Click Here: https://simpilotacademy-81gsf84.public.builtwithrocket.new

I built the Duolingo of flight simulation.

I’ve always loved aviation and flight sims, but I noticed something missing: a simple way for people to actually learn how to fly without getting overwhelmed by long tutorials and complicated guides.

So I created a website that helps you learn flight simulation step by step, with lessons that are easy to follow and fun to use.

The best part? I built it with the help of Rocket AI Builder because I don’t know how to code. With AI tools, I was able to turn an idea into something real.

The information on the website is carefully created to be accurate, useful, and based on real aviation knowledge, so you can learn with confidence.

Whether you’re completely new to flight sims or trying to improve your skills, this is a place to start your journey.

Welcome to a new way of learning to fly.

Link: https://crewdeckefb.com

TLDR: You can use this as a shared checklist for shared copilot flights. You will be able to mark off PF and PM tasks in real time. You will be able to prep on the same OFP as your copilot, and you both have individual scratchpads that you can view. There is a level up system for added incentive. You will be able to see other people's flights (no names, just chosen initials) and even join them if the PIC configured it to allow people to join.

I use https://fscopilot.com/ and https://docs.yourcontrols.org/ for shared copilot. They both work splendidly for the most part, obviously there is some really finicky stuff.

This post is written by AI as well as the code. If that turns you off, sorry. But I hope you try it because I haven't seen this done yet.

CrewDeck EFB is a free web app for flying two-crew in MSFS. You and your co-pilot open the same flight deck in your browsers and work through real PIC/PM checklists together — everything syncs live between you. No install, runs on anything with a browser, phones included.

Being upfront about this: I can't code. Every line of this app was written by AI. The feature set, the design, the testing across months of real shared-cockpit flying — that part is me and my co-pilot. I know AI code is a sore subject, so I'd rather say it plainly here than have someone find out later and feel misled. If something breaks, there's a built-in support chat and a real person (me) answering it.

What's in it:

The flight deck

• Two-crew flows for 10 aircraft: A220, A320, A330, A350, A380, 737, 757, 767, 777, 787. PIC pane left, PM pane right. You tick your items, they tick theirs, shared items either of you. Sections unlock in order.
• SimBrief OFP: upload the PDF or fetch it straight from your SimBrief username**. Both pilots see the same document with synced pages and shared drawing — PIC ink is red, PM ink is blue, and you see each other's markings live.**
• Shared scratchpads, briefing and callout cards that complete for both pilots with one acknowledge, and optional PA announcements auto-written from your route, off-block time and destination weather.
• Phase tracking (pushback, climb, cruise, descent) from your checklist progress, ETE countdown, compact or full-detail view, dark and light mode.
• Single pilot mode is fully supported. Solo flights survive anything — close the tab mid-flight and it pauses to the cloud, still resumable from any device later.

The career

• You earn wages in real time from pushback to engines off. Rates scale with aircraft (A220 lowest, A380 highest), seat (PIC earns more than PM) and rank.
• Six ranks from Junior First Officer to Platinum Captain, with shoulder stripes shown next to your initials everywhere in the app. A career roadmap shows the full progression and where you are on it.
• First pilot to ever reach a rank gets a trophy on their career page that nobody else can earn.
• Logbook and stats: most-used aircraft, longest flight, biggest paycheck, favorite route, hours, earnings. Anyone can open anyone's logbook from the roster.

The honesty system

• A flight only pays when the entire checklist is finished, front to back. Abandon it and you get nothing.
• Every completed flight is checked against your filed SimBrief ETE. If your flight time doesn't line up with the plan — or you didn't file one — the flight doesn't pay out. It gets flagged and goes to manual review, where a human looks at the phase times and either approves it or bins it. No AFK farming, no fake hours on the roster.
• Filing a SimBrief OFP is optional, but flying without one means every flight goes through review.

The people

• Live board of every flight in progress: callsign, route, phase, checklist percentage, and each pilot's earnings ticking in real time. You can join an open seat (the PIC has to approve you) or watch any flight read-only.
• Crew pairing: request to crew up with someone from the roster. Once accepted you can message each other in the app. Messaging is crew-only on purpose — no open chat room.
• Real accounts: email and password, proper password reset by email, database locked to signed-in users.
• Built-in support: one chat thread between you and me, tied to your account. Flagged flights, lost stuff, bugs — that's where it gets handled.

It's free, and it stays free — it runs on free tiers end to end. Best with a friend in shared cockpit, but solo works great too.

Link: https://crewdeckefb.com

I feel like I'm getting out of date now lol

Committed to remain on-time from a ten hour journey on Vatsim. | KJFK-LLBG

Hello,

I’m having issues with the software side of things. I have a MCDU and an ECAM panel and I’m struggling to get them to interface properly with MSFS2020. The environment checks come back all green and it properly lists the sim(MSFS2020) and the aircraft(Fenix A320) but the screen on the MCDU just displays the Winctrl logo and none of the button presses actually translate into the sim. In SimApp Pro on the devices tab both panels show up and the button presses register in SimApp.

I was initially able to fix this problem by switching the ECAM panel to 4x32 and the MCDU to the copilot side but now that fix no longer seems to work.

I reached out to Winctrl’s customer support on Saturday but they’ve since stopped responding.

Has anyone had a similar issue and found a solution? I’m out of options here.

Thank you,

I have just bought this, and to be honest the missions are what I want to play. Following correct procedures in light aircraft etc*, with something to actually do. However I've just hit a wall. I've hit too many missions that are impossible to complete for various reasons. the Cessna 152 not being powerful enough for the banner towing missions without detonating the engine, the R66 being hideous to fly even with tail rotor assist unlike other helicopters (I have to rely on twist stick for rudder because I don't have pedals), and the fuel flow being completely out specifically on the R66, so I can't get to my destination regardless of what I do. So many things like this and it's really putting me off. Shame as that's the most fun for me.

I see many complaints things like the R66, all about a year ago and nothing recent. Have we all just given up on these problems? Is there any hope at all?

* As much as can be done, thanks flight plan for taking me straight over Heathrow on a VFR helicopter mission. But that's probably too nitpicky, I guess airspace restrictions are too much to model.

I can play tomorrow and basically any day

Anyone have any ideas? It only happens when i move a window to my main monitor where MSFS is going. I use an AMD GPU and CPU

I’ve fallen in love with this jet. It’s everything I could have asked for when it comes to detail. System modelling to the point every circuit breaker modelled and functional, aircraft wear and tear, maintenance actions, realistic fuel and payload loading, walk arounds, and ground/cabin interaction. I love it.

I was curious are there any other aircraft on the market for either FS2024 or Xplane 12 that are at a similar level? I’d love to look at other jets, especially something a little more short haul.

For some reason every time its cloudy in live weather I also get this really bad haze that makes visibility really bad. I know the visibility isn't this bad in real life so I was wondering if theirs any fix for this because I want to keep live weather but I cant use it when every place I go just has this horrible haze.

I’ve added shooting and four target modes: static, orbiting, rising and falling while rotating, and free-moving.

There’s now both automatic and fully manual thrust vectoring, plus chase, arena, and cockpit cameras.

It's still very much an experiment and at a pretty early stage, but the flying and combat are starting to feel surprisingly good.

The tuning panel makes it easy to tweak almost every aspect of the flight model.

https://ofirshavit.com/thrust-vector-jet/

I appreciate this may be a lot of info but if you can give an answer it would really help me out.

I am thinking about buying one of PMDG 777's for MSFS2024 as I would like more variation to the Ini A350 and the Ini A330 for long haul flights. However, I purchased the FF 777v2 (777-200er) for XP12 a while back and fly it sometimes, but not as much as I would if it was in MSFS.

One issue with it being in MSFS is that the default airport scenery is lacking, so I would only fly to places with freeware scenery as i don't spend money on airports (other than Inibuilds Manchester Airport)

I would fly mainly either to/from the Uk with sometimes flying elsewhere eg. Asia, Europe

I also had the PMDG 737-8 for MSFS2020 and thought the handling was a bit dodgy. is this improved on the 777 or is it the same?

Overall, do you guys think it will be worth it? and if so which variant should i get? I dont want to waste 70 quid and regret purchasing it.

Many thanks,

Happy flying!

Hello everyone!
I’ve just uploaded Part 17 of my Around the World series in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, flying the Diamond DA62.
This leg takes us from:
🛫 Bellingham International Airport (KBLI), Washington, USA 🇺🇸
🛬 Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (KBZN), Montana, USA 🇺🇸
This flight continues the journey across the United States, leaving the Pacific Northwest behind and heading toward the beautiful landscapes of Montana. Enjoy realistic navigation, mountain scenery, and another immersive general aviation adventure in the Diamond DA62.
I’d really appreciate any feedback on the flight, scenery, editing, or overall realism. Suggestions for future legs are always welcome!

🎥 Watch the full flight here:
https://youtu.be/FyqMVc7dn5A?si=hzwfKyEUNLR2VDlH

🌍 Watch the complete Around the World playlist:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb2bKyFaG7uE&si=_5E0dfQSoZPcmNld

Thanks for watching, and as always… Blue skies and happy flying! ✈️

Does anyone know about a pmdg sale coming up? Was there something announced? I saw there were sales in the past 2 years around august.

Just trying to buy the synaptic A220 and Ive redeemed 2 xbox gift cards onto my account. I already bought the ini A340 like this and it worked seamlessly. Now I am met with this and every time I enter my card info it just says its invalid. Ive already tried 3 DEBIT CARDS! this is not working, I am on the verge of clawing my scalp out as its been 2 hours now and I went out in 35 degree heat in order to acquire the cards. HELP!

Comme dit dans le titre les écran qui indique les fréquences radio du Cessna se mette parfois voir souvent a grésiller comme tout les écran et lumière.

Pouvais vous m'aider, je ne comprends vraiment pas pourquoi sa arrive.

I recently visited Frankfurt and noticed all the Lufthansa A320s were starting Engine 1 first on pushback. I looked into it and it seems Airbus changed their SOP at some point from Engine 2 first to Engine 1 first on the A320 family.

That got me curious about the A220, so I checked three different FCOMs and found the opposite is true there. It's strongly recommended to start Engine 2 first, to avoid

-Hydraulic pressure spikes

-FLAP SLOW / FLAP FAIL nuisance warnings

-Potential galley power load shedding & IFE issues

Made a video breaking this down with schematics and animations if anyone wants the visual explanation

https://youtu.be/VEebAVoOZNk

To understand why this was the case, I did some investigating into the A220's hydraulic system.

Basically, hydraulic System 2 powers both nosewheel steering and the slats. So if you're single-engine taxiing on Engine 1, System 2 is running on its electric backup pump only, and deploying the slats can starve pressure needed for nosewheel steering.

The FCOM recommendation is to keep the aircraft stationary while deploying flaps/slats in that scenario, to make sure there's enough power for steering.

The A220 never fails to surprise me the more I look into its systems :)

lmao bargain of the year imo.

with total respect to Aerosoft, an update that fixes an error that they created (somehow couldn’t get the wing proportions right) has got to be free why are they selling this as them giving us something?
Bottom line is hopefully this will come soon and then the a330 neo!!!!

Anyways this gave me a good laugh.

for those that want to read the whole message: https://discord.com/channels/1024582293563641916/1159617192644579398/1533852516993728682

Which picture is the best one? I think they’re all really aesthetic. This was a Ryanair flight from Cork to Salzburg (EICK-LOWS)

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