ATRguy

Yeah you can listen to AM radio stations on the ADF in real life because that’s basically all they are. Pretty handy too to listen to sports instead of pestering ATC for updates. Most people these days just have Bluetooth in their headsets and music on their phones, so they do it that way.

I just finished 13 hours from Toronto to Tokyo in the 350 and have never had a problem with it. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones. I also run pretty bare bones, no weather add ons, cameras, etc... just GSX and scenery.

There's basically no reason to still be on 2020, and I certainly wouldn't be expecting too many new releases for it.

Better thank those “kids” because flightsim has never, ever been this popular.

Yeah 100%. The A220 has been working just fine for me since the initial release. It’s only gotten better with the updates. Sucks that’s not the case for everyone, but it doesn’t seem like a Synaptic issue.

I'm sure plenty of people want to know that it works just fine for a lot of people, myself included.

And for me, it works just fine, as it always has.

Yeah I flew YEG to PSP and it was great. Handles the RNAV stuff really well, it flies those complicated approaches into Palm Springs pretty perfectly.

I have no doubt haha

Funny how it works just fine for some people, myself included, and others it's not. I run a pretty barebones MSFS, just GSX and Navigraph stuff. Maybe that has a lot to do with ti.

People seem to be hung up on this ever since the A350. I've been up front in a few 220s commuting to work and back; drop the gear and it is LOUD, simply because the rest of the flight deck is so quiet. I think people would be shocked how loud it can sound. In the ATR, when you drop the gear, it sounds like a shotgun goes off in the cockpit when the nose gear unlocks. It's LOUD. The first time I dropped the gear in real life, I almost jumped out of the seat it's so loud. It's so loud, I warn new pilots about it, that when you drop the gear, it's going to scare you. The sim doesn't even have a noise for it, so when you're in the plane for real, it's alarming. On an A220 related note, I picked it up yesterday and flew a nice little Winnipeg-Edmonton run and it was excellent. I'm on my way to San Diego now from YVR to check out the new Glideslope scenery.

No, I never do that IRL with a climb in IAS and our Boeing pilots definitely do not. The AP is good enough that it won’t bust an altitude unless you really set it up for failure. The only time I use VS to climb IRL is if we’re step climbing 1000 feet or so at cruise, I’ll VS +500 and then when the speed rolls back to our SOP climb speed I’ll swap to IAS.

As said above, no SOP will ever have you climbing in V/S mode. FLCH or VNAV as it provides protection and keeps the thrust levers at a consistent position. Descending in V/S works when you need it.

Looks and sounds really good! I'm surprised at how bad the VNAV is haha. I gotta check with some of my A220 buddies and see what they say IRL.

Oh yeah it’s fine. We have some pretty intense engine out scenarios up north here with terrain and the ATR does just fine.

Beats me but I wish it did. The Q400 can over speed on one engine. We take bird strikes from behind in comparison. The Q400 also doesn’t land on 2900 feet of dirt and gravel either, so everything is a trade.

I actually haven’t touched the 2024 version yet. I fly 300/320/500s in real life, so there’s some avionics differences for sure, but from 2020 I remember it being pretty twitchy compared to real life. The systems weren’t terrible, and it had a few little niggles that it didn’t do IRL, but the IRL airplane does all sorts of word not allowed it probably doesn’t do when it’s new haha. I’m still at work for another little bit, but I could give it a go later this month or in August when I have some time.

What cruise speed are you expecting? This was my climb rate today, in a fully loaded 42. https://ibb.co/VWGt5zsD

The ATR is a dog IRL. We don’t cruise at FL250 unless we’re pretty light. Fully loaded 72s generally around 190/200. In the 42, expect 290 TAS or so, in the 72, 270ish. It’s not a fast airplane. Q400s have more power in one engine than the ATR has in both. For normal ops, power levers in the notch, and props in AUTO at all times. Manage power with the power management knobs. See what you get.

No, VNAV needs weights and routes and a cost index to generate a profile for both the climb and descent. If the FMS isn’t accepting data with the engines running, then you need to turn them off to enter it all.

Man I’m excited for these.

As a current Canadian pilot, there’s no reason to have them, so why waste the money on them? We use GPS everywhere. In 11 years of professional flying in Canada, I have never “tracked a radial outbound” or flown anything other than an ILS or RNAV approach. There’s still a bunch that work up north, and even then, questionable why.

Low 20s, you should be seeing almost 300 kts TAS in the 42, and probably 270-280 TAS in the 72. FL250 doesn't happen often, especially in a heavy 72, they're absolute dogs.

Yes the ATR has wild reflections at night and it’s SUPER annoying.

Are you using it right?