Quality Wings has released SP1 for its' 757. It fixed some bugs in the initial released and added functionality to some overhead switches.

If I go in expecting PMDG type quality and realism, would I be disappointed?

Yes, but it was never marketed as that. It's a little less functional than the Captain Sim 757 and a little less framerate hungry. I haven't had a chance to do a full flight yet with this latest release.

Dummy switches don't bother me too much, can I program the FMC and fly lnav/vnav without any trouble?

Dummy switches don't bother me too much, can I program the FMC and fly lnav/vnav without any trouble?

Yes you can. You might want to do a little research on the QWings forums. As I said, I haven't had a chance to really test drive SP1 yet. Hopefully tomorrow.

Yes you can. You might want to do a little research on the QWings forums. As I said, I haven't had a chance to really test drive SP1 yet. Hopefully tomorrow.

MikeI'd be interested in your thoughts, if you care to report back.. Seems they've addressed lots of problems with the SP, and I'm impressed by the development team on this one. Feel I should buy it pour les encourager !! Oh well, any excuse... :( Ian

Ian, I'm going to try to get in a full flight this evening if I can. It's been so long since I flew the original version, I can't remember exactly all that was wrong with it. It's hell being old! I'll let you know what I think ASAP.

I searched but the general forum doesn't have many useful posts, and like level-d they locked the support forum to registered buyers... I will probably buy this next week. Need a good 757 and the CS is too heavy on frames and still has bugs that bother me like not tuning the ILS from my programmed route

I have SP1 installed and while a marked improvement, there are still some issues with AFDS and FMS interaction. On several occasions FLCH resulted in VS mode becoming active with uncommented airspeed changes. On more than one occasion a VNAV decent to a hard altitude constraint resulted in the airspeed driven to 190KTS with no airspeed intervention possible other than reverting to VS / SPD mode. TO/TO takeoffs with VNAV armed require extreme caution as the FD bars on initial climb out will approach stick shaker (at least this is what I experienced). The logic of SP1 VNAV doesn't seem to take acceleration height into consideration until five to six thousand feet above field elevation (1000 acel height is default on the TO page in the FMS). I know all of this seems harsh but comparisons to PMDG seem unfair even after SP1. Given all of this, SP1 is a tremendous improvement over the RTM and I believe that the product has plenty of worth going forward.

Ryan, You're obviously way more qualified to speak to this than I am. I flew a flight this evening between Frankfurt and London Heathrow. After takeoff when I engaged the AP and pushed the VNav button, the aircraft began to accelerate as it climbed. It blew right past the 250kt speed restriction. As I climbed to 12,000 ft. the aircraft began a 3500 fpm climb and it accelerated to 328kts closing in on overspeed. Twice in my climb to FL330 I had to disconnect the autothrottle after the aircraft went into overspeed. Once I reached cruise altitude it was fine. As I began to descend into London, I used FLCH. The autothrottle would go to idle and the aircraft would slow to below the designated speed. There didn't appear to be any attempt to increase the rate of descent to reach the desired speed. All of that being said, It was an enjoyable flight. The aircraft hand flies very well. The visuals and sounds were always A-1 for this aircraft. It's a little lighter in functionality than the CS757. It is a little better on framerate though.

Ryan, You're obviously way more qualified to speak to this than I am. I flew a flight this evening between Frankfurt and London Heathrow. After takeoff when I engaged the AP and pushed the VNav button, the aircraft began to accelerate as it climbed. It blew right past the 250kt speed restriction. As I climbed to 12,000 ft. the aircraft began a 3500 fpm climb and it accelerated to 328kts closing in on overspeed. Twice in my climb to FL330 I had to disconnect the autothrottle after the aircraft went into overspeed. Once I reached cruise altitude it was fine. As I began to descend into London, I used FLCH. The autothrottle would go to idle and the aircraft would slow to below the designated speed. There didn't appear to be any attempt to increase the rate of descent to reach the desired speed. All of that being said, It was an enjoyable flight. The aircraft hand flies very well. The visuals and sounds were always A-1 for this aircraft. It's a little lighter in functionality than the CS757. It is a little better on framerate though.

Mike,The QW757 is a pleasure to hand fly indeed. My experiences with the VNAV are slightly different as the aircraft "eventually" pitched to maintain 250KTS under VNAV and then accelerated to climb profile through 10000 feet. We could simply adjust our cost index to see if it were possible to back off VMo in the climb. I found some issues in the manner in which the mach transition speed were implemented. The magenta VNAV speed bug went from VMo to 300 KTS during the transition rather than to a mach climb. There were also some issues with LNAV when asking the FMS to navigate DIR to a flight plan waypoint. The course intercept line seemed to be from the previous FMS waypoint rather than PPOS. There were some other minor things as well, but for my simming enjoyment, I really would like to see further refinement in the AFDS and FMS. That and Navigraph coming on board would be excellent. Time will tell, but it sure seems like the QW people are highly motivated.

Mike, There were also some issues with LNAV when asking the FMS to navigate DIR to a flight plan waypoint. The course intercept line seemed to be from the previous FMS waypoint rather than PPOS. There were some other minor things as well, but for my simming enjoyment, I really would like to see further refinement in the AFDS and FMS. That and Navigraph coming on board would be excellent. Time will tell, but it sure seems like the QW people are highly motivated.

Ryan, The issue with direct to a waypoint has been brought up on the QW support forum. Navigraph support is supposed to come in the next cycle. I don't know if that's the cycle due out in a few days or the May cycle.

Airac support is now available for the Quality Wings 757 starting with cycle 1004 available from Navigraph today.

so aggravating to drop down 50 bucks or what ever most addons cost these days, and have to submit bug reports like a beta tester

so aggravating to drop down 50 bucks or what ever most addons cost these days, and have to submit bug reports like a beta tester

David, I know what you mean. I guess it's the nature of the beast these days. Think how I feel. I bought the Airsimmer A320! :(