11 minutes ago, flyinion said:

Yeah that's what I chose, it doesn't like it.

Then you did something wrong.

3rd flight and I like it more and more

 

 

 

 

13 minutes ago, Manny said:

This CRJ is not ready for Prime time! Not sure what they tested. 

How did you come to such an astute observation?

First impressions are really good.  I’m enroute right now flying SBA-SFO but everything has gone smoothly so far.  It flew a SID with tight turns out of SBA quite well.  Overall flight is nicely stable and predictable.

Lots of nice QOL features as well, I love that the throttle axis calibration (including proper reverse zones) is right in the sim, took me all of 20 seconds to get set up.

I tried importing a simbrief plan using the tutorial that was posted earlier but I also got an error.  I’m wondering if it’s because my folder was differently named from his - his final folder was “work”, mine was “work_default” or something like that.  I’ll try creating a “work” folder and see if that fixes it.

I’m sure I’ll have more thoughts as I go but so far I’m very impressed, this is a much, much better CRJ than we had in P3D.

3 minutes ago, Farlis said:

 

How did you come to such an astute observation?

https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/160517-sim-keeps-crashing-trying-to-load-the-crj/page/3/

 

I am sure when it works, its good. But the thing so many cannot get it to even function basics.. no Avionics or CTDs. I got to fly it a couple of times today... and they seem fine. But It's like a box of chocolate.. You never know what you are gonna get! CTDs? or Dark avionics but engine is turned on or Everything is good.

Edited March 17, 20215 yr by Manny

2 minutes ago, Farlis said:

Then you did something wrong.

So, I tried copying one of theirs and that wouldn't load either with a new name.  I finally figure it out.  Their documentation for Steam says plans go here "%APPDATA%\\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\aerosoft‐crj\work"  Well my computer said that doesn't exist, and I was putting it in  "D:\MS Flightsim packages\Community\aerosoft-crj\Work_Defaults" which ALSO has the default flight plan files in it.  After searching ALL of my drives for the default plans, I find "C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\aerosoft-crj\work" ALSO has the default flight plans.  This is the same folder stuff like the throttle file for the A32NX go into.  So, their documentation is faulty!

19 minutes ago, Manny said:

This CRJ is not ready for Prime time! Not sure what they tested. 

Tell me more.

2 minutes ago, DJJose said:

Tell me more.

Read this thread

 

https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/160517-sim-keeps-crashing-trying-to-load-the-crj/

 

For many its CTD when you start a flight with the CRJ and for some its dark cockpit but the engine is turned on. And for many its good and and when its good, it seems to be awesome. I've experienced all 3.Spent the whole day trying different things experienced all 3. Dark cockpit. CTD and fly decent.

 

Edited March 17, 20215 yr by Manny

So you personally happen to have a problem on your system, and that concludes that the product is not ready to be released.

I'll give you my personal experience:

It works flawlessly. The installation was quick. The first initialization which they said could last up to 10 minutes was over in 1 minute and the thing flies more reliable than the P3D version and performs better.

I'm sure it is not bug free. No new released piece of software ever is. But it certainly functions as it should on my system

Therefore I conclude it IS ready for primetime.

 

What it needs in the future is Charts integration (Asobo needs to make this possible with the WASM approach) and the other variants. Here in Europe the 900 is much more frequently used.

Edited March 17, 20215 yr by Farlis

Love this plane. Worth every penny. The most complex plane yet and probably for some time given the snails pace of some other developers. The EFB is great. Systems are bloody nice. Model is super. Loaded on the MS site in one minute and installed itself - and for that ASOBO/MS gets high praise. No longer necessary to go out of the system.

In fact I like it way better than the P3D version though it may have updated the last time I used P3D - which was well over a year ago.

I can't get over this EFB. The CHECKLISTS, PERFORMANCE, AIRCRAFT, MAINTENANCE and OPTIONS pages. Bravo for incorporating all these pages in the EFB. Opening the door and stairs, GPU,  aircraft states, etc.

The FMS with the loading flightplan from SimBrief and it's numerous features on perf/init. 

I'm just digging back into the several documents for the plane. 

I'm giving a big thumbs up. 

14 minutes ago, Farlis said:

So you personally happen to have a problem on your system, and that concludes that the product is not ready to be released.

I

I provided a link to Aerosoft support page where there are many like me.. Not just me which you  seem to purposefully ignore. Not sure what your problem is.

 

the freeware A330 and the payware 737 is more stable than this.

Edited March 17, 20215 yr by Manny

Anyone tried SKYCAM? Lol

2 minutes ago, Manny said:

where there are many like me..

I counted 6.

That's many, Manny? (Sorry I had to. *ducks and runs)

1 hour ago, NovemberUniform said:

How well is the HGS/ HUD simulated? I have seen the horizon line way below the actual horizon in one of the available reviews. Thanks

It's still pretty buggy, the flight path symbol will jump from up 15 degrees for no reason during a couple of seconds, multiple time during the approach. But I think it's fixable.

But unlike what they told me on Aerosoft forum, it's not collimated and I think it will stay that way.

Aside from that, I think with the quality-price of this addon, a lot of famous addon company will start to become really nervous.

2 hours ago, Treetops45 said:

Thank you

If you want to fly say Hanover to Edinburgh & overfly EGLC & Liverpool on the way there - Assuming you load those airports into the FMC, (Departure, Arrival & Waypoints), will it follow that track?

T45

Yes. It works similarly to Boeing or Airbus nav systems. It will follow your flightplan route from waypoint to waypoint automatically. Unlike the bigger airliners, it will not automatically climb and descend (VNAV), but it does offer some guidance cues to help you descend on the correct path.