Hey Michael, how have you've been ;)>? I'm looking forward to the 737. I spent a ungodly amount of time learning everything about that plane and hope that PMDG does a great job. I still have a wish list from the last production/patch that I desired to see on that plane.

Good to see you back around these parts Randy.

Hey Michael, how have you've been ;)>?

Hi Randy, long time no see, welcome back, your sharp writing has been sorely missed here.

Load up the plane and do a full power takeoff

If you are referring to starting the plane at the runway threshold, you will only blow the engines if the condition levers are still at the TAXI setting. FSX has a strange habit of loading the plane with the condition levers at either TAXI or FLIGHT, depending on what mood it is in on that particular day.

This thing looks great! I'm an turboprop fan, owning both the Aerosoft Twotter and the Flight1 ATR-72.Is there any news on a boxed version, or is download the only way to fly?

If I understand correctly JS41 has FMS capable of handling LNAV in fully automatic manner but VNAV only as an advisory function. Besides this plane does not possess auto-throttle. So I wonder whether changing altitude manually according to FMS guidelines is easy in this plane?

If I understand correctly JS41 has FMS capable of handling LNAV in fully automatic manner but VNAV only as an advisory function. Besides this plane does not possess auto-throttle. So I wonder whether changing altitude manually according to FMS guidelines is easy in this plane?

I'm still learning and have only completed a couple of flights, but on the tutorial flight (KPNH-KIAD), I found that changing altitude manually according to the crossing restrictions relatively straightforward...and the FMS's VNAV pages provide great feedback including an altitude prediction for the next waypoint based on your speed and descent rate...quite cool.

Thanks for your feedback! I am now at the basic JS41 avionics learning level without using FMS aided navigation. I was also reading this tutorial but I did not fly it myself so far. Well, it is fully understandable commuter aircraft does not have advanced autopilot modes and that is why it is very important if JS41 is easy to fly by hand. Fortunately it seems it is... :(

I'm with you on this. I got the 1900 to work in FSX but the props are hosed. I asked at least 6 times in the PMDG forum about it and never even got the courtesy of a reply, so my days of suporting PMDG are history. I'm glad that others are enjoying 'Rob's cockpit', but I flew 1900's in RL and I would rather see mine.

I'm sorry but it really does look like (speaking for myself at least) that I just missed that thread, whenever it was. I know I didn't intentionally ignore anything on that subject. We get thousands of posts a day in our forum and I can't reply to all of them. If you read our forum rules though, we do make it quite clear that no one is guaranteed or entitled to responses from the development team there. (email support is our official method if you want a guaranteed response, not the forum)We provided basic instructions on our wiki for getting the 1900s to work in FSX right after FSX was released - if something changed with the FSX updates then there's not much we can do about that, the models weren't designed for FSX. With all due respect, they were clearly labeled as "Express" products for FS9, and were priced as such. They're basically default planes with nice models and flight dynamics, that's was the whole point - expecting us to take time out of developing new products to fix things present while running the 1900s on a platform they weren't designed for is asking quite a lot given what those products are.Absolutely nothing says we won't revisit the 1900 series in a more detailed way like the J41 though. This new series of addons we've started is geared toward these types of aircraft and it's a separate primary dev team doing them vs. the one that does the airliner study sims.

I'm sorry but it really does look like (speaking for myself at least) that I just missed that thread, whenever it was. I know I didn't intentionally ignore anything on that subject. We get thousands of posts a day in our forum and I can't reply to all of them. If you read our forum rules though, we do make it quite clear that no one is guaranteed or entitled to responses from the development team there. (email support is our official method if you want a guaranteed response, not the forum)We provided basic instructions on our wiki for getting the 1900s to work in FSX right after FSX was released - if something changed with the FSX updates then there's not much we can do about that, the models weren't designed for FSX. With all due respect, they were clearly labeled as "Express" products for FS9, and were priced as such. They're basically default planes with nice models and flight dynamics, that's was the whole point - expecting us to take time out of developing new products to fix things present while running the 1900s on a platform they weren't designed for is asking quite a lot given what those products are.Absolutely nothing says we won't revisit the 1900 series in a more detailed way like the J41 though. This new series of addons we've started is geared toward these types of aircraft and it's a separate primary dev team doing them vs. the one that does the airliner study sims.

Ryan, thank you for your reply! It wasnt just one thread, but that's water under the bridge now. Your instructions for the 1900 worked perfectly prior to FSX SP2, then the prop problem surfaced. Thats the ONLY issue I know of with the plane after SP2, so it amazed me that something that simple couldn't be addressed. Apparently it has to do with the alpha channel transparency, since it's only visible when you have clouds, bld's, etc behind the props. The spinning props block the view behind them. It's really a small irritant in an otherwise great plane. My major issue was with the lack of any response to numerous requests, including direct email, and you have now allievated that, thank you again.

Is there any news on a boxed version, or is download the only way to fly?

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I'm waiting for a boxed version too.PMDG have confirmed elsewhere that at the moment, there is nothing to say there WON'T be a boxed version - in other words, yes there will, unless something crops up to change their mind.They have also said it won't be released until the model is pretty much close to its final form - i.e. probably not before at least one service pack has been issued.Having said that, Aerosoft (the European distributor) is already taking pre-orders, albeit without a guarantee of the delivery date:http://www.aerosoft.com/cgi-local/re/ibosh...296539240,10939

Thanx, i'll keep tabs on the Aerosoft site.

Your instructions for the 1900 worked perfectly prior to FSX SP2, then the prop problem surfaced. Thats the ONLY issue I know of with the plane after SP2, so it amazed me that something that simple couldn't be addressed. Apparently it has to do with the alpha channel transparency, since it's only visible when you have clouds, bld's, etc behind the props. The spinning props block the view behind them. It's really a small irritant in an otherwise great plane.

It does seem like a simple issue that an individual with the expertise of modifying the .mdl (what I understand needs to be done) could do quite easily. There is also a slight problem with a gauge in the 1900D that produces a transparent box in the panel.Both of these aircraft perform quite well in FSX - practically the only commercial aircraft that I can fly stutter free. It would be great to have them working properly. If it was a major issue, I wouldn't bother asking.