Hey Braun,Please use our forum for support so we don't clog the Avsim forum. In the meantime, check your e-mail, you are ready to go, just needed to log in under My Purchases.

What a fantastic plane. I took it for it's first test flight this morning. Needless to say it passed with flying colors!! The VC is excellent, with an outstanding visual model. I really like the Maintenance Module and Service Centre too - Excellent stuff! :DCheers

How are you guys finding the performance from a PC-system standpoint? Notice any significant hit to the fps compared to other planes of similar detail (say the Meridian perhaps)?

Performance seems to be on par with the Meridian. You do need some horsepower to run it full bore but not anything unusual nowadays:)

Interesting you mention that, in my case I barely get a hit with the Meridian (including the Garmin trainer running in the back) but with the B200 I have to run with the EFIS lowest refresh rate to get 15+ FPS, I prefer analog guages so I'm flying mostly on the copilot side where the gauges are very smooth and FPS are in the near 20s, but still the FPS are all over the place, from 12 to 19.7 changing rapidly all the time. What I've noticed is that the sounds in the B200 (which are also excellent) take a big hit on the FPS, if I press Q in FS my FPS jump to a steady 20 (locked @ 20), I already tried lowering my sound acceleration with no luck, I only see this happening with the B200. Any clues guys?Carlos.PIV 2.8 GhzOn-board sound768 Mb SDRAMGeForce 2 MX440 64 MbWindows XP home SP1almost all sliders in FS to minimum (including no AI & no autogen)

Hey Carlos. Your bottleneck is definately the video card. I have a P4 2.6, 1 gig OCZ 3200 ram, asus p4d800e mobo, ati 9800 pro and my system runs the 200 very smooth. i bet if you had a better video card you wouldn't be running that sliders at minimum.

>could not agree more with all of you!>>it is a superb plane!...and the Tech Support is outstanding ! Fabio and Henning will go the extra mile to get you in the air. Three cheers ! Jack

Hello Carlos,Cactus is probably right. You have a pretty old card there, not only is the GeForce 2 pretty old by todays standards, but you also have an 'MX' version. That is a cut down version of the GeForce 2! Also, unless you have a NForce 2 or NForce 3 motherboard that onboard sound could also be what's limiting your 'horsepower'. If you were to get yourself a newer fuel injection system and a new exhaust system you'd probably be getting quite a bit more horsewpower out of your machine.Regards,Jim

>Interesting you mention that, in my case I barely get a hit>with the Meridian (including the Garmin trainer running in the>back) Despite a recent proliferation of products with "smooth" gauges I think only Reality-XP has technology to deliver truly smooth gauges that do not depend on any "refresh" rate and therefore are much easier on your system.Michael J.

Yeap, you're both right, I just upgraded my CPU and now I'm waiting a while to upgrade the GPU, I bet I'll get much better performance after that.I experimented a little with the onboard sound, my motherboard is an Intel D845EBG2 with SoundMAX (software) integrated sound, I just unistalled SoundMAX and let XP take care of the onboard drivers, I noticed a small decrease in sound quality (no bass control in the sound panel) but a moderate increase in the FPS stability in the sim, so for the time being, I'm keeping this setup until further tweaking is required (after installing the new video card).Back to fly this awesome B200.Carlos.

A couple observations:Generally, I think this is a keeper. Very good, detailed panel work. No frame rate issues here, but I have a fairly powerful core PC optimized for FS. I see several flight dynamics issues which are not showstoppers, but need a look: First, the pitch is 1.5 - 2.0 deg too high in most flight regimes. In level flight at 220 KIAS the acft is still at 1.8 deg nose-up.Second, it accelerates at takeoff like it's JATO-equipped...a common issue in turboprops due to the screwed-up way MS models low-speed prop performance...but there are workarounds. Third, braking performance is extremely anemic...brakes will not hold the acft during runups or for standing takeoffs. Finally, the autopilot is stable, but localizer course intercepts almost always result in overshoots and S-turns down early part of final...it does eventually capture and fly a stable final.Also, for those who may be wondering, the FFS B200 works flawlessly with the RealityXP Garmin 530. The FFS panel comes equipped with the standard MSFS GPS with an FFS-provided GNS430 faceplate. To substitute the RealityXP GNS530, replace the "Window08" section in the applicable panel.cfg file with:Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=456,332window_size_ratio=1.000 position=8visible=0ident=12window_size= 0.480, 0.466window_pos= 0.300, 0.370gauge00=RealityXP_FL530XP!GNS530, 0,0,456For those running HT-enabled CPUs, it works much better if you set the CPU affinity of FS9 to one vCPU, and set the process affinity for NTVDM.EXE (the Win16 environment that the Garmin software runs in) to the opposite virtual CPU. For those not familiar with CPU affinity, do a search on Avsim or www.ralphspanelshop.com--there are numerous discussion threads on the topic.RegardsBob ScottATP IMEL Gulfstream II-III-IV-V L-300Washington, DC

Hey Bob,Thanks for the comments.One little observation: Even though the GPS that comes with the King Air is based on the stock FS GPS, it is not just a faceplate change. This 430 sells for close to 20 Eruos at simmarket, and was included in the King Air because it has much better frame rates than the stock one, and more functionality, like radio frequencies, etc.

Folks; The problems with creeping with the brakes set, and rocketlike takeoff performance are both related to a problem in the airfile which mirrors a known issue with the MSFS B350 airfile. I have posted a patch program which will re-write the affected section of the original AeroWorx airfile (table 511 to be exact). The patch is available at: http://home.comcast.net/~gulfstream-v/index.html Also, I have changed the "Autopilot" section of the aircraft.cfg file as below, resulting in improved (but not perfect) course intercepts and rock-steady course/glideslope control.use_no_default_pitch=1use_no_default_bank=1autopilot_available= 1flight_director_available= 1default_vertical_speed= 1000.0autothrottle_available= 0pitch_takeoff_ga=9.0max_pitch=12.0max_pitch_acceleration=0.8max_pitch_velocity_lo_alt=2.00max_pitch_velocity_hi_alt=1.75 // was 1.50max_pitch_velocity_lo_alt_breakpoint=20000.0max_pitch_velocity_hi_alt_breakpoint=28000.0max_bank=25.0max_bank_acceleration=1.8max_bank_velocity=5.00max_throttle_rate=0.10nav_proportional_control=12.00nav_integrator_control=0.25nav_derivative_control=0.250nav_integrator_boundary=2.50nav_derivative_boundary=5.00gs_proportional_control=9.52gs_integrator_control=0.26gs_derivative_control=0.00gs_integrator_boundary=0.70gs_derivative_boundary=0.00yaw_damper_gain = 0.9default_pitch_mode=0default_bank_mode=0 As with any edit, I highly recommend you make a copy of the originals before modifying them in case you make a mistake or don't like the results.CheersBob ScottATP IMEL Gulfstream II-III-IV-V L-300Washington, DC

Hi Bob,I did your updates. The braking's better now. I wouldn't know about the autopilot improvement because I just bought the bird yesterday and only got the chance to buzz around a little by hand before I did your updates today. But based on the improved braking I'll go ahead and say Great Stuff! :-coolThank You Bob, :)Jim RichardsP.S. If you'd be interested at taking a look at the FDE of a freeware Gulf IV which could use some improvement please let me know!

Hey guys,Like i have done in other posts/forums, I would like to remind you the real B200 pilots in our beta all agreed that the stock brakes on the B200 usually are not able to hold the plane still at full power, hence the AIR file reflecting that.