"If I were to write "hi mom" between those two flat bulges onthe top, would it be readable or would it be a bunch of ugly"stretchmarks" reaching from the left side to the rightside?"Knowing these guys and how serious they are about their work I knew the answer, but tested it anyway...Hi Mom!Regards, MichaelKDFWhttp://www.calvirair.com/mcpics/mcdcvabanner.jpgCalVirAir Internationalhttp://forums.avsim.net/user_files/125508.jpg

>The only thing I noticed is when you deploy the parachute>after an entire enigne failure, the plane can enter a spining>motion before stabalizing (sometimes inverted). I don't know>if Active Camera has something to do with this or not. Never>using one of these systems in real life, I don't know if this>is normal behavior or not. But the recovery parachute is>really a cool thing!Before deploying the chute, drop full flaps, reduce airspeed to stall, pitch nose up slightly, then yank the handle to pop the chute.You need to bleed off as much airspeed as possible to prevent "spins" and other forms of "wild ride..." :-smile12

Mike, you are a hilarious:-lol

>>>The only thing I noticed is when you deploy the parachute>after an entire enigne failure, the plane can enter a spining>motion before stabalizing (sometimes inverted). I don't know>if Active Camera has something to do with this or not. Never>using one of these systems in real life, I don't know if this>is normal behavior or not. But the recovery parachute is>really a cool thing!>Hi Scott,That's odd, I was under the impression that "the airplane should NOT do a LOOP as the chute is deployed along with sundry other tweaks needed while under canaopy."Did it loop at all? An Inversion is pretty close to a loop, in my opinion, and not a desirable experience. And why is it spinning?I was under the impression from past posts here that they had a "challenge developing the FDE so that the action of the CAPS deployment results in some very realistic behaviour."Just Wondering if that is considered realistic based upon what was said here in the past.Thanks,Joe

>>The Install says go to the AOPA site Forums to ask questions.>All one has to do is go there to see the silence as to the>problems with this release. Pretty Sad.>You must've been at a different AOPA site than the rest of us. Jim Rhoads posted this in the AOPA software support forum several weeks ago:We indeed are paying attention and logging all known and repeatable issues. Updating any software is a process which involves much testing and validation internally, then to other sources. Just because we are not immediatly responding to every thread does not mean we are not listening.

Well, maybe that should have been said in the release instead of leaving people hanging without any explanation which is what they are still doing.There are new threads over there for support that are being ignored, and there is no way for other members to be able to find that statement juts out of luck wanting to read every thread about the commander.They dropped the ball, and now they are kicking it down the road with their silence in my opinion. That statement is a total CONTRADICTION compared to what is included in the statement that is part of the installation process and documentation included within the release.That's my last post about the commander in this thread. if someone wants to start another thread, I'll be happy to outline the problems that have been outlined.Sonar5

Do I need Net Framework installed to run this aircraft?Doug

> Do I need Net Framework installed to run this aircraft?>>DougHey Doug,You apparently need .netHere are the req's, if anyone is wondering because of a slightly older system.From:http://www.eaglesoftdg.com/"For Windows XP with at least SP1 and Windows .Net Framework 1.1, FS9.1, Direct X "C"File Size: 30.04 MBMinimum System Recommendations: Windows XP/FS9,2.6 GHz Pentium or AMD CPUwith 512 MB DDR RAM,3D AGP or PCI Express Video card with 128 MB DDR Ram,128-bit Direct X Sound Card or On Motherboard Sound, Latest Direct X, Video, and Sound Drivers,17" to 19" Monitor"That is what the site said. I also wonder why they don't list a specific AMD CPU, as a 2.6ghz Pentium is way slower than a 2.6 Athlon, in my Opinion, and many others. I for instance have a o/c Athlon 3000 that that is much faster than a 2.6ghz Pentium :-) I wish developers would at least quantify those statements.If anything I will wait for the SR22 to be released if I buy it at all.I was honestly thinking about giving it a try today, and then I remembered they will also be selling a SR22. I figured why waste money on the SR20 when I have the classic panel freeware one, and then have to pay more for a SR22 later on. It will be interesting to see what the additional features, if any, will be in the SR22 when it is released.Guenter had stated they are working on a freeware SR22 with Glass, but not much has been said on it since he released his version of the SR20 in April. It seems their Glass Panel designer suddenly decided to stop working on it for personal reasons we may never know of. At least Guenter stated it was for personal reasons back then. Who Knows.Anyway, I hope that answers your question. :-)Sonar5

Thanks Joe. I should have read all the fine-print before asking the question.Doug

Your Welcome.

Hi,I'm getting low frame rates (10 to 15) with this aircraft and small stutters using the full version and lite versions. Not sure why as my system usually does a good job with high end simulations. My sound option is set low in FS9. I will try the lite version and see how it runs. The PMDG B747 is much smoother in the VC than the Cirrus.Bob...DELL XPS P4 3.8mhz1 gig memavogadro's number of bytes on the hard driveRadeon X850XT Platinum 256MB

>>Glad you like her Chris:-)>Took another short spin just now. Really a fun plane. I'll be actually planning a flight for tonight, so I'm anxious to actually go somewhere with it. :-hah It's funny how little it is, even next to a Caravan.

>Hi,>>I'm getting low frame rates (10 to 15) with this aircraft and>small stutters using the full version and lite versions. Not>sure why as my system usually does a good job with high end>simulations. My sound option is set low in FS9. I will try the>lite version and see how it runs. The PMDG B747 is much>smoother in the VC than the Cirrus.>>Bob...>>>DELL XPS P4 3.8mhz>1 gig mem>avogadro's number of bytes on the hard drive>Radeon X850XT Platinum 256MB>Wow Bob, your system is more powerful than mine and and we do not see such low performance in our release version?In fact, spoke to customer this afternoon who has a system less powerful than you and he reported that our Cirrus runs better on his machine than his PMDG 747. There sure are a lot a factors at play on any hardware/software combination but we will say that the Avionics in our Cirrus do indeed like to have a well tweaked sytem because of the sheer volume of data being processed.

>* Can you move the eyepoint enough in every direction to "sit">in the rear passenger seats? (I don't know what limits this,>but in some GA add-ons you can't move the eyepoint "back">enough to reach the rear seats)With or without ActiveCamera?With ActiveCamera, I can walk all the way to the rear of the PMDG 737 with virtual cabin, so surely I can "sit" in the back seat of the SR20 or Cessna 182 or whatever....

Wish I could buy it (along with the Citation and possibly others), but I don't have (and don't qualify for) a credit card......Oh well.....