February 1, 201214 yr Author Just to let you guys know I did receive it via JR.com and I'm really enjoying it! Love the icing recognition/simulation. The FMS was a bit wacky to get working but not difficult. Hand flying seems to be a challenge for me - which is good!FPS are fine - I run max settings with LOD 6.5 in FSX... works well even at payware airports. | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
February 1, 201214 yr She is a handful but loads of fun. Not a bird you can walk away from to have a coffee!Glad you're liking it Ryan, not to mention it was inexpensive enough for PMDG quality. Al Stiff
February 1, 201214 yr And compared to the Flight1 Mustang?Looks like you purchased the J41 already, but I'll add my 2 cents anyway. I tried the Mustang for a week or so, and then took advantage of Flight1's money-back guarantee. Where I normally would get 60+ FPS with the default aircraft, I was getting in the low 20s/high teens with the Mustang. Adding to the problem was that the FPS were not consistent; they would jump around a lot, so it never felt smooth.The J41 gave me better FPS but not by much, somewhere around the mid 20s. However, the FPS are more consistent which helps the smoothness factor a lot. There also appear to be more options to dial down the VC model for (hopefully) better performance, but I haven't played with them yet.I don't have much experience with the J41 yet; I spent a couple of hours goofing around with the VC switches, skimming the manual and watching YouTube tutorials, and trying to get the thing started without the engines catching on fire. I finally got it up in the air successfully which felt pretty good. I have a fondness for this class of aircraft; back before 9/11 I took several flights between Seattle and Bellingham in a similar class aircraft (don't remember the exact make/model), and the pilot would leave the cockpit door open so you could watch everything that was going on. Lots of fun. I have a feeling I'm going to get a lot of long-term enjoyment out of the J41.
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