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As any x-planer knows, there have been many beta versions in the past, that were full of bugs or would introduce new bugs that weren't in the previous version. Therefore, as long as an x-plane verion is not final, to me, it does not make any sense to test a new airplane in an x-plane beta version for bugs! All this is doing is wasting Javier's time, who is so patient and even tests these "bugs" in beta versions instead of spending that time with his wife and kid! My2cents I would pin a message, that no "bugs" will be looked into, that are found in a beta x-plane version.

Hi, I second that, that night lighting is too bright and needs improvement. Otherwise this is a great plane and a job very well done!

Yeah, that would certainly be the most elegant way to work around the problem.

Hi Cameron and Ben, ok, thanks for the info. At least I do understand now, why it is like that;-) Well, I guess it is cheaper buying another external hard drive, then buying up to date versions of Filemaker and Adobe Illustrator. I hope that will not slow down the sim, when using firewire 800? Anybody have experience on a set up like that running x-plane 10? Cheers Peter

Hi, I just got a mail from X-Aviation that 1.5.3 with 64 Bit support is still in the makings and that there probably will be no 10.6.8 support. At the org, they already seem to be distributing that verion. Philip was looking fot testers for 10.7 and 10.8 only. Could you guys please calrify what the deal is with OSX support in 64 bit? I am, like a few others, still on 10.6.8, since I need power pc support for two programs, that I need for work. If 10.6 will not be supported, then I need to explore some solutions to run X-Plane on 10.8 via an external hard drive, which of course would not be my favored solution, having to reboot every time I want to fly the CRJ. Thanx Peter

Great and seems to work just fine under 9.7 for me. Two things though: 1. FMC popup graphics look sort of chopped at the bottom. Was not like that in 1.4.5 2. Loading fuel over the FMC is a great, but a short manual on how to use it should be included as well. Also, if we load the fuel over the FMC, we still have to go into the X-Plane menue for the load. Thus. it would be great to be able to do both in the FMC, but that would also require to be able to see the total weight displayed. Just a thought for the future. This is only 9.7 version!

Short Feedback: Same flight and route again and selecting approach rwy, star and transition seemed to work fine with version 1.4.3.

Hi, the few times I ever had a problem with the CRJ is when chosing SID, STAR or transitions. That results in a CTD. Happened to me about 4 or 5 times since the CRJ came out, which is not bad at all! Yesterday I had another CTD while chosing a transition. That was still in 1.4.2 and I just installed 1.4.3 to test the same route again today. Since the order of picking STARs, SIDs, etc. seems to also have an impact on the CTD as was stated in another thread, I would suggest that you give us a brief description on how to do the sequence properly. I honestly have to say, that I am sometimes not sure, if I have to chose a transition and a Star oder just a transition, if I have to first chose the transition or Star and then the runway, etc.... My order right now is the following: 1. Enter route 2. Chose departure runway 3. Chose SID 4. Chose arrival runway 5. Chose Star Further, if there is a transition available, a Star should not be chosen, since the transition replaces the Star so to speak? I think it would be helpfuk not only for me to clarify that. Thanx Peter

Hi, I think it would help, if the frames artwork was only half the thickness of what it is now. I tried to do that myself in photoshop, but had to realise, that the frames have to be exactly that size for the information to be displyed correctly. I then cut off half and tried to use an alpha channel for transparency, but that wouldn't work. So, I would love frames, which are only half as thick;-) Cheers Peter

Hi, I think those N1 numbers according to temperature are not really working properly yet. If I use them, I do have the same problems that you just described. I set my N1 limit for take off to around 95-96,5% and basically use that to climb up to my flight level. I know that these settings are probably too high, but a climbing time of 30+ minutes to FL330 or 340 also does not seem correct either. During cruise, depending on winds I have the N1 set at anything between 88 to around 93% to be able to cruise at mach 0.74-76. The fuel burn during climb is too high also. On short flights for my VA, my fuel burn is always way higher than the briefing, which is fairly acurate. On flights over 2 hours, the fuel burn is much closer to what the briefing says.

I put them in there, because I figure that I will not have SID and STARs otherwise.

So so, wo ist denn dann das Backend installiert, wenn beide X-Plane 9 und 10 Versionen darauf zurückgreifen? Im X-Plane Folder kann es ja nicht sein. Well....dann werde ich die 1.41er wohl auch in der 9er installieren müssen. Usually I say never change a running system. Thanx

Hi Philipp, is it not possible to run two different versions of the crj in two X-Plane installations? I installed 1.4.1 in X-Plane 10 to test the changes. Now I wanted to do a flight in X-Plane 9 with the old 1.3 version still installed there and I am not able to flip the battery switch. Big bummer fo me, because I had a flight booked and can't start the f.... plane;-)) I had 1.3 in X-Plane 9 and 10 for a while and it worked fine. Am I correct, that the new airac data from navigraph go into the plugin->navdata folder now? You should document these changes in a 1.4 change log. They only go up to 1.3. Responsivness of the CDU buttons is great now. Gruß Peter

It seems, that the nav data has moved into the plugins folder. If you go to: Aircrafts->CRJ200->plugins->CRJAvionics->navdata the file structure found here is identical to the one found in the vasFMC_native_1201 package. So back up that folder (i do that by zipping its content right where it is) and put the 1201 data in there and you should be fine. For the other problem, I don't know.

Hi, since I installed version 1.4.1 in my X-Plane 10 Folder, I can't use version 1.3 in my X-Plane 9 installation any more. The switches for battery just won't flip. What is the problem here? I had version 1.3 running fine in X-Plane 9 and 10 before. I wanted to test version 1.41 first, before using it in X-Plane 9. Is there a work around? Would be appreciated! Peter

Hi, I also enjoy the new 747 a lot, thanks for some nice work! Owning the CRJ, I know that the 747 is rather simple as far as system depth is concerned, but that is ok. Besides the questions already asked: 1. Is there no OBS knob? I just can't find one, but think that this is a must be in an ac. 2. The switching from IAS to Mach on the speed knob does not display the correct Mach value of selected speed. I was on FL350 at Mach 0.82, as shown by the Mach number on the speed tape, but the Mach number next to the knob had to be dialed to Mach 0.41. Something is mixed up here. 3. I have climbed a few time using FLCH to FL350 and the ac keeps climbing even higher, very slowly, but it does not hold the dialed in altitude. Is this a bug or maby even a limitation of the demo? I am still using X-Plane demo version. Also when just descending from FL70 to 3000 feet, all on AP, it would go only to 3600 feet and stay there. When I tried manually to set vs again to reach 3000, the AP went completely nuts and started giving TOGA throttle and climb like crazy. Cheers Peter

I also found that HDR and clouds are the big frame killers. I reduced all cloud settings to 20%. I don't really quite understand, what it does different then, because I honestly don't see the difference, but it sure doesn't hit frames as bad as 30% or more. Rendering is on very high, tons of objects and roads and all the rest at default settings gives me nice and fluid flying experience at and around KSEA. I also found that 15 frames in 10 feels more fluid than 19 in version 9. I am still on the demo, but am confident now, that 10 will improve over time to a point, where it outscores X-Plane 9 in all aspects. I will probably wait to get the aerosoft deal with the extra airports and more european looking buildings (at least that is what I understand they are trying to do), even though I have always bought at the org store and would still like to support them, but it is too tempting...

Yeah, these are some very nice images from a state of the art aircraft! This will be the one to measure up to, once it is done. Could have wiped off those coffee stains on the side of the throttle quadrant before taking those shots of the cup holder though;-))

Great, thanks Philipp!

Hi, yes, fuel consumption is too high. I fly for Leipzigair VA and we do have precise briefing information and all my CRJ200 flights, which are tracked by ACARS, show that fuel consumption is about 1,5 to 1,8 times as high, as it should be, which seconds exactly what Maksim is posting. Also, flying the CRJ200 in x-Plane 10 Demo right now, I get the impression, that engine power is higher than in X-Plane 9. I just did a couple of ILS landings and N1 is at maximum 45% for a nice glide slope following with flaps fully extended. In X-Plane 9, I believe to be around 55-60% N1 while following the GS with flaps down. That is with default weight and fuel. Cheers Peter

Hi, could the position of the popup screens be somehow saved, once set up? That would be of great help to lots of people, because I am sure that everyone has his favorite spots to put the popup windows. That is the first thing I do after switching the battery on and it is a bit annoying after a while to move every popup in its position over and over again....

Ok, thanks for the info!

I guess it is possible to use 1.3 in X-Plane 9 and in the 10 Demo. How do I go about installing it in both places? I am on Mac. Thanks Peter

Version 1.3 is out, at least it is advertised in the org newsletter I just got. Of course I went straight to my x-aviation account to donwload it, but it is still version 1.2 there. When will we be able to get 1.3 on x-aviation? It is evening in old Europe and I would love to test 1.3;-)) Cheers Peter

I am on an iMac i7 quad 2,93, 1 GB Vram and 12 GB Ram, the top model of 2010, and it is painful!!! No AI planes, no HDR, no water effects and no clouds will get me up over 20 sitting at KSEA in the default 747 and over 40 in surrounding areas. Dans ERJ sucks up more frames than the 747 and I don't even want to try fooling with the CRJ200, it would porbably crawl at slideshow pace with that AC loaded. Not too exciting an outlook for the future, eh? I put ordering X-Plane 10 on a personal hold for now, even though I was so excited about it. From what Austin said at this meeting in Belgium, I expected X-Plane 10 to run about the same speed/ frames on my multicore Maschine than version 9 did. I wouldn't rant if it was a bit lower on performance, but like this, there is with similar settings a Grand Canyon between the performance of 10 and 9 on my computer. And I would also suggest that Laminar takes out all the crappy aircrafts out of the aircraft folder for version 10, because they are frightening to every switcher or x-plane greenhorn. Sometimes less is more and that certainly goes for the acs! There are enough well done payware and freeware aircrafts out there.