This toy instantly reminded my on a game of my childhood, Descent 2 - high end graphics, at least what fitted on a few old "discs" back in the early 486 days - yet with the simple "flight dynamics" a lot of fun. Great to have you back! THX 💙
dude yes!! Descent was a massive inspiration for what I in-visioned. 6 degrees of freedom was insane back then, and growing up playing space sims, even today, i knew that MSFS could have something fun like that while still being realistic. Im really proud of the team, they managed to put their very best forward to strike a balance between realistic and futuristic. -GotFriends Mykrode
@@r4microds The first thing i did with your "toy" was a run through the streets of Barcelona, its am immersive way to experience photogrammetry - And a lot of fun! Do you have an alternative way for feedback to discord? Thanks 💙
This looks like it would be insane in VR. I've been spending all my time in DCS lately but I might have to come back to MSFS to play with this thing for a bit.
What a steller first look at Astro One. Thanks for taking the time to share this with the community CGAviator. I just shared this with the team, I know they'll be thrilled! - GotFriends Developer Mykrode
I'm so thankful for the Got Friends team! Every time I see a GF product announcement I get excited. Amazing work, contributing so much to the Flight Sim community. Awesomeness extraordinaire😊
i'm more than happy with my trackIR for over 10 years now, despite having had the chance to test VR a few years back (DCS, not MSFS though)... i honestly have to say that the racetrack footage here really made me properly think "imagine VR!!" for the first time ever in my life.
I fly FPV quadcopters a bit and this is simply a very big one and, as such, I think I'll have to get it! I need to buy something off Got Friends after using all their great free stuff. This will rock in VR ...
Got friends have got the flight dynamics spot on for most of their products so far (helos, gliders and the wilga) so I would purchase with my eyes closed!
Nice. I live in Renton, WA! I have the Renton Airport add-on with my Xbox Series X, but it crashes too much...yah yah yah I need to get a PC.....but will definitely get this Astro one.
bought it but not had chance try it yet. Looks great fun is nice change from airliner flying. Got Friends deliver on all their projects. Great video nice to see MSFS can cater for all types flying to give enjoyment to all.
Hmmm ... nice lil addon ... its missing one very important feature though .... BARF BAG !!!! ... nice to see ya still at it ... myself kind of took a break from flight simming ... recently got the Black Square analog King air ... back to flying again ... lol
👍👍 cgaviator! I barely made it through the whole video before I had to go buy it as I'm also a drone pilot. :) I fired it up and gotta admit it's a lot of fun. I do wish in normal flight mode it mimicked DJI, etc., and had auto-altitude (GPS/barometer) control as well as let go of the 'sticks' and it immediately comes to a stop and hovers at whatever current altitude. LOL I didn't fly it long enough to see if it would automatically _Return to Home-point_ when the batteries get low. Haha! BTW finally subscribed! Cheers from Thailand!
Haha, fantastic! They’ve just updated it so the max rpm is 5000 when battery critical. You can fly it from the drone view so you can simulate it being RC!
Picked this up yesterday and it is so amazing! Sadly I don't have the GPU to handle that Renton scenery, but it was definitely a fitting introduction. And that race course was like something straight out of Tron! Awesome stuff, great to see/hear you enjoying it.
Imagine this being developped further, like a fullsize version of the "drone racing league". I think this would be tremendous fun racing against other players, on different tracks around the world. 😁😁😎
I love your videos - You cost me a fortune in add ons but I couldn’t be happier so thank you very much for that. Besides if I ever get grief from the other half I have someone to blame 😅 Blue Skies my friend 😊
I love your content Chris and thanks so much for all of your effort! But… please… I can’t be the only one hanging off a cliff waiting for you to tell us if any of the Tornado sims are worth it 🙏🙂
My pleasure! Which Tornado sims are you referring to? I’m aware of an XP11 version but I only have XP12. And I don’t play War Thunder. Going to have to wait for DCS & MSFS versions I’m afraid 👍🏻
@@cgaviator Ah my bad, I was convinced that there were a couple out for MSFS, but now I look I see they are both still in development 🤦🏻♂️ I must have had an optimistic dream at some point! Well, hopefully the guys at Just Flight or India Fox Echo will have pre release versions over to you very soon - can’t wait to see them! 🙂
That thing is actual very cool and realistic at the same time! Because helicopters as we know them are probably now slowly coming to an end and will be replaced by such tesla motor driven multi propeller drones in the oncoming 1-2 decades. This is a glimpse of the near future how we will fly around in ten or 20 years instead of buying a helicopter sightseeing flight ticket. (Of course helicopters will exist in 2050 and longer, but more like classic retro airplanes similar to the fifties and sixties cars of nostalgic car fans nowadays.)
It’ll take a while for battery tech to mature. Even in cars it’s taking forever to achieve range, charge speed and infrastructure. But eventually we’ll all be the jetsons! 😂
@@cgaviator We will be falling from the sky like confetti if and when they replace cars and motorbikes. Unless they develop serious anti collision tech to go with it.😀
Definite buy for me as soon as available in the Marketplace. Looks incredible fun and can't wait to try out the TFR at 50 feet around the Mach Loop 🙂. I can already hear the PMDG purists in the forums whining louder about this than the Astro's props 🤣 Edit: This might tempt me into running in VR again.
Just a thought, and maybe you are fine with the Marketplace for the ease of installation and (eventual...) updates. But buying direct from the developper, they keep the 30% cut of MS, the updates are faster, and they can put functions of features in their models that wouldn't be ok with MS. Of course, you might have your very own reasons.
@@fabiena1787 I fly on XBox as well as PC. Sadly that leaves the marketplace as the source if I want to use something on both, as I definitely do with the Astro! I'm waiting on the Astro to appear in the Marketplace 😢
Thanks for the feedback MrBernardo. We had one of our friends, EightofDragons record the largest drone motors he could find for the source audio in the soundpack. Fingers crossed when real Jetson Ones ship to customers later this year, we may get an opportunity to record the real thing and enhance the audio! Cheers - Developer Mykrode
Just a quick question - do pilots in the RAF get callsigns in the same way as in the American forces and if so, custom helmets with their callsigns on? all of the videos that I've seen of F35 pilots in particular seem like all of the pilots have plain white.
Americans sometimes have naming parties. RAF people usually get there’s just as they go through the service. Some people get away without one! But it’s more a nickname in the RAF whereas Americans incorrectly call it their callsign but it’s not used when talking to ATC
@@cgaviator ok thanks! I'm thinking of joining the RAF but all of the content related to "joining the air force" is american. It's nice to have a British youtuber to watch as well
Hi Chris, I can’t find your email on youtube or your website. Is there a way to send you a personal message? Thx. Arie P.s. I don’t have Facebook or instagram.
why would anyone want to buy a simulator for something like that. what are we simulating? drones are ugly and take the romance and beauty out of aviation its the dumb mans way to fly. An aero plane that dances and engages WITH the air and the ebb and flow of the earths breathe is romantic and the gentleman's way to fly, these things just use power to push through it and defy it. also very low skill level to fly. Helicopters are beautiful and separate from these things because they don't feel like they have children's stabilisers on them and you must know aerodynamic principles to fly them and respect as they can be unforgiving
I wouldn’t worry too much, each to their own. The simulator caters for a range of preferences. Sadly aircraft are all getting very automated. Way of the world.
You're always so great at spending my money 😂 This looks fabulous!
Yeah, sorry about that! Think of it more as spending optimisation! 😂
@@cgaviator Hey that's a great way to look at it. You haven't been wrong yet 😄
Where did you get the scenery from?
@@nicholaswakelen5600 it’s included with it. As well as some new stuff with the recent update. It may take a while through marketplace
This toy instantly reminded my on a game of my childhood, Descent 2 - high end graphics, at least what fitted on a few old "discs" back in the early 486 days - yet with the simple "flight dynamics" a lot of fun. Great to have you back! THX 💙
I seem to remember that! And thanks 👍🏻👍🏻
dude yes!! Descent was a massive inspiration for what I in-visioned. 6 degrees of freedom was insane back then, and growing up playing space sims, even today, i knew that MSFS could have something fun like that while still being realistic. Im really proud of the team, they managed to put their very best forward to strike a balance between realistic and futuristic.
-GotFriends Mykrode
@@r4microds The first thing i did with your "toy" was a run through the streets of Barcelona, its am immersive way to experience photogrammetry - And a lot of fun! Do you have an alternative way for feedback to discord? Thanks 💙
This looks like it would be insane in VR. I've been spending all my time in DCS lately but I might have to come back to MSFS to play with this thing for a bit.
It’s simple, insanely manoeuvrable, and cheap! All around spot on!
This based in Jetson One.
@@asterlofts1565 correct
@@cgaviator
:D
Not sure why DCS fanboys prefer it over real world flight sims like xp11/12 and msfs2020. Each to their own I guess.
What a steller first look at Astro One. Thanks for taking the time to share this with the community CGAviator. I just shared this with the team, I know they'll be thrilled!
- GotFriends Developer Mykrode
Absolutely my pleasure! Congrats on such a unique and innovative model 👍🏻
I'm so thankful for the Got Friends team! Every time I see a GF product announcement I get excited. Amazing work, contributing so much to the Flight Sim community.
Awesomeness extraordinaire😊
@@yta7777777 agreed!
That looks brilliant. A nice 61st birthday present on Xbox for me tomorrow 😂
Congrats to you! 🎉
Happy Birthday Young Man
This would be fun in VR.
You’d get dizzy for sure! 😂
i'm more than happy with my trackIR for over 10 years now, despite having had the chance to test VR a few years back (DCS, not MSFS though)... i honestly have to say that the racetrack footage here really made me properly think "imagine VR!!" for the first time ever in my life.
Must admit that the amount of laughing during this review made it a must buy!
Haha… good measurement! 😄
I fly FPV quadcopters a bit and this is simply a very big one and, as such, I think I'll have to get it! I need to buy something off Got Friends after using all their great free stuff. This will rock in VR ...
I forgot to use it like a remote drone! Next time!
Got friends have got the flight dynamics spot on for most of their products so far (helos, gliders and the wilga) so I would purchase with my eyes closed!
@@waitbalthy6342 I wouldn’t try flying it like that though! 😂
Nice. I live in Renton, WA! I have the Renton Airport add-on with my Xbox Series X, but it crashes too much...yah yah yah I need to get a PC.....but will definitely get this Astro one.
Lol, PC 💪🏻 😂
bought it but not had chance try it yet. Looks great fun is nice change from airliner flying. Got Friends deliver on all their projects. Great video nice to see MSFS can cater for all types flying to give enjoyment to all.
There’s so much potential they’re only scratching the surface I suspect!
Chris,
You left the wings on the ground. Thank you, great fun !!
Yup, reviews like this are easy when it’s so much fun!
This would be a blast in vr!
🤢😅
Yeah, I think I need this! Will be great checking out all the new addon airports!
For close in sight seeing, absolutely perfect!
This lends itself perfectly to VR. At $98,000US I am tempted to purchase a real one. So cool.
Yeah, me too! 😂
I kind of feel it should have a track designer and multiplayer racing.. that would be fun!
Absolutely should do!
Hmmm ... nice lil addon ... its missing one very important feature though .... BARF BAG !!!! ... nice to see ya still at it ... myself kind of took a break from flight simming ... recently got the Black Square analog King air ... back to flying again ... lol
Yup, sometimes need to chill. And then it’s all the sweeter when you return. I doubt we’ll be seeing the real Jetson doing any aeros!
👍👍 cgaviator! I barely made it through the whole video before I had to go buy it as I'm also a drone pilot. :) I fired it up and gotta admit it's a lot of fun. I do wish in normal flight mode it mimicked DJI, etc., and had auto-altitude (GPS/barometer) control as well as let go of the 'sticks' and it immediately comes to a stop and hovers at whatever current altitude. LOL I didn't fly it long enough to see if it would automatically _Return to Home-point_ when the batteries get low. Haha! BTW finally subscribed!
Cheers from Thailand!
Haha, fantastic! They’ve just updated it so the max rpm is 5000 when battery critical. You can fly it from the drone view so you can simulate it being RC!
This looks like a blast!
Surprised you haven't taken the Hawk through that course yet!
I should give it a go but I’m doubtful! 😆
The Astro one is a blast! For the price you can't go wrong
Yup, I like a bit of fun to balance the serious!
Picked this up yesterday and it is so amazing! Sadly I don't have the GPU to handle that Renton scenery, but it was definitely a fitting introduction. And that race course was like something straight out of Tron! Awesome stuff, great to see/hear you enjoying it.
Thanks! 👍🏻
Sure going to be fun in VR!
🤢😂
Instant buy for me yeahhhh. Fun incoming! Cheers!
CLEAR THE WAY - FUN COMING THROUGH! 😂
Imagine this being developped further, like a fullsize version of the "drone racing league".
I think this would be tremendous fun racing against other players, on different tracks around the world. 😁😁😎
Bring it on! Though at the rates the racing drones crash, I shalln’t be trying it full sized for real any time soon! 😂
Ok...I saw this in the Marketplace..wanted to see the reviews. I'm sold!
Easiest decision ever! 😂
I'll be getting this for sure
Easy choices! 👍🏻👍🏻
Bought it and love it! Thanks for sharing this mate. Now I just need to save up for a real Jetson one air car, lol!
Only $99000 plus probably the same in life insurance! 😂
I love your videos - You cost me a fortune in add ons but I couldn’t be happier so thank you very much for that. Besides if I ever get grief from the other half I have someone to blame 😅 Blue Skies my friend 😊
Haha, I get that a lot! Half the reason I started this channel is that I buy most addons! 😅
I love your content Chris and thanks so much for all of your effort! But… please… I can’t be the only one hanging off a cliff waiting for you to tell us if any of the Tornado sims are worth it 🙏🙂
My pleasure! Which Tornado sims are you referring to? I’m aware of an XP11 version but I only have XP12. And I don’t play War Thunder. Going to have to wait for DCS & MSFS versions I’m afraid 👍🏻
@@cgaviator Ah my bad, I was convinced that there were a couple out for MSFS, but now I look I see they are both still in development 🤦🏻♂️ I must have had an optimistic dream at some point! Well, hopefully the guys at Just Flight or India Fox Echo will have pre release versions over to you very soon - can’t wait to see them! 🙂
Ive been super busy with life, and didnt even realize I missed this release!!! Its like finding a 20$ note in an old jacket 😬
I hear ya with the whole life thing! Enjoy!
Thanks for your review, very well done!
My pleasure! Easy when I product is this much fun! 👍🏻
Now this looks pretty awesome.
Sure is! And they’ve announced another crazy plane… the Double Ender!
Amazing scenery😮 and it looks like you need to get into fpv drone flying😃
I’ve always been tempted! But another expensive hobby!
This looks awesome! I know what I'm getting next 😁
Easy choice! 😄
Awesome video 👍👍
Thank you kindly!
I want one in Real Life :D
It's fairly impractical, batteries don't last long.
@@Design_no and when they run out ..........
@@simonbaxter8001 ask Sir Isaac 🙈
😂
Yes, can’t imagine it glides or autorotates at all well!
Does the actual Jetson have a ballistic recovery chute ? I'll have to check. Not much use below a few hundred feet though. The 'dead mans' curve.
Yeah, I’d have to have a chute!
That thing is actual very cool and realistic at the same time! Because helicopters as we know them are probably now slowly coming to an end and will be replaced by such tesla motor driven multi propeller drones in the oncoming 1-2 decades. This is a glimpse of the near future how we will fly around in ten or 20 years instead of buying a helicopter sightseeing flight ticket. (Of course helicopters will exist in 2050 and longer, but more like classic retro airplanes similar to the fifties and sixties cars of nostalgic car fans nowadays.)
It’ll take a while for battery tech to mature. Even in cars it’s taking forever to achieve range, charge speed and infrastructure. But eventually we’ll all be the jetsons! 😂
@@cgaviator We will be falling from the sky like confetti if and when they replace cars and motorbikes. Unless they develop serious anti collision tech to go with it.😀
Definite buy for me as soon as available in the Marketplace. Looks incredible fun and can't wait to try out the TFR at 50 feet around the Mach Loop 🙂. I can already hear the PMDG purists in the forums whining louder about this than the Astro's props 🤣 Edit: This might tempt me into running in VR again.
Haha… don’t get dizzy in VR! 😂
Just a thought, and maybe you are fine with the Marketplace for the ease of installation and (eventual...) updates. But buying direct from the developper, they keep the 30% cut of MS, the updates are faster, and they can put functions of features in their models that wouldn't be ok with MS. Of course, you might have your very own reasons.
@@fabiena1787 I fly on XBox as well as PC. Sadly that leaves the marketplace as the source if I want to use something on both, as I definitely do with the Astro! I'm waiting on the Astro to appear in the Marketplace 😢
I was not getting this at first but now i need it 😂😊
😂 Good on you! If you’re PC… go pick up the Canoe whilst you’re at it! 😁
Easy buy, but man those sounds need improvemnet... A lot more bass and engine RPM changes whenever doing stunts, but other than that... Brilliant
Custom recorded sounds apparently, but I guess when high decent rates. That said… it’s $10 🤩
Thanks for the feedback MrBernardo. We had one of our friends, EightofDragons record the largest drone motors he could find for the source audio in the soundpack. Fingers crossed when real Jetson Ones ship to customers later this year, we may get an opportunity to record the real thing and enhance the audio!
Cheers
- Developer Mykrode
Just a quick question - do pilots in the RAF get callsigns in the same way as in the American forces and if so, custom helmets with their callsigns on? all of the videos that I've seen of F35 pilots in particular seem like all of the pilots have plain white.
Americans sometimes have naming parties. RAF people usually get there’s just as they go through the service. Some people get away without one! But it’s more a nickname in the RAF whereas Americans incorrectly call it their callsign but it’s not used when talking to ATC
@@cgaviator ok thanks! I'm thinking of joining the RAF but all of the content related to "joining the air force" is american. It's nice to have a British youtuber to watch as well
@@mrspecs9211 well, I’ve been out of the loop a while, and I don’t think the RAF are quite at manned drones just yet! 😂
@@cgaviator that will be cool lol
Definitely worth the money guys he's not kidding don't hesitate
🤘🏻
This is a MUST buy 😁😁😁
Too easy!
@@cgaviator 😁😁🤣
Does it simulate the pilot's vomit in any detail?
Only if I had a camera pointed at me and I was in VR! 😂
does it work with dji fpv remote controller 3?
no idea, perhaps if the controller can be configured to work with windows then I guess it may be able to
I don't know how to maneuver to fly forward,
Fly it like a helicopter
What is your PC specs please?
Link in description 👍🏻
... with a solid 15 minutes flight...a 5 to 10 meters dare in height...15 to 20k...a winner!?
15 to 20k?
Hi Chris,
I can’t find your email on youtube or your website. Is there a way to send you a personal message? Thx. Arie P.s. I don’t have Facebook or instagram.
Don’t have Facebook, I don’t believe it! 😂 Email should be in the about section of this channel. Let me know if you can’t find it.
I am too young for Facebook and too old for Instagram 😢
@@huistv2005 😂
Still can find it. I tried to direct you to mine but yt removed my comment.
Disregard.. I found it and send you a pm 👍
Time to get the xbox I think
Lol, that would be quite expensive to buy an Xbox to run a $10 addon! 😂
As GotFriends keeps pushing out non-std vehicles into MSFS, eg this one or canoe, etc., i wonder if MSFS could develop organically into the metaverse…
You know, I’ve had exactly this thought! It’s certainly not the biggest step to imagine!
God, I actually got motion sickness watching some of those rolls.
Lol, I daren’t try it in VR! 🤢
Lol 😂
Lol because it’s ridiculous!? 😂
@@cgaviator
It just looks funny 🤣
@@jaymac7203 I’d probably take this over a jet pack mind! 😁 Pimp my Astro!
Somehow i like this Thing, but i have the Fear to kill myself with it. It reacts really fast.
At least it’s not the real thing! Great for chasing cars!
Lololololololol
why would anyone want to buy a simulator for something like that. what are we simulating? drones are ugly and take the romance and beauty out of aviation its the dumb mans way to fly. An aero plane that dances and engages WITH the air and the ebb and flow of the earths breathe is romantic and the gentleman's way to fly, these things just use power to push through it and defy it. also very low skill level to fly. Helicopters are beautiful and separate from these things because they don't feel like they have children's stabilisers on them and you must know aerodynamic principles to fly them and respect as they can be unforgiving
I wouldn’t worry too much, each to their own. The simulator caters for a range of preferences. Sadly aircraft are all getting very automated. Way of the world.