Stephanovic

Great shots! Love the Albatros!

Clear. thnx Scott

And does it also improve ground friction..?

Jeroen, i've had exactly the same problem. After touching the brakes for the first time, and releasing again, i had to apply more throttle to move my NGX again. Something to do with a screwed up saitek driver i guess. I found a solution which solved the issue for me. http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=85210, post #8 especially, the regedit. Only thing I had to re-assign saitek controls in FSX again. Hope it helps.

My vote goes to the A2A P51 civ, best GA atm

A2A, for redefining realism and providing us birds with a soul...

Why dont you try one of A2A's old warbirds like the Mustang (with Accusim ofcourse), even if you're not too fond of those birds you're in for a more than pleasant experience! Especially in managing A/C systems, with fantastic simulation of wear and tear, and that powerful sound they produce, wow.

Stunning view !

The money indeed can be a major issue, especially when one has to pay for himself and there is no job guarantee. You talk about 65.000 for ATPL, does the academy offering that rate require you to pay that at once? I also did some research (in the Netherlands where i live) in what all costs there are in getting PPL/CPL etc, and found one flight school with good prices and allows you to pay in steps per "training activity", and depending on what you can spend and what your personal timeframe is. Maybe a structure like this will suit you more, i know it would for me. This is the website of the school: http://www.executiveflight.nl/english/efa-content/flight-training.html They are based in NL but offer their services across Europe i believe and they have nice online training options besides classroom training. And if you check out their prices you will also see that their ATPL comes ofr around 54000 - 56500 euro. You can also see the prices of all the different modules and hour building. So the nice thing is that you have some flexibility in how much to spend when, in line with your financial situation. Please note i have no ties with this company or interest in it, i just found their offering very appealing.

Martinair Malev DC10 MD11

747 V2. Dont have the V1, so eagerly awaiting this one.

Its not like your plane is in danger -_-

Maybe one day ORBX will do Japan ^_^ No, i dont know any good Japan scenery...

I have everything put in an excel file, FSX settings, tweaks and addons. For every addon i have noted the complete name, manufacturer and version number, this way its easy to find out if a new version of a particular addon has been released. I also print out the invoice, and if needed note down the serialnr on it, of every purchase i make and store those in a map.

Do you experience the same problem with other games as well or only with FSX? What are your processor and card temps the moment FPS drops?

I recently acquired the Iris F15E as well and i got it to Mach 1.9 @ 40.000 ft when flying straight and level.

A2A Accusim P51 PMDG 737 RealAir Lancair Legacy Flight 1 BN-2 Islander Lotus Sim L-39 Albatros RealAir Turbine Duke Diamond Katana 4X Virtavia F-106 Delta Dart Mitsubishi Pajero :P Future additions to the list: A2A Accusim B377, Starfighter and F4, PMDG 747v2 and B777

So, anybody already had the chance to compare Essential to AS2012?

If you would have checked the PMDG General Forum you would see they've posted it there :(

I'm experiencing the same issue you guys are having. Although the latest BETA update did improve thing a little bit for me. I now have a gradual temperature drop during climb till ~FL250-280 but above that problem returns: temperature stays the same when climbing, only to drop after passing a certain altitude by 1 degree a second for 6/7 seconds, step by step, like a stair all the way till cruise lvl.

Perhaps you need to adjust the zoom level of the ND in order to see aircraft that are close by?

When it comes to aircraft A2A is on the same level as PMDG, thats for sure.

They talk Dutch to each other, its very difficult to understand but with the high idle test he tells her N1 should be around 30% and then she says... *pause*.... "increase of 4 to 8%". Dunno if she meant N1 or N2

Same issue here. But what Kronic2000 suggests works for me too (THANKS!). From a CLDDRK panel state (after SP1 captain FMC is off too) click on the FMC, 2d window pops up, click on it again, 2d window disappears --> VC FMC panel is now on.

After SP1 it seems i dont have the problem anymore, did 1 test at addon VHHH and engines started the way they should.Zoolander mentioned it briefly 3 posts ago but to be more detailed; my workaround of this issue was to let the aircraft do its 20 sec initialization at a default FSX airport and then go back to any of my addon airports from where the engines then did start properly.