So I purchased the CRJ yesterday and I'm absolutely loving it so far! It is a quality purchase which is really in depth and runs very smooth on my system. I do have a couple of questions however:

1) Are there any future plans to implement wx/terrain radar in the future?

2) Does anyone else think that the environmental sounds of the wind whistling in the cruise is a bit OTT?

Cheers.

7 hours ago, PilotPete99 said:

A couple of issues I am having: For some reason I can’t get the distance to waypoint to show up on the ND.

MFD menu on the FMC. Then set bottom left line to ON.

I like the CRJ a lot so far. I haven't done either the Tutorial in the PDF or from The Dude's YouTube video yet but I plan on doing both. The PDF and/or mix the two together to learn to fly it properly. I did a flight from KSZH to EDDM, cause the ILS worked for him in his video. And it also worked for me also. Not sure I followed 100% procedure but it did capture the ILS at EDDM. I have a few questions, some of the switches, or maybe I should say buttons either aren't lighted or don't light up when you switch them one way or the other. This is the correct operation for the CRJ's we have correct? Sometimes I can't tell if I have them On or Off, but most ( not sure if all ) show up as indicated on the MFD. I was just wondering?

Really nice aircraft to me, and a joy to fly although you really have to stay alert at all times in this one. Which is actually fun. And I don't normally like those type aircraft, but this one is fun as explained by The Dude. I really like his videos a lot. And he states often to do this or that, just incase, this or that doesn't work or respond correctly.

I expect it will only get better with Updates in the future. Thumbs Up for me. And all I have to please is me, no one else!

It is also nice lately to see people helping one another here, to help learn it!

Also, I still stink at hand flying it down to the runway, but I'll get it eventually, I hope! ( same with the A320 or A32NX too. I just need practice )

Have fun everyone!

 

At around time mark 5:00 minutes the LOC1, GS are both WHITE and as it captures ( if that is correct ), they turn GREEN and move over to the left side of the DIVIDER as he called to show that the localizer and the glide slop have been captured, correct? I really like his videos.

Just asking a few questions, that's all.

Edited March 20, 20215 yr by in2tech

11 minutes ago, in2tech said:

At around time mark 5:00 minutes the LOC1, GS are both WHITE and as it captures ( if that is correct ), they turn GREEN and move over to the left side of the DIVIDER as he called to show that the localizer and the glide slop have been captured, correct?

Yes. white means armed modes, Green is active modes.

1 hour ago, Seatbose80 said:

1) Are there any future plans to implement wx/terrain radar in the future?

2) Does anyone else think that the environmental sounds of the wind whistling in the cruise is a bit OTT?

Here's the support forum: https://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/forum/1025-aerosoft-crj/

1) Yes, Once the base sim or SDK supports it - no timeframe though

2) Yes, many! But for now they take the stance that their Beta-Testers declared them as accurate. There are type-rated guys contradicting them though.

 

22 minutes ago, SAS443 said:

Yes. white means armed modes, Green is active modes.

Thanks, that's what I thought was just verifying. I really like this aircraft and have a lot of reading and certain videos to watch. Keeps me on my toes, I can say that. Any thoughts on certain switches having lighting or not? Is that the CRJ way? You know most or some aircraft switches,  lights Up if one way, turns OFF if the other way, you know pressed or released?

2 hours ago, in2tech said:

Thanks, that's what I thought was just verifying. I really like this aircraft and have a lot of reading and certain videos to watch. Keeps me on my toes, I can say that. Any thoughts on certain switches having lighting or not? Is that the CRJ way? You know most or some aircraft switches,  lights Up if one way, turns OFF if the other way, you know pressed or released?

Any switches in particular you would like to know about?

Like many airliners, the CRJ employs a “dark cockpit” concept, meaning that “all switches unlit in normal operation” is the expected state.

There are some switches in the CRJ that you might expect to have status lights, but which do not in either the real or simulated aircraft. In particular:

On the center console, the two stab trim and the two yaw damper push buttons have no internal lights. Their on/off status is shown only on the EICAS display. There will be an amber STAB TRIM or YAW DAMPER message if these systems are not engaged.

The Mach trim push button by contrast does have an internal light, and illuminates amber when off.

On the overhead panel, the APU master switch (the left switch) has no light to indicate on/off. When the switch is engaged, the APU door will show “open”, on the status display and the digital APU RPM and EGT gauges will appear. When the master switch is off, the APU door shows “closed” and the digital gauges are not visible. The overhead master switch does have a light to indicate “FAULT”, but that will only illuminate when there is an APU failure.

The fuel boost pump switches on the overhead console are a special case. When they are off (not pressed in) they will show INOP, and this is true either on the ground or in flight. When the switches are engaged before engine start, they show “ON” in white. Once the engines are running, fuel pressure is then supplied by venturi ejector pumps in the main tanks, and the electric boost pumps go into standby mode, so the switch capsules go dark. They will not illuminate with engines running unless an ejector pump fails, in which case the electric boost pump immediately turns on, with an “ON” light illuminated in the switch capsule. There will also be an amber LEFT (or RIGHT) MAIN EJECTOR CAS message.

At the end of the flight, once engines are shut down, the ON lights illuminate once again, and need to be turned off (INOP), as part of the post-flight checklist.

There is currently a known bug with the PACK push buttons. They should always show OFF (in white) when the packs are disengaged (switch not depressed), and dark when packs are enabled (switch pressed in). This works correctly before takeoff, but after landing, the OFF light no longer comes on when the switch is turned off. This is already noted on the internal bug tracker.

Edited March 20, 20215 yr by JRBarrett

10 minutes ago, JRBarrett said:

Any switches in particular you would like to know about?

Like many airliners, the CRJ employs a “dark cockpit” concept, meaning that “all switches unlit in normal operation” is the expected state.

There are some switches in the CRJ that you might expect to have status lights, but which do not in either the real or simulated aircraft. In particular:

On the center console, the two stab trim and the two yaw damper push buttons have no internal lights. Their on/off status is shown only on the EICAS display. There will be an amber STAB TRIM or YAW DAMPER message if these systems are not engaged.

The Mach trim push button by contrast does have an internal light, and illuminates amber when off.

On the overhead panel, the APU master switch (the left switch) has no light to indicate on/off. When the switch is engaged, the APU door will show “open”, on the status display and the digital APU RPM and EGT gauges will appear. When the master switch is off, the APU door shows “closed” and the digital gauges are not visible. The overhead master switch does have a light to indicate “FAULT”, but that will only illuminate when there is an APU failure.

The fuel boost pump switches on the overhead console are a special case. When they are off (not pressed in) they will show INOP, and this is true either on the ground or in flight. When the switches are engaged before engine start, they show “ON” in white. Once the engines are running fuel pressure is supplied by venturi ejector pumps in the main tanks, and the electric boost pumps go into standby mode, so the switch capsules go dark. They will not illuminate with engines running unless an ejector pump fails, in which case the electric boost pump immediately turns on, with an “ON” light illuminated in the switch capsule. There will also be an amber LEFT (or RIGHT) MAIN EJECTOR CAS message. M

At the end of the flight, once engines are shut down, the ON lights illuminate once again, and need to be turned off (INOP), as part of the post-flight checklist.

There is currently a known bug with the PACK push buttons. They should always show OFF (in white) when the packs are disengaged (switch not depressed), and dark when packs are enabled (switch pressed in). This works correctly before takeoff, but after landing, the OFF light no longer comes on when the switch is turned off. This is already noted on the internal bug tracker.

Ey Thanks! I just learned a lot here.

One thing I’m still not quite sure about having read through the tutorial (maybe I missed it) and watching the video above:  can you/should you intercept the ILS while still using the FMS as nav source, or do you have to actually have to switch it over to NAV1 to fly down the glideslope?  Is there a way to go directly from NAV mode to APR mode without using HDG mode in between?

I can see in FMS mode it notes the presence of the ILS (in blue I think?), but when I tried to fly the ILS this way I had the issue of it not capturing the glideslope properly.

Last night, I was flying vectors to final rather than following a STAR all the way in so I had the nav source as NAV1 and it flew the glideslope perfectly.

I’m trying to figure out if the difference was the nav mode I was in, or if it’s an intermittent bug in properly capturing the glideslope as has been noted elsewhere.

Thanks 

Sorry for not going throught he 35+ pages of this thread to check for my answer. I am about to click the BUY button, but would like to know what performance to expect from CRJ. Is it on the heavy side on frames? I usually fly GA, both stock and Payware ones are smooth on performnce but I am afraid these jets may change that too much.

22 minutes ago, Aristoteles said:

Sorry for not going throught he 35+ pages of this thread to check for my answer. I am about to click the BUY button, but would like to know what performance to expect from CRJ. Is it on the heavy side on frames? I usually fly GA, both stock and Payware ones are smooth on performnce but I am afraid these jets may change that too much.

In my case I have a 2016 vintage 4790K CPU, which is far from being state of the art by 2021 standards, and a 1080Ti video card. I keep my frame rate locked at 30, and generally have no problem maintaining that with the CRJ. I have seen some loss of performance overall since Sim Update 3, even with default aircraft, but I know that issue is under active investigation by Asobo.

29 minutes ago, Aristoteles said:

Sorry for not going throught he 35+ pages of this thread to check for my answer. I am about to click the BUY button, but would like to know what performance to expect from CRJ. Is it on the heavy side on frames? I usually fly GA, both stock and Payware ones are smooth on performnce but I am afraid these jets may change that too much.

You can expect roughly the same fps than with the A320NX. It seems more optimized though. With my system I might have 45 fps with a super simple plane and then get 28 to 32 when I load the CRJ. That is, with all systems running. Interestingly the fps is still 45 when the CRJ is cold and dark. That does not happen with the Airbus, where I always havemore or less the same fps, no matter if dark or everything running. Very important: the CRJ does NOT produce any micro stutters, it runs very smooth even at 25 fps - if MSFS runs smooth, of course.

5 hours ago, jankees said:

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Edited March 20, 20215 yr by Manny

1 hour ago, regis9 said:

One thing I’m still not quite sure about having read through the tutorial (maybe I missed it) and watching the video above:  can you/should you intercept the ILS while still using the FMS as nav source, or do you have to actually have to switch it over to NAV1 to fly down the glideslope?  Is there a way to go directly from NAV mode to APR mode without using HDG mode in between?

I can see in FMS mode it notes the presence of the ILS (in blue I think?), but when I tried to fly the ILS this way I had the issue of it not capturing the glideslope properly.

Last night, I was flying vectors to final rather than following a STAR all the way in so I had the nav source as NAV1 and it flew the glideslope perfectly.

I’m trying to figure out if the difference was the nav mode I was in, or if it’s an intermittent bug in properly capturing the glideslope as has been noted elsewhere.

Thanks 

It should be able to switch from white needles to green needles automatically, but I’ve had varied success with it. Some situations it works, others where it should work (at least in the real plane) it does not work in the simulated version. 

To be safe, going HDG, switching sources and arming approach mode is the safest way. 

56 minutes ago, Aristoteles said:

I usually fly GA, both stock and Payware ones are smooth on performnce but I am afraid these jets may change that too much.

No they don't.

If you are used to heavy add-ons to bring down performance noticeably like they do in P3D or FSX, then you are in for a pleasant surprise.

There is an impact, but the sim remains fluid and responsive. (Apart from the current general performance issues introduced with the latest patch)