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H Hi, I fly online with a group called the Bristol Flight Sim Group(BFSG) There are 3 sub groups, the General Aviation (GA) The Dash 8 (Majestic) group and the Commercial Jet group who fly the big jets. You can expect a warm welcome from all these groups if you are interested in flying online. Dave

Hi,My machine spec is as follows... i7 950 @3.07 ghz, 12gb ram, win7 64bit , EVGA gtx 970 graphics card. P3D v 2.5 + latest hotfixes . I run the Majestic Q400 (Latest updates installed) I think this is an aircraft of broadly similar complexity,where I get a typical framerate of 35-40 . It is noticeable that as soon as I select any of the XP850 variants in the 'vehicle' select page my simulator immediately goes to this .3 fps which of course make flying the aircraft impossible. I hope this information might shed some light on this problem.

Hi,I agree with Robsys,Gary 360 and many others who have bought this ,for many, seriously flawed aircraft. I too will almost certainly not give a second glance to anything offered in the future by Carenado. I have sent many requests to their support department(I'm really surprised they bother having one) and received no useful replies. The only way now for me to consider another Carenado product is if they communicate to me (they have my email address) the means to get the XP850 flying properly with a suitable apology. I do not expect either any time soon. The subject of this aircraft comes up frequently with the online flight sim group that I fly with, needless to say Carenado won't be getting much in the way of new customers there.

Hi,I'd be very interested to know how big a membership this club of ours has. When you consider that each one of us has probably spent $50 or so buying this aircraft it represents a very considerable amount of money. It is very disappointing that one of the posters earlier in this topic referred to us as Carenado knockers(or words to that effect) because we have highlighted the faults of the XP850 and its support by Carenado. It sounded to me like 'Well mine's all right,it must be your fault'

One thing is clear to me. There some lucky people,who, for some reason have had little or no problems at all with the XP850, I unfortunately am one of the unfortunates who ,after over 2 months,have yet to get this (very attractive static model) off the ground. I'm beginning to wonder if I ever will due to the total lack of interest shown by Carenado. I bought this aircraft because I have bought Carenado in the past without very much in the way of problems and it gives me no satisfaction to write these comments. I am led to wonder if the support department of Carenado are too busy with their newest offering ,the PA31 Navajo to sort out the XP850's problems. I am very glad for those of you that are happy with this aircraft,I wish I were one of you. In the absence of any help from Carenado ( I'm not really expecting any now, I am now awaiting the release (for P3Dv 2) the Eaglesoft Citation X . I know one thing,I will hesitate in wasting good money on another Carenado product in the future

Thanks for that info, I still don't understand why the REVERSE PITCH/THRUST command appears to be missing from P3D when its available on FSX as command F2 .In P3D that command corresponds a 'decrease throttle quickly' which doesn't mean the same thing (perhaps it does in Lockheed Martin language)

Hi ,I am wanting to Map my throttle quadrant (Saitek) for use with jets and turboprops .There does not seem to be an equivalent control to the control that is in FSX (F2 press and hold ) in P3D V2.5. Surely this control has not been deleted in P3D . Is there a control in P3D for this purpose?

Hi ,It is very frustrating to watch all these videos about this aircraft when ,after 6 weeks, I cannot get past this slow framerate problem,which, for me (and I believe some others) renders it as only a static ground model. There has been no help from Carenado of any substance. Perhaps they are more concerned with their new Piper Navajo (or am I being cynical?

Hi Rchard, I have my XP 850 on P3D v2..5 (no FSX now) I have also got the Majestic Q400 that flies perfectly on the same machine (no fps issues at all) I have carried out the permission s fix on the support page without any luck . I have had this aircraft on my system now for nearly 6 weeks without leaving the ground. Its a great pity because I wanted to get a bit of 'jet time ' in as well as the 'Dash 8'. I would like to persevere with this aircraft but am starting to look at the alternatives like the Eaglesoft Citation X which also has the Navigraph updatable FMC when it is released for P3D. In the meantime I shall continue to admire your repaints for the XP 850 and hope that I will get to use one one day.

Hi, I must say I agree with Djang0 as far as Facebook is concerned. I have only registered on it for the sole purpose of obtaining information on Q400 'PRO', nothing else. I am a member of the Q400 forum but as it seems to play second fiddle to Facebook its not a lot of use as far as information is concerned.

Hi, Would it not be a good idea for painters to do 2 versions of a paint job. A pristine clean new paint job straight of the factory and a 'used ' one thats looking a bit 'second hand@ Great work Richard........ Its a pity though that my xp850 wont fly (due to rubbish framerate .3 fps) Its amazing that some lucky blighters can fly around and some,like me. have had the aircraft for over a month sitting on the tarmac.

Hi All, I have this aircraft and after a month it hasn't left the ground yet due to a chronic(it seems ) low framerate of about .3 (yes .3) my version is 1.2. Is this what some people are calling SP1 or is it SP2? If it is SP2 then I think we need an SP3 AND VERY SOON.

Hi Richard, When I installed this aircraft (v 1.2)the first time about 3 weeks ago I did so with the intention of 'running it as administrator' as I always try to do with flight sim related products. On this aircraft I have not been able to achieve this, how did you do it please, Can you assist?

Hi,I have v 1.2 installed on my PC for about 3 weeks without it running properl y once. When I select this aircraft in my P3D v2.5 machine it immediately goes from an average 35-45 fps (Majestic Q400 a similar complexity aircraft) to .3 fps. The frustrating thing is some people can get this aircraft to fly properly and some like me it never has worked.I do hope Carenado are giving this issue some serious time.

Hi to all who are experiencing this same fault, I too am getting it and its very disappointing especially when you can see Youtube video's showing this aircraft running as it should. I am sure my PC is not the root cause as its an i7 ,12GB RAM and an Nvidia 970, RUNNING p3d v2.5. In addition my system runs Majestic's Q400 without any problems (surely a comparable complexity aircraft) I really hope Carenado can get to the bottom of this problem a release something very soon.

Hi, Further my previous post. It has always been my practice to install any addon related to flight sim software as 'run as administrator' .However with this Carenado no such opportunity in the installation phase seems to exist. Can anyone tell me how they achieved it,Thanks, David Hack.

Hi,I have bought this aircraft for several reasons,one being its the sort of jet aircraft with updateable FMC that has appealed to me. Also I have seen a few Youtube videos that seemed to this particular aircraft a fairly clean bill of health. My i7 based system running P3D v2.5 run aircraft of comparable complexity (MajesticQ400) without any frame rate problems at all. This aircraft can barely make 2 fps ,often less. .I have been in communication with Carenado since I installed it ,up to now without any help except to carry out their advice on 'permissions' Still 2 fps. Can any one here offer any advice on how to get this aircraft flying in the way it should. Any help will be gratefully received.

Hi,I have bought this aircraft for several reasons,one being its the sort of jet aircraft with updateable FMC that has appealed to me. Also I have seen a few Youtube videos that seemed to this particular aircraft a fairly clean bill of health. My i7 based system running P3D v2.5 run aircraft of comparable complexity (MajesticQ400) without any frame rate problems at all. This aircraft can barely make 2 fps ,often less. .I have been in communication with Carenado since I installed it ,up to now without any help except to carry out their advice on 'permissions' Still 2 fps. Can any one here offer any advice on how to get this aircraft flying in the way it should. Any help will be gratefully received.

Many thanks guys,I look forward to chatting sometime.

Hi All, This my first post on this PMDG related site. I am very interested in buying the 737NGX simulation as I was an aircraft engineer who worked on this type before I retired. It looks superb. I would normally prefer to buy this programme on a DVD as my internet connection is painfully slow (I live in my retirement in a rural area of western France) Unfortunately fast broadband is reserved for city dwellers it seems. First question is, what is the size of the 737 NGX, and secondly is it possible for the download to be saved in case of future problems. Can anyone help please?

Hi All, I have just bought the MAAM- SIM dc3 and have been trying to install on my new PC. The progamme appears to go through the installation procedure perfectly. However ,when I look in 'select aircraft page' Nothing ,not a sign of it anyware. Does anyone know of any particular considerations with WIN7 PRO 64BIT? Thanks if any one can advise.