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Hi, I can confirm the same. Started yesterday evening - massive stutters on approach to ENGM. Today stutters the whole flight - although it seems worst during take-off and approach. I also have massive delays in the flight planner when zooming in - so it looks like maybe a texture / server problem? I have an AMD GPU - so it cannot be a Nvidia driver thing.... GG

But you should make sure that the RAM is officially supported by the mainboard manufacturer & board type - especially when using RAM kits & EXPO / XMP profiles. : Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE MEMORY SUPPORT

Same here - yesterday in the vicinity of Punta Gorda/Florida (KPGD). Was really surprised at first until I realized its lightning & thunder. Cumulus was not present... Still - nice to see! Haven't seen that in a very long time. GG

Nice! Thanks for the tip! Picked up the Metroliner - that price cannot be beaten! Nico

Hi, here is the webcam from Stavanger (Sola) ENZV Airport: http://www.aftenbladet.no/webkamera/flyplassen/ Not that much action compared to EHAM, but is has flightradar24 pictured embedded on the web-page - so following the planes is neat. And you have the occasional rare stuff (right now an ambulance Beach B200 is "unloading" right in front the camera). We have quite often bigger Russian transports coming in to deliver offshore equipment and a couple of weeks ago we got a new Sikorsky S-92 helicopter delivered to Bristow transported by an AN-124. Have Fun! Nico

Basically - I do not think that we will see better CPUs in terms of clock speed in the future. In 2006, when FSX was released one already could buy 3.7GHz CPUs (e.g. Intel Pressler EE 965) - today Intels fastes CPU is still 3.7GHz (e.g. i7-4820K or the Xeon E5-1660 v2). Yes AMD has a 4.5GHz CPU but it has limited overclocking capability. I am talking about stock CPUs - no overclocking or something. Compared to 2006, the CPUs are more efficient and are working on more cores. So they are actually working on several tasks in parallel and the performance increase is not based on actual clock speed. Parallel tasks is not something FSX is actually benefiting from and therefore we still heavily depend on actual clock speeds and we basically got stuck for 7 years with the same clock speed now. As for the world outside FSX - the classic PC market is declining rapidly due to mobile devices and new generation consoles. Development of new and faster CPUs is a huge investment into a market which is actually going down. Gaming as a classic driver for innovation is more and more focused on GPUs and just lock how GPUs have developed over the years. Again - not something FSX is really focusing on. As for the "normal user" - nobody needs better CPU for using the internet or writing e-mails or working with Excel in the office. I think we reached the end there CPU wise. Its more interesting now to have more efficient CPUs e.g. energy wise to allow for longer battery load cycles with mobile devices than actual higher clock speeds for the majority of the market in my opinion. GG

Hi, Nemeth Design is offering everything for $9.95,- (except latest Eurocopter EC-130 B4). Sale lasts from 17.12. - 23.12.2013. http://www.nemethdesigns.com/ Have fun! GG

Hi, ORBX has a sale (download products) at The FlighSim Store: http://www.flightsimstore.com/index.php?manufacturers_id=92&sort=3a&page=1 44% on all FTX regions (not Global though) 33% on most of their airports and some other stuff. Sale ends Jan. 2nd. 2014. Have fun! GG

Hi everyone, Kerbal Space Program is on sale (40%off) on STEAM until the 18. Nov. It is not a flight sim in a conventional way and it is still in the early access state - however I really enjoy it and it is already fully playable in sandbox mode and got recently added an early stage career mode. Great community too! If you want to check it - there is a demo version available at the kerbal homepage. https://kerbalspaceprogram.com/demo.php Have a nice day! Nico

Hi, I had the same behavior using the PMDG 747. Turned out that A2A AccuFeel is interfering with the flight model in one way or another. If any of you with this problem have AccuFeel installed - tried deactivating it? Nico A.

They probably having a drinking game with that... And a lot of fun at work lately... :Party: Nico

Nice pics! Also pretty cool with the red stickers, which show an english description/translation. Would be a nice feature to switch between to panels, one original and one with these stickers... Thanks for these! Nico

Well, I also had problems with taxiing and the tail wheel. No matter what i tried, the thing just seemed to be locked. The manual does not say anything specific about differential breaking and all my other tail wheel planes work fine. I tried to find a solution, tried to check for an update (via the installed update programm from Sibwings) and it told me that it could not find my FSX installation. Curious - I used the Flight1 registry repair for FSX and now my tail wheel works nice without a update being available. Both, by using the rudder or via a joystick (depending on the autorudder function under the realism settings) Every time i choose the AN-2 in FSX, i can see for a split second that it starts some software in the background. Maybe the correct registry entry for FSX is required for certain functions. Just an idea from my side. Nico

Got it today and it's just a fantastic add-on. It feels nice, sounds beautiful, handles great, the VC locks authentic and worn. Its a bargain for 20 bucks! Great that there are still developers out there trying something new and somewhat unorthodox. No enough quality Russian birds out there! Appreciate it! Raised in former East Germany, i still remember seeing them in the air once in a while - but mostly i remember the books from my grandfathers library about Russia/Siberia and the countless pictures of this plane in daily use there. Liked it so much -had it as a model plane when i was kid. All i need now is some nice scenery with dirt strips in the unaccessible regions of Russia... Get out and get it! Nico

I love the PMDG products and their dedication to detail and i just want them to go on with their own vision of products instead of requesting or suggesting anything all the time. I think we all went down a really nice road with them so far. There are already some decent products out there, resembling regional jets such as the E-Jet series or the EMJ-145 series. I can only recommend both of them and while note being perfect, they definitely are in the "good" to "very good" region of available, commercial products. (this statement is based on enjoyment flying them) As much as i prefer realistic and fully featured products - i just have to admit, as an electrical engineer, i could never tell the difference since I've never flown anything in real life ... I'd rather have some more diversity from different developers in good quality than having the same planes being developed again and again. As Ryan and Barry pointed out - a decent CRJ-series would be really nice. I personally would also like to see an ATR series, a SAAB 340/2000, a complete Fokker 70/100 or a flyable, complete Airbus series. Not to mention any Russian planes or decent vintage planes such as a DC-8... I am kind of disappointed in FSX being around for so many years now and there are so many every day planes out there not being represented in a native FSX version at all (in good commercial quality). Looking around - i feel that there are more good weather/scenery/texture developers out there than good plane developers (there are some really good GA developers, however I am talking about commercial airliners). Commercially strange, since while less development effort is needed to be invested into airport development, i don't see the same costumer base per airport (or at least i believe). I just want more developers like PMDG working on different commercial airliners. And before anybody is offended by this - this is my personal opinion - Everybody can fell and express....whatever... ^_^ Nico