PMDG's DC-6

[Paul K]

Just saw this on their forums.





Here's a link to the announcement, discussion, and more sumptuous screenies...

http://forum.avsim.net/topic/361760-sec ... a-classic/

[RobDob]

Ooooh....now THAT looks GOOD!!!!

[fran65]

...stunning, but FSX only, I think.

[speedbird591]

Thanks for that, Paul. It's beautiful and I'll definitely be having one of those when it's released.

But I imagine I'll need a six week familiarisation course and two fully trained crew members with me to make it work. Oh well, I'll give it a go and try to get up to speed for when (if) I ever retire!

Ian

[Chris Trott]

If you can fly the default DC-3, you'll be able to fly their DC-6. As they said in their release, no failure system, not Accusim-style systems addon. It's a pretty model using the base FSX engine. I figure they'll still try to suck US$75+ out of you just because they released it even though comparable products from A2A and Just flight go for under US$40

[speedbird591]

If you can fly the default DC-3, you'll be able to fly their DC-6.

Ah! Now there's a question, Chris! I can't remember trying I'll have a go tonight and if I can I'll start saving for the DC-6.

Ian

[Chris Trott]

Ian, you've flown something on this website right?

Then you can fly the DC-6.

If you want a challenge, go to Flightsim.com or AVSIM.com and download on of Manfred Jahn & Company's Constellations. They're free and they'll bite hard if you don't follow the checklists and manual. If you really want FSX excitement, get the A2A B377 with Captain of The Ship (~US$80 in total) and not only get full failures and systems modelling, but get a virtual crew to save your virtual rear-end when everything goes wrong because you're a ham-fisted pilot (like me). Not to mention you get passengers screaming in horror as you do all sorts of stupid stuff you didn't realize was that stupid until you got passengers that actually told you it was.

[awralls]

I think your assessment is somewhat wide of the mark based on what PMDG have said. It doesn't include failures in the sense that systems cannot be set to fail on demand or on a time-based, MTBF basis. However, it does not use the base FSX models and has exactly the same kind of consequential failures that the Constellation model you cite has. In other, if you don't fly it by the numbers, bits will still fail.

Andy