I got the MADDOG and it is the best. All my other craft are in the hanger. I especially like that in the 2D flight deck you can get rid of the center post in the window. In the 3D flight deck you can get rid of the control yokes so you can see. To think of those 2 things shows the developers had forethought. Had to stop using F1 view with it and had to go to active camera. The wheel in the mouse in F1 view interfered with rotating dials in the 3D flight deck. Does anyone use the MADDOG with the X52 setup?JimCYWG

BTW I just found some more HD Vids of the MD here but these are in the Dark hehe.

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Gota love cockpit lighting

BTW I just found some more HD Vids of the MD here but these are in the Dark hehe.

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Gota love cockpit lighting

Andy,I agree... there are just a few things that spoil immersion for me, and this plane doesn't have any of them (like poor night lighting, fast EGT rise on engine start, poorly balanced soundset, etc.). That said, you will notice a few minor bugs as you fly it, but nothing even close to show stopping...jJust enough to make you wish the developer spent the final few hours and fixed them....for example, the cabin rate indicator is rotated 180 degrees in the VC.I have the PMDG MD11 and love it, but I fly the maddog a lot more. Hope you enjoy it.

I know this is the FS9 forum but do any of you guys run this bird in fsx? I can run the PMDG MD11 in the VC with satisfactory results, would you think that the Maddog for fsx would run the same? or would it be more fps intensive then the MD11.

I know this is the FS9 forum but do any of you guys run this bird in fsx? I can run the PMDG MD11 in the VC with satisfactory results, would you think that the Maddog for fsx would run the same? or would it be more fps intensive then the MD11.

Ian, I have FSX on my system but don't use it, although I plan to start once I get my 5870. I know that I have tried it, and I don't believe the FR are are as good as the MD11.Sorry I can't provide a more definitive answer.

I know this is the FS9 forum but do any of you guys run this bird in fsx? I can run the PMDG MD11 in the VC with satisfactory results, would you think that the Maddog for fsx would run the same? or would it be more fps intensive then the MD11.

I've been running it in FSX since the Pro came out about two years ago, Ian. It works quite perfectly. There are one or two very small things that didn't get fixed in the port to FSX, but they don't detract from the experience in any way. If frame rates are an issue there is a performance manager which is fully capable of bringing the sim to it's knees or allowing as many frames as every other aircraft, and I fly VC only, with TripleHead2Go and TrackIR at 3840 x 1050.I've seen the odd remark about the lack of developer support, and it's all true, however the support that's provided by the user group almost makes the dev intervention unnecessary, as many of the users have been, or are, themselves full-time MD-8X series pilots, some with many years of experience - and that makes this Maddog that much more credible. One can't argue the linking between spoiler deployment and auto braking, or correct take-off procedure, with someone who gets paid to do it every day!I can't add very much more in it's praise, as everyone else here has already done so, other than to repeat that it's also my number one aircraft, followed by the A2A Cub. With FSBuild, ASA, REX and FSPassengers, the LH Maddog is the ultimate FS airliner simulation.

I have always used it in FSX, but FPS aren't great. I\m quite sure FPS will be better in FS9. That said, I haven't tried it - yet. I'm planning to move the big airliner business back to FS9, since I hope to get better FPS there.