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In the meantime, there is a workaround posted here: If you're lucky, maybe there exists a freeware VPN that could also work? I suspect in this case, simply using a custom DNS may work too.

The X-Plane .fms format is sadly rather limited (no support for any "composite" or "derived" waypoints of any kind; it would be latitude and longitude only. https://developer.x-plane.com/article/flightplan-files-v11-fms-file-format/ …and that's it sadly. The v11 format does support airway identifiers at least, and can have SID/STAR separated from the enroute portion, so that's better than nothing (i.e. the v3 version of the format)

The reason several other aircraft don't support Vulkan via librain is their developer's unwillingness to build librain from source (due to the notion -- perceived or otherwise -- that they'll be more accountable for support requests against their build of librain if they do so).

Same developer as the TBM, so same functionality thankfully

Maybe the plugin could know both the URL and static IP for the server, and try the IP as a fallback if the URL is not reachable?

SimBrief doesn't know about the Challenger though, it's the Challenger plugin that should decode the SimBrief route string from the XML/JSON (or whatever other API/endpoint it's using) and convert the format as required

The (X-Plane) FMS file would merely include a lat/long coordinate waypoint and likely not demonstrate the issue?

Oh nice, so there can be multiple ADS-B outputs

How about LB1V1D1?

I hope I got the extra flight plan remarks correctly, let me know if you find any issues

I've come up with the following:

LINK HERE Note: aircraft name is clipped to 12 characters for custom airframes, sadly (limit does not apply to default profiles). Fixed by SimBrief Based on the already-accurate default CL60, with the following adjustments: equipment codes and extra flight plan remarks kindly provided by Graeme_77 here: OEW/BOW updated to match the Hot Start airframe without passengers (12,315 -> 12,556kg, includes two pilots) passenger weights updated to somewhat more closely match the randomized weights as simulated, going with 74+15kg so you can still carry 5 passengers+luggage and full fuel at MTOW if you are flying Kim Dotcom around (supposedly ~141kg or thereabouts), sorry, you will have to make adjustments, or just count him as two passengers see below for more information: Don't forget to add extra crew (anything above the two included in OEW) as passengers when planning your flight! Cheers, Tim

Edit: SimBrief now has added MACH 0.74 and MACH 0.72 cruise profiles to their CL60 profile, so the discussion below is mostly irrelevant now. I've requested that SimBrief add an LRC cruise schedule to their CL60 profile if possible, to make it easier to plan range-topping missions such as London to New York westbound: https://forum.navigraph.com/t/cl60-cruise-schedules/7076 In the meantime, the most economical profile available is MACH 0.77. For those who have access to the actual fuel tables for the CL60, is there a way the LRC cruise could be expressed as a fuel factor relative to MACH 0.77 cruise, let's say over a ~3,500-3,600nm air distance? SimBrief's fuel factor will also apply to climb and descent, but over longer ranges this matters somewhat less. I guess, for planning purposes, we would have: a fuel factor that applies to a specific air distance we would scale said fuel factor based on actual air distance (either linearly or using another recommended method) Regards, Tim

Excellent, thanks!

Oh, and any idea what happens in training mode? Just an empty aircraft without passengers?

So it's an angle rather than performance-based like on recent airliners? Interesting

It does. A bit disappointing that it's that random (I would prefer a bit of control over maybe the total number of bags), but as long as I know what to expect. Please do! They would be useful in creating a customized SimBrief profile using some sort of weighted average passenger weight (and, at the very least, it would be useful to know if the FBO passengers do include some luggage or prefer to travel lightly). Some of this information should probably be added to the FMS primer or some other documentation too Thanks! The OEW is indicated at 12,315kg (operations preference PDF and SimBrief profile) and the BOW at 12,556kg (FMS Primer PDF and screenshots of presentation videos). Can you maybe elaborate on how the BOW relates to the OEW (in the Challenger specifically)? Regards, Tim

You removed too many plugins. You need to re-install PluginAdmin, XPLM.framework, XPLM_64.dll, XPLM_64.so, XPWidgets.framework, XPWidgets_64.dll, XPWidgets_64.so (for those, you may need to do a "repair" or whatever it's called of X-Plane in Steam), and Gizmo64.plugin (you may need to re-install the aircraft for this).

That's a very old build of DRT. IIRC back in 2017 DRT and Gizmo really didn't like each other, the best solution is probably to update to a newer build of DRT.

Bad Gizmo, bad! Sorry I cannot be more help.

Somewhat related, why use the SimBrief Pilot ID instead of the User Name? The latest briefing XML and/or JSON should be obtainable with either: https://www.simbrief.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1422 Is it simpler to use the ID to avoid dealing with spaces or potential character encoding issues? Or are you using a different way to retrieve flight data for another reason?

Having watched some of the presentation videos, I find it somewhat unclear where the simulation determines the actual payload from. I've seen where in the FMS one can enter the payload via the CDU interface, but one can enter any arbitrary numbers there, which may or may not match the actual payload present on the aircraft. I've come up with the following hypotheses: I've seen the FBO request sheet where we can enter the crew and passenger counts, but with no precision whatsoever (male/female/child, heavy or skinny, amount of luggage, if any). Is this really the source of the payload weights, and if so, is it somewhat randomized and are we expected to guess the weight of the passengers and their amount of luggage? SimBrief does offer more flexibility in setting up a payload (passenger, freight or custom ZFW), and we can link our SimBrief account to the simulation, but it's not obvious if or at what point the simulation would check SimBrief for payload figures; also, if it uses SimBrief for payload, then what happens if the pilot uses something else for flight planning purposes? I suppose for the sake of simplicity, the simulation could just read the payload figures as they are entered via the CDU and set the actual payload to match them? do we get a loadsheet or similar information somewhere that wasn't shown in the preview streams or which I missed? any other solution I haven't thought of yet, which is probably the most likely hypothesis to turn out true in the end I realize IRL, the pilot would never know the actual payload with single-kg precision like one does in most currently simulated aircraft, but the current situation seems overly opaque nonetheless; surely somewhere there must be some data giving a hint at how much the passengers and their luggage weigh (that golfing equipment for the entire family, fancy leather bags and maybe a shoe collection or two must add up somewhat) Regards, Tim

Hold reversers at max: reversers are only held while the command is active, so presumably you must keep your thrust levers full back (including the notch which IIRC exists on the Bravo). Otherwise you should assign toggle thrust reversers instead…

Ah yes, I see now, thanks!

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