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How good is the Fly The Maddog X MD-80 for P3Dv5?

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2 hours ago, Urmel81 said:

I'm considering since years to purchase it. But there are not so many flights in real life for it.

Does anyone know if there is an European Air Charter Repaint for the Maddog available. Not sure how long this airline will fly the Maddog, but for the moment it is the only chance for European flights.

 

Regards Urmel

It doesn't matter to me if the plane I want to fly is still in service or not.  I love flying older aircraft of all kinds, from vintage and classic GA planes to vintage and classic airliners.  They are all so unique and so much fun to fly and they are the most interesting planes to fly as well.    When I'm flying my good old A2A Constellation or my B314 The Clipper, for example, I just pretend I'm flying back in the 1940's 😁

5 hours ago, Urmel81 said:

I'm considering since years to purchase it. But there are not so many flights in real life for it.

Does anyone know if there is an European Air Charter Repaint for the Maddog available. Not sure how long this airline will fly the Maddog, but for the moment it is the only chance for European flights.

 

Regards Urmel

There is the old name Bulgarian air charter available on official forums. I haven’t seen European version yet.

Luka Albreht

another vote for this aircraft.  It's incredible.  Particularly when paired with the 2 after market sound packs.  

5800X3D, 4090FE, 64GB DDR4 3600C16, Gigabyte X570S MB, EVO 970 M.2's, Alienware 3821DW  and 2  22" monitors, Corsair RM1000x PSU,  360MM MSI MEG, MFG Crosswind, T16000M Stick, Boeing TCA Yoke/Throttle, Skalarki MCDU and FCU, Logitech Radio Panel/Switch Panel, Spad.Next

On 2/17/2023 at 1:09 PM, 787flyer said:

Hi TopGun33,

 

A quick question.. you mention the AOM. What guides/manual actually come with the MaddogX download?

I went to their site and its actually down right now for some updates and Simmarket does not explicitly list what comes in the package.

Could you or anyone else who is a Maddog Driver explain what reference material is included in the actual download?

thx.

It comes with à full set of manuals also with a QRH and a tutorial. All systems are explained. I am not in front of my simming computer for another months so i can not be specific on this I am sorry.

Also forgot to mention this but the Maddog has an EFB which works quite well.

On 2/17/2023 at 5:39 PM, Urmel81 said:

I'm considering since years to purchase it. But there are not so many flights in real life for it.

Does anyone know if there is an European Air Charter Repaint for the Maddog available. Not sure how long this airline will fly the Maddog, but for the moment it is the only chance for European flights.

 

Regards Urmel

The official repaints are found here : https://www.flythemaddog.com/forum/index.php?/forum/100-native-pbr-repaints-for-the-liveries-manager-tool/&_fromLogin=1

Miguel from Hangar226 has done a good chunk of them too.

https://elmikey.wixsite.com/hangar226

MSFS repaints can be converted to P3D use but that's probably against the EULA so I won't add any details.

Also again I'm sorry for the savage advertising, but my virtual airline has a huge "Classic" section with many Maddog flights that are digitalization of real world paper schedules. There are more coming and after this we will have a rather complete set of airlines (hint : major US operators on their way)

So if you need ideas for flights there it is. 

https://ftg-va.org/

Guillaume

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On 2/18/2023 at 5:03 PM, micstatic said:

another vote for this aircraft.  It's incredible.  Particularly when paired with the 2 after market sound packs.  

The 2 after market sound packs. Which are?

I found this one.

https://www.justflight.com/product/immersive-audio-maddog-x-cockpit-sound-immersion

New P3D v5 user. Looking for a new plane to be sister to my other tube in P3D, the PMDG 747 series.

Russell Gough

SE London

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6 hours ago, sloppysmusic said:

The 2 after market sound packs. Which are?

I found this one.

https://www.justflight.com/product/immersive-audio-maddog-x-cockpit-sound-immersion

New P3D v5 user. Looking for a new plane to be sister to my other tube in P3D, the PMDG 747 series.

I’ve moved on with this aircraft to msfs. I’m not sure which addons for sound are good for the p3d one 

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2 hours ago, micstatic said:

I’ve moved on with this aircraft to msfs. I’m not sure which addons for sound are good for the p3d one 

No worries thx for reply. I think I found them on sim market. As someone who has flown FTM in both sims are they comparable? It's 50 /50 for me buying it for msfs or p3d. 

Russell Gough

SE London

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3 hours ago, sloppysmusic said:

No worries thx for reply. I think I found them on sim market. As someone who has flown FTM in both sims are they comparable? It's 50 /50 for me buying it for msfs or p3d. 

The actual plane seems pretty similar to me. It’s the stuff outside the window that’s different. 

5800X3D, 4090FE, 64GB DDR4 3600C16, Gigabyte X570S MB, EVO 970 M.2's, Alienware 3821DW  and 2  22" monitors, Corsair RM1000x PSU,  360MM MSI MEG, MFG Crosswind, T16000M Stick, Boeing TCA Yoke/Throttle, Skalarki MCDU and FCU, Logitech Radio Panel/Switch Panel, Spad.Next

2 hours ago, micstatic said:

The actual plane seems pretty similar to me. It’s the stuff outside the window that’s different. 

Ah thx. I have a huge investment in the 'legacy' Orbx scenery including all the airports so was looking for a smaller jet to service the mid range runway strips. My go to in fsx/msfs has been the pmdg 737 so I don't want a third purchase, also need get out my comfort zone a little. Been flying mostly night flights in fsx /p3d which is still very atmospheric for me. The lighting appears much better to me in p3d than msfs between dusk and dawn so it's actually an improvement. Once I've managed to dial down that pesky hdr nonsense on non hdr TV that is! 

Russell Gough

SE London

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I have the Maddog for all my sims (the 2010 for FS9 and FSX, the current one for P3Dv4 and 5, and the MSFS one). I still believe the FS9 one has the better sound. Or at least I grew used to the sound of the AT servomotors driving the throttles, which I can't hear in the other sims.

I guess I'll try porting the FS9 sounds to the other sims.

Best regards,
Luis Hernández 20px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png20px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png

Main rig: self built, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D (with SMT off and CO -50 mV), 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 RAM, Nvidia RTX 5060Ti 16GB, 256 GB M.2 SSD (OS+apps) + 2x1 TB SATA III SSD (sims) + 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (storage), ID-Cooling SE-224-XTS air cooler, Viewsonic VX2458-MHD 1920x1080@120-144 Hz (G-sync compatible), Windows 11. Running P3D v5.4 (with v4.5 scenery objects as an additional library, just in case), FSX-SE, MSFS2020, MSFS2024 and even FS9! Lossless Scaling for all my sims. What a godsend...

Mobile rig: ASUS Zenbook UM425QA (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H APU @3.2 GHz and boost disabled, 1 TB M.2 SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro). Running FS9 there .

VKB Gladiator NXT Premium Left + GNX THQ as primary controllers. Xbox Series X|S wireless controller as standby/mobile.

2 hours ago, Luis Hernandez said:

I have the Maddog for all my sims (the 2010 for FS9 and FSX, the current one for P3Dv4 and 5, and the MSFS one). I still believe the FS9 one has the better sound. Or at least I grew used to the sound of the AT servomotors driving the throttles, which I can't hear in the other sims.

I guess I'll try porting the FS9 sounds to the other sims.

That's interesting. If the systems are the same in MSFS as P3D I will just buy for MSFS. Does the MSFS version have better sounds than the P3d version? Any addon sound packs? I'm only using P3D and FSX again as I have the best/only versions of certain planes for those sims.  

Russell Gough

SE London

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Actually, the MSFS sounds are worse. I never tried any addon soundpacks (why should I pay more, if I already paid over €100 for the bird?), but people have been talking about the FTSim one. EFBs are different, but I like better the user interface in P3D (maybe because of 2D panels, knob and switch handling in VC, instantaneous camera switch and no stupid camera banking). Livery availability is definitely better in MSFS, and I haven't been able to port textures back to P3D. FPS impact is good in both v5 and MSFS, and there's WXR in both.

Best regards,
Luis Hernández 20px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png20px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png

Main rig: self built, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D (with SMT off and CO -50 mV), 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 RAM, Nvidia RTX 5060Ti 16GB, 256 GB M.2 SSD (OS+apps) + 2x1 TB SATA III SSD (sims) + 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (storage), ID-Cooling SE-224-XTS air cooler, Viewsonic VX2458-MHD 1920x1080@120-144 Hz (G-sync compatible), Windows 11. Running P3D v5.4 (with v4.5 scenery objects as an additional library, just in case), FSX-SE, MSFS2020, MSFS2024 and even FS9! Lossless Scaling for all my sims. What a godsend...

Mobile rig: ASUS Zenbook UM425QA (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H APU @3.2 GHz and boost disabled, 1 TB M.2 SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro). Running FS9 there .

VKB Gladiator NXT Premium Left + GNX THQ as primary controllers. Xbox Series X|S wireless controller as standby/mobile.

Also have them all and i fly MSFS all the time now with this favorit.

Highly plus is the FTSIM+ sound package. It really has got close to P3D over the years.

Michael Moe 

Edited by Michael Moe

Michael Moe

 

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