I got both. I take the J41 up once every blue moon and always get a kick out of its VC graphics, but this Q400 is becoming addictive! BTW can someone help me out on where the anti skids are on the Q? Thanks!

 

Anti skid switch is on the far right glare shield area on the first officer side.

 

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It is taking all of my powers of consumer discipline to not purchase the Q400 at the end of this post. I told myself I would wait until the Pro version comes out, and any kinks there might be. We'll see if I can hold to that!

Whats the icing bug that everyone is talking about?

some user  when they have it  tuned on get flickering  etc  where other users  dont

It seems that q400 is ok systemwise, but how is it artistically? Does she look right? Is VC on par with, let's say, the J41?

It seems that q400 is ok systemwise, but how is it artistically? Does she look right? Is VC on par with, let's say, the J41?

 

Definitely, I mean just look at the screenshots and Youtube videos and compare those to the J41.

Anti skid switch is on the far right glare shield area on the first officer side.

 

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Shazaam there it is! Thanks

Did PMDG ever fix the bug in the icing effects?

 

No and they won't because they say it's not a bug. ^_^

Definitely, I mean just look at the screenshots and Youtube videos and compare those to the J41.

I tend to trust user comments more than photoshopped commercials.

No and they won't because they say it's not a bug. ^_^

Looks like they are in denial to me.  If it is not a bug why don't they give the proper FSX settings to eliminate it so everyone can use the icing effects without any problem.

 

No and they won't because they say it's not a bug. ^_^

 

Looks like they are in denial to me.  If it is not a bug why don't they give the proper FSX settings to eliminate it so everyone can use the icing effects without any problem.

 

To do as you say, PMDG would have to remove other animations of the aircraft, or have legal access to the FSX source code so they could increase the limitation on total animations.

 

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The latest Q 400 advanced flight tutorial (71 pages) is really well executed and professionally done...great job Brendan!!!  This is an amazing aircraft.  The Q 400 is closest, system-wise, to the NGX and Maddog that I've ssen so far!

Hi all,

 

In answer to the original post on here,

 

Both planes are great, they are both slightly different and work in different ways. Although to be fair, as has already been mentioned here, the PMDG J41 is an older model so won't be quite as "complete" system wise as the Q400, which is bang up to date, so take that into account when your deciding which to buy..............I'm sure we all thought the J41 was amazing when it came out too, just like the Q400 now!

 

Happy flying,

I spent the morning flying the J41.  I love planes that make you work...that you have to stay ahead of.  The J41 makes you do that and it's pretty much checklist complete. 

Both. There different animals all together.

I second that. Love them both but they really are very different.

I'm still in debt for a few hundred thousand dollars for all the J-41 engines I've ruined  so atm I'm flying the Dash-8. Besides, it's engines are much quieter..makes it easy to cat-nap while the co-pilot earns his pay.

<br /> <br />forgot to mention push her to hard and the engines will explode...Im not kidding..<br /></blockquote><br /><br />Mine exploded every flight despite meticulous care unless I used the mouse and keyboard shortcuts to make tiny changes. I hate using mk so stopped flying plane then remembered I could just disable fires in options so will be flying it again tonight. Been using the real air duke turbine for months so I'm not a turbo prop newbie and never had problem with that. Condition levers work fine with my ch yoke on that plane. <br />What annoys me though is the instant explosion without any warning on instruments. <br />Like I landed great.. Moved condition levers back to taxi on landing roll at 50 knots and BOOM. <br />Yes I know 50 is not taxi speed but still my throttle was on idle so it seemed not at all realistic. <br />Someone correct me if the real plane self destructs so easily... <br /><br /><br />