Hello, just thought I would mention here that I posted a lengthy user review that has been well received so far.  You can find it in (surprisingly enough) the User Review section.

I would be happy to address any inaccuracies anyone catches.

Tim Capps

Thanx Tim, took the plunge and we shall see how it compares to my another company and another company heavies.

NOW:  you indicated the lack of tutorials, are there any beyond utube ones, IE documented ones?

HI Tim,

I have had the another company 763 and also the another company 744 and MD11 for years so, ironically, its tutorials and even the AOA 767 video, are all apllicable. �I myself will have no trouble, just wondering.

BUT, on the issue of FPS, I have endlessly tweaked FSX and have notce a ~15-20 % FPS drop with this product.

Intel Dual 6850 o/c to 3.5, 4 GB RAM 800 speed, GPU is a 9800GTX.

Running ASA, UTX2, various scenery add-ons that should not affect FPS.

NO matter, the issue is that all things being equal, the FPS dropped from around ~15-20 on the ramp to about 10-15.

Hammer wrote on Jun 7^th, 2009 at 7:38pm:


10-15 on the ramp is close to not being bad at all. �A smooth 15 on the ramp I could live with. �My 18-20 on the ramp could be a reflection of a lot of different things. �Have you tried loading the default Cessna first? �What happens if you dial down all traffic to zero? �Unlimited frames? �You say add-ons shouldn't effect fps. �Seems to me they might; I tend not to use global add-ons for that reason, though.

I am good even at FlyTampa's Kai Tak, though. �Maybe the Core 2 Quad is making a difference.

Are you running Alacrity to free up resources when you start FS? �I am also happy with nHancer handing over control of graphics to my video card, rather than letting FSX do it. �Where are your sliders? �Have you tried after a fresh boot?

This is a visually complex aircraft, and it might take some experimentation to see what you want. �Is it choppy, or are you just going by the numbers? �Sounds like you probably know the usual stuff.

I had to work a bit to get frame rates where I wanted them. �There is no way you are going to get frames up there with a certain new T-tailed narrow-bodied twin engined airplane which makes signficiant compromises to get keep frames up. �On the other hand, I do get good frames on my system, and I am not much of a tweaker.

Also, what airport are we talking about?

Quite the thread derail I started but anyhow...

I use nHancer, my "base" airport is CYYZ.

I have tried alacrity but have dubious success with it on Vista 64 bit.

I think what I will do is play with the UTX2 traffic settings and the autogen etc.

You cannot land a heavy jet by hand with anything less than ~20 FPS.

Tim Capps wrote on Jun 7^th, 2009 at 10:47pm:


I agree in most cases, but when it drops below that it's a big problem. �Now, having said that, UTX2 has a neat feature whereby a keystroke will shut off and on the AI traffic. �Sstill playing with that though since I just bought UTX2 a few days ago.