The Quality Wings 787 is a nice product, but my problem with it is that it is not quite as nice as the PMDG aircraft. There are certain minor quirks about it that make me less inclined to fly it on a regular basis, like the less than perfect "save panel" option. I always have to switch the panel lights on, enable the ND graticule, adjust the settings for the ND itself, and even reset the flaps! I also find straightening the plane up on the ground after a turn to be slightly strange. The PMDG aircraft seem to smoothly come out of turns, but it is much harder to determine when the QW787 has aligned itself with the taxiway centreline.

Minor issues, but I have three other top quality aircraft that do not have them.

Edited February 2, 20224 yr by Christopher Low

On 1/25/2022 at 7:57 PM, jon b said:

If it wasn't for the accountants we'd be here now talking about the Boeing sonic cruiser sea level to 45,000ft in 15 minutes and a cruise of M.95-98, 

It is an easy way to summarise some unpleasant past situations, but hardly a realistic one! (and we are deviating temporarily from the 787 topic)...

Don't forget that British and French taxpayers ended up paying for the Concorde bills, precisely because no real serious market studies had been conducted, no projections would or could envisage steep fuel prices increases (1973/76), no one was brave enough to face and acknowledge the environmental realities (noise and air pollution in particular whether in the States or elsewhere), no commercial gourou was really ready to admit that a niche passenger market would be sufficient to make that business transport model profitable: did you ever fly Concorde on the return flight from the States? I did, and can assure you that the revenue per passenger was not up to par with the initial projections, simply because many people who could afford Concorde would rather pay for a first class ticket on a regular overnight flight (NYC-LON or NYC-PAR) rather than being completely lost on the timeline somewhere at wee hours with an unbearable jetlag (except if you were making a return trip on the same day). In short what was a fantastic time gain West bound, was of little interest East bound.

So there are times when "accountants" as you say (managers to others) would have been very useful avoiding some commercial disasters, let's see what the new supersonic projects have in store, but I doubt they can easily break some of the "walls" that Concorde could not. After the Covid crisis, don't forget than many multi national companies learnt to communicate with Internet and save on travel expenses, First and Business class revenues are suffering a lot and are nowhere near what they were three years ago, with little hope for a fast turnaround.

This is where the 787 remains a more reasonable offer, even at M 0.82!