Just Flight have confirmed the release date for the Fokker F28 will be next Wednesday 12th July.

Price is also confirmed as £52.49/€64.95/$69.99

https://www.facebook.com/justflight/posts/pfbid02nMWHz2LphL7TrHdZdWFPxfhNorMeCa82Ky8cdRZVAYfrhX9mNppQFsUdVrvKZpZ7l

Finally the manuals for the plane and EFB are available to download from here
https://www.justflight.com/in-development/f28-professional

 

Edited July 7, 20232 yr by Matchstick

This looks like a fun learning curve! 

$70 US for an add-on like that is too high in my book. It's not a AAA game. I think the MSFS market is big enough for them to ask no more than $60

Too much for me, if it was around 40-45E why not, I will instead wait for the A300B4 and maybe the F70/100 if the price is better.

44 minutes ago, Krakin said:

$70 US for an add-on like that is too high in my book. It's not a AAA game. I think the MSFS market is big enough for them to ask no more than $60

$70 is PMDG pricing. Is this expected to be at the same fidelity of a PMDG airliner, does anyone know?

The manual is 253 pages long, and the one for the EFB is 20 pages long. Looks to be pretty in depth. 

I have no doubt that this is a wonderful add-on and I love classic aircrafts. Anyway, I know this is not an aircraft I will use often. So I might buy it but will wait for it to be on sale.

Edited July 7, 20232 yr by sdirand

Classic avsim! Half the folks telling us they're not going to buy it. 

Anyways, Q8Pilot has a stream about this plane.

https://www.youtube.com/@Q8Pilot

I was under impression they developing WX radar (as is with limitations) that also will be included in BAE146 update, but manual says it's inop

27 minutes ago, Ricardo41 said:

Classic avsim! Half the folks telling us they're not going to buy it. 

Anyways, Q8Pilot has a stream about this plane.

https://www.youtube.com/@Q8Pilot

Half + 1 with me. Too expensive. And they need to know what people think about this kind of prices. You have a problem with that, deal with it.

Saw a YT stream today where it had a major IAS Mode autopilot problem. "Oh, we're working on that to be fixed before release" was the reply from Just Flight... yet it's definitely going to be released in five days time?! With that price point?! 

All these 'influencer' previews have done is turn me off the product. Such a shame.

 

It's only money. 

Looking forward to this one. 1970-80s regional jet; what else do we have that represents this period? The A310?

A real handful, I imagine.

I wanted this plane almost 2 years ago before the Hondajets,MD82s, and other high end addons released.

Not gonna spend $70 on something I'm too distracted not to fly very often.

For now, I just have too many addons in my hangar which don't get enough fly time.

I haven't even dug into the ATR nor A310 yet.

I'll be grabbing this one later at a lower price hopefully.

Edited July 7, 20232 yr by blueshark747

2 hours ago, Krakin said:

$70 US for an add-on like that is too high in my book. It's not a AAA game. I think the MSFS market is big enough for them to ask no more than $60

It's the same price as the 146, I'm expecting the same or better quality.

Ultimately, like the 146, it's a niche aircraft that will sell a fraction of a 73x or A32x because most people don't really know (or care) about it and the per unit price has to reflect that

Edited July 7, 20232 yr by Matchstick

I’m looking forward to this, it’s an aircraft we’ve never had in the sim before and one that played a key regional role in Canada.

If it’s near the quality of their excellent -146 it will be well worth to price for me and I think we’re going to be in for a treat.  

I love aircraft like this that give us a chance to fly something other than the usual Boeings and Airbuses that generally fill up the bulk of my airline simming time.