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I'm glad Chris is getting his feet back under him and looking to the future. He is a genuine person who stands behind his products and looks after his customers. I certainly don't judge him for his lack of communication over the last few months. I lost my wife and home together just over a year ago, and I can vividly remember it was like being run over by a truck. I didn't know what day of the week it was and frankly didn't care, so I think I know something of what Chris has been going through. Until you have walked a mile in someone else's shoes it's impossible to really understand. I wish Chris success and happiness as he gets his business back on track. Bryan.

Thanks for the update Ray. I too have pre-ordered the TQ based on my experience with the Fulcrum yoke and the excellent customer service that Chris has provided previously. I hope that Chris is doing ok, I still have another 3 months left before my 180 days Paypal refund window closes and am content to wait for those 3 months if that is what it takes. Bryan.

Just to set people's minds at ease. Chris is a good guy. I recently had a problem with my Fulcrum yoke which led to spiking on both axis. The yoke was well outside the return to base warranty yet Chris arranged for the troublesome circuit board to be replaced at no cost and paid for the shipping both ways. I don't think there are many businesses that would stand behind their product in that fashion. Bryan.

Using MCE 2.6.67. Problem with PMDG 747x, haven't tried any other aircraft. Problem is repeatable, namely co pilot failing to dial correct altitude when commanded. For example commanding altitude 22,000 feet using the words "altitude twenty two thousand" always results in co pilot setting altitude to 2200 despite command clearly being ecognized by red text. If I use the words " flight level two two zero or "altitude two two thousand" co pilot sets correct altitude. Thanks.

Will test when I get a chance. Bryan.

Some anomalies with PMDG 747x. Commanding altitude fl 360 co pilot correctly reads back command and then proceeds to dial random altitudes such as 41000 feet or 32100ft for example. This does not happen all the time but annoying all the same. Co pilot also has problems with selecting correct altitude when asked for a specific altitude using the words "altitude twenty one thousand two hundred" will dial 6000ft for example. When co pilot is asked to cancel dialling the incorrect altitude he then sets the altitude bug back to some random altitude as if he has forgotten the original setting. Thanks.

My feeling is PMDG feel the FSX add on market is shrinking as time goes on. That means less potential revenue for them. In addition customers are demanding ever more complex aircraft which of course leads to increased dev time. I would not be at all surprised to PMDG release their next aircraft as very close to $100 or more. Bryan.

I'm pretty sure the decision to release FTXG now was for two purely financial reasons. 1. For the benefit of ORBX, get some money flowing into the coffers now rather than wait for the LC to be available. 2. For the benefit of the customer, he/she gets the product into their hands now without having to wait, and also by staggering the release of FTXTG and the LC products purchasing costs are reduced in the short term, thereby enabling the customer to spread the cost.

I get about a 15 sec delay from clicking a link to getting full page display. Same time frame clicking back to original page.

Posting from Uk, Tracert Ping statistics for 205.252.249.58: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 90ms, Maximum = 92ms, Average = 90ms C:\Windows\system32>tracert 205.252.249.58 Tracing route to www.avsim.com [205.252.249.58] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms BThomehub.home 2 7 ms 7 ms 7 ms 217.32.146.71 3 7 ms 7 ms 7 ms 217.32.146.94 4 8 ms 8 ms 8 ms 213.120.177.34 5 8 ms 8 ms 8 ms 217.41.168.59 6 8 ms 8 ms 8 ms 217.41.168.107 7 8 ms 8 ms 8 ms acc1-10GigE-0-1-0-5.l-far.21cn-ipp.bt.net [109.1 59.249.82] 8 13 ms 8 ms 15 ms core2-te0-0-0-7.faraday.ukcore.bt.net [109.159.2 49.7] 9 9 ms 8 ms 8 ms peer2-xe-8-0-1.redbus.ukcore.bt.net [213.121.193 .95] 10 9 ms 9 ms 9 ms 194.74.65.6 11 99 ms 89 ms 103 ms www.avsim.com [205.252.249.58] As can be seen the only lag occurs on the last hop.

Don't have the aircraft myself, but here is a link to the Avsim review if you haven't read it. http://forum.avsim.net/page/index.html/_/reviews/aircraft/ultimate-airliners-dc-9-classic-r1006 Bryan.

To be honest the lack of being up front from the start has left me feeling a little distrustful of this developer. It maybe that Proatcx develops into the must have product that seems to be the goal set by the dev, time will tell. But honesty will have to be proven to me before I shell out any of my hard earned cash on this product. But I really do wish the developer the best of success with Proatcx, because I believe the flight sim community is really looking for a modern atc package which leaves the current offerings far behind. Bryan.