Hi Bill,I'll remember now - not too many apostrophe's (OK - just kidding)..;-) Cheers Lars

Bless you, Lars. :-halo

Dave Maltby's Tridents are better than all these mediocre flying computers put together.Why? It's British and it's got three Speys!Just FYI. :)

I need to try the Trident, maybe this weekend. But a non-flying computer and one of the best add-ons ever (hopefully an updated VC will come around sometime???) is the Ready for Pushback V2 747-200!

A "Golden Standard" for aircraft Add-ons that puts Level-D 767 and PMDG 737s must include the following aircraft : -FeelThere ERJ-145 PIC This is an awesome simulation of the real aircraft (I'm using it for my ERJ training), including all the electronics, accurate Autoflight, EICAS, FADEC, and the systems : pneumatics, APU, Hydraulics, fire, anti-ice, and an FMS that very accurate. Original documentation is very good, and is a MUST read to be able to fly it. Liveries representing the majority of the current operators worldwide. An amazing product, probably my all-time favorite, at the same level or even better in some respects, as the LD 767 or PMDG 737s.They also did the CRJ Fleet for Wilco, which is a pretty good representation of the CRJs, even though it is not as well finished (and FPS friendly) as the ERJ-145 product. -SSW's AIRBUS A310-300 "The Master's Edition" - This is the most accurate product out there when it comes to fully representing the aircraft and ALL of its systems. Painfully more comprehensive than anything mentioned here so far, to the point of being overwhelming to the average simmer. Try reading something like 800 pages of documentation or more. Just the FMS manual has something like 200 pages. First time I ran into the documentation I thought it was a real-life Airbus training material. Truly amazing. Can't wait for their Airbus A320 product, I'm sure it'll set a standard.-As far as Freeware add-ons, I was also very pleased by the Project Fokker representation of the dutch Fokker 70 and Fokker 100 airliners, even though this particular version (V2) does not have a working FMS, but it is about as much as you could get on a freeware. Well executed documentation, self-installer, tutorial, tutorial flight, etc.Right here on Avsim : http://fokker.avsim.net/

how are the refresh rates and are the gauges easy to read in the feelthere erj when flying in the VC? Can I press every button from the VC?

Frame rates are great anyway you I've played with it, and I have a relatively "tame" (although brand new) Sony Vaio Pentium-M 1.7Ghz, with 1GB RAM and 100GB HD. The VC is fully functional (as far as I've been able to try it.The VC also has the advantage you can set the ND and PFD differently in the pilot's and the co-pilot's side. If you have a big widescreen and/or a second monitor, you can "pop-up" all the screens (PFD, ND on both pilot's side) plus the EICAS and see them all at the same time in high-res without having to zoom in or out.I forgot to mention it has a working TCAS to be displayed on the ND.It also has a Virtual Cabin with wing views and all the regular stuff you'd expect in a high-level payware like this, such as the doors that open/close, smoke at engine startup, all moving surfaces, etc. http://www.iemit.com/fas/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=411

In case anybody missed it, ANYTHING by RealAir :)

Hi "hassata"I've got Spitfire and FS260 from RealAir. Their textures on the panels etc are second to none, but the documentation for the SF260 do not live up to the "Golden Standard" as described above!Best RegardsLars

Well remember the 260 has been around for quite a while now and it is also a very simple aircraft. Any news on the updated version?

I've seen somewhere (a review I guess) that the documentation on the B200 King Air from Aeroworx was lacking some essential data. What is your opinion??Lars

hmm, documentation for the 260 seems to cover most bases afaic. It's not like it's an ATR-72 or something...

Hi Lars,I think you're confusing quality with quantity. (Of course, I'm assuming you've printed out the flying guide, checklist, and the SF260_ref.txt file). All of RealAir's manuals are wonderfully concise and complete. The SF-260 manual doesn't teach you how to be a pilot, but if you are a pilot, everything you need to fly that airplane is in there, in a well organized and easy to use format.I find RealAir's manuals to be superior to some which are much, much bulkier.Ken

Thanks for that! Having waded through some recent manuals which use half a forest to print out, we are quite happy with our concise and (we think) well presented documents. In fact in any review we have had special reference is made to the quality of our pdf's and documents, so I'm sorry that one person does not feel we reach the "gold standard" refered to, whatever that is!Kind Regards,Rob Young - www.realairsimulations.com

Hi Rob!You're welcome... And thanks to you for making MSFS so much more than it would be without your contributions via RealAir, MAAM, and others! Looking forward to the T-45... Make sure to include an American livery for those of us on the other side of the pond. :)Ken