December 15, 200619 yr The Flight 1 ATR is an absolute favorite of mine. It looks intimidating with such a busy overhead panel, but you don't mess with any of it during flight, unless you need icing or to adjust the lights. I'm not one to start cold very often since it just takes time and isn't very interesting, however, the cold start on the ATR is easy, plus you have two ways to do it. The FMC on the ATR is very simple too. If you can learn the PMDG FMC, you can learn the ATR. I find very little difference. The nicest thing the ATR FMC has is the option for two flight plans, it comes in handy sometimes. Out of all my payware, I have to say the ATR is one of the best. It banks very well in a turn without pitching all over like some do. The Aeroworx King Air you mentioned is another one that allows a bank that's manageable in pitch. The ATR is a little easier to land though, as it's doesn't float as bad as the King Air.The PMDG 737, 747 and LDS 767 are obviously the best of the best Heavies for FS9. All have excellent flight dynamics and a easy to land, IMO. I find the PMDG 747 the easiest to land (I never use AP for approach) or at least control for ILS. For some reason it's really responsive without sensitive like a default Cessna ;) The 737 is a great aircraft, and the easiest of the three to learn. All good choices no matter what. - Chris Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX | Intel Core i9 13900KF | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 24 GB | 64GB DDR5 SDRAM | Corsair H100i Elite 240mm Liquid Cooling | 1TB & 2TB Samsung Gen 4 SSD | 1000 Watt Gold PSU | Windows 11 Pro | Thrustmaster Boeing Yoke | Thrustmaster TCA Captain X Airbus | Asus ROG 38" 4k IPS Monitor (PG38UQ) Asus Maximus VII Hero motherboard | Intel i7 4790k CPU | MSI GTX 970 4 GB video card | Corsair DDR3 2133 32GB SDRAM | Corsair H50 water cooler | Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SSD (2) | EVGA 1000 watt PSU - Retired
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