan and a named dispatcher picks up the flight and works it until you're parked. Dispatchers run eight-hour shifts on Chicago... Datalink Pro is a dispatch office for Microsoft Flight Simulator. It watches your flight through SimConnect and sends you the company messages an airline crew actually gets: performance cards, loadsheets, fuel slips, clearances, maintenance traffic. They travel over a live ACARS network, so they arrive in the aircraft the same way real ones do.
Load your SimBrief plan and a named dispatcher picks up the flight and works it until you're parked. Dispatchers run eight-hour shifts on Chicago time, so on a long leg you get handed over mid-air with a proper handoff message.
What arrives without you asking
- A takeoff performance card about 20 minutes before departure: weights, V-speeds, runway, flap, thrust. You choose whether it's built from your SimBrief figures or from the aircraft's own numbers.
- A final card and a load closeout once boarding finishes, in real airline layout, with dual CG columns, stab trim, souls on board, and an RVSN revision number if it gets reissued. Weights come off the sim when the sim provides them and fall back to your SimBrief plan when it doesn't.
- A fuel slip when refuelling settles: prior fuel, uplift in pounds and gallons, density, cost, and a flag on partial uplifts. Works whether you fuel through GSX, the MSFS fuel page, an EFB, or the slider.
- The AUTONOTOC dangerous goods cycle when there's DG in the hold. Advisory, ID prompt, acknowledgement.
- OUT, OFF, ON and IN detected from brakes, ground speed, altitude and shutdown, each one acknowledged by dispatch the way a real AOC does it.
- Position reports above FL180 at 15, 30 or 60 minute intervals, naming the FMC's actual next waypoint with an ETA recalculated from your ground speed.
- EDCT slots before pushback. Realistic mode checks the FAA NASSTATUS feed for a genuine ground delay program at your destination, or triggers on low ceilings and visibility in the destination METAR. Simulated mode if you just want the workflow on most flights. WILCO to accept your slot, UNABLE to ask for another one, and push early and the company sends you a violation.
- SIGMET cards when significant weather sits on your filed route, telling you where the hazard is relative to your track instead of handing you a raw bulletin. Turbulence and icing reports relayed by other company aircraft, built from live NOAA advisories. A sharp G-load in cruise files your own turbulence report automatically.
- The connecting passenger list about 45 minutes out, wheelchairs included.
- On descent, the arrival sequence: gate status, then gate services and crew connections, then an APU reminder where the stand has ground air. Gates quoted are real stands at that airport, pulled from OpenStreetMap.
- A wrap-up telex after you park, with block times, fuel burn and all four OOOI times.
Nothing asks for a response during takeoff, climb, descent or landing. Non-urgent traffic waits until you're out of the busy phases.
Clearances and CPDLC (SayIntentions only)
CPDLC, PDC and oceanic clearance run over SayIntentions AI. On Hoppie they're greyed out and everything else on this page still works.
Request a PDC and route, SID, altitude, departure frequency, squawk and runway come back by datalink. Oceanic clearance takes entry fix, ETA, level and Mach, mostly pre-filled from the OFP. CPDLC logs on to a controlling centre for level, speed, direct-to, offset and "when can we expect" requests, each with a reason attached, and answers with WILCO, ROGER or UNABLE.
On VATSIM or IVAO, Datalink handles the company side and the network handles ATC. Emergency wording is blocked from reaching the live network in either direction.
Talk to the company in plain English
Type a question the way you'd say it. Ask whether the weather will hold and dispatch reads the current METAR and TAF at that field before answering. Ask about the crew hotel and you get a real hotel at your destination. Medical, security, customs, bird strikes, ride reports, ground and passenger services, 18 topics in all, handled on the same channel. It copes with cockpit typing (QQ for a question mark, missing apostrophes, run-on messages) and when nothing matches, dispatch asks you a question rather than inventing an answer.
Failures and maintenance (off by default)
Switch it on and system failures arrive with the dispatch and maintenance traffic an airline would generate around them.
PMDG 737: 112 curated faults, read out of PMDG's own failure system. Datalink never injects anything into the PMDG.
Fenix A319/A320/A321: 318 failures across 28 ATA chapters with real Airbus MEL codes, posted into and cleared through the EFB.
iFly 737 MAX 8: the same treatment off the iFly EFB.
Squawk a defect in plain English and maintenance control matches it to a MEL item and opens a numbered work order. Defer it and it stays with that specific tail across flights and sessions until maintenance clears it. How long that takes is a setting: cleared on turnaround, a few hours, or airline ground times with a hangar queue and an expedite option. A fleet page lists every open defect across the tails you've flown.
You set how often failures happen, which systems can fail and which phases stay clear. The standard pool contains nothing that would need an emergency squawk on a live network. Harder faults sit behind a gate you have to acknowledge.
Aircraft
The PMDG 737 gets read straight off the CDU screens, so position reports name the FMC's real next waypoint, and the V-speeds and weights you typed get cross-checked against your flight plan. Fenix and iFly performance comes off the EFB. Everything else you fly gets the full message set, built from SimBrief and live sim weights.
American, Delta, United, Southwest and Alaska profiles are built in and picked automatically from your SimBrief callsign, alongside a generic carrier. Drop your own airline PNG into a folder and it shows up on the dashboard.
Where it runs
A desktop app on your Windows PC next to the sim. A tablet mirror puts the same interface on any iPad, phone or second monitor on your home network, with nothing to install on the device. A free companion add-on puts a Telex window in the MSFS toolbar, so you can fly a whole leg without alt-tabbing. It prints to an 80mm thermal receipt printer if you want paper slips.
The message formats
The formats aren't invented. They're rebuilt from captured airline ACARS traffic, layout by layout. The loadsheet header is exactly 21 characters because that's the CDU width. A reissued loadsheet carries an RVSN revision number. The dangerous goods notice quotes the city pair in IATA rather than ICAO and comes back unsigned, because the real one does. Airbus performance cards say THS and VLS where Boeing cards say STAB TRIM and VREF. If you've seen the real thing on a flight deck, you'll recognise it.
One purchase, no subscription. Activate once and it runs offline afterwards with a quiet weekly check. Two devices per licence, and you can free a machine up yourself from the web portal.
There's a 14-day free trial at acmsdigital. com, no card needed, if you'd rather fly with it before buying.
Skyhub Career MODE - Pilot's Dark World
SkyHub is a career, not a mission pack.
You start as a cadet at a small coastal base with an empty logbook, and you work towards the left seat. Everything in between — the roster you are issued, the sectors you fly, what you are paid and what it costs to be promoted — is run by an airline that does not care how badly you want it.
The month is the only deadline you get. Twenty duties and fifty-two sectors, issued and locked. Seniority decides how much of the good flying lands on y... SkyHub is a career, not a mission pack.
You start as a cadet at a small coastal base with an empty logbook, and you work towards the left seat. Everything in between — the roster you are issued, the sectors you fly, what you are paid and what it costs to be promoted — is run by an airline that does not care how badly you want it.
The month is the only deadline you get. Twenty duties and fifty-two sectors, issued and locked. Seniority decides how much of the good flying lands on your sheet. Fly them in whatever order suits you; the month is what you answer for.
Your flight plan comes with the job. Routing, winds aloft, fuel and weights, a full navigation log and the ATC strip — built for the sector you picked. No subscription, and no AIRAC cycle to keep current.
A recorder in the back watches all of it. SkyHub ACARS is a desktop client that sits beside your simulator and records the sector as you fly it — the track, the handling, the touchdown. It files the report itself at shutdown, and the server grades what the recorder saw rather than what anybody claims. That is why the leaderboards mean something.
Technique is scored, and the entry is final. Rotation rate, bank, the descent, the touchdown. Every sector is graded by flight data monitoring and paid at your rank. Logbook entries cannot be amended — these are the only hours that count towards command.
You run the cabin as well as the aeroplane. Boarding to disembarkation: the announcements, the service, and a hundred and seventy-odd people forming an opinion about how it is going. When something happens at altitude — a cardiac arrest, a fire, an engine failure — the call is yours, and the flight is judged on what you decided.
Two currencies, and neither is for sale. Hours decide when you can be promoted; cash decides whether you can afford it. Hours come from flying. Cash is earned, lent or won — lock it away and it earns every day until you take it back, or borrow, and a quarter of every sector’s pay goes against the loan until it is clear.
Twenty aircraft, twelve ratings, eight bases. From the ATR 72 and the Dash 8 through the A320 and 737 families to the 777, the 787 and the 747-8. Pick the type you are rated on — or the one you have always wanted to fly. Three thousand kilometres of Vietnamese coastline to learn the hard way: the summer monsoon over the delta, the crosswinds down the central coast, Hanoi under low cloud in January.
Leaderboards worth reading. Pilot Ranking, Top Gun, Green Aviator, Iron Man, Steady Hands, Rookie of the Month. There is also a Hall of Shame, and it is very well read.
What you get. One key, one career. It opens Career Mode in full — the monthly roster, the flight planning, the logbook, the pay ledger and the ACARS recorder — on your SkyHub account, permanently. No subscription. Every future update included. Nothing else in the game is ever sold for real money.
Flightline Sim Rate Efb App
Flightline Sim Rate is a lightweight EFB app for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 that puts full control of your simulation rate right where you're already looking — no menus, no keybinds to remember, no breaking immersion to dig through settings.
What it does
- One-tap rate control. Large, clearly labeled +/− buttons adjust your sim rate instantly — no hunting for keyboard shortcuts.
- Reset in a single tap. Jump straight back to 1x whenever you need to, from any rate.
- S... Flightline Sim Rate is a lightweight EFB app for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 that puts full control of your simulation rate right where you're already looking — no menus, no keybinds to remember, no breaking immersion to dig through settings.
What it does
- One-tap rate control. Large, clearly labeled +/− buttons adjust your sim rate instantly — no hunting for keyboard shortcuts.
- Reset in a single tap. Jump straight back to 1x whenever you need to, from any rate.
- Set your own ceiling. A quick dropdown lets you cap the maximum rate at 2x, 4x, 8x, or 16x — so a distracted tap never sends you rocketing past where you meant to stop.
- Color-coded at a glance. The rate display shifts from white to yellow, orange, and red as you climb — and pulses at the top end — so you always know your time-compression state without reading a single number.
- Clean, focused design. No clutter, no unnecessary menus — just the controls you actually use, styled to sit naturally alongside the rest of your EFB.
- Works in Career Mode. Unlock time accelaration in career mode!
Flightline Sim Rate doesn't try to be everything — it does one job, and does it well. Whether you're knocking out a transatlantic crossing or just want a faster way to skip to the good part, it's built to disappear into your workflow until the moment you need it.
Avx Sorter: & X-plane Addon Manager
One app for both hangars: AVX Sorter organizes, repairs and launches your add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020/2024 AND X-Plane 11/12.
FOR MSFS 2020 & 2024:
- Sim Guardian: detects package conflicts in your Community folder (duplicate library names, overlapping files, broken manifests) and auto-fixes the safe ones
- CTD crash-hunt: the sim keeps crashing? AVX Sorter bisects your Community folder automatically until the culprit add-on is found
- Add-on profiles: load only ... One app for both hangars: AVX Sorter organizes, repairs and launches your add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020/2024 AND X-Plane 11/12.
FOR MSFS 2020 & 2024:
- Sim Guardian: detects package conflicts in your Community folder (duplicate library names, overlapping files, broken manifests) and auto-fixes the safe ones
- CTD crash-hunt: the sim keeps crashing? AVX Sorter bisects your Community folder automatically until the culprit add-on is found
- Add-on profiles: load only what the flight needs — shorter load times, calmer sim
- Community Relocator: move your Community folder to another drive, safely
FOR X-PLANE 11 & 12:
- X-Plane Doctor: reads your Log. txt, names the missing library, flags broken packages
- scenery_packs. ini repair with correct load-order sorting
- Scenery profiles: named enable-sets you switch per flight
FOR BOTH:
- One-Click Flight: launch your sim plus companion apps with the right profile, and restore everything after landing
- Backup Center: every change is journaled — undo anything in one click
- Duplicate finder, storage optimizer, smart auto-organization
14 languages · digitally signed installer · lifetime updates · no subscription. You need only ONE of the sims — AVX Sorter adapts to what is installed.
Flight Recorder
MSFS Flight Recorder
V2. 0. 8 Coming soon All new data points being added
V2. 0. 7. 3 Correct Engine alginment (TXT)
V2. 0. 7. 2 Correct PPH Flow playing correctly
Early Access v2. 0. 7. 1 (Free updates and when full released)
Turn every flight into a learning experience.
MSFS Flight Recorder captures real-time flight data from Microsoft Flight Simulator and transforms it into actionable insights. Whether you're a virtual airline pilot, a flight simmer ... MSFS Flight Recorder
V2. 0. 8 Coming soon All new data points being added
V2. 0. 7. 3 Correct Engine alginment (TXT)
V2. 0. 7. 2 Correct PPH Flow playing correctly
Early Access v2. 0. 7. 1 (Free updates and when full released)
Turn every flight into a learning experience.
MSFS Flight Recorder captures real-time flight data from Microsoft Flight Simulator and transforms it into actionable insights. Whether you're a virtual airline pilot, a flight simmer looking to improve your landings, or an aviation enthusiast who loves data, this tool gives you the information you need to analyze and enhance your performance.
Key Features
Live Data - View altitude, airspeed, pitch, bank, N1, throttle, fuel flow, and more in real-time.
Record Flights - One-click recording. Automatically saves CSV files to the Flights folder.
Playback Viewer - Replay your flights step by step. Perfect for post-flight debriefs.
Analysis Report - Get detailed reports with performance metrics, anomalies, and recommendations for improvement.
PDF Export - Save analysis reports as PDFs for sharing or review. Saved to the PDF-Reports folder.
Why You'll Love It
Analyze Your Landings - See vertical speed, pitch, and speed at touchdown. Identify hard landings and improve.
Check Your Performance - Track key metrics like takeoff pitch, rotation speed, approach stability, and more.
Improve Your Skills - Get actionable recommendations to refine your flying technique.
Track Progress Over Time - Build a library of recorded flights and watch your skills improve.
Works with Any Aircraft - Tested on A320, A350, A321, 737-MAX, 737-700, 747-8, and 777F. and many more . . . . . . . . .
Quick Facts
Version: Early Access v2. 0. 7. 1
Developer: Canuck Air Simulations Est. 2020
Simulator: MSFS 2020 / 2024
Output: CSV (Flights folder), PDF (PDF-Reports folder)
What Users Are Saying
"Finally, a tool that helps me understand where I can improve my landings!"
"The analysis report is incredibly detailed. I love seeing the recommendations for how to improve. "
"Works perfectly with my PMDG aircraft. Fuel flow readings are spot on. "
Ready to Take Your Flying to the Next Level?
Don't just fly. Analyze. Learn. Improve.
Canuck Air Simulations Est. 2020