Reviews (by Jeffrey)

THE BEST addon for P3D if you enjoy jets and detailed instrumentation modeling. The checklist and co-pilot feature is better than anything available, in my opinion, and it's included for no extra cost! The options are immense. You can start with the plane fired up and ready to go, or cold and dark. If you get stuck, you can quickly switch it to running and ready. Taking the time to go through each checklist item (for me) taught me a lot about how the plane operates. You can let the co-pilot handle all these details if you want, and watch what they do in order to learn. The plane looks beautiful, and there is a crazy amount of detail. This plane will keep you busy for a long time. I am not aware of any FPS hit on my system, or at least I haven't noticed any. This is one of those few "must have" planes for P3D!

Beautiful plane. Fun to fly. Nice looking cockpit. Old school! Using XP 11.31. No FPS hit.

This is a great weather add-on. Simple to set up. Runs without causing any frame rate drops. The best part is that it works in all flight simulators! I was using it for P3D, then I purchased X-Plane, thinking I would need to buy another weather program. Nope! This one was already set up, just had to select X-Plane! And it works great. No issues!

My second review, and I've changed my mind. I wanted to be fair since I only gave it 3 stars last time. The throttle and condition levers are definitely touchy, but once I learned how to carefully manipulate them, the plane worked fine. For this reason I think it deserves a 4/5 but I can't remove my old rating, so I'll give it a 5 this time (to help the average). If you want to fly an ATR, and can't work around the issues of the Flight 1 ATR (no support and has CTD issues with FSX Steam), this is the one you want. The outside views are very good, the added service door is a nice feature. As stated earlier, throttle and condition levers. You really have to be careful. I use a joystick, but the best way to have everything work is to use the function keys to set the condition levers rather than your mouse in the 2D or 3D panel. The sounds are great. The inside 3D panel view is average, hard to see the FMS, but you can change to a 2D view to look at the FMS. From what I can tell, it takes the existing FSX flight plan so I it acts sort of as an old fashioned "GPS" mode. Localizer works fine, but the glideslope seems to hunt up and down. After just a few flights, I'm beginning to like this plane more and more. It never causes issues with FSX (no CTDs, etc) doesn't cause any framerate issues. Communication is excellent. They personally answer emails, which is a nice thing. Repainting is .. well, I don't understand it, but since it comes with a bunch of liveries, I don't know if that's an issue for most. I'm just now hoping to find someone who can paint a Tarom livery.

This is absolutely the best Airbus package I have purchased for FSX! Everything looks great, works great. It reminds me of the old PSS days, only way better! This package comes with a large number of liveries. I purchased it only because I wanted a Tarom Airbus. You get a fully working checklist to walk you through startup and all operations. You can let the co-pilot handle things after take off. It has nice cabin crew sounds, and at the gate you have a variety of options. All doors function, engine sounds a great. FMS works great. The models look good. I'm no expert on flying these, but it does appear to "feel" like it is modeled correctly. This has now become one of my favorite planes to fly!

The plane is ok, but I can't get my throttles to work consistently. There are times when the gust lock works, other times it doesn't, I seem my throttle wandering back and forth. The website is not the best, but the communication is good. Email response is excellent, so from that perspective, they get 5 stars. I wanted a Tarom paint, got an email link to a file, downloaded it, and I have no idea what to do with hit. No directions. I purchased this to replace my aging F1 ATR, but now I'm going back to that. I hope this is just my experience, because I see others loved it.

A great add on for FSX! This program adds some spice to your FSX flying experience. It will create a flight for you based on criteria that you set up. You can plan your own flight or have it recommend a flight (based on settings you choose). It will plan your fuel load and provide a flight plan. It will keep detailed flight records. Flight briefings are sent to your knee board, which is a great feature. You can modify the briefing as you need. It rates your flights based on options that you set. There a many hidden gems in this program, well worth the purchase price! If you're bored with just flying around randomly in FSX, this is definitely something you should check out!

Great aircraft! Very nice VC, no FPS hits, just a pleasure to fly. Excellent documentation as with all Carenado products. I'm planning on doing a round the world flight with this baby!