Hello folks, this is an interesting question for you liner fans: of all the ones out there, for FSX, which one would you say is the most complex airliner to learn and fly? Let's say the one, or maybe ones, where you really have to study to make them fly? You can mention future releases as well, if you know about their complexity, like if you are beta testers. I am very curious to find out, just for my own knowledge. You may also consider biz jets for that matter. Let the answers come in!! Thanks for any input, regards

 

Enrico :smile:

For me, the Maddog was/is the most complex plane for FSX.

hi,

 

A2A Boeing 377 is arguably one of the most complex aircraft to fly. The engineer panel speaks for itself.

FSL Concorde.

FSL Concorde definitely, actually haven't had time to learn fly it properly yet. After watching some tutorial videos I didn't find basic operation of Leonardo Maddog that difficult, though of course I don't do everything exactly by the book.

PMDG 737NGX is highly complex... You literally can simulate almost all of the failures realistically in this too. Sounds are near perfect too.

Most complex jetliners, either the Concorde or the Leonardo Maddog.

 

Piston airliners the A2A 337.

 

Systems wise, and quality of what has been packaged, they are as systems heavy as you can get in my opinion.

 

If you learned all of the systems no doubt the PMDG 737-800/900 is the most complex out there...

 

But if you don't care about learning everything then it's fairly easy to fly it very well with a little knowledge. In this case other addons listed are probably more complex (more manual like Maddog MD80 etc).

"which one would you say is the most complex airliner to learn and fly? Let's say the one, or maybe ones, where you really have to study to make them fly?"

Coolsky's DC-9 is absolutely most difficult to learn and fly. NGX you also have to study but the flying part is easy (all automated).

FSL Concorde. Hands Down.

Concorde first and foremost and MD-11 a distant second in complexity for me. NGX is very easy to get into if you have flown a Boeing like the LD 767, Pmdg 747, or any other. I've just, by the way, been in another thread on the DCS forum, and it seems to me that my new Black Shark will make all the other learning curves I've experienced in flight simulation pale by comparison, even the Concorde, so I'm a bit intimidated! The future Flightsimlabs Airbus will probably bring us all to tears though.

 

I think some of the non SST vintage airliners (like the cs dc9 mentioned above) are pretty easy for newcomers to get into by comparison to the more modern planes because all you are doing is classical radio navigation and flying the simple way, instead of having to manage the learning curve of an fms or ins and all of the mcp modes. For an initate it is much easier to make the plane do what you want it to do manually and that is all there is to it. For the more modern planes, you not only have to know how to fly raw, but also learn all the automation as well. The reason that MD-11 is more difficult is because it is designed to fly all automated and you really have to know it inside and out to remain in the loop and be able to take over. What is great about the NG is that Southwest Airliners had a major hand in the requirements, so it is perfectly comfortable flying like a -200 if you feel like it, because that is what they demanded of it. Flying a plane like the MD-11 old-style is a little bit more difficult because it really wasn't designed for it.

I too vote for the FSL Concorde.

Concorde by far. Followed by maddog.

FSL Concorde.

The learning that comes with flying the NGX is quite complex, but the most complex to fly I have to say is the FSL Concorde hands down- especially if you don't use the virtual flight engineer