Ishigami

Q = Quiet It simply means that ANVS is present and that the noise levels inside the cabin are lower. The Q was introduced to market this. Every Dash 8 since sometime around 1996 is a Q. The ANVS is series of microphones and actuators (ATVA: Active Tuned Vibration Attenuator) placed on several location of the fuselage. It also includes an accelerometer mounted underfloor, vibration transducer mounted on the reduction gearbox of each engine and a box to control it all the ANCU: Active Noise Control Unit which is also mounted under floor. The microphones pick up the noise inside the aircraft while the ANCU outputs certain vibration levels via the ATVAs depending on propeller RPM, cabin noise and their own location. The vibrations of the actuators and propeller are out of phase cancelling each other out thus leading to a quieter cabin. Nice “side” effect is that the structure is also stressed less since it oscillates less. I think there is really cool animation inside the CBT but I'm unable to find it on the web atm. The reason this system often operates in degraded mode or is even goes inop is that the system only works perfect if every part is operating and that means mostly every microphone, actuator and amplifier. (I've never seen a failed accelerometer or vibration transducer thus far) Once a certain amount of microphones, actuators or amplifiers fails the systems goes into degraded mode and when there are enough failures it goes inop. The reason your maintenance will not act immediately is that it is quite a lot of work. After all the actuators are mounted directly onto the fuselage via a small bracket. If you have to change one you have to disassembly the cabin in this area. The same goes for the microphones. They are placed all over the cabin and the most annoying ones are the ones behind side wall panels. Since there are so many ATVAs and mics chances are high that a few are U/S. There is only a inop indication for the crew. I imagine they never know when the system operates in degraded mode. For that to check you would need to access the maintenance panel above the wardrobe.

As far I know the DC-6 has piston engines and therefore it is certainly a prop but no turboprop. Seeing no news on the Dash8 Classic whatsoever for a long time I presume it is dead.Well lets hope Majestic gets their Q400 done.

No, I said they do the same. I honestly don't care. You have Shockwave 3D Lights? The don't illuminate the ground? Fine then say so and save your breath talking tec I don't care about.

Well it's true they are custom lights...Since A2A and VRS are basically friends it is probably both.Anyway my point was that with A2A Shockwave 3D Lights Redux you can have these lightning effects with some limitations on basically every airplane.My statement was based on my experience with the VRS F/A-18E Super Hornet which afaik does uses this lightning system.If someone has this addon and says it's not the case then so be it.

So they lie in their own product?Because my ACM says this: And this is the FSX version.And why woulnd't the developer who licensed a product be able to explain how it works? - I mean he needs to be able to use it of course he knows how it works.Other than that A2A and VRS are pretty close...

I never claimed that they are the same and I don't know what you are talking about but the lights on my VRS F/A-18E do illuminate the ground and they use a license version of A2A Simulations 3D Lights. Something to back me up:

Everyone with this: http://www.a2asimulations.com/store/shockwavelights/

I just upgraded my Catalyst driver to 10.10 and it appears to me that I'm no longer able to force AA in FSX via the CCC.It works in my other games just fine but not in FSX.Anyone with the same experience?[Resolved] I'm sorry. I was so ###### at this that I did not check it out properly. Only the aircraft preview screen is not getting any AA anymore. The game itself seems to be fine.

Well some people don't like the idea to publisher their name on an open message board for no real reason other then piracy paranoia.If I do not ask for specific or official support related to a product then it should not matter who I am. Even if I do the only ones that need to know who I am is the support staff and not other costumers.That is the normal thing to do. At least I have never introduced myself to the staff of a store and their costumers (!) just to ask a general question like when their new product will be on the shelf and what it will be able to do.However I will tell the staff who I am when I return their product for a warranty repair.Look at VRS. When you buy the F/A-18E SuperBug you get an ID which you need to enter into the sign up form of the forum. Only then you are able to access the real support forum and no one other than the company will be able to tell who you really are.Of course support issues are only handled there and other members will only see your nick name. I have a PMDG plane but I don't need any support for it hence you won't get my name, it's as simple as that.If Ryan as developer of PMDG wants to know my name I'll prove that I'm a legit costumer, but only to him as member of PMDG.It's simply none of other costumers business who I am.If PMDG wants to ban people like me or delet these posts for not obeying a rather pointless rule... well go ahead, it is their board and their rules after all. But it won't make a very good impression on real costumers to get deleted for asking for a screenshot will it? - At least not if they are not on the hatting on piracy bandwagon.You, like PMDG does currently, could also simply not respond to these posts leaving “non subscribers” still the chance to talk to others. I personally suggest a VRS like system. It only grants offical support to real costumers and still maintains the anonymity of the user.I don't think that I'm unreasonable, just to have some light on the other side.Btw. nice plane.

Anyone?

Hi,I thought someone from PMDG wanted to created a PDF file about the all tweaks for FSX.Is that thing already out or what happened to the plan?Bye.

This one?http://www.aerovirtual.org/portal/index.ph...cabecas-da-pmdg