6 minutes ago, micstatic said:

There were two sound packs for p3d version. One for switches and such. Another for the rest. They were huge improvement

Fair enough. Personally didn't feel the need for one.

Someone ring my coffin bell when this releases in 2030🤣

6 hours ago, abrams_tank said:

Does anybody know how good SimWorks Studio airliners are? Can SimWorks Studio match the fidelity of Majestic?

The fidelity of SWS MSFS addons is light years ahead of Majestic’s MSFS addons.

I’m GLAD that MilTech and SWS are throwing their hats into the ring.

they’ve both proven they can deliver satisfactory addons that work for everyone except type rated pilots

Most importantly, they have the good sense to show up for the party before it’s over.

Edited Sunday at 06:25 PM5 days by UrgentSiesta

5 hours ago, regis9 said:

Yeah based on this I’d say we’ll be flying classic and military Dash 8’s long before the Q400.

TBH, I hope another enterprising dev (maybe one of the two working on Dash 8’s, maybe not) sees how far away Majestic is from completion, and how slow they’re working and comes to the realization they could get a Q400 to market sooner.

And if Majestic had released a decent 80% rendition, they’d have made enough money to quit their day jobs so they could focus on that last 20%.

Big difference with having a small team and a job verses a big team pumping out products and quality lacking

They may be great developers, but they’re terrible business people.

At this point there’s simply no excuse for not having delivered an addon.

I mean, do we think Fenix sprung up out of nowhere with a fully formed and highly experienced dev team?

And isn’t it utterly embarrassing that BlueBird will release before Majestic does…?

I mean…c’mon, guys, let’s stop feeling sorry for majestic and buying their excuses.

2 hours ago, micstatic said:

There were two sound packs for p3d version. One for switches and such. Another for the rest. They were huge improvement

Yes the original sounds were firmly “meh” as I recall. The addon sound packs really completed the aircraft.

If this is being developed for MSFS 2020 then events have already overtaken them.....

9 minutes ago, DD_Arthur said:

If this is being developed for MSFS 2020 then events have already overtaken them.....

2020 and 2024. Third sentence in the linked post.

6 minutes ago, micstatic said:

There were two sound packs for p3d version. One for switches and such. Another for the rest. They were huge improvement

Fair enough. Personally didn't feel the need for one.

4 hours ago, UrgentSiesta said:

They may be great developers, but they’re terrible business people.

At this point there’s simply no excuse for not having delivered an addon.

I mean, do we think Fenix sprung up out of nowhere with a fully formed and highly experienced dev team?

And isn’t it utterly embarrassing that BlueBird will release before Majestic does…?

I mean…c’mon, guys, let’s stop feeling sorry for majestic and buying their excuses.

Come back when you have a small business and have to find a new developer doing everything from scratch to suit MSFS 24.

I might be wrong but Fenix had been working on something a while before 2020 was annouced. At least they were a bigger team than Majestic.

Not embarrasing at all, the exact same thing happened with BlueBird changing developers having to rebuild again a bigger team than Majestic.

I mean offer services or start making an aircraft and lets see how you do. I would say we could be waiting just around the same time. You saying excuses sure a developer would go to the trouble and say they've had family priorties etc to deal with has an excuse. Have a day off. SWS and Majestic don't even come close, Majestic is way better.

Edited Monday at 12:11 AM4 days by carlanthony24

16 hours ago, JYW said:

I predict that it will take Majestic so long that, when near release, there will be a step-change in the base simulator and their work will no longer be forwards-compatible with it. Then there'll be a "we're not sure what to do.... release for the old simulator (2024) or do all of the work to make it compatible with the new simulator" message. They'll decide the latter and a 6 year timer will start again.

I honestly don't think it's possible to release a complex addon, at the pace they work. Technology advancement overtakes their rate of work.

Kind of how I feel about the upcoming 757 that they're still planning to release on MSFS 2020. Blows my mind they haven't changed their minds, at least -- as far as I know that is still the plan.

54 minutes ago, carlanthony24 said:

Fair enough. Personally didn't feel the need for one.

Come back when you have a small business and have to find a new developer doing everything from scratch to suit MSFS 24.

I might be wrong but Fenix had been working on something a while before 2020 was annouced. At least they were a bigger team than Majestic.

Not embarrasing at all, the exact same thing happened with BlueBird changing developers having to rebuild again a bigger team than Majestic.

I mean offer services or start making an aircraft and lets see how you do. I would say we could be waiting just around the same time. You saying excuses sure a developer would go to the trouble and say they've had family priorties etc to deal with has an excuse. Have a day off.

Funny thing is that I do have a small business in a demanding vertical.

And while my clients like the work that I do, I know that ultimately I’m just a vendor, and quite easily replaceable.

So I kinda work my butt off to ensure that progress is being made on their behalf.

Because if it isn’t, they’ll just move on to another vendor who can deliver what they want when they want it.

I view Majestic exactly the same way: eminently replaceable.

They’re “in business”, and they should act like it. Pretty much everyone else has.

3 hours ago, weaklink said:

2020 and 2024. Third sentence in the linked post.

Yes, I read that. There's evidently still a great deal of work to do before they release a 'plane in...2027? For a platform superseded three years previously?

None of this bodes well.

18 hours ago, Bdub22 said:

Kind of how I feel about the upcoming 757 that they're still planning to release on MSFS 2020. Blows my mind they haven't changed their minds, at least -- as far as I know that is still the plan.

This far along in dev, I’d do the same thing.

The pent up demand is there and I’m sure they need the cash.

Better to deliver a polished 2020 now than delay further for features that were originally out of scope.

Edited Monday at 06:56 PM3 days by UrgentSiesta

On 7/5/2026 at 7:58 AM, thepilot said:

Seems like they just wanted to show something for the sake of showing...

Milviz did that for nearly a decade with the ATR, every few months a few Blender renders and a "status update" that said nothing, and then cried foul when MS/Hans decided they wanted to do an ATR.

Many people decried that and said we had been robbed of a good, high fidelity ATR. Real ball knowers already figured out that we were never getting that ATR.

History sure rhymes, doesn't it.

What will release first MJQ400 or MS2028? I'm picking the latter.