Aerosoft CRJ Pre-Release Party

[Armchair Pilot 261]

Ok lads, lets keep it clean. I am hyped for this release to finally have a regional jet in sim. Where do some of you day 1 folks plan to venture out to with your bird? I personally will watch initial reviews drop before I decide how early I wish to adopt the CRJ into my virtual hangar.

[tweekz 2,165]

Personally, I am concerned by the instant rotation, wobbling climb behavior and long nose up attitude at landing in the tutorial series. I will check this on reviews and maybe wait for one or two updates.

[rob0203 689]

I will just buy it! 

[Andreas Stangenes 1,628]

Im waiting for Aerosoft to open the doors and take my money 🙂

[Kenjiro75 59]

It's March the 16th today - is it already available to buy?

[Andreas Stangenes 1,628]

20 minutes ago, Kenjiro75 said:

It's March the 16th today - is it already available to buy?

Nope not yet. 

[espent 1,397]

Type rated CRJ pilot (and beta tester), showing it of here:
https://www.twitch.tv/edwardthepilot

 

[MarcG 2,984]

Watched the Squirrels video just now and he mentioned no default Checklist like you get with stock aircraft, without the buttons flashing blue how's a newbie like me supposed to know where everything is !? 😄

[JRBarrett 3,078]

1 hour ago, tweekz said:

Personally, I am concerned by the instant rotation, wobbling climb behavior and long nose up attitude at landing in the tutorial series. I will check this on reviews and maybe wait for one or two updates.

Now that the NDA has been lifted I can share some insights as a tester.

The pitch oscillation in climb has been completely eliminated for the release version. It is rock solid now.

“Instant rotation” isn’t exactly correct - it actually takes a fair amount of back pressure to rotate and lift off.

It is indeed necessary to hold some forward yoke pressure after landing until decelerating below about 90 knots to keep the nose wheel planted. this is related to the way MSFS ground effect currently works.

The reverse thrust is very effective so the aircraft slows quickly. A lot of work has been done on the aerodynamics of the flaps and slats to give realistic climb and descent angles after takeoff and during approach. With flaps 45 and VREF +5, the pitch will be slightly negative approaching touchdown this is accurate to the real aircraft (and unlike Boeings which tend to be pitched up on approach). 

With practice, the sim aircraft can be landed very smoothly indeed. A CRJ does not require a lot of flare. Power is reduced smoothly to idle at the “30” call out and pitch brought up to just about level and held there, and the aircraft will settle nicely in ground effect.

A good hardware throttle quadrant is a great aid to flying the sim CRJ - especially in managing thrust in cruise. I use a VirtualFly TQ6, which has Hall effect sensors and a lot of “throw” on the levers. Other testers have good results with the new Thrustmaster TCA Airbus throttle quadrant.

For those with no hardware throttles at all, F1 through F4 actually works quite well.

 

 

[HighTowers 1,434]

2 minutes ago, MarcG said:

Watched the Squirrels video just now and he mentioned no default Checklist like you get with stock aircraft, without the buttons flashing blue how's a newbie like me supposed to know where everything is !? 😄

Start reading all the manuals that come with it, or watch the tutorial videos already out.   For most part, any aircraft, still has everything in sections.  Hydraulics, electrical, lights, 

[sd_flyer 6,043]

Someone already released remote MCDU for CRJ

https://secure.simmarket.com/aviaworx-aviacdu-msfs.phtml

[regis9 4,014]

47 minutes ago, JRBarrett said:

With flaps 45 and VREF +5, the pitch will be slightly negative approaching touchdown this is accurate to the real aircraft (and unlike Boeings which tend to be pitched up on approach).

Interestingly I was watching a video on YouTube last night of aircraft landing at KSAN that was shot from the top of a building on approach to 27 so it gave a great view of aircraft touching down.  After watching a stream of Boeings land, the CRJ was visibly more nose down in the video. 

[Doug47 574]

Party? It’s only a CRJ. 🙄 There couldn’t be a more boring add-on released. No matter who made it. 

[Armchair Pilot 261]

20 minutes ago, Doug47 said:

Party? It’s only a CRJ. 🙄 There couldn’t be a more boring add-on released. No matter who made it. 

Cheers for the input chief. Can't wait to invite you around to the post release party.

[Christopher Low 5,354]

If you are having a party, please remember social distancing rules, and wear a mask at all times unless you are eating