michelmvd
04-27-2008, 10:36 AM
Once again some threads with users remarks and customers reflections regarding the PM software has been closed or banned from this forum by some of the moderators.
It is as we are still living in the 18the century. In the days of internet and other worldwide communication it is very stupid to behave this way, as in my opinion this is very counter productive. By doing so, readers will become even more alarmed or looking elsewhere for the truth. You can't stop the internet and people to communicate in order to find the correct informations or reviewing a product!! I always thought that in the western world freedom of speech is one very important democratic value.
We all know by now that there are serious problems in the PM software regarding several important issues and type specific logic. We all have been informed they are working on it. This now for more than a year.
It is also very well noticed that communication with the company isn't anymore what it was in the past. No offical support forum anymore and very limited and selective answers on support emails. This are simply facts which can't be ignored and a very regretable way of behavior to the hobby clients.
But especially to 737aqua and Chris1960 ... (I hope you will be able to read this and moderators will not remove it under whatever pressure. )
I fully understand your feelings and your concerns.
Every serious flightsimmer knows that these days the logics of the real airliners are fully simulated in the extremly well programmed addon products of PMDG.
The B747-400 aircraft for exemple is so well programmed that it can and is be used for pre- and defriefing purpose in real life groundschools. VNAV / LNAV / FLCH/ Autoland etc, etc are working perfectly and all others logics, as the very complex fuel logic, are there as their are in the real one or the leveld simulators. Even the air-dynamics of the flightmodel, engine performance etc, are very close. This for a fraction of the price of the real one and even PM software. To obtain that kind of realisme PMDG simply had to program it all by themself with a team of very high specialized programmers each in his domain. The research took more than one year. The FS2004 or FSX is in fact mostly used only for the enviromnent.
The only fact is, IT IS ONLY USEABLE on a single workstation with the limited use of some hardware interfaces as the Engravity CDU or the Aerosoft MCP747. Until now there are no intentions to provide the necessary interface information to the cockpitbuilders in order to connect the program to their wonderful cockpits. I personally had very long talks with the PMDG responsable people. This is a matter of a commercial strategy.
If this would be the case, we would have nearly the perfect sim. But this is still a dream.
PM is about the only one for now, which is providing programs build with the spirit of using them in a multi pc / network operations enviromnent and interface it to real hardware. This is working super and brings our cockpits alive. Their programs also can be used for different types of aircraft in the Boeing series or Airbus.
The big downsite of this is unfortunately that the specific aircraft logic is not their as it should be. To remain in the VNAV branche, for a B744 for exemple this is mostly already used according SOP's from the ground. LNAV and VNAV are armed before T/O already!! So here it is very important. VNAV behaves also rather different comparing with the B737 where is it less complex. This is only one exemple.
The programmer (Enrico) is working already for years on this project and we are coming already from very far. In the past the collaboration with the cockpitbuilders was always excellent and he was open for suggestions and remarks regarding the other Boeing types.
Nowadays (unfortunately for me as a B744 builder) PM is more focussed on the B737 and contacts with the company on the level of hobby-cockpitbuilders are very limited now. Support mails remains unanswered as I wrote in an other thread.
But neverthess the software still remains unique in his kind and is at this very moment a must for a cockpitbuilder.
B. Rgds
Michel
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website B744 : users.telenet.be/michel.vandaele/sim1.htm
general website : users.telenet.be/michel.vandaele
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email : michelmvd@hotmail.com
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It is as we are still living in the 18the century. In the days of internet and other worldwide communication it is very stupid to behave this way, as in my opinion this is very counter productive. By doing so, readers will become even more alarmed or looking elsewhere for the truth. You can't stop the internet and people to communicate in order to find the correct informations or reviewing a product!! I always thought that in the western world freedom of speech is one very important democratic value.
We all know by now that there are serious problems in the PM software regarding several important issues and type specific logic. We all have been informed they are working on it. This now for more than a year.
It is also very well noticed that communication with the company isn't anymore what it was in the past. No offical support forum anymore and very limited and selective answers on support emails. This are simply facts which can't be ignored and a very regretable way of behavior to the hobby clients.
But especially to 737aqua and Chris1960 ... (I hope you will be able to read this and moderators will not remove it under whatever pressure. )
I fully understand your feelings and your concerns.
Every serious flightsimmer knows that these days the logics of the real airliners are fully simulated in the extremly well programmed addon products of PMDG.
The B747-400 aircraft for exemple is so well programmed that it can and is be used for pre- and defriefing purpose in real life groundschools. VNAV / LNAV / FLCH/ Autoland etc, etc are working perfectly and all others logics, as the very complex fuel logic, are there as their are in the real one or the leveld simulators. Even the air-dynamics of the flightmodel, engine performance etc, are very close. This for a fraction of the price of the real one and even PM software. To obtain that kind of realisme PMDG simply had to program it all by themself with a team of very high specialized programmers each in his domain. The research took more than one year. The FS2004 or FSX is in fact mostly used only for the enviromnent.
The only fact is, IT IS ONLY USEABLE on a single workstation with the limited use of some hardware interfaces as the Engravity CDU or the Aerosoft MCP747. Until now there are no intentions to provide the necessary interface information to the cockpitbuilders in order to connect the program to their wonderful cockpits. I personally had very long talks with the PMDG responsable people. This is a matter of a commercial strategy.
If this would be the case, we would have nearly the perfect sim. But this is still a dream.
PM is about the only one for now, which is providing programs build with the spirit of using them in a multi pc / network operations enviromnent and interface it to real hardware. This is working super and brings our cockpits alive. Their programs also can be used for different types of aircraft in the Boeing series or Airbus.
The big downsite of this is unfortunately that the specific aircraft logic is not their as it should be. To remain in the VNAV branche, for a B744 for exemple this is mostly already used according SOP's from the ground. LNAV and VNAV are armed before T/O already!! So here it is very important. VNAV behaves also rather different comparing with the B737 where is it less complex. This is only one exemple.
The programmer (Enrico) is working already for years on this project and we are coming already from very far. In the past the collaboration with the cockpitbuilders was always excellent and he was open for suggestions and remarks regarding the other Boeing types.
Nowadays (unfortunately for me as a B744 builder) PM is more focussed on the B737 and contacts with the company on the level of hobby-cockpitbuilders are very limited now. Support mails remains unanswered as I wrote in an other thread.
But neverthess the software still remains unique in his kind and is at this very moment a must for a cockpitbuilder.
B. Rgds
Michel
__________________
_______________________________________________
Michel VANDAELE
msn : michelmvd@hotmail.com
website B744 : users.telenet.be/michel.vandaele/sim1.htm
general website : users.telenet.be/michel.vandaele
my spaces: http://michelmvd.spaces.live.com/
email : michelmvd@hotmail.com
skype: michmvd