onduty

Hi All, I just confirm: roland's radar is excellent and fits into the J41 panel perfectly! Cheers, Tamas

Kormoran, Agree 100%! They always stop just a step before beeing great. Hard to find out why? Tamas

Remarkable modelling of the Garrett turboprop engine, close to RW. There are only a few turboprps in FS world with accurate engine modelling. Worth to buy and learn... Cheers, Tamas

Hi Craig, This is the basic checklist developped by Boeing. Quite of few operators use it without customization, for eg. German Cargo. Cheers, Tamas

...and on a very low voice: a BBJ? FS community has been badly in need of a high quality (= PMDG) bizjet for a long-long time now. Cheers, Tamas

Hi Guys, Some comments on some previous posts: 1. CW46: Yes, the cruise figures are far from RW LR35 figures (not to speak about climb/descent flight dynamics). Guys, NO it is NOT an inherent FSX problem please! Many quality addons (almost in the same price category) can produce FDE figures 2-3% close to the real thing. This product is so far from a real 35 that it is not a 35! An expensive toy only (sorry for my harsh remarks, but my high expectations just evaporated). 2. After a couple of flights and desperate struggle with the AFCS vertical modes I quit, it is simply not working. 3. BeaverDriver: In the Lear the turbine gauges ar on top and the FAN indicators ( these are the primary power reference instruments) are on the bottom (Learjet fashion) check it on cockpit photos. Takes a bit of time to adapt to it when transfering from another type. 4. The FSX community is still awaiting for a high quality bizjet in the market! Cheers, Tamas

Thanks Louis, I' ve got it, plus a RW POH/AFM from the net. So, I'm prepared to study! Mjrh, agreed, it is surprisingly good. Cheers, Tamas

Ok Guys, I really enjoyed this discussion, your points are taken, but I still strongly believe that my basic description of the engine management of a simple turboprop is correct. Yes, I have "flown" all the models of various FS dev.teams mentioned here except the PMDG J41. The reason is that I could not find rw manuals especially performance manuals on the J41. Pitty! I like to fly "by the book" even is FS world. Coming back to the MU-2: I am convinced now that it is the best MU-2 for FSX, I will buy it to have a closer look. It is a really unique, high performance, demanding aircraft . Thank you all, Tamas

Hi Dear Guys, Many thanks for your replies. In my original post I simplified a bit to be short enough. I don't have to check videos, my experience/opinion is based on rw encounters with turboprop aircraft. A basic turboprop engine with "simple" hydro-mechanic engine controls (not with that fancy FADEC) behaves like this (no matter if it is a Pratt or Garett): 1. During a steady state climb with a fixed throttle setting the T/Q drops gradually while the EGT (ITT) remaining basically steady. 2. Since you have not reached max. EGT at the early stage of climb, you can recover the T/Q drop by gradually advancing the power levers. By adding more fuel to the engine, EGT will increase of course! 3. At a certain altitude you will reach redline or max. EGT (the engine "temps out"). After this point you cannot advance the power levers further and the T/Q will drop eventually (the engine will lose power). 4. Yes, you can check inflight videos and will see the typical cruise scenario: the T/Q is around 50-70% and the EGT is near the redline limit. That's all in a nutshell and I expected roughly this behaviour based on the Flysimware promo text. I'm sure that Flysimware's beta pilot with all that MU-2 experience will confirm my short description. Anyway, in FS world I only know two addons that come out with proper turboprop handling: the good old Aerosoft/digital Aviation Piper Cheyenne and the F1 King Air. Cheers, Tamas

Hi Guys, No, it is not even a turboprop behaviour. Flysimware advertise this product as "custom coding for the Garrett TPE331 turboprop engines and sounds for the most realistic Garrett simulation ever produced." When I purchased the C441 I was looking forward to it with great expectations, especially the engine behaviour. To my dissapointment I found that it is just a basic, unrealistic FSX turbine engine. I.e: During climb, the EGT decreases with altitude and T/Q remains constant. This is just the opposite to real world! In FS history a couple of addons were able to circumnavigate that basic FS coding. But not Flysimware. I' ve checked a couple of Flysimware MU-2 vidoeos on you tube and to my dismay the engine parameters still behaved the wrong way. Now, I do not understand why it is the "most realistic Garrett"? It would be interestnig to have that "experienced RW MU-2 beta pilot's" opinion on that. Cheers, Tamas

Hi Guys, Anyone having a Training Manual (preferably PDF) on the PC-12? I like to go into details of every aircraft in sim and of course in RW flying. It would be an awesome reading. Looking forward to your reply, Tamas

Hi All, Yes, it is certainly their business philosophy. It would take months and sometimes years to develop a new product for the others. Its ok with me anyway, if they refine their products later on with updates, SP's and they provide a responsive and open-minded customer support. I must repeat: the PC-12 has a lot of potential in it ... if and only IF it is not abandoned by the developers. Cheers and Merry Christmast to you all, Tamas

Thank you very much Bert for your kindness, incredibly quick response! My PM is on the way. Tamas

Hi All Dear PC-12 Experts, Yes, a newbie to the PC-12 but definitely not new to real world and FS aviation (forty years of experience…hard to believe). Yesterday, I purchased the PC-12 and I really admired the handling qualities and graphics of this product. At the same time I immediately recognised the annoying bugs with the autopilot, altitude alerter and on top of all, the completely incorrect turboprop behaviour of the engines. I accept that it is not a real level 4 sim, but still do not understand the developers attitude, since a little more effort and it could be an outstanding product. I did the usual thing and went through this forum and recognised that some real FS/aviation/computer experts achieved great results with upgrades, refinements. I’m a bit lost of what is ready and what is in the works, so I need some help. I would like to have and install the customer made “patches” available with regard of the autopilot, FD and other systems. Could anybody send me the files available? It would be much appreciated. (It’s funny that customers are working on product development.) I noticed two more small things I believe that were not referred to in this forum: The EPS amber ON BATT light should be only ON when it is supplying power (i.e: the batt switches are off) The STBY Bus blue light should be on with the BATT switches off. Looking forward to you reply, Tamas

Dear Talented Painters, Anybody willing to paint the 777 in the scheme of VQ-BSK ? Some pictures are available on "jetphotos.net" and "airliners.net" (sorry no links allowed in this forum). Simple, clean and beautiful. Sure it is a different airframe with different size and shape but use your talent and imagination freely. You can delete the coat of arms on the tail. Please, do not forget this aircraft is maintained to the highest standards, so no exhaust stains, dirt or ramp marks. The fictional reg could be VP-CQA I think it would be appreciated by the PMDG 777 biz-jet oriented community (including me!) very much. Looking forward to it, Cheers, tamas