Well,... according to the Captain Sim site, the beta period for the C-130 is over. Any word at all on a possible release date (with year, please)?The 'Herk' looks really good and I'm hoping that somehow, finally, it will be released for purchase.Any info is appreciated!

JTEK99 wrote:"........Well,... according to the Captain Sim site, the beta period for the C-130 is over..........."If Captain Sim have got any sense they'll learn a lesson from PMDG and their 747 release..................'end of beta' can be a very troubled time.*:-*

jennifer:Agreed on that. I hate to be chomping at the bit on this one, but I'd love to see the day I can retire my Alphasim Herk (which has served me well, but isn't that complex of an aircraft).Hopefully there's some word from Cap Sim this week.

I agree, the C-130 looks fantastic! Hopefully they'll take whatever feedback they got from their beta team and fix it up before they release it. I would guess by the end of this month or the beginning of September.Jeff

For good reasons, already covered n detail in this forum, I won't be the first to buy the Herk, nor the second, not even the third.Trust is a terrible thing to waste, and I don't trust CS anymore.Allcott

Greetings Allcott!You and I seem to be among the very few with a good and sound memory when it comes to CS. We also seem to be among the very few who do not accept being called "betrayers" by a bunch of "Soviet ex-military", one of which was last year deported from Canada and duly shipped back to his native kolkhoz.Be well!Jaap Verduijn.

Hello All, Well, I for one wasn't informed that the Beta was over -- as far as I am concerned, I am still testing and reporting.Best,Clayhttp://www.dreamfleet2000.com/gfx/images/F...ers/Dopke01.jpgClayton T. Dopke (Clay)Major, USAF (retired)"Drac"

The time span that CS quoted for the testing is misleading. This is the testing period they would like to see for the first beta.... period. There will have to be several beta iterations and test periods before it can be released to the public.Cheers,JohnBoeing 727/737 & Lockheed C-130/L-100 Mechanichttp://www.precisionmanuals.com/images/forum/ng_driver.jpg

I thought CS's beta tests never end, even after it is released?

Aside from all the CS past stuff, how's the beta testing going? I mean is this a plane that is going to be worth the purchase? Clay? John? Are you at liberty to give your honest opinions, because I'd really like a few.Thanks,Jeff

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?page=title&r=PC&title=488925I've been monitoring this site for over a year now and this ETA has not changed in a while.I don't buy many add-ons. I've been waiting for this add-on only. I'll let you know how it is. :)Jim Donlin

OK, Jeff, Alex will probably have my head LOL . . . I like the aircraft, it still needs some work, but it really has lots of promise. Won't say more, but it has tons of possibilities.Best,Clay http://www.dreamfleet2000.com/gfx/images/F...ers/Dopke01.jpgClayton T. Dopke (Clay)Major, USAF (retired)"Drac"

Thanks Major!Jeff

> I like the aircraft,>it still needs some work, but it really has lots of promise. You could say the same thing about the 707, the problem is, CS refuses to do the work needed to fix the problems. And now they have the nerve to come out with another airplane???? I hope nobody buys it just because of that. CS has turned into Perfect Flight with a little more show

"...CS refuses to do the work needed to fix the problems."When did Captain Sim refuse to fix the 707? I could not find that information on AVSIM. :-hmmmI plan to buy the Herk. I do not purchase alot of addons. Mike Stone's C-130 is GREAT but has no VC. The C-130 is one of my favorite planes (I was hoping for a career in C-130s but an accident cut that short). I welcome all models to my "tarmac."I have waited for this model. I will continue to wait.Jim