Preview 3: User Marketplace & Updates Now Live

[Adil]

Dear SimFlyers,

This week we have major updates, and we invite you to watch Roberto’s new video on one of the most anticipated topics: Preview 3 with license sales in the User Marketplace. The release is getting very close.

A new rule on maximum allowed speed is already live: each aircraft has its own operational limit and, if a flight exceeds that threshold, the mission is canceled. This measure was introduced because some users were not respecting this principle and is now aligned with the maximum range rule. Checks are performed against the main cruise parameters and include a safety margin that accounts for weather conditions, particularly wind effects. As always, we welcome your feedback on new rules. For pilots who have always flown in compliance with aviation rules and SimFly guidelines, this update will not change anything.

We have updated the Terms & Conditions, specifically Section 4 – “SOFTWARE LICENCE & PERMITTED USE.” Thanks also to community reports. From now on, behavior that violates SimFly’s guidelines will not be tolerated: irregularities may result in the suspension of activities or an account ban. You can report suspicious behavior, inconsistent flight data, or attempts to bypass the system; we have the tools to verify these with certainty, and no sanction will be applied without a careful review. We will also introduce an automated irregularity-detection system soon. You can find all details about the updated Section 4 on the Terms & Conditions page: https://shop.simfly.io/Terms-and-conditions/

A new aircraft has landed in the Marketplace: the Daher-Socata TBM 850, a high-performance turboprop that combines “jet-like” speed (up to 320 knots) with the efficiency of a single engine. Ideal for medium-long routes where you want maximum performance and reliability. For a limited time it’s available at 50% off.

For the first time, a special discount is also active on CAT 1–2–3 airports and aircraft using the code: CAT123 at checkout (USD only, repeatable on multiple products), through Tuesday, 23 September 2025.

In the new video, Roberto explains the User Marketplace licenses, the newly introduced rules, and the next evolutions of the platform. In the closing section, he also answers the top-voted AMA questions. Don’t miss it.

Safe flights,

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Useful Links: Roberto You Tube video: https://simfly.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d4775e813a303f0e4506b1ffa&id=6e47f66373&e=5b1b3c6d5a

[EpixXx]

Dear SimFly team, please don’t take the following words the wrong way! I like SimFly and the concept behind it, but:

To be honest, this is yet another update that promises a lot but doesn’t deliver what users want. I was skeptical about SimFly from the start, as it seems to me that the company behind SimFly is primarily focused on generating revenue. What does the update consist of?

• New Rules Max Speed: Wow, thank you…
• Discount: Ahhhh, another discount to farm more money
• New Airplane: Great, another asset you can use to farm more money
• Preview: Nice, another preview, but we want a release finally. Not just empty promises.

As long as the Web3 wallet doesn’t work and I can’t be sure that investing money and time in Simfly will benefit me, I won’t invest another cent in SimFly. Because if you invest real money, you want to earn real money with it. And currently, that’s not possible with SimFly.

I also find it extremely annoying that you can’t decide for yourself how your assets are shared. Why do I have to pay money every month to be able to decide what the profit splits on my assets are that I bought with real money? And don’t give me that balancing argument, I don’t accept that as a valid reason!

The only thing you keep doing is implementing discounts and new assets that bring you money, instead of giving users the opportunity to see their investments in real money.

I’m pretty sure that implementing the Web3 wallet isn’t easy, but it’s not a big deal either. I think it would have been much faster than the marketplace. But yes, Web3 doesn’t make you any money, right?

Sorry, but SimFly doesn’t make a good impression on me at the moment. I hope I won’t be disappointed in the future and that we’ll get what you’ve been promoting for years.

[Karim-CTO-SimFly]

Hello,
I have carefully read your message and I’d like to reply point by point:

New maximum speed rules
I want to clarify that every new rule is announced through videos and newsletters to give it the attention it deserves. In the past, this wasn’t the case, but thanks to community feedback we decided to communicate them more clearly and consistently. I understand that it may feel repetitive to receive updates even about smaller rules, but this approach was agreed with the community and we believe it is the right one. That’s why every change is presented with full transparency.

Discounts
Our promotions serve a dual purpose: they allow users to acquire assets under more favorable conditions while also supporting the platform’s development. Most users use their PAX Tokens to benefit from these discounts, and only in some cases (such as this time, for CAT 1, 2, and 3 assets) we offered an exclusive USD discount, based on community requests.

New aircraft
This decision also comes directly from the community. Many felt that the number of aircraft available in SimFly was too limited. That’s why we decided to introduce a new aircraft every week, with a 50% discount. It’s also worth noting that about 80% of these purchases are made using PAX Tokens rather than USD.

Previews and releases
We don’t think it’s fair to call these “empty promises.” Every preview we show is always connected to an upcoming release, as demonstrated by the roadmap and the NOTAMs available here: https://shop.simfly.io/notams/
Previews help us share progress in advance and gather constructive feedback from the community. The User Marketplace is one of the core features of SimFly, and we want its release to be stable and complete, avoiding rushed versions that could cause more issues than benefits.

That said, thank you for the respectful tone in your message. Please rest assured we are working tirelessly to stay on track with the roadmap and deliver a solid and reliable service, especially with the User Marketplace, which represents the heart of the SimFly project.

We understand the desire to have everything immediately, but we prefer to ensure quality and stability. From the very beginning — when SimFly didn’t even have a map — we made our promises and we have always developed and delivered on them, and this will not change with the User Marketplace

Thank you again for your feedback,
Karim – CIO SimFly

[Powie]

For me it feels also more and more confusing. I’m active since some months, and what I have seen in this time: There are no important steps forward. If you try to achive more things from your roadmap I guess , in that speed, ot takes years and decades to finish this project.
We need more users, but I thnink this is impossible in this state.

[EpixXx]

Hello Karim,

Thank you for your detailed response. I appreciate you taking the time to respond to my message.

I understand that many of the points you mentioned, such as the new rules and the introduction of new aircraft, are based on community feedback. It’s good to hear that you are taking your users’ wishes into account.

However, you did not address the two most important points in my message, and that is precisely what concerns me:

Payouts via the Web3 wallet: When will we finally be able to withdraw our invested money and time in real money? As long as this option is not available, there is no incentive for me to continue investing in SimFly. I realize that implementing a Web3 wallet is a challenge, but this is a core promise of the project. It feels to me as if Simfly is currently very pointless, as there is nothing you can do with PAX except buy assets that are currently of virtually no use to you.

Payout rate for assets: I don’t understand why I have to pay money every month to be able to set the payout rate for assets that I purchased with real money. It feels like I have to pay an additional fee to have full control over my property.

If you launch the marketplace before the wallet and the associated possibility of doing something with PAX, trading assets will also bring the user virtually nothing.

I hope you understand my frustration. Since I joined Simfly and started following the project (in 2023), it feels like you’re just constantly introducing new things that simply generate money for you. And some minor changes for the Users. Unfortunately, that’s the impression I get, and I know others who share this impression. Of course, I understand that a company wants to generate money to pay its employees, etc., but Simfly’s main concept has still not been fulfilled.

Nevertheless, thank you for your detailed response.

Best Regards

EpixXx

[Karim-CTO-SimFly]

You’re welcome

Sorry, now I understand what you meant by the Web3 wallet — I thought you were referring to the Users Marketplace, since that’s the next release on our roadmap.

That said, we’re moving forward first with the implementation of the Users Marketplace, which in practice is not different from the Web3 wallet and crypto-trading, but it’s much easier to use for those who are not familiar with cryptocurrencies. At the start of the project, we were focused only on PAX and asset trading in the crypto space, but this created a certain “vulnerability” to scam perceptions. That’s why we quickly adjusted course and created an internal Marketplace in SimFly, to also include and protect those who don’t use crypto.

You mentioned that the Users Marketplace wouldn’t allow anything meaningful with PAX and asset trading, but that’s absolutely not the case: both assets and PAX can be sold and purchased directly in real USD, exactly as they would with the Web3 wallet system. The only difference is that one is integrated into SimFly (without crypto), and the other — later on — will also be developed in the blockchain space for those who prefer to operate there.

To be clear, in both cases there must be a seller and a buyer: just like with crypto conversions to USD, it only works because there’s a buyer on the other side. The Users Marketplace will function in the same way, but without crypto. Later, we’ll also implement the possibility of trading PAX and assets through crypto for more advanced users.

So, with the launch of the Users Marketplace, one of the core concepts of SimFly will finally be reached and released: the ability to see your PAX and assets directly in USD.

Regarding the payout rate of assets, Roberto has explained this many times in our videos: the asset was sold with certain promised features, and those have remained intact. Over time, additional new features — like split and others yet to come — have been added, which can be activated only through the Premium Member. These extra functions are not mandatory but provide additional support to simplify operations and plan more profitable strategies. If you don’t want to use them, you can continue using the asset’s base functionality exactly as it was purchased.

Many projects use these concepts. With SimFly, however, you’ll be able to judge for yourself: once you can start earning USD through the Users Marketplace, you can decide if it’s worth allocating part of that to activate Premium Member to further enhance your strategies. Again, it’s not mandatory. Roberto has clearly explained the reasons and logic behind these choices — always with an eye on the project’s sustainability — in the videos we publish every weekend (you can find them on Notams).

I completely understand your frustration, but we have always stayed true to the roadmap we shared from the beginning. It’s true that some mechanics were introduced to ensure the resources needed to keep developing the project — and we’ve never hidden that. But many other features, updates, and improvements have been created for you, the users: to improve the system, fix bugs, prevent shortcuts, and make SimFly increasingly realistic.

Today, PAX are not only useful for acquiring assets but also for leveling them up, growing them, and generating new ones. The Users Marketplace release is just around the corner — one of the most anticipated features — and soon after, new missions will be introduced. In parallel, we’ll also step into the Web3 space: believe me, for us it would have been much easier and faster to start only with Web3, because replicating an internal marketplace without crypto was far more complex. But we deliberately chose this path to include all users, even those less experienced with blockchain.

Later on, Web3 will still be another major step for SimFly.

I hope this gives you a clear and complete answer. These are aspects we’ve already had the chance to explain and reiterate in the past. Thank you again for your feedback — we’ll do our best to speed things up as much as possible.

[capodieci]

To be clear, what pivoted us away from crypto/blockchain/nfts/erc20 (aka web3) has been the users themselves, a vast majority thinking that whatever use web3 is a scam. After reporting SimFly as scam just because we had chosen a transparent technology such as the blockchain, we pivoted to use a centralized solution. Note that nothing has changed on the vision, goals, and outcome, simply instead of an open system, we opted for a closed one that was ok to the users, With this choice all the rumors of scam have stopped. Blame ignorance, but if we didn’t move away from web3 we would not be here today. In the future, if the amount of user is too big to put SimFly at risk, we will create also a web3 alternative for user to manage their assets.