Reviews (by Henning)

Review EMB Virtualcol Emb-170/175 First of all: I will rate it on the basis of the price and in comparison to the product from Virtualcol Emb for the FS2004 and products in this price range and similar complexity to be expected! Optical model: It looks like a model converted from FSX. The outside model/textures doesn't look bad. There is something similar in this quality but as freeware. But you will get a lot of liveries, so it is ok. The nav lights are much too small and hardly visible during the day. The cockpit doesn't look much better than an FS2004 / FSX 3 D cockpit. You could live with that. Function: The autopilot has serious shortcomings. It is hardly possible to maintain the altitude when changing course, you have to be careful and counter-steer manually, especially after the start. It is best to only fly manually up to at least 5000 ft, which is not the point. It is important to enter the desired speeds in advance in the FMS under perf on the take off, climp, crz and approach pages if you want to use autothrottle (AT). The safest way to me seems to be the VS and the FLCH mode to change the altitude. Especially when descending, the autopilot overshoots and you quickly get below the desired altitude. Very dangerous. In my opinion, the autopilot and FMC is not mature. An ILS capture does not work properly. Tried several approaches and the autopilot is unable to capture and hold course and glideslope. Typically for the EMB170 is a display of the elevation profile (the FS2004 model got it). This is completely absent. I don't even want to go into how the overhead works, it is rudimentarily modeled. Note: Other mods must be switched off. Flight dynamics: The plane is particularly shaky when landing/touch down. If you are careful, you can land. But that's difficult when the autopilot and ILS are not working. Summary: The plane is also not finished for the price AND compared to the Virtualcol FS2004 model. I use the FS2004 occasionally and the system depth and functions are much better. This is a beta version. I hope that Virtualcol does its homework a lot, because it is not worth 25 €. I took the risk despite the negative reviews. Therefore, improvements MUST be made, perhaps through the community if necessary.