LouV

The ERJ 140, EADT B737, Coronado PA32, B-777 Worldliner and a few others. I am not going negative on any of the others, I just really enjoy what IMHO are some really nice additions to X-Plane. I had heard that PMDG was tops over in the MS Flight Sim world but I had not loaded MS Flightsim to try any of their products since converting to X-Plane many years back. Really happy to see the game stepping up a bit. Just smiles all around at this end.

Just loaded the aircraft - WOW - Nice job to the PMDG team. I could not be happier with the product. This is version 1 and I am sure it will get even better as they work the little nit noid kinks out of it. But bottom line for me, PMDG hit a home run with the DC-6. I read some of the manual before I started. Had the hardest time trying to figure out why, at first, only 2 engines would go to full power and the other two only about half way. Discovered the gust lock which got me over that hurdle. After that, I had a great cross country flight from KBOS down to KDCA. Had to actually manage aircraft systems (fuel, etc). The aircraft flies like a champ and everything seems to work and respond as in the actual aircraft. They include an optional flight engineer and co-pilot to help with the checklist if you so desire. I started without and then switched over to the assist for climb and rest of flight. What a blast! It was a bit of a workout but it brought me back as close to real flight as you can get (minus 4 billion for a level d sim :)). I have nothing but praise for the product, nice job for the initial entry into X-Plane. They really hit this one out of the ball park. Of note, the only two aircraft I fly are the IXEG 737 and PMDG DC-6. They, have done a terrific job at getting the flight characteristics and aircraft systems modeled correctly. The other aircraft seem to be a cut below (just my opinion for what it is worth).