2 minutes ago, Todd2 said:

Not the best plane for scenery though just as in real life its adequate

You can use Camera Mode and see everything. 

For the flight engineer tablet menu, what does "In Range Mean? " 

Another flight! LAX LAS for high rollers! 🙂

 

 

Flap Position indicator is Non OP, sometimes. AP works well. Flying without the Flight  engineer is going to take awhile. Lots to learn. 

Edited June 19, 20214 yr by Bobsk8

Currently flying the SAS livery over the fjords of Norway.  Beautiful scenery and first impressions of the DC-6 are very good.

The sounds are sublime, the droning of the engines is just fantastic in cruise.  As I remember from the P3D version, the AFE works great and makes this actually not a terribly hard aircraft to jump into.  Visuals are incredible as you would imagine.  Overall it’s a great first foray into MSFS for PMDG.

Only two annoyances I’ve come across so far:

1) The GNS430 can’t be put into a separate window using alt+mouse click like all others GNS430 aircraft I’ve used.  This keeps me from using the aircraft with my RealSimGear hardware.

2) FSUIPC axis bindings/calibration don’t seem to work.  Without these I have to use my TQ6 throttle’s entire axis (including past the reverse gates) with default MSFS axis assignments.  If FSUIPC isn’t compatible, a throttle calibration utility would be welcomed.

Hopefully there will be a fix for these minor issues at some point.

Oh and no Buffalo Airways (fictional) or Canadian Pacific liveries are included, I seem to recall they were Included in the P3D version?  I’m sure some talented repainted will create them at some point though.

Overall though, a bunch of fun!

 

Edited June 19, 20214 yr by regis9

Ya Buffalo would be nice

I'm seriously struggling with CTDs and I haven't even left a gate.  Got one just trying to select an airport on the world map.  😞 

Being patient, so no rage quitting just yet.  Got some work ahead of me.  I do have to say it looks even more complicated than the videos showed.  So much going on.

8 minutes ago, Little Jenny said:

I'm seriously struggling with CTDs and I haven't even left a gate.  Got one just trying to select an airport on the world map.  😞 

Being patient, so no rage quitting just yet.  Got some work ahead of me.  I do have to say it looks even more complicated than the videos showed.  So much going on.

There is a problem in flying it in multiplayer mode, if there is already another user of the DC-6 near the position/airport you are loading in, or if you go near another DC-6 during flight. It will CTD. PMDG says it is up to asobo to fix it.

It works fine in Vatsim though 🙂

13 minutes ago, Little Jenny said:

I'm seriously struggling with CTDs and I haven't even left a gate.  Got one just trying to select an airport on the world map.  😞 

Being patient, so no rage quitting just yet.  Got some work ahead of me.  I do have to say it looks even more complicated than the videos showed.  So much going on.

I had CTD's as well (with MP off) trying to load FlightBeams KPDX and it turned out to be an outdated add-on (Robert Young's Turbo Bonanza). Easiest thing to do is take half your add-ons out, see if it crashes. If it doesn't, you know the culprit is in the half you removed. Then you can divide by half again and test that group to eventually find the issue.

8 minutes ago, snapshot21 said:

There is a problem in flying it in multiplayer mode, if there is already another user of the DC-6 near the position/airport you are loading in, or if you go near another DC-6 during flight. It will CTD. PMDG says it is up to asobo to fix it.

It works fine in Vatsim though 🙂

Thanks.  I had been trying to load up  JFK & LAX and CTD-fest.  Loaded up at my local airport and didn't notice any.  Turned off multiplayer and trying again at LAX.

As for during flight, well so far I'm able to get about 10 feet off the ground and that's it.  LOL!!!  Got so much to learn.

1 minute ago, Chapstick said:

I had CTD's as well (with MP off) trying to load FlightBeams KPDX and it turned out to be an outdated add-on (Robert Young's Turbo Bonanza). Easiest thing to do is take half your add-ons out, see if it crashes. If it doesn't, you know the culprit is in the half you removed. Then you can divide by half again and test that group to eventually find the issue.

My community folder is pretty light as I haven't put a lot of stuff back in yet from the WU.  First real issue I've had since the first sim update.  I was due.  😉

Just took this beauty out of LOWI heavy... interesting take off with a low pitch 🤣 love it!! A lot to learn. 

2 hours ago, Bobsk8 said:

For the flight engineer tablet menu, what does "In Range Mean? " 

The In Range checklist is like a pre approach checklist, completed when you're approaching the airport, but haven't begun the landing sequence yet.

I like to fly United liveries when I fly airliners.   First thing I did was to dl the UAL livery and make a few flights in it tonight.   I just happened to remember the tail number from that livery.

It's this one,

 

9 minutes ago, cwburnett said:

The In Range checklist is like a pre approach checklist, completed when you're approaching the airport, but haven't begun the landing sequence yet.

Thanks.