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Installation did indeed mess up my FSUIPC installation too, although it was easily fixed. Still, to be honest I expect a bit more from QualityWings. I then found that on loading FSX, the product wanted to install Umberto's Addon Manager and that was that for me - I don't use any products that use Addon Manager or Couatl because of first hand experience of serious problems, update requests that interrupt flights, etc. So, I'm out where this update is concerned but I hope it's a good update and enjoyable for others.

In all honesty it's a real shame that Ed (WarpD) has come into this thread with a defensive mindset. Take a look at Ron's response to Gregg's comments about the CX 2.0's visuals - no defensiveness at all. Some agreement and acknowledgement and dedication to make the '3.0' models state of the art in terms of visuals. There's no need to drag a positive, encouraging, upbeat thread down to bickering and semantics Ed, just because your ego got dented. I'm sorry but you did the same in some Mindstar based threads too. Look in my opinion, the CX 2.0 is one of the greatest jets ever released for FS (I said Jets, not just 'business jets'), the flight dyamics, systems and sounds are divine. Are the visuals the best around? No of course not. It's a circa (2008, 2009?) product. Unfortunately, whilst it's systems are still state of the art for FS, the visuals aren't. That's just fact. Everyone should still buy it, because it's absolutely superb across the board.... but the defensiveness and edginess just isn't needed IMHO. If you think Ray is your enemy here Ed, you're miles off!

You'll enjoy low and slow flying in any of the Orbx regions. :smile: Personally, I think the Central Rocky Mountains regions in their best. But at the moment I'm flying in their New Zealand areas, and they're great too. Another good option for challenging low and slow flying is Pacific Island Simulations' Papua New Guinnea scenery. About 40 airfields for about twenty quid.

I agree. Certainly, if you do VFR properly. That's how I did it in FS; started by learning IFR airliner ops, doing exactly as I was instructed and programming and monitoring complex systems ........ then transitioning to VFR flight, adhering to zones and charts, mainly hand flying, paying more attention to weather, etc. VFR in a small GA aircraft can certainly be as (or more) challenging than airliner IFR flying. :smile:

Just Flight's Archer III has far superior FDE (Rob Young) to the Carenado Archer II, hence I use the Just Flight .air file and some elements of the aircraft.cfg, in the Carenado aircraft and get the perfect mix! It's good enough for until A2A or RealAir's PA28s come along :cool:

All good points. But actually what I meant wasn't that the C172 was dull against a backdrop of complex airliners. I too am flying exclusively the same way as you are these days; GA, charts, ADFs, low and slow. But for me personally, there are far more fun aircraft to do it in, than a C172R. For example:- Iris Jabiru J160, Ants Airplanes P92 and Tecnam Sierra, KC Flight Store Evektor, Just Flight Sportstar, Flight 1 C162, etc, etc. All of those aircraft are actually more basic than the C172R, so it's not about complexity. Just that they are different. But of course, it's entirely subjective, personal choice. Hence no criticism of the A2A C172; it's beautiful; just (IMHO!) a rendition of a rather dull trainer.

No, I don't think it is. I fly VFR exclusively at the moment, and also I enjoy 'basic' airplanes (eg... I absolutely love Ant's Airplanes Tecnam P92 and the Iris Jabiru J160). So I don't think it's to do with VFR or 'VFR style aircraft', I think it's just that late 90s style C172s are so common place and well understood (and perhaps also that the FSX default one already has decent VC visuals, albeit not systems or FDE). It's a little like buying a racing game, and then driving a Ford Focus 1.6 in it. :smile:

Thanks Frank. Yes, I agree with regards to your observations here. :wink: It seems the developer here thought that the 'XP' logo was part of a Garmin model type (rather than Reality XP's logo). I think it's probably best ot leave it at that, given that these appear to be the facts. What happens next is up to Reality XP and FlySimWare. The main point that Frank has underpinned here which is most relevent to simmers and potential buyers, is that you could look at the screenshots of this add-on, see the 'XP' logo and understandably believe that the product is compatible with Reality XP's GNS530, when this in fact is not the case as we've seen.

Well, seeing as:- I took my first ever general aviation flight experience at Cleveland Flying School, I live in the 'next village along from Sherburn', and I love PA28s... ....I'm loving this! .... Is this for the Carenado PA28 Archer II, Ron? ....... I thought I was the only person in the world that still flies that plane in FSX. :smile:

This is so correct. I bought the A2A C172 the day it came out.... and I literally never fly it. Why? .... Not because there's anything wrong with it, just that it was a very poor purchase choice on my behalf. I bought it because it's a A2A product and I love everything else they've done. But as good as it is as a rendition - it is still a C172! .... and in my opinion, not an 'interesting' C172 like a vintage, or a brand new latest model with GFC700 ...... it's a middle of the road, very typical, late 90s style C172, just as you'd find in most flying schools. And that is what they were aiming for, so again they got it spot on. But it doesn't change the fact that it sends me to sleep! :lol: .... I will definately buy their Cherokee though, as I've always preferred the Piper alternatives to trainers. So in summary, brilliant quality product - but it is a C172 and it is a similar model to the default FSX C172, so just bear that in mind. The VC isn't a million miles way from the default FSX C172 VC in my opinion; why would it be, when it's almost the same aircraft.

100% sure, on these things :- (Please don't take the use of bold as aggresive; I'm merely bolding the salient points) :smile: The product doesn't come with any native RXP compatibility (eg. alternative models as Carenado use, or apps to replace the GPS with RXP as RealAir use).The included GPS, which is modelled on a GNS 530 is pure FSX default GPS500 functionality, but the exterior skin shows "XP" in the recognisable Reality XP font, in the right top corner of the device.The GPS is 3D within the model, eg it protrudes from the panel, making RXP 530 integration into the VC difficult, and RXP 430 integration all but impossible.As you'd expect expected, RXP devices work fine as pop-ups only. :smile:

Bizarrely enough, it is! Their GNS 530 has the 'XP' logo in the right hand corner, but I can categorically confirm the aircraft, as it comes, is not RXP compatible. You can of course add it as a pop-up but not in the VC because their own (default FSX GPS based) GNS 530 is 3D. Not that I want to start any unfounded rumours but perhaps it's a possibility that the little 'XP' logo in the corner of FlySimWare's GNS530 belies the fact that they copied the imagery of the RXP 530 - and forgot to photoshop over the 'XP' logo! I'm sure that's not the case - but other explanations as to why their 530 contains the 'XP' logo in the right hand side, when it is otherwise nothing to do with RXP, escape me!

Just another vote for a good key mapping provision for the XLS. If I remember rightly, when the Citation X 2.0 first came out it had no key mapping for the custom stuff (VNAV, FLCH, etc) but then Eaglesoft - being a true quality outfit that listens to customers (grovel grovel :wink:), added the ESDG_CitationX.ini file, with the ability to custom key map ALL the functions. - that was the point, the ES CX 2.0 became one of my all time favourite add-ons for any version of FS. I don't use hardware (aside flight controls), but I do like to assign key shortcuts for things like the AP functions to avoid fiddly mouse clicks, at busy times in the flight regime. :cool:

I would love to contribute meaningful reviews for AVSIM, and not just of the 'universally good' products either. However I literally could not bring myself to spend another 5 minutes in the Wilco TBM850. It's just too depressing a place to be. Highly emotive and subjective? ... You bet! .... but nonetheless true. :smile: My advice would be to buy the Carenado model - ok theirs doesn't have 'custom' system aspects like working FLCH either; but at least there more up front and honest about what their product is. If you are tempted to go for the Wilco product, my advice would be to take two of these:- .....and a box of matches, and to go into your garden, and burn them. It will be far more satisfying that passing money over to Won'tco Wilco. :smile:

Everything from Wilco is junk. The feelThere-developed stuff, that Wilco published in the mid-00s was ok (ERJ etc) but the Wilco internally developed stuff like the CRJ and TBM850 are just true junk. People who buy Wilco stuff should be sectioned under the Mental Health Act. (I've checked myself in to my local psychiatric facility for assessment). :wink:

Just shoot me........ In a moment of madness I bought the Wilco TBM850 today. So I deserve nothing less than the mercy of two long barrells! What an unbelievably horrible product this is. After the whole Wilco CRJ incident, how on Earth could I have had any hope in Wilco to deliver something even usable??.... What an idiot I am. The Wilco TBM850 makes some laughable claims on it's advertising page on Simmarket, including;- "Fully functional G1000 Controller" and my personal favourite; "Frame Rate Friendly" Apart from the fact that the plane stuttered itself through 12 FPS at a default airport in Florida (KVRB) where I'd be getting 34 FPS in the NGX (as a reference), the Wilco TBM has the exact same critical problem that their CRJ has; an unusable autopilot. Modes and values are not even annunciated on the G1000 PFD. Want to climb in VS mode? .... good luck to you because you will have no idea what VS you have set. :wink: Best of all; SPD mode just switches on the default FSX autothrottle (yep, that old autothrottle in a turbo-prop again :wink: ), but doesn't even humour the user by giving a knob to adjust speed - so the plane just aims for a speed of 'zero knots' - in other words it pitches up until it stalls. How about FLC mode - a key GFC700 mode used to climb at a set speed according to Pitch? ..... well, press the button all you like, the clickspot will reveal "FLC (off)" no matter how many times you click it. What a truly stunningly horrible product. Seriously, this is at the level now where Wilco should be BANNED from on-line vendors. Seriously I have spent $ thousands at Simmarket and it really boils my blood that they are selling this utter junk. Same with Just Flight, who are happy to sell this, along with still selling the CRJ despite it being truly incomplete and unusable (unless you like to hand fly your regional jets through the whole flight regime). Just shameful. Today's thought for the day; "Wilco - if you give them your money. You're an idiot that deserves nothing but people's contempt". :smile:

Just wondering if anyone has managed to use the Mindstar G1000 (with GFC700 AP option), within the VC of the Carenado SR-22 ? It's mainly for the GFC700 autopilot that I'm interested in this (weg to use things like FLCH, which the Carenado model alone doesn't support*). Cheers. *The Carenado SR-22's GFC700 autopilot uses the defauly FSX autothrottle to control speed, instead of pitch, as FLCH mode should.

Mmmm, I'd guess the commonalities in G1000 installations in different aircraft would be over 90%. The entire navigation suite is identical (which let's face it, is the raison d'etre of the G1000). The only differences relating to engine and systems reporting on the MFD. You are correct, there are differences between a G1000 in a C182 and a G1000 in a Citation Mustang but the impact of those differences, from an overall training and familiarization perspective, is minimal IMHO.

Why would you pay for an hours training rate in a real aircraft, to gain basic familiarization of the G1000 when you can buy a cheap FSX add-on to get you at least some way up the learning curve ?? No G1000 rendition that I'm aware of is 100% functional as the real unit, but there is still a heck of a lot of basic function, navigation around the screens, button locations, etc, that you CAN learn from a simulated G1000. Maybe you just wanted to tell people that you were a *real* pilot, but either way, I think you are seriously ignoring the procedural training benefits that flight sims offer.

Reality XP all the way. People talk about there being no support but ;- i). The product is very mature and bug free. ii). You will get support, from places like AVSIM and other helpful simmers. If you have ever used a real GNS 430 / 530 well, the Reality XP is almost identical. Things like direct legs in the middle of a flight plan just work beautifully. Others claim the same functionality but it's never quite right. I left P3D2 mainly because I could not use my RXP any more. With the usage I've had from RXP since I bought in 2007, it works out ridiculously cheap. I haven't looked too much at Mindstar - I'm just not won over on that organisations approach to communication and customer interaction. (eg.. the whole "we might sell it to simmers, we might not" debacle plus the way some Mindstar representatives have responded to feedback and suggestions. That's just my opinion and I freely admit it's based on the organisation and how they go communicate; not their products. But hey, "I buy people" :wink:

Here you go Mark :- [GeneralEngineData] engine_type = 0 Engine.0 = -8.30, -6.92, 0.0 Engine.1 = -8.30, 6.92, 0.0 fuel_flow_scalar= 1.0 min_throttle_limit = 0.0; [piston_engine] power_scalar = 1.1 cylinder_displacement= 86.6 compression_ratio= 8.0 number_of_cylinders= 6 max_rated_rpm= 2700 max_rated_hp= 285 fuel_metering_type= 0 cooling_type= 0 normalized_starter_torque= 0.3 turbocharged= 1 max_design_mp= 38 min_design_mp= 1.0 critical_altitude= 16000 emergency_boost_type= 0 emergency_boost_mp_offset= 0.0 emergency_boost_gain_offset= 0.0 fuel_air_auto_mixture= 0 auto_ignition= 0 max_rpm_mechanical_efficiency_scalar= 0.94 idle_rpm_mechanical_efficiency_scalar= 1.0 max_rpm_friction_scalar= 1.0 idle_rpm_friction_scalar= 1.0

This can be graphics card driver related. (especially if you get a black screen too). Try hitting ALT+ENTER when it happens; see if this brings FSX back up in Windowed mode, then try hitting ALT+ENTER again to restore Full Screen mode.

Another die hard fan of the Eaglesoft Citation II here :cool: ..... that plane has so much character. Not to mention amazing flight handling characteristics. It may be old now, and the visuals may be evidence of that but still, the only time I will ever retire the ES Citation II, is when this forthcoming v 3.0 comes out!

Yep, I typed them all up into a Word Doc, listing them my ICAO code, Name, and Developer. It sits on the Desktop and if I need inspiration I just open it and take a look. :smile:

That link isn't working Ron, because it's a link to 'edit' your post, so it will only work for you. :smile: But if I may :- Exciting stuff!