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Hello all, After 11 years of smartCARS, it is finally possible to track all flights, including your personal ones, with smartCARS Pro. smartCARS is an incredibly detailed, expandable flight tracking system. Previously, it was only for virtual airlines to provide to their pilots, but now it is for everyone. This means that every flight can now have: Extremely detailed flight review and playback, so you can see exactly what happened and how you handled it at every step of the flight Integrated SimBrief planning to make flight preparations faster and more seamless with less applications open Automatic, real-time flight backups, meaning you can restore your aircraft position after a simulator, or even PC, crash Cloud backups of all PIREPS across all smartCARS virtual airlines and Pro - your logbook is ironclad at all times Abnormal flight protection so that if you have to step away and something goes awry, you come back to a paused simulator waiting for your input And so much more Below are screenshots of some of these features in action on some of my own personal flights. We are really proud of what smartCARS has become and we're excited to share it with more pilots than ever. To learn more about smartCARS Pro, check out the product page here. For those of you who were already smartCARS Premium subscribers, thank you for your support and rest assured, your smartCARS Premium subscription and previous smartCARS Premium PIREPS have already been converted to Pro. That's all for now and thank you for reading.

Hi Team, are you able to give us an update on release day? it'd be great to know which day i need to take off from work for this great plane landing. thanks.

🤣Just got another MD11 out there 1.5 yeas ago, I didn't regret that and now I'm not eager to get TFDi one unless it could proved some really positive surprise.

Thanks but, they promised it for P3Dv5.4.? Has that idea crashed? BTW that video did not impress me at all. I watched it all the way through and I felt more depressed at the end than I was before watching it. I'm no sure where you get these from but I doubt we will see this marketed before this time, next year. I was hoping that by now, you should be very near to release! False engine sounds and a very poor display of everything tells me that It will be another 3 years at least until you can impress any, potential buyer. PMDG will be laughing their heads off If they see this and Bill Grabowski will be choking, too.

@doorstep Here you go sir.

Hi I have a question about the flights with my PMDG plane. It always shows an unsafe takeoff and unsafe landing? Dont have this problem with any of my other planes. I have had nice takeoffs and landings (119 fpm on touchdown) just an example but every flight says unsafe takeoff and landing? Thanks

Pull out the speed knob, set the speed bug as it's still hollow, and pull out again to make the speed bug solid to make it the command.

smartCARS has had a long but straightforward history, it's been pivotal to how Virtual Airlines operate and how they allow for professional and seamless communication between pilots and their beloved communities. We have always aimed to deliver a high-value, reliable service, and we have seen many Virtual Airlines prosper with smartCARS 2 and its predecessor. The support and feedback from Virtual Airlines and their pilots have allowed us to improve and evolve smartCARS into a new, modern version which you already know as smartCARS 3. As we progress further with smartCARS 3, it is important to consider smartCARS 2's life cycle as we and communities that use smartCARS 2 prepare to transition to the new, more advanced version. We will sunset smartCARS 2 in multiple phases, providing enough time for communities and pilots to adjust and allow a smooth transition to smartCARS 3. Indicated below will be a plan of how smartCARS 2 will be sunset, from the day smartCARS 3 releases to the day the smartCARS 2 servers are permanently closed. Sunsetting Phases Phase 1: smartCARS 3 Release (2023/09/18, T-0 days) On the day smartCARS 3 releases, we will immediately halt any new sales and purchases of smartCARS 2 licenses. We are doing this to ensure that no customer purchases a license to software which will be in the process of being sunset. Phase 2: License Updates Closed (2023/10/18, T+30 days) 30 days after the release of smartCARS 3, smartCARS 2 license holders will no longer be able to update the application name or icon for their specific license. Web script URLs, logos, colors, and other settings changes will still be possible. Additionally, our Support Team need to be able to focus on our newer and upcoming programs to provide support to customers. This means that Customer Support will no longer be provided via the helpdesk for smartCARS 2 and all support queries should be posted in the #smartcars-2 forum on Discord. Any submitted questions will be redirected to our community for discussion and resolution. As smartCARS 2 is End of Life, any reported bugs in smartCARS 2 will not be fixed, and all common errors have fixes available in our Knowledgebase. Phase 3: Chat Closed (2023/12/18, T+90 days) 90 days after the release of smartCARS 3, we will suspend the chat server. No user in smartCARS 2 will be able to use the chat from this point. Phase 4: Premium Disabled (2024/06/18, T+9 months) 9 months after the release of smartCARS 3, smartCARS Premium benefits will only be available in smartCARS 3. This means smartCARS 2 will no longer be able to process whether you have Premium or not, effectively disabling Premium functionality throughout the older application. Phase 5: Final Sunset (2024/09/18, T+1 year) A year after the release of smartCARS 3, we will complete the sunsetting of smartCARS 2 by closing the authorization servers. This will mean that no user will be able to access smartCARS 2 or its functionality. We'd like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the remarkable community of Virtual Airlines and their pilots who have supported and provided invaluable feedback for smartCARS 2 throughout its journey. Your dedication and enthusiasm have been instrumental in shaping the development of smartCARS. As we officially release smartCARS 3, we look forward to delivering an even richer experience, surpassing the capabilities of its predecessor. The transition to smartCARS 3 represents a significant milestone in our commitment to providing a high-value and reliable service for Virtual Airlines and their beloved communities. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us via our Helpdesk or our Discord where we will answer them as best as possible!

The aircraft when on approach seems to drop down to landing speed eg 143 when Im 20 miles out and does not follow the fms speed. How can I take control of the speed from the autopilot. Thanks, Colin

According to your progress page, Quality Assurance has been at 66.75% for quite some time. Do you think you can finish this step by tomorrow, Sept 4th? Thanks for a progress update. Looking forward to the MD11.

smartCARS Premium features are, as of now, present in smartCARS 3 and your benefits will carry over. We are working on migration steps to bring previous PIREPS forward, so your logbook keeps going.

This MUST be Vaporware and your using Discord to hide away. I have given up on you guys and have, in the past posted more help than anyone else, except for the guy that keeps locking forum questions sugesting that your not interested. You can insert your Discord where the sun doesn't shine.

Hi all I recently bought the 717 and I am so excited to start flying this beauty but there seems to be a problem with activation saying the following when I click download in the TFDI Install manager it says the following: "the activation system said there was a problem activating during activation please contact development team." does anyone know how I can download this?

I currently have premium for SC2. When and how will it become available for SC3?

Can we have an option to amend a flight whether its online or offline etc during the flight. At present when choosing a flight and starting, the option for the online/offline status is easy to miss as its hidden away in a drop down menu. Smartcars 2 had the option on the main dispatch page. Thanks

I have this issue aswell. Everytime I right click the mouse to move my view I get a gear lever lowered at .... followed instantley a gear lever raised at ..... recorded in acars. Again only when flying PMDG 737 in MSFS2020

Exciting stuff.