February 15, 201214 yr Hi, I know PMDG MD11 is a great add on for FSX, but how is it for FS2004?Thanks,Greg Greg Moore KFMH https://forum.pmdg.com/filedata/fetch?id=127275&d=1622041469&type=thumb
February 15, 201214 yr Commercial Member The best heavy you can purchase for FS9. Rock solid and a complete full depth simulation.Regards Rob Prest
February 15, 201214 yr The best heavy you can purchase for FS9. Rock solid and a complete full depth simulation.Regards +100
February 15, 201214 yr Author Thanks for the info. Guess I'll have to start saving up for it! Greg Moore KFMH https://forum.pmdg.com/filedata/fetch?id=127275&d=1622041469&type=thumb
February 16, 201214 yr Thanks for the info. Guess I'll have to start saving up for it!Good thinking. It's sufficiently different from Boeing to make it a worthwhile purchase. With the addition of the AOA training package, if you can afford that as well, you'll have hours of fun for your money. One of my all time favorite FS9 purchases. Gavin Barbara Over 10 years here and AVSIM is still my favourite FS site :-)
February 16, 201214 yr One of my all time favorite FS9 purchases.+It's sufficiently different from Boeing+ Much perhaps! The MCU is unique. Maybe closer to the Airbuses. You dont land @135knts! :( Edited February 16, 201214 yr by Barnstormer1 ArDee
February 17, 201214 yr Yep you need to forget your Boeing training as the MD11 is actually a highly automated aircraft. It's fairly easy to get your head around however and after I'd watched a couple of tutorials I was away. It's from PDMG so as you'd expect, the attention to detail is obsessive and all the things that I wish the iFly 737 could do are there in the MD11. The only things I struggle with are the fairly high approach speeds (with a fairly narrow margin between stall speed and overspeeding the flaps, for added excitement) and the fact that the push/pull/rotate MCP click spots are a bit small and fiddly and are easy to miss in turbulence if you're using a bit of a active camera shake. The other thing you notice compared to the iFly 737 is how high up you sit, and how easy it is to taxi!
February 17, 201214 yr all the things that I wish the iFly 737 could do are there in the MD11Out of curiosity: what are the things?
February 17, 201214 yr Out of curiosity: what are the things?Nothing much to do with the flying experience itself but better functionality on the ground, i.e ability to fuel via the FMC, open doors individually, connect ground services, load different panel states quickly. The iFly's functionality in this respect is much more basic, although it is promised in the upcoming update so fingers crossed.
February 17, 201214 yr I would rate it as the second-best commercial add-on for FS9 (the iFly 737 being #1 by far), and the best heavy commercial add-on for FS9. Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
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