Hi everyone,I tried this thread over in the MSFS general forum, but I think I'll prefer the answers I get here....I've been a PIC junkie since the very beginning, and until the team revolutionizes panel design again, I'd like to try my hand at some old-school flying. In short, I only have the money (yay for having a part-time job in college!) to buy one of the following: CS 727, VMAX 742, IK DC-9, or (if I can wait, which given my attention span is unlikely ;-) )And here's the deal: I only care about the panel. Of course, I am aware of how they differ in terms of support, manuals, vis. model, etc., but right now I just want to know which panel would be more hard-core realistic for a PIC fan like myself.Thanks in advance,:-beerchug

I can't speak for the others, but I would not waste my money on anything Captain Sim.

Hey TJ,Ones you haven't mentioned (you may already have them as I do), the PSS Airbus and Dreamfleet 737 are top notch panels too, as I've heard the PSS Dash 8 is as well.I don't have any of the others you mentioned, but I do read the forums and maybe that's why a flightsim junkie like me hasn't bought those yet! :) (Its more likely that I have so many great planes to fly already, I've kinda' made a New Year's resolution to fly all of them first before having another plane I have to master...using the word "master" lightly of course) :-lolRegards,Steve Dra

If I were you, I would wait for something like the Sim Software Workshop's Airbus A310 Master edition. Check out here http://www.simsoftworkshop.com