Please develop an Accusim ATR 72-500 - would be a PMDG kille

[Gabe777]

Yes.....please !

Gaping hole in the market waiting to be plugged.

[Ron Attwood]

Gaping hole? Isn't that hole already filled by the Q400? I also don't see A2A being the company to do it, not really their thing is it?

[Gabe777]

Respectfully disagree.

ATR is literally like a massive Cessna with an FMC.

The Dash 8 is well complicated. The ATR is a joy to jump into and go.

I have hundreds of hours in the FS2004 version from Flight1.

Real beauty is its simplicity.... It can flown full on or simply fly it by hand without even touching the FMC. I have a 15 hour tutorial video for the Maj Dash.... still can't take off !

Best planes are 2 in 1 planes.... capable of being flown to the book, but also at a whim, depending on your mood.

And, IMO..... the most gorgeous plane ever built. Lol.... you should see my missis..... she's gorgeous too !

Perfect for Accusim.

And there are a lot of peeps miffed that the Flight 1 ATR will not run nicely on Windows 10.... as am I. If I was a rich man I would literally pay someone to develop it. Hell, I'd buy PMDG or A2A and make it Number 1 priority.

[Ron Attwood]

Much to the dismay of my more..involved..friends (I had another word but it wouldn't have looked right) I can jump in the Q400 start 'er up and go somewhere. I agree, there's a lot of toys to play with if you've a mind to but you can leave 'rm in the box.
As always, diff'rent strokes fer diff'rent folks.

I still don't think A2A would get interested. Unless of course Scott has a buddy who has one that he can go fly in.

[dvm]

I don't think so! If the engine or engines make a wining sound fuhgeddaboudit.

[AKar]

Albeit I don't see A2A doing one, I'd like to have one for the sim from a good developer (FSL, Majestic....). I've been working with ATRs some in rather minor roles; it is an airplane no one really likes but it does the job pretty well, day or night - rain or snow. Only that if you've got that 70+ passengers in 72, you often can't carry their bags.

Both models are fairly CoG-touchy, one ends up doing inconvenient cargo/bag loadings rather often. With crew only, in 42 particularly, one ends up throwing some sand bags for ballast to the aft hold.

-Esa

[Dogsbody55]

Whatever fun you had with an FS2004 plane, you can't compare that experience to an A2A example. The best example of this is the FS2004 Connie 049 at Calclassics, compared to A2A's Connie. Both are fun, but for different reasons in so many ways due to the limitations of Flight Sim 9 and 10. The only valid comparison is that they are both 049 Connies.


Cheers,
Mike

[Alan_A]

Milviz has an ATR-600 under development.

PMDG's upcoming refresh of the BAe JS-41 will feature a GPS instead of an FMC, with an option for the Flight1 GTN 750, so that might qualify as more of a "jump in and fly" turboprop. But it won't come out if PMDG is killed by somebody else's ATR. So maybe better not to kill them...

[Gabe777]

Hehe.... doubt anyone's gonna kill PMDG.

Good to hear about Milviz. Their stuff is apparently getting better and isn't too shabby.

Agreed, the Maj or even Quality Wings could do an ATR. I have their BAe 146 / Avro jetliner.... not quite study level but good enough, and for any easy to jump into addon, would be a good choice of developer.

So, decision made.... when I win the Lotto, I buy out Quality Wings and they make me an ATR series !

In the meantime, I wait and see what Milviz do with it as I don't really want to reinstall FS2004 just to fly one. Nah....do not want have to do that at all.

[AKar]

Hehe.... doubt anyone's gonna kill PMDG.

No, but they surely need some competition to double up some in issues.

-Esa

[Gabe777]

Really..... at present I own none of their products having only recently moved to FSX.

But I guess that goes for everyone.... if it wasn't for AMD vs Intel and Radeon vs Geforce we wouldn't have computers capable of even running FSX and P3D in their present form.... which given the 30 percent useage I usually see in my i5 7600k, along with 40 percent GPU, is a flamin joke.... lol !

[MarcE]

I have a 15 hour tutorial video for the Maj Dash.... still can't take off !

I cannot get up in the morning when I don't want to.

And since my girlfriend has programmed the coffee machine I have been absolutely unable to manage it. "Daniiiii how does that *** work???"

The Q400 isn't THAT easy to handle when you're used to a 737 but after a 15 hours tutorial it's nothing but willingness

[Gabe777]

Point is though.... I HAVEN'T sat throught the 15 hour of videos.

Sometimes it's nice to jump in and go.

If you'd flown the Flight1 ATR you'd know what I'm getting at.

It's like flying a big propliner but it's as simple as the A2A C182. Easy.... like Sunday mornings... !

A lot of people loved it and are really peeved that having upgraded to Windows 10 - as they all bought Kaby Lakes, as did I - it no longer works.

We want it back.

[bobsk8]

Q400 is a study level aircraft,really hard to top if you are really wanting to learn about aviation. I think A2A should think about a piston twin.

[ClipperLuna]

Rumor has it they are thinking about a twin. Maybe or maybe not the next release, but someday. And it's gong to be glorious.

Are you sure some of the "hop-in-and-go" feel wasn't just because it was an FS2004-era plane? I remember those dark, pre-Accusim days and the aircraft of that time were all kind-of like that.

Never tried the Flight1 ATR, but I do have a few hours on the MJC Q400. A bit complex, but it is an airliner after all. I thought it was a masterpiece.