johntaylormolly

Very sad news. I read this when it was first announced and only now can I say that I wish you the best and I pray for you.

Please let me know if you figure this out. I own and enjoy this add on. Thanks, John

Forget the Fox, CNN , MSNBC stuff. If this documentary is based on actual NTSB personnel who participated in the investigation then YES I would be curious to hear their opinions and side of story.

It's essentially a FSX default aircraft except that's it a Tristar. I own it and it's fine for pleasure flying. John Taylor

I can't believe CS is now promoting another product when their 777 is not complete (per Avsim comments). I own their 727,737 757 and 767 and overall have been pleased. However, the number of 777 comments were huge and I question their thinking on "finishing" one product before starting another?

It was well known. Actually called Fleet Defender.

Aerosoft Airbus X Aerosim 787 - why the hype? CS 757,767 etc - I've never had issues with the FSX aircraft. Ariane 737 - the activation stories are ALL true. Took me between 48-72 hours. BUT what a fantastic flight model. The fluidity, aircraft momentum, etc is unmatched.

I really miss his excellent reviews. I've always used his reviews as a basis for adding new aircraft or tools for FSX.

I purchased this software also. No issues on installation, etc and it operated fine. I'm using FSX Gold. However, I did remove it because I like some of my iFly, CS and Wilco aircraft better.

greg - is that a recommendation with patch 3? thanks...

Does anyone have experience with the 3rd patch for Wilco's CRJ? I'm slapping myself silly for even considering it but maybe it's turned into a good product?

Sorry I can't help because I have some general issues with feelThere and some of their buggy products. John Taylor

I don't know ever experience this. As stated earlier have the "heading cursor" adjusted to your desired direction in the HSI and the "heading button" and "autopilot button" selected on your autopilot.

Telluride Airport (KTEX) , 9070 ASL is located in Colorado. My virtual 4 bedroom condominium is located about 30 minutes from the airport. Most of my neighbors are pilots and keep their aircraft hangered at the airport. I don't know if it was the third or fourth crash that started me down this path. My friends and I were leaving Telluride and flying into southern California for the weekend. Time to get out of the snowy winter and enjoy some beach time. We were all on board my 737-600 BBJ. I was pilot in charge and my friends were enjoying the luxury of the BBJ's accommodations. In fact they got quite loud even with the cabin door closed! The main problem was I just couldn't gain height fast enough. I tried different fuel weights. Invited fewer friends. Max engines. Nothing worked. I smacked the mountains each time. I was loosing dear friends (including me) ,and it was costing a fortune to replace the planes. This was starting to get to me emotionally. I needed an aircraft that was smaller, lighter and faster than the 600. Little did I know the effort this would take. I've always liked payware aircraft for FSX. I decided to going shopping. The following is a summary of my experience that started out innocently enough but boy did it go sideways! feelThere Citation X (FSX) - I've always had a fondness for this developer. Maybe it started with 737 PIC. This is a FS9 product ported to FSX. It has a decent exterior, nice VC and 2D panel and o.k. tutorial flight manual. Here's the deal: I could never get it to follow a LNAV course. I read the manual 10 times, goggled for answers, tried every thing. It just wanted to stay in HDG mode. I uninstalled it. I don't have patience for this stuff. Eagle Soft Citation X V1 (FSX) - This is a FS9 product ported to FSX and it's not their new V2 version. It has a beautiful exterior and VC. Decent 2D and limited FMC. It's only drawback is the 2D panel and VC resolution is not as sharp as newer products. I enjoy it but I wanted something more. Extreme Prototype 20 Series Business Jet - This Lear jet product has received good reviews, has a great manual (I downloaded it) and a wonderful website. I purchased it and then tried to download it. 4 days , 8 download attempts and 1 correspondence (prompt reply) later I cancelled my order. The download would simply stop half way, it would never ever finish. Even with a alternate link provided in correspondence it wouldn't download properly (I turned off virus protection too). I'll be revisiting this developer again but will ask for the hardcopy (CDROM) version instead. feelThere Embraer Phenom 100 - on the developers website this looked great. Purchase and download went well. This aircraft has a beautiful exterior and sharp 2D and VC. Also, a well written manual. Unfortunately, no matter what I did it wouldn't track a gps course. Actually it did. It lasted 2 seconds before it went to heading mode. Again , went back thru the manual, read the support forums. Using gps nav is a combination of the CDI button on the MFD and using the Autopilot. I tried everything the manual said and much more. I could never get it to follow a gps nav course. Did I mention my patience issue? I instructed my aircraft mechanics to drain the jet fuel and tow the Phenom to our parts field. There I handed out plastic explosive to my staff and asked them to eliminate it with extreme prejudice. They said there were several explosions, I guess I didn't notice them since I was working on maintenance logs. Did I mention I was fond of feelThere. Not any more. Lionheart Epic Victory VLJ - the last chapter of the story. This little gem was reviewed several years ago at Avsim. Checkout their website. Everything works AS advertised. It goes like hell. Is that realistic? Probably not but the look on my virtual friends faces is worth a million bucks! Gorgeous visuals, sophisticated autopilot and on and on. Right now my favorite GA VLJ. My FSX hanger includes PMDG 747X, iFly 737, CS 727,757,767 , Simcheck A300 and Wilco/feelThere 737PIC and Airbus Series (original editions). All of these downloaded and worked as advertised. At least damn close. Is that asking too much? John Taylor

Ray - that's a real good suggestion. I've looked into this product a little in the past but taken no action. I'll look into it again. Thank you.