2 hours ago, snapshot21 said:

The DC-6 does not have any fancy glass cockpit or systems to simulate. So im quite optimistic with its performance.

With P3D as a reference, the PMDG DC-6 is a lot better performing than say the FSLabs scarebuses, the PMDG boeings, and even the Aerosoft CRJ.

I expect this add-on to be better in performance than the MSFS Aerosoft CRJ.

i doubt that, it does so much more.

From latest Robert´s post on PDMG forum:

"The PMDG Douglas DC-6 will be available on Friday, 18JUN21 directly from www.pmdg.com.

We will have more video and information available for you later in the day on Wednesday, and we hope that you will take a few moments to tune in to our friends Chewwy and TheFlyingFabio on Twitch throughout the day today as they showcase our new product and attempt to learn to fly the airplane in real-time with all of you watching.

Pricing and time-of-day availability is still pending, and will be announced shortly before product release."

Quoted from:

https://forum.pmdg.com/forum/main-forum/general-discussion-news-and-announcements/129736-16jun21-pmdg-dc-6-for-microsoft-flight-simulator-release-date-announcement

 

1 hour ago, Andreas Stangenes said:

Do you have the timestamp for when he said it will be released this week?

it was between engine start and take off... but it is not relevant anymore 🙂

28 minutes ago, ega said:

From latest Robert´s post on PDMG forum:

Pricing and time-of-day availability is still pending, and will be announced shortly before product release."

 

 

These stupid market strategies are making me sick. 

I'll change my signature, I like the DC6, but PMDG is a pain in the ear.

1 minute ago, Claudius_ said:

These stupid market strategies are making me sick. 

I'll change my signature, I like the DC6, but PMDG is a pain in the ear.

What's wrong with Rob's statement?

1 minute ago, Andreas Stangenes said:

What's wrong with Rob's statement?

It's extremely unlikely that pricing has not been decided upon and very unlikely that the release time has not been decided upon.

1 minute ago, Andreas Stangenes said:

What's wrong with Rob's statement?

It's wrong his behavior, because I'll pay the entire price for the DC6 once again. Also, almost all sim related companies have a better transparent policy, for sure. The DC6 is a very old PMDG release and this first and almost immediate porting to MSFS doesn't add anything new, it was already and will be a broken product. I remember the landing problems, you can't feel the wheels touching the runway, the erroneous flaps drag, the primitive modeling, and other well known things never corrected since first release. See the older discussions on this forum.

1 hour ago, abrams_tank said:

Does anybody know the backstory of why PMDG gave up on X-Plane?  In the MSFS forums, somebody posted this:

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/the-pmdg-dc-6-for-msfs-is-in-flight-test-heres-a-peek/409199/133

Another person posted this:

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/the-pmdg-dc-6-for-msfs-is-in-flight-test-heres-a-peek/409199/132

Now I am super curious as to why PMDG dropped X-Plane.  I don't want to start an MSFS vs X-Plane debate.  I just want the facts on why PMDG gave up on X-Plane. I can only assume it's related to their sales on X-Plane.

Edit: Okay, I saw this article which appears to be dated 2018, where Randazzo of PMDG says there may be future development on X-Plane. But on the PMDG website, people are reporting that they just removed the X-Plane section. What?  That's a complete 180 degree turnaround from what Randazzo said in 2018.  Ok, now I am even more curious.  This is kind of confusing.

Official statement from November 2019:

End of Development for Xplane platforms: For some time we have been watching market metrics with the Xplane platform and evaluating our own development schedule in order to find a gap into which we can slide a dedicated Xplane development cycle. As part of our strategic objective to simplify our development agenda, we are pivoting to dedicate all of our development resources to our Prepar3D v4 product lines and to our upcoming Microsoft Flight Simulator product lines. Effective immediately, we are no longer evaluating an Xplane development cycle at any point in the current five year window, nor do we see any active XPlane development time being allocated at PMDG.

Source: https://forum.pmdg.com/forum/main-forum/general-discussion-news-and-announcements/25608-07nov19-pmdg-product-trajectory-alignment-what-to-expect-in-the-coming-weeks-months-hours-etc

17 minutes ago, Claudius_ said:

It's wrong his behavior, because I'll pay the entire price for the DC6 once again. Also, almost all sim related companies have a better transparent policy, for sure. The DC6 is a very old PMDG release and this first and almost immediate porting to MSFS doesn't add anything new, it was already and will be a broken product. I remember the landing problems, you can't feel the wheels touching the runway, the erroneous flaps drag, the primitive modeling, and other well known things never corrected since first release. See the older discussions on this forum.

What a strange post ! If everything is so very bad why  in Heavens are you willing even bothering not to say buying it ? 

6 hours ago, sd_flyer said:

I did 4 for throttle and one for flaps for now. I'm hesitating binding prop on one axis. I ether have them all or give them to FE! 🙂

Whatever you choose... the aircraft has ONE prop lever.

1 minute ago, Dominique_K said:

What a strange post ! If everything is so very bad why  in Heavens are you willing even bothering not to say buying it ? 

Strange or not, that's a PMDG customer opinion.

Here a lot of other strange posts on this topic:

https://www.avsim.com/forums/forum/760-pmdg-dc-6-cloudmaster/

 

4 minutes ago, Claudius_ said:

Strange or not, that's a PMDG customer opinion.

Here a lot of other strange posts on this topic:

https://www.avsim.com/forums/forum/760-pmdg-dc-6-cloudmaster/

 

This is not the point. In the same breath you throw a heap of abuse at the PMDG 6 and say  « I'll pay the entire price for the DC6 once again ». There is a contradiction here🤣.

Well, I have had my gripes with the PMDG staff over the years, but no matter how I spin it, the bottom line for me is that they have the best product available on the market for the airframes they have developed addons for. 

However, I did not take offense in Rob's statement about exact timing of the launch on Friday, nor that they haven't disclosed the pricetag yet. Until just a couple of hours ago, I didnt even know it was releasing this week. I can be grouchy later when I find out the actual pricetag 😉

 

1 hour ago, Claudius_ said:

It's wrong his behavior, because I'll pay the entire price for the DC6 once again. Also, almost all sim related companies have a better transparent policy, for sure. The DC6 is a very old PMDG release and this first and almost immediate porting to MSFS doesn't add anything new, it was already and will be a broken product. I remember the landing problems, you can't feel the wheels touching the runway, the erroneous flaps drag, the primitive modeling, and other well known things never corrected since first release. See the older discussions on this forum.

Just don't buy it.

Karl

Edited June 16, 20214 yr by kaha

59 minutes ago, Dominique_K said:

This is not the point. In the same breath you throw a heap of abuse at the PMDG 6 and say  « I'll pay the entire price for the DC6 once again ». There is a contradiction here🤣.

Yes, that was before that PMDG was abusing our patience, because the DC6 has a lot of potential, but PMDG didn't work on this airplane anymore, without update for years. 

In my opinion, the new customers should be aware of this "strange" PMDG behavior.