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Review Date: Sat, August 6, 2005
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Recommended: Yes |
Price paid: $54.95
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Model, Dynamics, Virtual Cockpit/Cabin
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Cons:
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Price!
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At first this plane was awful. There really wasn't anything special, but after doing a three hour flight with it, it is absolutely perfect. nothing is wrong with it in any way. An excellent aircraft... a must buy.
It is a bit overpriced, however...
BTW: The cabin and cockpit are amazing!!!
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Review Date: Sat, August 6, 2005
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Recommended: Yes |
Price paid: $54.95
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Excellent exterior and interior
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Cons:
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Bugs with panel and nose gear. Also sound isn't that great.
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It has a great panel and virtual cockpit. Sounds arent that great, and nosegear is a little off. But all in all, nothing a patch cant fix.
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Review Date: Sun, August 7, 2005
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Recommended: Yes |
Price paid: $54.95
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Sounds, Model, Virtual Cockpit, Flight Dynamics, Gauges, and Virtual Cabin
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Cons:
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Price
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This aircraft is nothing but the word Awesome, if you like realism, than this is your plane to buy... With a non-lag fully detailed Virtual Cockpit, and Virtual Cabin to go wondering in those log flights helps a lot! The Flight Dyanmics are awesome, it actualley feels like you are flying a Heavy. The sounds and model are the best part, both going to the best quality.
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Review Date: Sun, August 7, 2005
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Recommended: Yes |
Price paid: $50.00
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Everything nice
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Cons:
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PMDG's sounds look not realistic !!!
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Everything nice
Great plane ! It isn't the game, it's the Simulation :D
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Review Date: Fri, August 12, 2005
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Recommended: Yes |
Price paid: $54.95
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Evrything
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Cons:
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Price
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This is I think the best payware yet to hit fs. I think, like the flight 1 atr. That this payware will set new standards for plane designers. If you cant make it better than this plane, dont even try.
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Review Date: Sat, August 13, 2005
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Recommended: Yes |
Price paid: $54.95
| Rating: 9
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Pros:
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Realism, Visuals, Special Options like failures and customization
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Cons:
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Pricey, some bugs but nothing a patch can't fix
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The exterior model is one of the most complex out there. The flaps are absolutely amazing. When no hydraulic power is applied to the flight controls, they are limp. You can get out and look at the tail rudder and watch it flap in the wind. Amazing.
The virtual cockpit is amazing. The viewpoint can be better but overall it is sharp as can be.
The panel is alright. The color is a little off and the standby instruments are a bit blurry, but that might just be the fact that I run on 1024 res.
The systems in the aircraft are nice yet the autothrottle is a bit jumpy on approach. It will advance and lower spontaneuosly to keep speed but I've only noticed this in windy wx.
The sounds are so so but not disgusting.
If you are looking for a nice 747, go get it.
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Review Date: Tue, August 16, 2005
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Recommended: Yes |
Price paid: $54.95
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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2D panel, virtual cockpit, flight dynamics,liveries,sounds,performance
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Cons:
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nothing
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Very accurate model of the 747-400. The quality is of the same level as the PMDG 737-600/700/800/900. The sounds are modeled for all three variants which is interesting. The 747 runs a little better than the 737. I have a 1.8 Ghz and 512 MB RAM computer with a 128 MB RAM video card and I get good performance in both the 2D panel, virtual cockpit, and from the spot view. I usually can get around 12-15 frames/sec.
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Review Date: Fri, August 19, 2005
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Recommended: Yes |
Price paid: None indicated
| Rating: 7
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Pros:
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VC, Outer model and realism, FPS
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Cons:
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Price, gauges, nose gear, no wing view,
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I'm no expert when it comes to aircraft and payware, but this aircraft does not really impress me as i expected. The gauges stop working from time to time and I get the same old error messages every time. The sim now takes twice as long to load. But the FPS during flight is amazing, although the VC FPS is not very good, the outer model looks fantastic and has good FPS at the same time!
The wheels look fantastic, but the animated of the landing gear is worse than freeware aircraft's, it should be smoother and right now it isnt. Taxiing is somehow wierd.
But once again the VC/cockpit is fantastic, very realistic and very detailed. . Well done PMDG, could be better though.
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Review Date: Sun, August 21, 2005
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Recommended: Yes |
Price paid: $54.95
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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amazing systems, and realism
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Cons:
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price, but that shouldnt be a problem for a hardcore simmer ;)
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this is an amazing product, really advanced and realistic. unlike other products it comes with highly realistic systems, its the first add on aircraft to have a fuel jettison system (fuel dump) also there are tons of animations in the VC. together with the many options in the FMC and future options for ACARS (weather display) this is a must buy! ur fs9 is nothing without it !!
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Review Date: Sun, August 21, 2005
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Recommended: Yes |
Price paid: $54.95
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Amazing VC,Cabin and External Model, Extremely detailed Systems, Superb animations, Amazing night lighting
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Cons:
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None
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This product is well worth it's price. The Best Aircraft Add-on I've ever used hands down. Amazing system representation(GE-CF6), almost fully functional FMC, Amazingly detailed VC and panel, Night lighting best in the market and many customizable options, this PMDG product deserves a 10.
Also has considerably better FPS than the 737NG, a great development.
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