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Thank you! This solved my problem have a good day. Angelo Busato

Hi, I'm trying to configure my MD-11 with deflected ailerons for take-off. I have gone to the PMDG add-on for the optional extras and selected the deflected ailerons by clicking on the box next to it. I click ok and when I return to my MD-11 and set t/o flaps, the ailerons don't droop down. I then go back to the options menu only to see the check that usually shows the ailerons are selected, is no longer there. Is there a solution to this? -Angelo Busato

I do love the MD-11, and the reason why I love it is through how it looks and I am nit picky because of that. I mean is that not how all of us became aviation enthusiasts? We saw our planes before the cockpits? Seeing all that metal move, wings flexing, engines roaring, wheels retracting. Exterior models are what primarily distinguish our jets from others. Or think about this, do you like Ferraries or other striking cars because you like the color of the leather on the seats? No! It's the body's styling, the lines, the curves etc. Angelo Busato

I understand why they would lack the tech that is available on today's products, but what I now don't understand is why is the MD-11 priced as though it is a modern product? This is why I asked for updates so that some sense of value can be restored, it just seems the MD-11 is deliberately over priced. Angelo Busato

Well then they should lower the price for the 10 year old MD-11 then. The PMDG 747-400 is being sold at a lower price AND it's got fine details on its exterior. Things that the MD-11 lacks. And if I'm supposed to be a true Captian and stay only in the cockpit why I am I paying so much for a cockpit that doesn't even have a weather radar?

My name is Angelo Busato and I am a proud customer of PMDG, I believe PMDG is one of the greatest when it comes to add ons, their exquisite attention to detail and effort put into their products is largely unmatched in the flight sim world. So imagine my happiness when my father gave me his credit card on my birthday and told me I could download any pay-ware I wanted. I chose the MD-11, my favorite modern jet, as my gift that day. But then, when I fired up my FSX I became disappointed, because the MD-11 was below my and PMDG standards. I was saddened that I could never bear to land this beautiful bird at full flaps because when the spoilers popped up, it revealed that there are no hinges connecting the inboard panels to the wing, and if looked under the wings I noticed the slats' hinges are just painted on, so everything appeared to be "floating." Then I switched to the GE model and I noticed that engines 1&3 from behind looked as though barely any thrust can be expelled from the cone snapped exhaust because it seemed to cover the nearly all of the engine, just compare it with what an actual MD-11 GE engine looks in the first link below with a PMDG model in the one right after. https://www.planespotters.net/photo/329488/pt-msj-tam-linhas-areas-mcdonnell-douglas-md-11 ˆEven at this angle you can see that there is a circular "gap" between the rear engine cowl and cone exhaust so the non combusted air from the fan can pass through, and right around the cone bit, a gap for the actual thrust to emerge. http://forum.aerosoft.com/index.php?/topic/46237-md11-freighter/ ˆNotice how the PMDG Saudia MD-11F engine #3 looks much tighter than that of TAM's engine 3. You can barely notice that there are gaps for thrust to flow through. Only engine #2 of Saudia looks accurate because you can see how air can flow from the fan out from the outer gap and thrust from the inner gap. I don't mean to be harsh, i understand how challenging modeling a plane can be, but If PMDG would please update the flap, slat and engine texture this product would be well worth the $60.