Captain Sim 757 RR Released

[regis9 4,014]

Comes in at US$30.

I know American Airlines uses RR powered 757, and I think Icelandair...are there many other large airlines still using RR powered 757s?  I know Delta and United both use PW.

[American 833 Heavy 132]

United actually has just as many RR 757s as they do PW. Don't forget Continental had a large RR only 757-200 and 757-300 fleet.

[jan4hcd 5]

Is it just me or is the price tag ludicrously high for what you're getting?

[chapstick 2,757]

So $105 for both variants? Wow. Captain Sim must think very highly of themselves. PMDG prices for Carenado quality...

[Wise87 1,281]

$30 for a engine change, I’ll pass and pick it up during a CS sale. I’m waiting for the Freighter myself. I wonder if the freighter will cost more seeing it’s more than a engine variation change.  CS prices are starting to pass the PMDG if you were to compare the cost of both packages. 

[officercrockey 196]

1 minute ago, Wise87 said:

$30 for a engine change, I’ll pass and pick it up during a CS sale. I’m waiting for the Freighter myself. I wonder if the freighter will cost more seeing it’s more than a engine variation change.  CS prices are starting to pass the PMDG if you were to compare the cost of both packages. 

I doubt itwill be part of the usual 10$ sale... and even a 50% sale would be kind of expensive. I couldn't find a lot of people who said it is worth the money. If there are some, please speak out!

[vc10man 732]

Any news on the Legendary 707 being updated to P3D v4?

[Steve Dra 7,588]

20 minutes ago, jan4hcd said:

Is it just me or is the price tag ludicrously high for what you're getting?

Not just you. 

18 minutes ago, Chapstick said:

So $105 for both variants? Wow. Captain Sim must think very highly of themselves. PMDG prices for Carenado quality...

Pretty sure just about every simmer who knows the history of our major vendors knows that the pricing structure for this product by this vendor is, well...as Jan said...simply ludicrous.

At that price you'd hope to get continuing updates for the product that needed updates to fix the bugs they couldn't fix before they released it to the public...but I guarantee as soon as they release their next pretty exterior model, this one will fall into the same service cycle as all their previous products...just ask any L1011, 777, etc owner how the updates to fix issues for their purchases are coming along.  😉

[Greggy_D 936]

$30 is ludicrous.

[Steve Dra 7,588]

1 minute ago, vc10man said:

Any news on the Legendary 707 being updated to P3D v4?

Hehe...my point exactly Rick!  If they do update it, it will most likely be a straight port from the old FS9 technology with updates to the pretty exterior to make pretty screenshots to entice buyers to plop down a ridiculous amount of money for an exterior model update to P3dv4 standards and a "promise" of updated systems, and other internal parts that make a plane a real full package...not just a pretty shell with useless emergency slide animations, a radar dish that sweeps side to side.

Then, like every one of their previous releases, it will fall into the black hole of updates once the next new shiny plane comes out from them....it is such a predictable, repeatable pattern by this vendor...but we never seem to learn, hehe.  If I really want a CS plane, I always wait for the $10 sale...and if it doesn't go on sale that year...I'll just get it the next year when it likely will.  I'll never pay their ridiculous initial price....it like buying a new car off the showroom. 

[ieydis 51]

The plane has something going for it but cockpit night lighting is truly a gross joke - looks something out of pre-FS9.  $30 for a new variant with identical features albeit a slightly different flight model?  Me don't think so....

Edited August 8, 2018 by ieydis
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[regis9 4,014]

1 hour ago, American 833 Heavy said:

United actually has just as many RR 757s as they do PW. Don't forget Continental had a large RR only 757-200 and 757-300 fleet.

Thanks, I did not know that.

[Chock 17,769]

1 hour ago, regis9 said:

Comes in at US$30.

I know American Airlines uses RR powered 757, and I think Icelandair...are there many other large airlines still using RR powered 757s?  I know Delta and United both use PW.

TUI has 14 RR-powered 757s, it is the world's largest chartered airline. They will be replacing them with 787s in a couple of years. Jet 2 is the UK's fourth largest low cost carrier, it has eleven RR-powered Boeing 757s. They will probably get rid of theirs too at about the same time as the company doesn't tend to like having old equipment.

Edited August 8, 2018 by Chock

[Litmoose 90]

I was slightly tempted to buy this aircraft at one point, even at its already incredibly inflated price. But no chance now, it could end up costing atleast $170+ if all the variants follow the same price structure

[Steve Dra 7,588]

1 hour ago, vc10man said:

Any news on the Legendary 707 being updated to P3D v4?

Just looked it up on their forums Rick.  According to the official post, they will update, in this order...777, L1011, 707. (if they don't change it...again)

They posted this June 3 of last year, and so far none of them have been released for V4. 

If you extrapolate a little, based on their existing track record...even if they didn't have their latest jewel (the 757) taking up all their time making an new engine variant for $30, with the freighter sure to follow with probably the same pricing scheme...and they JUST updated the 777 and released it today (yeah right), you're looking at least into 2020 before they get around to releasing the 707 for P3dvX (as we'll be way past version 4 by then)...and that's only if they are not chugging away at a P3dV4 767 (almost a certainty)...and if so, extend that estimate out to 2022 or so.  😂