Most flight simulator fans prefer flights that do not exceed two hours, and for a good reason. The parts of simulated flights considered “fun” are the departure and arrival. That’s why commuters are so popular with flight simulator fans.
The Bombardier CRJ 700 and 900 series are some of the most often used regional airliners today – every 10 seconds, one of them takes off. You will find them at most airports worldwide. Although not very popular with passengers as those seats are indeed very small and you cannot even stand upright if you are tall, airline companies prefer them because they are efficient and reliable. They are still in production, and although the newer models have better seats, larger overhead bins and better sound proofing they will never be really comfortable.
Pilots like to fly them because they are powerful, agile, and a joy to fly manually. It is often described as ‘sporty’. They also demand more flying skill than a modern Airbus or Boeing because the flight management systems are limited, for example: no auto throttle and only advisory vertical navigation.
In our simulators, they were missing for a long time, but the Aerosoft / Digital Aviation CRJ 700/900 X provides the aircraft we have all been waiting for. As with all internal aircraft projects, the CRJ was created with the job of the pilot in mind. It fully focuses on the task of piloting this aircraft. We feel that things that have never happened in real life should not play a major role and that allows us to create a high-end aircraft for a modest price.
Highlights:
Exquisite modelling with many animations with up-to-date standards
VAS and FPS friendly because we love complex airports as much as you do
Extended Flight Management System delivered with August 2017 nav data (compatible with NavDataPro and Navigraph)
Complete MCDU with full keyboard control option
All displays available as high resolution 2D windows
Highly accurate flight model
Panel State saving/loading
Standard Sound set done by Turbine Sounds Systems, additional Virtual Cockpit sounds provide by Aerosoft
Heads-up Guidance system
Includes Frank, our avatar to walk around the aircraft and airports (Prepar3D only)
Fully functional (though linked to this aircraft) RAAS provided by FS2Crew
Complete management tool to load fuel, passengers, and baggage. This tool also allows you to tweak the simulation to your hardware
Livery manager with drag and drop functionality
Fully prepared for AES, Chaseplane, PFPX
Many new options to tweak the product to your likings and your hardware, for example to link a hardware control to the nose wheel steering
Our Virtual Cockpit tool (DAVE) has checklists, fuel and passenger loading, change settings, etc.
Five manuals, including detailed step-by-step documentation
Fully Prepar3D V4 compatible with dynamic lights and several other adaptations to use the newest technology
Eigentlich wäre das ein wirklich tolles Flugzeug. Das VC sieht gut aus, klingt gut und ist sehr detailreich. Und manuell fliegt sich das Flugzeug gut. Allerdings gab es bisher wirklich in jeder Version irgendeinen Bug, der entweder massiv beim Fliegen gestört hat (v.a. beim Autopilot), oder der sogar zum Absturz von P3D geführt hat. Auch wenn der Entwickler mühevoll daran arbeitet, diese zu beheben, ist dieses zumindest bei mir oft nicht (kontrolliert) gelungen und es herrschte am Ende Frust und Ratlosigkeit. Mit der neuen Version, die bald erscheinen soll, soll ja nochmal vieles überarbeitet worden sein. Ich hoffe darauf, dass die Dinge dann funktionieren und ich den Flieger wieder aus dem Hangar nehmen kann. Denn Potential hat er allemal!
Very highly detailed virtual cockpit and exterior models. Everything is based off of the real airplane and was tested by actual CRJ pilots to make it as realistic as possible. The support team has continuously uploaded updates listening to the customers bugs. A absolute 5 Star product, and must have!
Ganz netter Flieger. Aber leider nach über einem Jahr immer noch große Probleme, dem LNAV vernünftig zu folgen. Sehr oft geht es gut, manchmal herrscht aber totales Chaos. Ansonsten hat sich seit Erstveröffentlichung auch vieles gebessert. Nichtsdestotrotz merke ich, wie der CRJ bei mir mehr und mehr im Hangar verstaubt, da andere einfach besser gemacht sind und frustfrei zu fliegen sind. Vielleicht ja mit dem nächsten großen Servicepack...
Had this aircraft from Day 1. Very good representation of the real aircraft. Not study level, but was never meant to be. easy to get set up , out of the gate and in the air. However it is an aircraft that you must pay attention to while flying. Aerosoft is good about correcting bugs and there is a very good forum for information.
I first had the issue of the aircraft not trimming correctly on takeoff, then I decided to read the manual. Problem solved. Sounds could be better but they are not anything to make this a nonstarter. Anyone flying sims today should probably go ahead and go to a 64bit system...addons now literally chew up the memory of the 32bit sims (FSX)=OOM....
P3Dv4
GEP3D
Gnd Enviroment NA
I7 6700K
RX480 video
16 GB Ram
ezdok
P2ATC
UT Live
FSDT KCLT, KFLL
Latin VFR KRDU
Imaginesim KATL
Drezwecki KLGA, KJFK, KDCA
GSX
Updating my previous review. Now that Aerosoft has fixed the NAV issues for me, much happier. Is it perfect? I would imagine there will be a couple more updates before that happens but they have gotten much closer. Easy on frame rates, hand flies well, and sounds are improved.
I bought this beautiful add-on directly at Aerosoft. I've been using it for some time on p3d v4 and honestly find it to be great! It's a different plane than others and in fact I had to study the manuals (done very well) and now I am having a lot of fun. I would recommend it to all the lovers of the regional jet.
Oh how I wanted this plane and wanted it to be great. While the modeling is very nice, it continues to plagued with issues. For example, if you import a flight plan, you can't select all the runways in the FMC. You have to manually enter the waypoints. Also, for some reason, the trim will trim nose up for no reason. Issues following the FMC seem to have been largely fixed. But overall, the bugs seem to still be problematic and I've heard very little about another update. I'm still flying it but not near as good a plane as Aerosoft's A320 product.
Like some of the reviewers, I too have owned other Aerosoft aircraft and scenery, most notably the 318/319/320/321 (with upgrade). The CRJ itself seems to perform as I would expect a regional aircraft of this size to operate (although I'm no RL pilot). My biggest problem with Aerosoft aircraft is the non-movable yokes and the crazy set up on standard FSX view cycles (I don't use camera software like EZdock). So for me it's a personal irritant. It takes me 30 minutes to get my views set where they make sense and haven't found a way to save them for future flights. Anyway, all-in-all not bad for the money but certainly, in my opinion, no PMDG by any stretch. Worth 3 stars. I prefer Aerosoft scenery over their aircraft :)