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Why do I have to find your opinion or anyone else's on this forum? This is the PMDG forum and therefore it should only contain information relevant to the PMDG products, real aviation, support, guides, etc.. You want RSR to know what you think of how does he run his bussines? Send him an email, you might even get an answer... But what do I care? Why do I have to read and filter the relevant information among dozens of posts like yours and their respective answers? The fact is you are not even talking about anything aeronautical, you just found an excuse to judge RSR and PMDG for things that we all have known forever that are beyond their control. You just think that you have something very important to say and that we need to read it. I think you should join your pals in a pub and talk to them about what you think of things more often.. Thats the right place for rants and the kind. I'm not saying you are right or wrong, it just doesn't matters. Just go somewhere else with them. I feel you guys either do not remember or don't even know who RSR and PMDG are. RSR engaged in making a dream come true for the MFS fans a long time ago: Making the most realistic airplanes possible within the limits of MFS and average household economics. And he (they) have delivered brilliantly. Many people assume PMDG and their airplanes as a given, well, you should have been here the long years when the default airplanes were among the best you could have and When you love what you do is very difficult to draw the line between the personal and the professional role and RSR is no exception. There was a time when people knew when RSR was talking as another aviation lover and when he was talking as a company manager and we all respected, accepted and enjoyed each as it was. But you guys seem to have a problem understanding that,. Just because you can talk to the boss doesn't mean he is your buddy and you all can speak your minds like you hanged out together every evening. I hope the changes bring an end to this. Watch this to the end, and draw some conclusions. Ihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qga0-OHigtM http://forum.avsim.net/topic/324929-who-remembers/ Joss M Garcia

If we are speaking of the same event He had a very good reason to do what he did.He gave them the low fuel warning some 30' minutes before he actually landed after being held for hours with EFC's and being commanded a go around.ATC provided the information available at the time.. I think it was a chain of unfortunate events and a lack of communication between ATC centers. Sometimes you do everything right and still it just doesn't works for you.

This post saved my day.. How comes B301 is not available for download anymore at the HiFi website? Thanks! Joss

Hey Robert! Maybe this could be of help for you : http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_engines_does_a_Boeing_777_have I'd like for you guys to settle on a model once and for all, everytime I have the money to go on holidays I go to the airport to by a ticket for PMDG airlines they say it does not exist. Then I go check back on your website and it turns out you decided to change the model for your fleet. I like you guys very much but doesn't it seems 15 years enough to make up your minds? :Thinking: I'm getting old you know.. My pension will not allow for holidays far away! ... Now.. Seriously : Is the present anywhere near the picture you had in your mind 15 years ago about what you wanted/planned/expected PMDG to become in the future? I personally think you ought to be proud, really proud, of what you have achieved. Congratulations on raising the bar yet again! Jose M Garcia

+1 to both.

A support ticket has been already submitted Ticket Number 2B5-165B9C11-68DB but maybe someone else has been through this before. HGS worked fine when installed and after SP1 but since recently it would not display any information. Control box on center pedestal works fine, CLR button is not activated, brightness control checked, DLL.XML checked as per PMDG KB, uninstalled and reinstalled again, FSX.CFG checked... I cant think of anything else.. Anyone?

My flight attendant just asked me to fix the dishwasher.. I told her to submit a ticket to maintenance after landing but she says she is going to land her brush in my head if I keep saying things like that.

Listen.. All that rant is useless. There are thousands of happy customers out there. If you really want to fix it simply ask for help or submit a support ticket. Obviously there is something you don't know and you'll have to ask to find it out. 99% chance it's your fault. Wanna bet your money? Spending money on new harware does not gives you any right at all, only more responsibilities. If you buy a dog you have to feed it and learn to take care of it. If you buy a new computer you have to learn everything about it in order to get the best performance out of it. And by all means.. Relax! Your post is full of hate but lacks any relevant information. Joss

Robin, I'm trying to simplify what you are trying to say without getting involved with formulas and math. The heavier the airplane the farther away from destination the descent should be initiated to end with the same airspeed at the same point. Do you agree? I'm amazed to see people have been using spoilers the same way they use the brake pedal in their cars.. To me using spoilers is accepting defeat to poor airmanship. It seems people is not using to plan ahead. "Never fly an airplane to a point where your mind has not been 5 minutes before you get there" Joss

Vx and Vy and any other V-speeds are definitions of SAFE speeds for a given set of conditions. Sometimes they are calculated and sometimes they are obtained by practical testing, sometimes even both are required and sometimes they are just approximated because no testing beyond a given point has been made either for safety reasons or practicality.Those definitions can and will change from airplane to airplane and the only way to be sure what they mean for the particular airplane you are flying is to read flying handbook. The reason is not only the actual performance is taken into account, but the safety too. For instance: Some light turbocharged twins have an actual Vx much lower than the indicated on their airspeed indicators but the manufacturer limits you as pilot to a higher speed forcing a smaller angle for safety, you might think the manufacturer is crazy, why would you want the airplane you are selling to look worst than it really is? Right?Well.. There is a very good reason for that. If you fly that airplane at the actual Vx for maximum perfomance you will be very close to stall speed and below Vmc. In the event of an engine failure that wing will inmediately stall due to the lack of induced airflow and you wont have enough aerodinamic control to keep the working engine from turning the airplane upside-down and into a wild spin. That was what happened to the Concorde that crashed and the reason why it crashed inverted.So you see.. V-speeds are more than maximum performance indicators. In general the terms Vx and Vy are used in slow airplanes because their simple definitions are enough, but the faster you go the more complex the situations become and therefore other terms more specific are used although to the observer they might look like pretty much the same.Anyway, no matter how they are named there will be a best angle and a best rate speed for every airplane and situation, the main difference being what worries you as the pilot. On takeoff what worries you are the obstacles around the airport so what you want is to gain altitude in the shortest distance so you'll go for Vx. Once cleared what worries you is fuel economy so you'll go for Vy to get higher as fast as possible into thinner air.I'll leave it here for simplicity.

Pacman was a computer game.. I don't want to play Pacman anymore, I don't even want MSFS anymore, I'm tired of addons, textures, sceneries, gadgets, etc.. all of which just give you limited satisfaction for a short time at best until you hit a new switch and nothing happens or what it does has nothing to do with what it should and that brings you back to that "mock-up" feeling were everything looks nice but you just know its unreal. I want to forget I'm in FSX, I want the best simulation of an airplane that can possibly be done in a PC, I've wanted it since 1982 when Flight Simulator 1.0 was released and the thirst for more realism began. I've been waiting 30 years (or almost) for this product and after all this time I can tell you this much: If you think of this as a "computer game" then this is the wrong product for you.You should buy another product, something simpler, because most likely you probably don't have the patience and the passion for the detail to fully enjoy a product like this. You just dont need it, dont wait for it, just get some other product that really suits you. Something that is made to be "just a computer game".I dont want that. To me NGX has to be like finding a living and breathing T-Rex sleeping by your door.. were every switch will awake a small part of the beast and you'll feel it coming to life, its heart pumping, the air coming out of its nostrils warm and humid, its eyes slowly opening.. NGX has to be be more than anything else an experience to be enjoyed and the feeling of "being there" be manifest.What the heck.. You know what? Please RSR and crew, DONT RELEASE IT YET!! DONT RELEASE IT UNTIL 2012!!Don't work 18 hours a day, what are you guys doing? Are you crazy?Take it easy, take your time, rest, share some time with your families, go take them out for dinner to some nice place, go take a nap, do whatever it takes to make you happy. And when you are completly rested and 100% ready to get back to work do it and create the most perfect creation of a 737 in a computer ever made. Don't rush it! Rushed things don't come out as perfect as things done with time and patience. And I want nothing but the absolutely best that you guys can do. I want it to be just perfect. It can't be perfect if you rush it, dont rush, go on vacations now and come back in a month. I'm sure free time will provide perspective to your work and some great ideas will improve the product even further. Do whatever it takes. Put all your computers in a locker and throw the key away, cut your internet connection, take the battery off your cellphones, go find unabomber's lost treasure, I dont care!Get your humanity back, you are not machines! One of these days you'll find yourselves writing on the forums "all resistance is futile, you'll be assimilated!"I need you guys in full capacity of your senses, I want the best NGX simulation that can be made and this get-there-itis is not a good symptom.This is not a race, its a challenge.Take your time, it'll be for the best, believe me!Joss M Garcia

I think this has to be said, some people seems to have problems understanding how long does it takes to create a product like NGX.So for future reference, if you are in doubt whether is it taking too long use this rule of thumb: As long as you don't see any PMDG customer waiting for the next release like this:you can relax, everything is ok, no need to worry, it just takes a little longer than one might imagine. Ow.. BTW, may I recommend a book to all the PMDG crew? I think you'll see why I think is right for you.Da linkJoss M Garcia

Thing is this stiill adds nothing new: We already knew the airplane hit the water in a pretty much level attitude and at very high rate of descent from what is safe to deduce the airplane went into stall at some point.What we dont know yet is WHY the airplane stalled, why the automation was unable to avoid it, why the crew was unable to pull the airplane from the stall for the several minutes the fall lasted, etc...The only reason I can think anyone would make the assumption Airbus is not going to be blamed for the crash at this point is money, the money lawyers were expecting to get from them.Just as a curiosity.. This is the third crash of a modern airliner in the ocean I can remember where the pilot not being on his seat in the flight deck at the time the events unfolded is part of the chain of events leading to the crash: SA111, EA990 and AF447.What about the FDR? Any news?

Thank you but I rather have PMDG's way.. I hope you are not a firefighter.I wonder how would you have handled the same situation without a ban button.I'm sure with the same time opportunity you graciously offer Hiram you'll see other ways around this.But of course.. We all can have a bad day, can't we?Joss M Garcia

May I add some more controversy to this subject? :( VORTITRAILS TRIVIA------------------I challenge you guys to explain: a : Vortices are visible only for a short period of time while contrails last quite longer. b : Why contrails are not visible a low altitude.c : What is known as "distrail" d : Why vortices appear in turbofan engine inlets even at zero airspeed. e) Fuel being dumped from an airliner at high altitude will create: vortices, contrails, none, 3d pictures of my father riding a bicycle all over the sky, other?