PMDG 777-300 is out

That price!

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$77 and some change isn't bad for this level of coding and quality. I compare some models and look back at the P3D pricing for these products, quite happy to see more reasonable $$$.
 
StormILM said:
$77 and some change isn't bad for this level of coding and quality.
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I agree, but since tubes aren't my thing anyway, that price just reinforces that stance. I still may pick up the FSW Learjet 35, but that's about as big as I'd ever want to go.
 
I'm not a Tubey either but $77 for that size of jet and the level of complexity and immersion seems good value when you think that the new Blackbird T-6A is on sale for $45.

In that vein I'm not comfortable with where that T-6A $45 sits relative to $35 for the IFE/Heatblur F-14A/B...
 
amazing indeed, 1000's of downloads of some textures within 24 hours...
No idea tubes were that popular. But why?
 
Everybody wants to be an airline pilot. They think it's glamorous (it's not) and GA is boring. I suppose even some bush drivers think that GA is boring if you're not flying into some obscure grass strip in the middle of nowhere. Personally, I like running small cargo trips in something like the P2006T or air taxi runs in a GA twin. Longer taxi runs can also be done in the stock TBM or the Honda.

But I'm rambling again... My biggest gripe about tubes is the fact that there's so much to be done before you ever even taxi. When I fly, I want to be able to get into a plane, fire it up, and go fly.
 
Priller said:
The holidays? Stewardesses? :cool:
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... and other delusions of grandeur.
Imagine how few simmers there would be if it were a requirement to prove you could hand-fly a hundred full approach procedures in 200/1 wx in a Baron before you could install and read the 777 checklist.
 
The other thing, PMDG is tip of the spear in FS aircraft coding/building of this type of complex aircraft and users have been waiting for a Heavy of this caliber for nearly 4 years for this sim. While personally I fly anything and everything in FS2020, this is a welcome addition. Incidentally one of my relatives is typed on the 777 and 787 for one of the Majors. Already a fan of the 777 based on his experience with the type.
 
I would like to know how many of these tubes are going to end up in a dark corner of some PC's hard drive, "hooo yes, it's PMDG, I'm going to buy it since everyone has it", and after a few days they get fed up with not knowing how to program the FMC. and they abandon
 
srgalahad said:
... and other delusions of grandeur.
Imagine how few simmers there would be if it were a requirement to prove you could hand-fly a hundred full approach procedures in 200/1 wx in a Baron before you could install and read the 777 checklist.
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Absolutely! I have well beyond the gamer side of this for over 20 years but the evolving of the coding and every other aspect have made it possible to use some of these models for real training. I think quite a few Developers were visionary about this aspect which yes, has turned out to be lucrative and set building blocks for more of the same.
 
Pere said:
I would like to know how many of these tubes are going to end up in a dark corner of some PC's hard drive, "hooo yes, it's PMDG, I'm going to buy it since everyone has it", and after a few days they get fed up with not knowing how to program the FMC. and they abandon
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I don't fly tubes at all. To quote a guest on Jay Leno's show quite a few years ago "I would rather be caught alone with George Michael in a men's restroom"... NOT!! :LOL:

I work with PC's and servers for a living, but I'm no programmer/coder. And flightsim is for fun!

Priller
 
I have no doubt PMDG will continue to support their reputation for building excellent airborne people movers.
But, I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that of all the things you can do in MSFS2020 with the incredibly detailed world you had to pay nothing for, you'd want to cruise at 35,000 feet and let the plane do 90% of the flying for you is far from the best.
 
To each their own. Personally I fly anything in the sim and get enjoyment and even training from it. The challenge of a model of this complexity is that if you want, you can run the full complexity of a commercial flight and even trigger failures to run the emergency checklists. However, I really like turning the autopilot off and hand flying the beast at any altitude and especially in the pattern. It handles like a dream.
 
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