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  4. Posted · Edited by TopGun33

    8 hours ago, bofhlusr said:

    This was not my experience in KTVL (Lake Tahoe). A big mismatch? This made me regret buying True Earth since I already had ORBX NorthCal, NA Landclass, Global and practically everything else in the Western US.

    I agree with you, IMHO Orbx massively failed the transition in this area. I fly a lot in and out of KTVL and I noticed the transition to the northern part of Lake Tahoe is awful. And if there's one place on this planet I love to stare at from above is there ... + most procedures have you fly above the lake.

    I wish Orbx had either left Lake Tahoe out completely or extended coverage up to Reno.

    Edit actually, I just noticed on the TrueEarth product page that northern Tahoe is covered via TrueEarth Oregon. Oh well ... better late than never. Still I stand my point, should need only one product.

  5. Posted

    Hi,

    I own all the CaptainSim aircraft you mention : 737, 757 and 767.

    To me, the main reason I bought them (on discount) is that there are simply no decent alternative to these for P3D.

    The systems are not "failure study level" but they will get a decent job flying you around on VATSIM.

    The 757 and 767 are framerate hogs, that's what I hate most about them.

    The models are good. The FMC is decent too, works well enough for my needs.

    Now the 737 Classics. I personnaly find it a good value for money. They are less worse on the framerate than the heavier Boeings from CaptainSim. I've flown them for about a hundred hours. System wise just like the others, not failure study level.

    In neither of those planes you'll find stuff such as ACARS functionnality.

    Performance more or less matches my PFPX profiles so that's good enough for me (IIRC I had to adjust the MTOW, ZFW and OEW).

    All of them have plenty of liveries for them, that matters a lot for me.

    It's just about the pricing, they are so expensive and yet so perfectible. Get them on sale, anything else is a ripoff.

     

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  6. Posted

    On 2/17/2023 at 1:09 PM, 787flyer said:

    Hi TopGun33,

     

    A quick question.. you mention the AOM. What guides/manual actually come with the MaddogX download?

    I went to their site and its actually down right now for some updates and Simmarket does not explicitly list what comes in the package.

    Could you or anyone else who is a Maddog Driver explain what reference material is included in the actual download?

    thx.

    It comes with à full set of manuals also with a QRH and a tutorial. All systems are explained. I am not in front of my simming computer for another months so i can not be specific on this I am sorry.

    Also forgot to mention this but the Maddog has an EFB which works quite well.

    On 2/17/2023 at 5:39 PM, Urmel81 said:

    I'm considering since years to purchase it. But there are not so many flights in real life for it.

    Does anyone know if there is an European Air Charter Repaint for the Maddog available. Not sure how long this airline will fly the Maddog, but for the moment it is the only chance for European flights.

     

    Regards Urmel

    The official repaints are found here : https://www.flythemaddog.com/forum/index.php?/forum/100-native-pbr-repaints-for-the-liveries-manager-tool/&_fromLogin=1

    Miguel from Hangar226 has done a good chunk of them too.

    https://elmikey.wixsite.com/hangar226

    MSFS repaints can be converted to P3D use but that's probably against the EULA so I won't add any details.

    Also again I'm sorry for the savage advertising, but my virtual airline has a huge "Classic" section with many Maddog flights that are digitalization of real world paper schedules. There are more coming and after this we will have a rather complete set of airlines (hint : major US operators on their way)

    So if you need ideas for flights there it is. 

    https://ftg-va.org/

  7. Posted

    Hi ! I'm a heavy user of the Leonardo Maddog.

    System-wise, it is one of the most advanced if not the most advanced add-on available for P3D. I love the 3D models, it runs very fine. I find the VC very detailed, for example the FMC CRT displays will have a slight curve, just like real CRTs.

    It is also fully integrated with GSX and has an optionnal ACARS system that uses hoppieNL and is compatible with VATSIM and Activesky.

    In addition to the system depth that you could also find with the PMDG and FSLabs, the Leonardo Maddog adds a (light) maintenance and persistance module.

    That means the more you fly your aircraft, the more you will experience aging of the airframe and systems, with chances of failures as you go. You can choose a brand new airframe or set your airframe and engines to 70.000 hours and cycles if you'd like, the aircraft will behave as such. As you grind flight after flight, if you don't perform the mandatory checks (rest assured, it's a just a click in the load manager) you may well experience failures related to this.

    The best is that you can actually treat the failures by working the related checklists, the aircraft will behave accordingly.

    Be reassured though, this is optional and you can deactivate failures if you don't want the hassle.

    Another example is brakes heating that is very well simulated. Basically, the MD-80 has a not so efficient braking system. So that means if you land too fast and don't use thrust reversers, you are in for a runway excursion that's for sure. Same thing if you taxi like a dumbass, you can overheat your brakes and in case of an RTO things may not end well.

    I personnally put my hands on a set of real world AOM and related documentation from a now defunct airline, it really has everything, and I fly the bird by this airline's book. It's been pure joy.

    To me it is one of the greatest add-on ever made for P3D, and I love it.

    On my Youtube channel there are a few videos I shot with the Leonardo Maddog, that may help you decide. (sorry for the savage advertising here)

    I hope this helps.

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  8. Posted

    4 hours ago, JetCat said:

    Is the vertical awareness display available when pressing the CTR button three times like in the PMDG 737?

    There is a VSD button for this function on the EFIS.

     

    4 hours ago, JetCat said:

    Will a freighter version be available?

    Speaking only for myself since I'm not related with the devs in any way, considering there is not even an announced real cargo version of the Boeing 737 Max, I doubt iFly will develop this.

  9. Posted

    Very nice ! I left FS9 only in 2016, skipping FSX for P3D directly. Loved every bit of memory of my FS9. There are so many great addons on FS9 that never made it elsewhere, especially the classics : 707, 727, RFP 747-200 and the list goes on.

     

  13. Posted

    10 hours ago, Farlis said:

    Since you mentioned Charles-De-Gaule Airport as a canditate for razing and rebuilding, that is apparently exactly what they are doing right now. If you look at the current satelite image they basically bulldozed half of the northern part of it.

    What you saw is that the just rebuilt the northernmost runway last summer (they redo them one after another). Also they are extending the highway "N104", which will go along the northenmost part of the airport.

    The rest of the airport remains as is. The new Terminal 4 which was supposed to happen has been cancelled last year for the moment.

  16. Posted

    45 minutes ago, cyyzrwy24 said:

    REX is updated and works....FYI

    I'm with @Sabre57 here Only SkyForce has been updated, and it took almost 9 months for them to update Skyforce to V5. Worldwide Airport Airports HD, Environment Force, Texture Direct and Weather Radar have not been updated, the later 3 having being officially abandonned. Environment Force had a product life of only 8 months after release.

    But anyway, I'm glad TOGA is back with full support for P3D, I was pleased to see on Simmarket that Envplus is on today's top sellers 🙂

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    2 minutes ago, Steve Dra said:

    I'm amazed at people sometimes....."Requiring" a donation is an oxymoron.....if its required, then its a payment, thus it no longer qualifies as "freeware" and violates any EULA's he agreed to if he bought the plane via Flight1 and I'm sure with the makers of PFPX. (there is no such thing as "Donationware"....you either pay for it or you don't....if its required to "donate"...then its payware, period.)

    I guess the good news is that, by his own admission...the popularity of PFPX and its profiles has pretty much plummeted to the point where this violation may just be irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.  iFly/Flight1 staff do browse this forum/thread so if they want to take action, they will.

    Thanks for the heads up.  I don't fault or cast dispersions on folks who want "compensation" for their work...but I don't believe in "required" donations.  If your work is good enough and the folks enjoying it want to tip you, and if you have a method setup for them to do that...more power to ya. But, requiring a donation is just wrong in every sense of the notion.  I imagine, with well over 100,000 downloads scattered over the various sites, my repaints would make me quite wealthy if I decided that I required a donation for you guys to enjoy them. (I know that I'd only have 1/10th of those downloads if I required a donation, not to mention I'd be in violation of EULAs...probably even less than a tenth, hehe).🙂

    Air Canada being uploaded to the Flight1 Library as I type....that'll be $3 please. 🤔

    Hi Steve,

    My point was not to get into an argument about the donationware thinggy, but merely to point out the release of a PFPX profile.

    Now, I agree with you, donationware as we do in my country (France) is you choose the amount you want to give, and it can be 0. I encounter it regularly and it works well this way. In Jon's way it is more about payware thing and I agree with you. Maybe people put it as a donation in order to avoid some sort of income tax ?

    In this particular case, I'm not sure about the errands surrounding the EULA.

    Last but not least, I think I never thank people enough for all the wonderful freeware that are around, and that of course includes all of your repaints.

    So... Thank you very much, again 😉

  19. Posted

     

    12 minutes ago, Nocturnal said:

    Only license/install fixes it seems.

    Update – December 13, 2022

    - [12/12/22] Resolved login/connectivity issues for some users
    - [11/08/22] Prepar3D v5 compatibility updates
    - [09/27/22] New license handling and application support for additional license types
    - [05/10/22] Implemented new multiple licenses for a single user account/email address support including simultaneous usage of multiple licenses/devices on a single account
    NOTE: This is only for licenses activated on or after May 10, 2022.  Previously activated licenses using separate email accounts, as previously required, will continue to use individual email/accounts
    NOTE: For new licenses, to associate the new license to an existing account, simply use the standard LOGIN method with the existing email account, and new installations of ASP3D will ask for the new license key on first login, where you will enter your new license key.
    - [03/17/22] Fixed issue with Installation showing error message regarding VC++ runtime redistributables, if a newer version was already installed – Also updated message if a general error during VC++ redistributable installation occurs, indicating that operation can normally continue as long as the redistributables have been installed previously, or will be installed manually

    Thank you for this

  21. Posted

    I'm curious of the benefits with EA but WITHOUT the volumetric clouds. That's how I like my sim now as I don't really like the way the clouds behave, especially the absence of localized weather.

    So, with EA on and VC off, is there any noticeable improvements ?

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